In groups specified below, you will investigate important people and issuessurrounding the period before the Civil War (1830-1860) and present your findings ininnovative ways. All presentations dates will be given in class.Mr. Federle
Mr. Eads also contributed to the Union Civil War effort. As James M. McPherson wrote, Eads contracted in August 1861 to construct seven shallow-draft gunboats for river work. When completed before the end of the year, these craft looked like no other vessel in existence. They were flat-bo...
In essence, it made compromises on a draft of the constitution under discussion at the time by abandoning the idea of inserting sharia (Islamic law), cutting its ties with radical actors, such as Salaf i organizations, and agreeing to relinquish power in favor of a technocratic government ...
While the ironclads were the war’s greatest contribution to naval architecture, their lesser-known cousins, the shallow-draft tinclads, timberclads and cottonclads, performed vital service for both sides. These ships fought on an enormous maritime front, including the Gulf of Mexico and 700 mil...
To increase the likelihood of recovering assets of criminal origin, States are urged to draft laws instituting Civil Forfeiture Actions for Illegally Acquired Assets as a means of fighting money laundering by interrupting the usufruct of the proceeds of crime. For example, on September 5–6, 2005...
According to the literature, the first publication with the term "post-occupation evaluation" in its title dates back to 1975 by McLaughlin [8]. In 1997, Preiser & Schramm [9] proposed an expansion to the POE process model for a more integrative structure that resulted in the Building ...
Rani Laxmibai: The queen of the princely state of Jhansi, Rani Laxmibai is known for her role in the First War of India’s Independence in 1857. Jhalkari Bai: A soldier in Rani Laxmibai’s women’s army, Durga Dal, she rose to become one of the queen’s most trusted advisers. ...
With clarity regarding both my core values and the recurring themes of the most “on purpose” moments of my life, I was feeling ready to write my purpose statement. After some tinkering with language, this was my first draft: The purpose of my life is to help people—myself included—to...