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While all the options have problems, I would support number three because it values peace and stability. An extension of political courtesy can go a long way in preventing war. While they no longer sh ...

1. They were strange bedfellows because their alliance was stretched over growing mistrust and shifting goals but held together during the war because of their common enemies-- the Hilter Machine. (Th ...

evan-- we talked about being sponsored by a company too. but that would immediately be at odds with csw values, so in the long run it's a case of what we ultimately place value on, resources or integr ...

in response to jessica, i feel like income-based tuition is tricky business.

here's an article about it:

http://dailyreporter.com/blog/2009/02/27/income-based-tuition-could-be-nightmare/

We talked about

rising cost of tuition
student demographics
number of enrolled students

we proposed some programs that would require an intital investment that would be eventually eclipsed ...

Also, I would like to say that Roosevelt tried to distribute wealth. The revenue act of 1935 increased taxes on inheritance as well as raised income tax rates for the wealthy (P. 553). But it just d ...

Ah, I guess we were supposed to post Thursday night?

My initial reaction to the New Deal was how expansive it was, and how to get the nation out of the depression government interference in previou ...

I think the New Deal should be considered a necessary beginning to pulling the U.S. out of the Great Depression-- FDR's immediate measures to instate the Banking Act and pass the 21st Amendment had im ...

Adding to my previous post (I hit post too early! Neutral

) I think it becomes clear that though well-intentioned, the League of Nations failed in their primary goal with horrific consequences.

The League of Nations was a response to the war, as proposed by President Wilson in his 14 Points. More specifically were their dealings with Germany, wherein they imposed many harsh terms & repar ...

(late, because this wouldn't post last night)

I did Immigration, and I'm going to echo what Eli said about tensions between new immigrants and locals, and that immigrants became scapegoats to blame ...

wellll

i was a bit curious about what demographic of the immigrant workers was like, and how that shaped what was going on at the time.

shall we start a topic for pullman-postings?

Informed conclusion:

The origins of the war weren't on battlefields, they began locally with political disharmony translating into riots and newspapers taking sides and class tensions.

Misinform ...

Even after seceding from the Union, why did South Caroline find the need to begin the battle at Fort Sumner? Even after getting what they wanted.

The Union was looming over them, and they weren't w ...