Joseph McCarthy, of Red Scare fame
The main thing that Hitler did in defiance of the Versailles Treaty that upset the world was to bring back the German military, which was explicitly against the rules of the military. His reasoning for this action was to preserve the national defense of Germany, although this soon led to the invasion of Poland, which led to war.
The 24th Amendment<span> Prohibits Poll Taxes. Forty-five years ago today, the </span>24th Amendment<span> to the U.S. Constitution was ratified by the states. The </span>amendment<span> forbids Congress and states from requiring poll taxes in order to </span>vote<span> in federal elections.</span>
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After Mazarin's death in 1661, Louis XIV broke with tradition and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. He viewed himself as the direct representative of God, endowed with a divine right to wield the absolute power of the monarchy...
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) was one of the leaders and orators of the French Revolution of 1789, best known for his involvement in the Reign of Terror that followed.
As a young man, he studied law and had a reputation for honesty and compassion. He sought to abolish the death penalty and refused to pronounce a required death sentence after becoming a judge.
But as the revolution approached, Robespierre became head of the powerful Jacobin Club, a radical group advocating exile or death for France's nobility. In 1792, after Paris mobs stormed the palace of the Tuileries and dethroned King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, Robespierre helped organize the new revolutionary governing body, the Commune of Paris.
