"Austria-Hungary<span> declared war on </span>Serbia<span> after serbian nationalists assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, this was not necessary as only a few serbians participated and these assassinations usually did not result in war" (prezi.com)</span>
Plessy was a citizen who claimed to be seventh eights Caucasian and only one eighth Black. He was imprisoned and trial in a criminal court after an incident that took place while in New Orleans, in 1896, when he tried to board a car designated for hite people. He was denied a seat in the car for white people and urged to take a seat in the car for black people. As Plessy refused on the basis of his predominantly Caucasian race, the train staff arrested him, and then he was put in the parish jail. He was charged with criminal counts, but Plessy requested his case to be presented to the Supreme Court for he deemed there had been violations of the Thirteen and Fourteenth Amendments (abolition of slavery and equal treatment).
The Supreme Court's opinion stated that the treatment based on "equal but separated" did not conflict with the Thirteenth Amendment, for this amendment only protected citizens from being enslaved or forced to involuntary servitude, and no conflict was found with the Fourteenth Amendment since it enforced equality, but it did not specify under which terms. Therefore, the decision of the Supreme Court supported the doctrine "equal but separate" and segregation as well.
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In this activity, you'll determine whether Bruce and Felicia used the same number of tiles and whose tiles cover the most area per tile.
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This bill passed Congress, but Jackson vetoed it, declaring that the Bank was "unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive to the rights of States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people." After his reelection, Jackson announced that the Government would no longer deposit Federal funds with the Bank and would place them in state banks.
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Here are the reasons how US <span>foreign policy can affect the average US citizen:
1) Globalization affects US domestic life. Everything that happens overseas affects citizen's life. The best example is European crisis.
2) All decisions in foreign policies have the consequences. The war in Iraq increased the national debt and interest payments.
3) US unique place in history. US government systematically invests in new technologies and competes with foreign countries. This competition is very important to develop their education and infrastructure.</span>
