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The Industrial Revolution That Shaped The United States Into A Leading Econom
Number of words: 456 - Number of pages: 2.... to improve the conditions for impovershed farm families. The Resettlement Administration was authorized to give loans to farmers for farm land and equipment. He also added a program for "social security" submitted by President Roosevelt and accepted bt Congress in 1935. This program included federal assisitance for states in forming old-age pensions and insurance for the unemployed. Among the Bills passed by Congress at its 1935 session were many laws touching nearly every part of domestic and foreign affairs. The rights of labor to organize freely and bargain for fair wages was reasse .....
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Thailand
Number of words: 594 - Number of pages: 3.... rice, cassava, rubber, sugarcane, maize, pineapples, coconuts, kenaf and live stock.
- Fishing; prawns, mackerel, anchovies, other fish and shellfish.
- Mining; natural gases, lignite, gemstones, zinc, lead, tin, gypsum, iron ore, and manganese.
- Manufacturing; textiles and garments, electronics, cement, refined sugar, refined petroleum, motor vehicles and cigarettes.
The employment division is 50 % agriculture, 30 % services, and 20 % industry.
Thailand’s major imports are petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, chemicals, iron and steel.
Thailand’s major trading partners are t .....
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The Journey Of Lewis And Clark
Number of words: 999 - Number of pages: 4.... the expedition,
Clark was a mapmaker, artist, and astronomer for the expedition, and kept a
valuable diary.
Clark went on to serve as governor of Missouri Territory from 1813
to1820, and as federal superintendent of Indian affairs. He laid out the
site of Paducah, Kentucky, in 1828. William Clark died in 1838.
The Expedition
The expedition started May 14 1804, sent by President Thomas
Jefferson to examine the resources of the far Northwest. The 8,000 mile
journey was led by Louise and Clark. The expedition gave valuable
information about the geography, climate, natural products, and .....
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Gibbons Vs. Ogden, 1824
Number of words: 1577 - Number of pages: 6.... that Congress had the power to legislate on the Commerce of the United States, as opposed to direct control. The Supreme Court also said that the New York Steamboat Act was in conflict with the Federal Coasting Act, and thus, the New York law had to be repealed. This decision managed to both protect the interests of the Southern Slavers and save the Nation's Economic structure from the whims of the states, fostering immense growth that would allow America to dominate as a world power.
The situation leading to the hearing of the case in the Supreme Court began when Thomas Gibbons was persecu .....
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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
Number of words: 4282 - Number of pages: 16.... on the island.
Two of the B-26s left Cuba and flew to Miami, apparently to defect to the United States. The Cuban Revolutionary Council, the government in exile, in New York City released a statement saying that the bombings in Cuba were ". . . carried out by 'Cubans inside Cuba' who were 'in contact with' the top command of the Revolutionary Council . . . ." The New York Times reporter covering the story alluded to something being wrong with the whole situation when he wondered how the council knew the pilots were coming if the pilots had only decided to leave Cuba on Thursday after " . . .....
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Israel 2
Number of words: 1548 - Number of pages: 6.... average 9 degrees Celsius (48 Degrees Fahrenheit) while August temperatures average 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit). In coastal plains, including Haifa and Tel Aviv – Yafo, January averages 12 degrees Celsius (54 degrees Fahrenheit) and August averages 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit). The highest and lowest elevations are subject to extremes: frost occurs a few days a year in mountainous inland regions, while summer temperatures can reach the upper 30 degrees Celsius (lower 100degree Fahrenheit) in the Jordan valley and in the southern desert regions. Israel subtropi .....
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Tenskwatawa
Number of words: 1032 - Number of pages: 4.... "a truculent, bragging personality that earned him his nickname Lalawethika (The Rattle or Noisemaker)" (p. 73). Two activities Lalawethika liked were drinking and talking. He wasn't as gifted a speaker as his brother Tecumseh, but he was nonetheless manipulative and forceful. Using these qualities he became a medicine man in Tecumseh's village. Lalawethika's transformation from a lazy drunkard into a powerful spiritual leader came after a dream in which he claimed to have been visited by the Great Spirit. He proclaimed his new name to be meaning "The Open Door." White settlers b .....
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More About The 1968 Tet Offensive
Number of words: 1553 - Number of pages: 6.... Quang Trung's tactic of surprise. He let the troops
celebrate the 1789 Tet Festival one day ahead so that he could launch the
attacks on the first three days of the lunar new year while the Chinese
troops were still feasting and not ready to organize their defense.
Those who claimed the similarity between the two campaigns certainly did
not know the whole truth, but jumped into conclusion with wild imagination
after learning that the North Vietnamese attacking units also celebrated
Tet "one day ahead" before the attacks.
In fact, the Tet Offensive broke out on the Tet's Eve - in the early .....
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Bureau Of Alchohol, Tobacco, A
Number of words: 267 - Number of pages: 1.... care of the IRS.
The Bureau's responsibilities consist of administering and enforcing the federal laws
relating tofirearms and explosives, and to alcohol and tobacco products. Since 1982,
when the federal Anti-Arson Act was passed, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms has also dealt with arson activities that were for profit. Right now the ATF
operates on about $335 million per year, and employs about 4,100 people.
The ATF is divided into two sections. The first is Regulatory Enforcement, and
the second is Criminal Enforcement:
1) The Regulatory En .....
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The Writing Of The Constitutio
Number of words: 547 - Number of pages: 2.... the population , and an upper house elected by the lower house.The congress was to have broad legislative power ,with veto over laws passed by state legislatures .The President and cabinet would be elected by legislature. The national judiciary would be elected by legislature , and their would be a "Council of Revision" with power to veto laws of Congress.
Delegates from New Jersey , New York and Delaware did not agree to the Virginia Plan due to the great power delegated to the national government . William Paterson of New Jersey submitted a counterproposal .The New Jersey Plan proposed a .....
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