Alexander I of Russia

Did James Monroe Challenge the European Powers? December of 1823, James Monroe delivered his annual message to the United States Congress, the prelude to the State of the Union held in the present day. In this speech he set the policy that still resonates today in dealing with foreign powers, the Monroe Doctrine. President Monroe informed the nation and the world that the United States would not tolerate the European Powers, i.e., Great Britain and France, interference in the Western…

When we look back at individuals that are commonly known to have shaped the course of history, we often think of grand names of political leaders and conquerors such as Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, etc. It is easy to map out the differences they have made in the world because they are usually physical, actually altered geographical borders. However, we often fail to acknowledge the effect that lesser known names have had on the history of mankind, through ideas and…

The complexity of world history spans from the multiple tiers of information collected over many years. The subject of world history has caused much controversy and has kept educators and scholars deciphering content. The controversy has kept educators wandering what to teach and how to teach. This broad subject holds educators to an extremely high standard which they must not fall beneath; teaching philosophies and lesson plans must meet each standard. An educator is responsible for their…

Who is Ayn Rand and what is her theory of “objectivist ethics” (as found in the excerpt from The Fountainhead)? What is the relationship of her philosophy to ethical egoism? Ayn Rand is an American novelist and philosopher that immigrated from Russia to the United States because she was against communism. Her theory of objective ethics argues that “reason sets us apart from all other species” and because “reason is necessary for our survival, reason has moral value for humans” (Boss, p. 209).…

Medical Experimentation in Nazi Camps A long-standing hatred of the Jews came to a turning point when Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Hitler had a “final solution” for the Jews which entailed extermination. Dachau opened March 1933 and the first people interred were political opponents of the Nazis. These prisoners were Communists, Social Democrats, and others who had been tried in a court. Later Dachau was a model for other concentration camps and served to school the…

United States? When I came to this country, I was amazed at that fact, so many people from different ethnic backgrounds attended school together. I say this because I came from a country where there wasn’t much diversity. It’s hard to imagine that just 50 years ago people lived in a racially divided America. So how did we end the racial divide in our school system? Especially in the white dominated cities such as Boston. I decided to research on how schools integrated in Boston. I came across…

government requires all adults to work, and Alex’s mother works at a state owned store. This control the government has taken away the freedom of the citizens. The title, A Clockwork Orange, describes that the government takes away personality. F. Alexander, one of the revolution leaders, says that, “will not the government itself now decide what is and is not crime and pump he life and guts and will of whoever sees fit to displease the government?” (180 Burgess). The government is trying to…

are surrounding the U.S today. To name a few that I believe are most important; Abortion, Gun Control, Immigration, Counter Terrorism, the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, and Privacy. I would like to discuss the Patriot Act because I feel that it is a topic of much debate and one that I am extremely, extremely familiar with. It also affects the last three public policy issues I mentioned and in a sense covers them. I believe it is the most important federal policy…

bad, on the conquered lands and can be seen today in the cultures and ideas of the modern world. Weatherford’s text draws from the Prior to reading the book, I had little knowledge of Genghis Khan. I surmised that he belonged to a dynasty of sorts, inherited his position, and that was historically the greatest of many Mongol leaders. I had not heard of his…

World War II was a byproduct of World War I and Germany’s anger toward the League of Nations for issuing The Treaty of Versailles. The German government and people felt cheated at the outcome of World War I because Germany had been blamed for the war itself and left to pay the debt of the war. The Treaty of Versailles, produced by the League of Nations, was a treaty forced upon the German people which not only took land from the Germans, including France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia and…