was the first major land battle of The Civil War. Fought in Virginia on July 21‚ 1861. The Battle of Bull Run is also called Manassas. The Commanders in this battle were Irvin McDowell for the Union‚ Joseph E. Johnston‚ and P. G. T. Beauregard‚ Stonewall Jackson for the Confederate. The Confederate had won this battle. After losing this battle‚ McDowell was relieved of command and Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan took over. The Union’s goal for this battle was to make fast work on the Confederate and
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Text B assignment - big brother isn’t watching you. The UK riots during the summer of 2011 came as a shock to a lot of people‚ not only in England but all over the entire world. Worldwide people watched astonished as CNN and BBC showed pictures of widespread looting‚ burning of buildings and cars and serious aggression against the police. During the riots‚ most of the comments from politicians and other officials were condemnation of the rioters calling them mindless savages‚ but after some time
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Riots 1. Do you think people should be stopped from twitter and blackberry messenger when it is known that they are planning to riot. Give reasons for your answer - I don’t think they should be stopped‚ because it wouldn’t be fair to walk up to someone and accuse them on planning a riot on their blackberry‚ and if the police did take their blackberry‚ or go on to their twitter accounts‚ that would be against their right to privacy. 2. Should the people who try to arrange riots or violence
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There is a need to manage this problem as preconceived notions of biased treatment by the government against any racial group could lead to the outbreak of violence among the different communities. For example‚ in 1964‚ Singapore experienced race riots which resulted in 36 dead and 590 injured. Singapore was in Malaysia then‚ and the UMNO felt threatened when the PAP participated in the 1964 Federal elections. The UMNO then led an anti-PAP campaign in the medium using the Utusan Melayu‚ claiming
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Chapter 2 Protest movement in Nigeria In democracy‚ having a wide spread number of people tell the government that they do not like its practices could herald to protest movements. As thus‚ it is a very effective way of getting changes made and raising or revisiting issues. History of protest movement During the 19th and early 20th century‚ Nigerians sought and found ways to oppose the foreign rule. As the middle classes and the working classes became more educated‚ there came with it‚ the desire
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Model ToK Oral Presentation Understanding the Vancouver Riots: a TOK analysis of the violence following the Stanley Cup Hockey Finals on June 15th‚ 2011 Objectives of ToK Oral Presentation Identify and explore a Knowledge Issue (KI) raised by a Real-life Situation (RLS) Show insightful thinking about KI‚ supporting ideas about knowledge claims‚ justifying thinking‚ making connections with ToK concepts Presentation should have two stages: an introduction and brief explanation
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Verbatim Theatre? One of the key parts of this piece of drama is the quotations used. In verbatim theatre you can only say things that have been said before‚ whether in an article‚ interview or other form of media. Our piece is centred on the London Riots which were extensively reported on in 2011‚ so we had a lot of reportage to choose from for our research. Various members of the group gathered different types of research which we found online; some got articles‚ others found direct quotes from rioters
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New Research: Internet Censorship To Stop Protests... Actually Increases Protests from the who-didn’t-see-that-coming? dept We’ve been arguing for a while that attempts by various governments to shut down forms of communication during protests and riots only serves to make protesters and rioters angrier. Some new (quite timely) research‚ pointed out by Mathew Ingram‚ seems to agree that internet censorship tends to make such problems worse. The research is a quick read‚ and certainly goes further
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sneering at the nought arrivals. The school’s headmaster was not available for comment‚ however he exited the school during the riots as the noughts entered‚ and could be seen doing nothing to discipline his pupils. He made no effort to end or prevent the riots. However‚ it was the actions of a Cross girl‚ Persephone Hadley‚ daughter of Kamal Hadley‚ which brought the riots to an end. Shortly after one of the noughts had been injured‚ she yelled above all the noises of violence and hatred ‘You’re
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Thomas "Stonewall” Jackson was a man of humble beginnings. He‚ himself‚ was a humble man. However‚ he possessed many qualities that under the right guidance would make him one of the great American military generals. His experiences during the Mexican War would have the greatest impact in molding him into the great leader he was. Stonewall Jackson began his military training at The United States Military Academy at West Point. Not having the same financial and educational advantages as his classmates
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