.... Regulation 17, which was introduced by the Ontario Department of Education in 1913. The French felt they were having their rights taken away and that the English were being strongly favoured. Many French Canadians were beginning to have serious doubts about the need to go and fight against the "Prussians" Tempers flared at both ends of the school debate. An angry Henri Bourassa declared that the real war was not in Euope but in Ontario. The bitterness towards the English weakened support for the war in Quebec. Men were desparately needed on the battlefield. Prime Minister Robert Borden .....

.... watch it fly again and again. They built and flew their own versions. "Throughout their lives, the brothers experimented with mechanical things Wilbur would come up with the ideas and Orville would analyse and implement them." (McMahon 23). The two brothers opened a shop in 1896 to build and repair bicycles. The same year, Otto Lilienthal was killed when his glider crashed and the Wrights began to search the problems of human flight. After reading all the information they could find in Dayton, Wilbur wrote to the Smithsonian Instituion to ask for all the information it had on aeronautic .....

.... has right to life under the law. He also argues that the fetus is life upon conception. He said that abortion hurts women not only physically but psychologically. Abortion can result pain, discomfort, and unstable metal conditions. According to the fourteenth amendment a person has an undeniable right to freedom. They stated that the fetus has a right to freedom guaranteed by this amendment. After hearing both sides of this case the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jane Roe. They stated that women have a fundamental right to abortion. They also stated that the fetus wasn’t a life until th .....

.... was applied thereafter to all aspects of public life in states with large black populations. of Topeka, Kansas, decided on May 17, 1954, was one of the most important cases in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Linda Brown had been denied admission to an elementary school in Topeka because she was black. Brought together under the Brown designation were companion cases from South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware, all of which involved the same basic question: Does the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment prohibit racial segregation in the public schools? It was not until .....

.... was finalized in the spring of 1944 the world started work on preparing the hundreds of thousands of men for the greatest battle in history. By June of 1944 the landing forces were training hard, awaiting D-Day. 1,700,000 British, 1,500,000 Americans, 175,000 from Dominions (mostly Canada), and another 44,000 from other countries were going to take part. Not only did men have to be recruited and trained but also equipment had to be built to transport and fight with the soldiers. 1,300 warships, 1,600 merchant ships, 4,000 landing craft and 13,000 aircraft including bombers, fighters and .....

.... there was an embargo of shipping munitions on passenger ships. America also tended to publish the cargo manifests so that the Allies as well as the Germans would know what is being shipped. Britain found a loophole in this. New cargo added at the last minute did not go on the original manifest, thus a supplementary manifest would be submitted 4 or 5 days later. Also, due to the embargo, munitions were listed as ‘sporting cartridges' and stamped with ‘Not liable to explode in bulk'(Simpson 63). About a week before the voyage, the New York German community tried to run an ad warning .....

.... opportunities, or advantages as the people of high status. These are among the reasons that the statement "After discovery and settlement, an individual in New Spain had even fewer choices and opportunities than that person would have had in his or her original culture." is absolutely true. When the situation in New Spain is viewed from the political aspect, the phrase "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" comes to mind. The conquistadors figured that since they were so far away from their countries (and Kings), they could do whatever they wanted-and so they did exactly that. The rulers in th .....

.... this fissure in the ideals of the colonies became apparent. Following the constant political irreverence from Britain, a majority of colonial representatives felt the need for independence. The Declaration of Independence was the document written to do this. It called for an abolition of slavery as well as freedom from British rule. Unfortunately, the South would hear nothing of it. Being strong defenders of states rights, most of the Southern states adhered to their believe in a government less like a supreme authority and more like a dominion of independent states. They would rather s .....

.... to draw vivid characterizations and to create objects and characters as symbols with larger meanings. Power and authority is the first symbol presented in the story. Who had it in the beginning and who ended up with it in the end. The superior attitude of the ‘La Amistad’s’ crew and the harsh and cruel treatment of the passengers, implies how primitive and unrefined society was. In addition to power and authority, characters were used as symbols. Treated like objects from the beginning, a metaphor for the ideals and principles of European society. In contrast, blacks tr .....

.... 35,000 U.S. citizens in Panama from attacks by Noriega's Panama Defense Force or PDF; they also wanted to protect the lives of Americans at home by attempting to eliminate drug trafficking. Second, they wanted to "protect American interests and rights under the Panama Canal Treaty" (Watson 69). This could be done by abolishing Noriega's control of the workers who operate the canal, and his control of the canal itself. Third, they wanted to "restore a democratic and freely elected government to Panama" (Watson 107). Here, the U.S. would gain control over the country and ensure a fair electi .....