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    Presidential Decree No. 1586 or the Environmental Impact Statement System Year of Enactment and Implementation Enacted and Implemented in 1978 Purpose To attain and maintain a rational and orderly balance between socio-economic growth and environmental protection Control Area Nationwide Overview The pursuit of a comprehensive and integrated environmental protection program necessitates the establishment and institutionalization of a system whereby the exigencies of socio-economic undertakings

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    The Growth of Presidential Power (Prompt 1) The twentieth century‚ the political and social events that unfolded in this modern era‚ and America’s involvement in such affairs‚ both domestic and foreign‚ brought about a significant shift in the balance of power within U.S politics. Notwithstanding the framers original design of a distinct system of checks and balances that called even for a bicameral legislature so as to further restrict the power of the legislative‚ the executive branch has nevertheless

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    Social and economic challenges played significant parts in drafting constitutional amendments and molding civil rights of individuals during the Reconstruction Era. The Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments were recognized as the Civil War Amendments because they were put in place directly following the war. Their purpose was to secure the ending of enslavement and give recently emancipated slaves equal protection and rights in the U.S. The Thirteenth Amendment was first put in place to abolish

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    Reconstruction Era

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    The era between 1865 and 1877 is known as the Reconstruction Era. During the civil war the southern economy was destroyed. Plantations‚ crops‚ houses and railroads were ruined. They were ruined because the slaves were forced to work. The north consists of factories while the south consists of farming. The North and the South wanted to be their own part of land because they didn’t agree with each other. The South was most responsible for the shape of the New South due to social‚ economic‚ political

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    It was very difficult for white southerners to accept the equal civil liberties of blacks and let go of their hate and anger against them. The social challenges from the Civil War continued well into the Reconstruction. It was just years before that war ripped through the battle grounds of southern states. Unfortunately‚ violence was no stranger to southerners whose past aggressions ran high because of personal loss and a failed rebellion. The Civil Rights Amendments were put in place to protect

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    US reconstruction was a success for former slaves‚ and a failure for former slave owners‚ other whites in the South‚ Northerners‚ Republicans and Democrats. US reconstruction period refers to 1863-1877 in American history‚ when slavery and the confederacy in the south were destroyed in order to resolve the remaining issues of the Civil War. Reconstruction was proposed separation of the southern states on how to return the federal‚ civil status Confederate leaders‚ as well as the legal status of

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    implementation of Reconstruction policies was achieved in multiple ways. While not always a success‚ Reconstruction had a definitive impact on the social‚ cultural economic and financial issues in states throughout the South. It is not clear whether or not Reconstruction was more beneficial to the country or harmful‚ but it is true‚ without a doubt‚ that it had an enormous impact on the Southern states. Both Gilles Vandal and Horace Bond in their articles discuss the impact that Reconstruction had on the

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    Failure Of Reconstruction

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    of pain and struggle‚ there was so much opportunity for change. In addition to the end of slavery‚ the war was supposed to create economic opportunities for everyone. It seemed like many thought the Civil War was a Second American Revolution. Reconstruction‚ the rebuilding period after the Civil War‚ was a time of great uncertainty in the country caused by the tension between radical Northerners who wanted to punish the South and fix inequities; and Southerners who wanted to keep their racist prior

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    Facial Reconstruction

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    Facial reconstruction plays a large role in providing identification and justice to unknown human bodies. From Neolithic skull plastering‚ to death masks‚ to modern techniques‚ there have been immense changes in both efficiency and usage over the years. Many notable forensic anthropologists dedicated their lives and research to the development of this form of identification. The immensity of change in facial reconstruction techniques over the years is definitely not indicative of the focus placed

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    Reconstruction DBQ

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    Do you ever wonder who killed Reconstruction? Well many believe the North killed Reconstruction for a variety of reasons‚ but the three main reasons are the North’s racism‚ fatigue‚ and distractions. Some positives about Reconstruction were the Freedman’s Bureau‚ This gave the African Americans support like food‚ education‚ jobs‚ and legal help. Also there was the Civil Rights Act this gave the blacks and whites the same type of rights. But there was also some negatives around this time like Sharecropping

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