Yale Political Union

children; who were willing to take even lower wages to work. Laborers also had to work in dangerous conditions and their jobs were not secure. Disgruntled workers took action against these work conditions by coming together and to form Labor Unions. Some of the labor unions formed were the Knights of Labor formed…

The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds is a phenomenal story, written by H.G. Wells, about a group of Martians who invade Earth after spending thousands of years investigating its inhabitants. The melodrama was radio broadcasted in 1938 by George Orson Welles, and was developed into two films, which premiered in 1953 and 2005. Although each depiction of the story is wonderfully executed, each one has unique aspects of realism, audience involvement, and storyline. George Orson Welles,…

A revolution took place in the centuries from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tenno's court, to the Tokugawa, when the bushi became the unchallenged rulers in what historian Edwin O. Reischauer called a "centralized feudal" form of government. Instrumental in the rise of the new bakufu was Tokugawa Ieyasu, the main beneficiary of the achievements of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Already powerful, Ieyasu profited by his transfer to the rich Kantō area. He…

Around eight hundred years ago, a small group from central Asia conquered much of the world and has been expanding since. They were called the Mongols. The Mongols didn’t have a very good reputation due to the destruction and death they caused, but is there more? I believe that the Mongols were very barbaric. They took countless lives, large amounts of land, and how they treated the people they captured. The amount of lives that the Mongols took were far too many. In Document 4 it states that…

In the First Amendment, it states that we should have “freedom of religion.” About a quarter of the U.S. either believes in god, many gods, science or in no god. Many people believe that “God” should be removed from the pledge because it violates the First Amendment and doesn’t allow them to express themselves and believe in their own religion. This begins controversy because they don’t want to do the Pledge of Allegiance or even listen to the National Anthem. They also believe that if it’s…

The October Crisis marked an important event in Canadian history in which the tension between Quebec separatists and Canada (particularly the federal government) still carries on today. The FLQ was a group of Quebecois who strongly believed in the separation of Quebec from Canada and the enforcement of a “distinct society”. Because of this rebellious group, they committed many violent crimes and thus they were considered a group of terrorism. The extreme happened in December when they…

In the year 1917, multiple revolutions took place including the october revolution and the february revolution. The cause for these revolutions is to end imperial rule from other interfering countries. The reason why the russian revolution started was because people were unhappy with their king, Nicholas 2 who believed in government corruption. Once the Russian Revolution started people started to gain more support and more benefits from the government. One reason why the russian revolution of…

During the Cold War, war damage and poverty in Europe invited Communists influence. However, in 1947, the the U.S. created the Policy of Containment that was a way to stop Soviet expansion without having to go to war. The U.S. had began to strengthen America's ability to the communist threat. Although there were numerous causes of the Second Red Scare following World War II, including fear and the spread of communism, Joseph McCarthy used fear and accusations in order to make himself stronger.…

Every U.S citizen has to follow the law regardless of his or her beliefs. James Higdon is a writer for The Washington Post and has written the article “Kentucky Clerk Ordered to Jail for Refusing to Issue a Gay Marriage License”. The article concerns Kim Davis, a clerk for marriage license and her refusal to adhere to a court order. Higdon has also written many different articles for different companies such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Higdon wrote “The Cornbread Mafia” which…

The Cold War and Communism's correlation with The Crucible. The Cold war was a conflict that really did not involve fighting between the United States or the Soviet Union but rather held proxy wars between the 2 main sides which were Communists and Democrats. The Questions of the cold war. The policies of both nations and the cause of escalation after WW2. The correlation of the Red Scare and The Salem witch Trials isn’t all too clear on its own but it’s there. What is The Cold War? The Cold…