The Home Rule League 1873. 1872 Secret Ballot Act and rejection by hierarchy of Gladstone’s education reforms provided the opportunity to turn the Home Gov Ass into a political party. Aims: • Home Rule • Land Reform • Aid for Catholic schools 1874 general election 59 elected. Very good but many were unhappy
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his second master to enslave her in 1876. Abina Mansah was a West African woman living in the British Gold Coast Colony. She cannot tolerate her master enslave her because it is in contravention of the "Gold Coast Slave-dealing Abolition Ordinance‚ 1874". So she escaping to the town of Cape Coast‚ she accuses Quamina Eddoo who was her master of purchasing and holding her as a slave. At this time‚ she met William Melton who was British magistrate. The William Melton decided to take the case to trial
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A good president is someone who takes quick action whenever problems threaten the nation. Before he became the eighteenth President of the United States‚ Ulysses S. Grant was a former general who exemplified strength and hope during the American Civil War. It was a very tumultuous time period in history and many American citizens sought a leader with capability. His strategic military techniques led the American troops to victory‚ and he constantly strived to help the country prosper both culturally
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divorced/ vote 97. Frederick Douglass “The Composite Nation” (1869) - Asian- Americans couldn’t vote yet either‚ Douglass spoke for them-> right to vote‚ all other rights - Speech - Frederick Douglass 98. Robert B. Elliott on Civil Rights (1874) - Speech - Robert B. Elliot - In support of the civil rights act of 1875 - “equality before the law” regardless of race‚ freedom. 99. Chief Joseph “An Indian’s View of Indian Affairs” (1879) - Chief Joseph‚ leader of Nez Percé Indians
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religious teachings. ~Normal Schools teacher-training schools ~Kindergarten a concept that came from Germany; younger children went to schools earlier in life ~Chautauqua movement helped benefit adults in education. This movement was launched in 1874 on the shores of Lake Chautauqua‚ in New York. The organizers achieved success through nationwide public lectures‚ often held in tents and featuring well-known speakers‚ including Mark Twain. In addition‚ there were extensive Chautauqua courses of
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Arnold Schoenberg was one of the greatest musical influences of the mid 20th Century. He was born on September 13‚ 1874‚ to a Jewish family in Vienna‚ Austria (Schoenberg 1). Schoenberg was a young Jewish man during World War I (WWI) living in Berlin. He was directly affected by the invasion of the Nazis. In 1933‚ he had to leave Berlin and desert his faith for Lutheranism later on taking on the faith of Judaism. At the early age of eight‚ he began violin lessons and almost immediately started
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1. Famous People: 2. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." a. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) 3. "Glory is fleeting‚ but obscurity is forever." b. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 4. "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." c. Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) 5. "Don’t be so humble - you are not that great." d. Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat 6. "His ignorance is encyclopedic" e. Abba
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until the end of the 1860s‚ and during this time Great Britain saw a major change in favor of a a republican government and for the abolishment of monarch powers. However‚ with the help of Benjamin Disraeli‚ the prime minister in 1868 and again from 1874 to 1880‚ the queen eventually accepted a more public and influential role in the government. Throughout the middle years of her reign‚ Victoria had authority over Britain’s involvement in the Crimean War (1854–56). She also presided over
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revolutionaries‚ the “Chaikovsky circle”‚ which produced many pamphlets and smuggled in books officially banned in Russia. This‚ in turn‚ led Pyotr Lavrov to lead a group of around 2000 young men and women‚ mainly from the nobility and intelligentsia in 1874 and “go to the people”.
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The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was devoted to bringing prohibition to the United States in order to protect the women and children of America from the repercussions of alcohol. The WCTU was conceived in November of 1874 due to the newly established habits of the men of America (Woman’s). Having the capable leadership of the founders‚ the WCTU spread quickly. In a miniscule span of time‚ the women made a significant impact which pressed the borders of their home country‚ threatening to bubble
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