Silent Spring brought attention to the effects of pesticide pollution on wildlife.
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1.Social inequality
2. He rose to power due to the political instability in France
Explanation:
1.France was divided into three groups called the Clergy, Nobility and the commoners. The commoners comprised of the common people who were taken advantage of due to them being made to pay taxes while the other groups were exempted from tax payment. This led to economic hardship and revolutionary protests in the country which led to the rise of Napoleon.
2. Napoleon Bonaparte was a military dictator who came into prominence during the French Revolution. He was known as an intelligent and fearless military leader who ruled France after a success in overthrowing the then government .
Answer:
Nicholas II was forced to abdicate on the 15th of March 1917 after riots spread across the main Russian cities after which the they were taken over by worker's unions or Soviets.
On the day he abdicated, Nicholas wrote in his journal of a meeting he had with General N. V. Ruzski of the Northern Army while he was in Pskov where he was informed that he was to abdicate in order to avoid a further revolution amongst the Russian soldiers fighting the Germans on the Eastern front.
He assented to this and after meetings with Alexander Guchkov and Vasily Shulgin, he left Pskov full of sorrow because of the perceived treason, deception and cowardice that went on around him.
14 Amendment that “stopped” segregation and gave a African Americans rights
Answer:
After being held up in the courts for more than a year, President Barack Obama’s signature immigration executive actions that proposed expanding his deferred action policies to allow individuals residing in the country illegally the opportunity to avoid deportation and obtain work permits and driver’s licenses were blocked from being implemented in a 4-4 ruling delivered by the United States Supreme Court on June 23, 2016.[1]
Without a ninth justice, due to the vacancy left on the court by former Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death, the Supreme Court was unable to rule on the case. The 4-4 split decision upheld the lower court's ruling, which blocked the new and expanded immigration policies from going into effect. President Obama blamed the court's inability to issue a ruling on Republican senators who have declined to hold a confirmation hearing on his Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland.[2]
