Germany on June 12, 1987. The Berlin Wall was a physical, concrete boundary that separated East Germany and West Germany: East Germany being under the control of Russia, the Soviet Union at the time, and West Germany under the control of the United States of America, France, and Great Britain. The wall began construction on August 13th, 1961 until its anticipated fall on November 9th, 1989. The fall of the Berlin Wall altered the world completely because it led Germany to reunify as one country
Introduction What would our everyday lives like be without government? Most would say chaos, and in addition to those people, the 55 delegates in attendance at the Constitutional Convention also thought the same. The framers of the Constitution met secretly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for one common goal, to decide how our beloved America would be governed. America as we know it today has a Representative Democracy type of government. Representative Democracy means the people elect officials to
are the islands of Japan themselves. The four major islands of Japan are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. In addition to the four main islands there are over six thousand smaller islands that create the Japanese
The Vietnam War started in November 1, 1955, for the United States and ended in April 30, 1975. North Vietnam was primarily supported by Russian Spetsnaz and China, and South Vietnam was supported by the United States. One of the most important army ranks is a Lieutenant Colonel aside from a General. This is true because a General is usually not found in the battle field, so the army needed a leader in the war that is close to the soldiers and doing the fighting. The Lieutenant Colonel had many
Local governments vary, state by state. In Texas, there are three local governments. These local governments are better known as counties, municipalities, and special districts. Although, they are separated into different categories, they all have something in common. Counties are administrative and judicial arms of the state. Counties are the most restricted. Special districts are limited-purpose local governments. These governments have taxing capability. In contrast to Counties, cities is a more
their social class. Throughout the whole book, the government of China is trying to destroy the Four Olds and establish the Four New. So, the government comes into Ji-Ji's school and forces them to bash their teachers by writing about them on a da-zi-bao. Which Ji-Li doesn't do. Later on The Red Guards (government people trying to establish new Communist views) come in to Ji-Li's household and basically trash it and take out everything that is a four old. Ji-Li's father gets detained because of his
different ballet schools. Two of which were famous Bolshoi and Kirov. The Cold War however brought up tensions between the communist Soviet union and the capitalist United States. Communism is a theoretical economic system in which property is owned by the community. In other words, the government gets to what type of supplies you need and what type of job you have. In capitalism, people are free to have private business and get to choose what items they will buy. In 69 years, the Soviet Union accomplished
5. What five criteria must democracy meet? In the above paragraph I answered the question of what a democracy is, and why it is a good type of government. This however is only the general definition for what a democracy should look like. To know if a government is a democracy we must look at the specific and practical criteria that a government must meet to be a democracy. These five criteria as described by Robert Dahl in the book On Democracy are as follows: Effective participation, equality in
The Japanese conducted other minor attacks on the west coast of the US mainland, but no full scale attack. However, the Japanese did attack a string of American islands that are part of Alaska, known as the Aleutian Islands. The Japanese and the United States have always had a questionable interaction between one another. The Battle of the Aleutian Islands, also called the Forgotten Battle, has an interesting story of the Aleutian people, the weapons of the opposing sides, and the interactions of the
know them for privacy reasons, government issues, protection, and within others. In the next couple paragraphs, ten out of the twenty-seven amendments will mentioned in specific detail for a better understanding. Being a US citizen has its perks, but knowing the amendments of the Constitution is something every citizen should consider, especially the first. Freedom of speech is one of the most important. If people want to share their opinions on how the government is doing, they are able to do so