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The indigenous population of Namibia is predominantly made up of Bantus, who are black and speak one of the Bantu languages. The largest group, the Ovambos, make up close to half of the country’s population. The Hereros, who are also a Bantu group, are traditionally nomadic which sets them apart from other Bantus. In addition…

Abstract In the world of business, maintaining a profit on the edge of ethics is always a difficult issue. Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) has invested in an international project outside of America. This project requires the construction of a pipeline to transport natural gas to Thailand. Though the corporation mentioned the benefits the…

Introduction               This paper is an over view of the important events that happened during last five decades beginning from 1950s. These events had come not only to become part of history but they have been influential in the American people during their time and even today. The 1950s saw the upsurge of the…

The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress on November 15th, 1777. The 2nd Continental Congresssought to combine the disparate colonies under a single governmental entity. They were the first attempt at a government for the United States, but were eventually replaced by the Constitution. The Articles gave the American government no…

Throughout the history of the United States of America, the Constitution has ever been put to the trial. The first amendment, which guarantees freedom of address and the imperativeness, comes from William Blackstone of England who wrote, “ The autonomy of the imperativeness is so indispensable to the nature of a free province, but this…

William Seward, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster all served as legislator as either Senator or Congressman and then took positions in the executive branch of the government. William Seward and Daniel Webster were both members of the Whig Party, while John Calhoun was a member of the Republican Party. The Whig Party was a political…

Artists do not create in a vacuum. They reflect their times or at the very least are affected by the lives they lead which are also influenced by the public sphere. The term for this reflection is “Zeitgeist.” It literally means “spirit of the times.” John Philip Sousa and his works can be classified under…

Police systems in the United States Chapter 6 Serge Baranov Mutual Pledge that organized the country at several levels. At the lowest level were tithing’s, 10 families grouped together who assumed mutual responsibility for the acts of their members. At the next level , 10 tithing’s or 100 families, were grouped together into a hundred….

Notes on Smuggling moonshine during prohibition -http://www. digitalhistory. uh. edu/database/article_display. cfm? HHID=441 Enforcing the law proved almost impossible. Smuggling and bootlegging were widespread. Two New York agents, Izzie Einstein and Mo Smith, relied on disguises while staging their raids–once posing as man and wife. Their efforts were halted, however, after a raid on New York…

Born on a little farm outside of Yuma, Arizona, he merely attended school up to the 8th class and shortly began to work with his household throughout the Fields of California. Ch vez served in the Navy and returned to the San Joaquin Valley of California where he became involved in community action plans. He…