Essays Tagged: "uprising"

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lose their oligopoly on the television viewers of America with the popularization of cable and the uprising of three new networks. In this paper I plan to give a background on the conditions that led ...

(6 pages) 91 1 4.1 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Can the United States Justify the Civil War

pedia's dictionary. It is directly evident that from this unbiased statement we can trace the first uprising of a separate group of people yearning to break the newly formed bond of the great United S ...

(4 pages) 81 0 2.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Bacon's Rebellion, the most important event in the establishment of democracy in colonial America.

lly heard and equally justice administered to all men,' as stated by, Nathaniel Bacon. 1 In 1676 an uprising known as Bacon's Rebellion occurred in Virginia. The immediate cause of this revolt was the ...

(3 pages) 94 0 3.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 - India

.THE UPRISING OF 1857.Investigate the causes of the uprising and consider the implications of the two ter ... tile as the damage had already been done.However this only accounts for the military aspects of the uprising which display the version ofevents `accepted in official circles [as] basically army mutini ... nterference and contempt for the`long established rules and customs'.Disraeli saw the causes of the uprising as not being the `conduct of men who were ... theexponents of general discontent' amongst t ...

(10 pages) 96 1 2.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Power of the Situation - Rodney King

inald Denny. The final three-day toll of what many community activists took to defiantly calling an uprising, revolt, or rebellion, was put at 53 dead, some $1 billion in property damage, nearly 2,000 ...

(6 pages) 127 0 4.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

James Stanghetta Loius Riel and the Metis Struggle

tes would not consume what today are the Prairie Provinces. The Red River Rebellion was a justified uprising. The treatment of the metis before the Red River Rebellion was unfair but some of the actio ... uld just be normal and everyone would accept the fact that they were now apart of Canada.During the uprising Louis Riel did not accept any sort of opposition. This was shown when "Charles Boulton arri ...

(8 pages) 77 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

Abraham Lincoln the Man. What were his achievements?

as elected to Presidency on February 11, 1861, during very difficult times, where major issues were uprising and due for a massive explosion meaning war. It was a time of slavery and inequalities amon ...

(3 pages) 131 0 3.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Adolf Hitler's influence on the world.

he Nazi Party the second largest in the country.(The Volume Library 2 Pg. 1745 When he organized an uprising he was placed on trial for treason. He didn't try to deny what he had done, but openly decl ...

(6 pages) 69 1 2.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Dwight D Eisenhower's presidency with bibliography

the Joint Chief of Staff told him he should. He did not join France in their attempt to suppress an uprising in Algeria.His public works programs were bigger than Roosevelt?s had been. They included t ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

The insecurities surrounding wireless networks with a brief background on how wireless networks work.

to send information to and from users without having to connect cables. This feature has sparked an uprising in popularity of wireless networks. With the influx of wireless networks and the human addi ...

(9 pages) 531 2 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

How did imperialism affect China?

taiping rebellion and the boxer rebellion. The taiping revolt was a radical political and religious uprising. The rebels rose against the tyranny of the Manchus, supporting a program partly based on C ... anchus, supporting a program partly based on Christian doctrines. The Boxer Rebellion was a peasant uprising that attempted to drive all foreigners from China and to destroy the Mongol Ch'ing dynasty. ...

(1 pages) 92 1 2.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Infestation of Feminism.

und Freud, who believed that women were a strange, inferior, and less than human species. Since the uprising of feminism, two generations of girls have grown up knowing they can do anything they set t ...

(4 pages) 87 2 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The dominance of black athletes in Sport.

aped by the societies from which they come? This will be argued.This is an ongoing debate since the uprising of black athletes from around 1945 when the Supreme Court decided to make racial segregatio ...

(5 pages) 100 1 1.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Describe how wine and knitting are used as symbols to foreshadow and explain the uprising of the poor.

th of these themes create an atmosphere of darkness and apprehension that entails the lower class's uprising against the wealthy.Madame Defarge, the Vengeance and the mob seek revenge for the numerous ... them.The lower class revolution encompasses fierce torment and hatred towards the aristocracy. The uprising of the peasant mobs, though passionate so as to change the French social structure, only pe ...

(2 pages) 22 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Conquestador invasion on the Aztec empire in Mexico and how it affected both the europeans and the Aztecs.

ropeans to better the economy and discover new land was the downfall of many native colonies but an uprising to the European society.Until 1492 the people in the western and eastern hemisphere had ver ...

(4 pages) 123 0 3.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

This paper covers the effects of imperialism on India

ns to better their economy and extend their influence weakened the ancient society in India, but an uprising for imperial rule.By the middle of the nineteenth century Europeans began to speak of imper ...

(4 pages) 122 0 4.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.

th of these themes create an atmosphere of darkness and apprehension that entails the lower class's uprising against the wealthy. Having no definite victor between the classes the classes is significa ... them.The lower class revolution encompasses fierce torment and hatred towards the aristocracy. The uprising of the peasant mobs, though passionate so as to change the French social structure, only pe ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Ghost Dance and Battle of Wounded Knee

within the governments relocation program of the Sioux people; one cause of a major battle was the uprising of a religion that has been come to known as the Ghost Dance religion; and the major battle ...

(9 pages) 95 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

What problems did the Weimar Republic face between 1919 and 1923?

he capitalists so that the workers would not be exploited in factories. The Spartakus started their uprising in Berlin in January 1919. Friedrich Ebert saw his power under threat, and took action to s ... f the Weimar Republic, but they hated communists even more. By the 13th January 1919, the Spartakus uprising had been crushed by the Freikorps, and its leaders, including Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebk ...

(2 pages) 41 1 1.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Explores "age of revolutions" (1789-1848). Describes revolutions in France, Haiti, and Latin America. Thesis: revolutions are similar in leaders, dealings church, basic cycle.

The period between 1789 and 1848 is often called the Age of Revolutions, as it was a time of uprising, chaos, and the demand for freedom and independence. During this time, revolutions were occ ... hat are in need of change and are being oppressed. The French revolution, for instance, was a large uprising of the two lower classes: the peasants and the bourgeoisie. As with many other revolutions, ...

(8 pages) 150 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers