Modernism is<u> </u><u>a literary movement that emerged after World War I and employed experimental techniques to capture and depict the contradictions and complexities of life.</u>
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The Potsdam Conference was attended by the "Big Three": Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Harry S. Truman of the United States. These leaders had a sense that the war would soon end and the Allies would be victors, so the whole purpose of this conference was to plan what would happen after World War II ended. They discussed issues such as the German economy, punishment for war criminals (especially Nazis), as well as land boundaries and reparations.
President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii because: a majority of native Hawaiians opposed annexation to the U.S.
The ones that resisted were made to walk the trail of tears. Many died or worse.
Constitutional government in Texas began with the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824, which, to some degree, was patterned after the United States Constitution but resembled more the Spanish Constitution of 1812. Congress was made the final interpreter of the document; the Catholic religion was made the state faith; and the church was supported by the public treasury. The president and vice president were elected for four-year terms by the legislative bodies of the states, the lower house of Congress to elect in case of a tie or lack of a majority. There were numerous limitations on the powers of the president. The Congress was composed of two houses meeting annually from January 1 to April 15. The president could prolong the regular session for an additional thirty days and could call extra sessions. Deputies in the lower house served two years, while senators were selected by their state legislatures for four-year terms. The judicial power was vested in a Supreme Court and superior courts of departments and districts. The Supreme Court was composed of eleven judges and the attorney general. There was no particular effort to define the rights of the states in the confederacy. They were required to separate executive, legislative, and judicial functions in their individual constitutions, which were to be in harmony with the national constitution, but local affairs were independent of the general government.
