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Labour Unions

... the absence of unions, managers have a monopoly of power over their employees. With unions on the scene, that power must be shared. The standard economic analysis of what gave a particular union the power to raise the pay and benefits of its members was propounded by the eminent English economist Alfred Marshall toward the end of the 19th century. Marshall theorized that the strength of a union depended upon four factors. First, demand for the product should be inelastic, so that there is little, if any, decline in sales in response to price ...

Number of words: 605 | Number of pages: 3

The History Of Stonehenge

... in Europe today is Stonehenge. Stonehenge is in a part of the Western Downs called the Salisbury Plains in Wiltshire England. Encircled by a discontinuous ditch, Stonehenge's vast array of smooth, gray colored, 30-foot high stones are spread over 320 feet in diameter. It took over 1200 years to build Stonehenge, a life span of 50 generations. This magnificent monument was built in three main stages during this time frame. In the early stages of Stonehenge I the first circular ditch or moat was dug around 2750 BC with the use of crude inst ...

Number of words: 1799 | Number of pages: 7

Compromise Of 1861

... for equal representation. The dispute lead to the forming of The Great Compromise, which consisted of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House would be made up by proportional representation and the Senate would be run under equal representation. Another issue still in 1787 was the question if slaves would count when calculating the population of states. The south of course wanted to count slaves, but the North refused to count them. This lead to the Three-Fifths Compromise that stated that slaves would count as 3/5 of one pe ...

Number of words: 1629 | Number of pages: 6

Rock Music

... p.1). The nearest definition suggests a kind of music that represents and speaks for the teenage society. This music is characterized by using a heavy beat. In this essay, I'm going to divide Rock music into four sections: Rock of the 50's, of the 60's, of the 70's and of the 80's. Within these sections I'm also going to discuss several sub-topics such as famous composers and groups, and characteristics of the music. The first section of this essay is Rock n' Roll of the 1950's, when Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, a ...

Number of words: 1238 | Number of pages: 5

The Great Depression

... and excessive speculation in the late 1920's kept the stock market artificially high, but eventually lead to large market crashes, combined with the unfair distribution of wealth, caused the economy to capsize. The "roaring twenties" as it was called was an era when our country prospered tremendously. The nation's total income gain rose from 74.3 billion dollars in 1023 to 89.00 billion dollars in 1929. Though most Americans are aware of in 1929, few know of the many Americans who lost their homes, life savings and jobs. In the 1920's, afte ...

Number of words: 891 | Number of pages: 4

Kosovo 2

... on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. 63 percent of Yugoslavia are Serbs and 14 percent are Albanians. This dramatic difference between different ethnic identities and tight regions causes major complications and conflict in Kosovo. Furthermore, the past histories of these regions are another indicator on how geography plays a vital role in the Kosovo conflict. In 1945 Socialist Yugoslavia was declared. The communists were able to deal with national aspirations by creating a federation of six nominally equal republics- Croatia, Mo ...

Number of words: 740 | Number of pages: 3

Bolshevik Revolution

... forms of terror and economic policy to gain complete control by 1930. When examining the period between 1917 and 1924, an important theme question is developed by Russell Cowie, he asks, "how were the Bolsheviks, a subdivision of the Russian Social Democrat Party, able to impose their will upon the whole of the former Russian Empire by 1923? " Certainly, the Bolsheviks were an obscure and radical political party before the revolution of March 1917, and played little part in the overthrow of the Tsar. They did however see it as a step towards ...

Number of words: 2263 | Number of pages: 9

Medieval Castles

... walled city and its citadel contracted into a smaller space. Castles were basically fortified locations. The word itself comes from the Latin castellum. Up to the 6th century fortifications were primarily communities in which most of the population lived. But in the middle of the 6th century, the armies of the Byzantine Empire began to build strong forts as defensive positions. For the next few centuries this castle building was confined to the Byzantine Empire, but later hordes of Islamic warriors who swept out of Arabia to conquer the Middle ...

Number of words: 1464 | Number of pages: 6

Cicero

... consul. After had won the position of consul in 64 B.C. Catiline organized a plot to overthrow the government. When found out he suppressed the conspiracy and had many of his cohorts executed. Although this was one of his greatest accomplishments, he was exiled in 58 B.C. After a year of concentrating on his writing, was called back to Rome by Pompey the Great. In 51 B.C. he was assigned to the position of proconsul of the providence of Cilicia. In 50 B.C. returned to Rome to help Pompey with his fight against Caesar, but after Pompey ...

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The Cause For The Great Migrations

... barbarian penetration of the Roman Empire was made more violent because the barbarians themselves were being invaded and forced southwestward by nomadic hordes from central Asia. The migration, with the nomadic hordes, was turning into a course of destruction. These nomads who sowed tumult in the barbarian world were the Huns. It is believed that it was because of reaction to climate changes that desiccated their pastures, the Huns swept out of their Asiatic homeland and terrorized Western Europe. The course the Huns took was that of many ra ...

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The Seneca Falls Convention

... of Independence as the framework, they connected the campaign for women’s rights directly to that powerful American symbol of liberty. Eighteen specific areas of life were enumerated where women’s rights were denied. In 1848, married women in most states legally dead in the eyes of the law. They did not have the right to their own property, to their earnings, or to their children. They could not testify against their husbands in court. The double standard of morality required women to remain pure until married and then faithful t ...

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Comparison Of Trade Rivalries

... contrast Great Britain did not even supply consular assistance in helping develop markets in British colonies. Fourth, British trade was hurt by the conservatism of British manufacturers who were unwilling to develop new markets or hold onto those it already possessed. These four factors are just some of the factors that helped German industry grow and rival that of Great Britain. These four factors are all very similar to the Japan-U.S. trade rivalry. Japan like Germany was able to catch up to the U.S. beca ...

Number of words: 531 | Number of pages: 2

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