John Brown (1800-1859)-was an anti-slavery advocate who believed that God had called upon him to abolish slavery. May or may not have been mentally unstable. Devoted over 20 years to fighting slavery, due to misunderstanding, in revenge he and his followers (his sons and others) killed five men in the pro slavery settlement of Pottawatomie Creek. Triggered dozens of incidents throughout Kansas some 200 people were killed. Was executed, still debated over whether he is a saint or killer.
Following the Second World War, the Soviet Union expanded its influence over Eastern Europe. Soviet soldiers and diplomats supported Communists, many of whom had fought in anti-Nazi partisan units.
in the political fights that followed the war in one country after another. Different variants of this method were used. Stalin merely imposed a communist administration on Poland, which was completely occupied by Soviet forces. Hungary and East Germany also followed the same pattern. In some countries, such as Czechoslovakia, the process took longer and was accomplished through elections in which candidates supported by the Soviet Union won and other parties were proscribed.
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The Louisiana Purchase was a land purchase made by United States president Thomas Jefferson in 1803. ... Thomas Jefferson approved the deal and used his constitutional power to sign treaties to buy the land. Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War.
The phrase "Towering Genius" is used in reference to Abraham Lincoln speech to refer to a person who "disdains a beaten path. One seeks regions hitherto unexplored. One who sees no distinction in adding story to story upon the monuments of fame erected to the memory of others. One who denies that it is glory enough to serve under any chief."
<h3>Why is
The Towering Genius a threat to the perpetuation of the constitutional order?</h3>
According to Abraham Lincoln, the Towering Genius is a threat to the perpetuation of constitutional order because he or she seeks fame outside of the constitutional order established by
- Washington,
- Madison,
- Jefferson, and
- the rest of the founders, but seeks to supplant the founders' political order and establish new modes and orders of their own — to be the new Washington, the new FDR, or the new Reagan.
According to Lincoln, "Nothing fits their goals more than the populist rise of a dissatisfied public, whose frustrations and aspirations they gladly harness in service of their own interests.
Abraham Lincoln warned his audience to beware of the man thirsty for political power. In fact, he might have been speaking subconsciously about himself when he said, “A towering genius despises a beaten path."
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