.... or free state. Still, others proclaimed that slavery should be banned completely in the land seized from Mexico. Calhoun said that the ban on slavery was unconstitutional. The constitution stated that slaveholders had the right to own property, which included slaves, since slaves weren’t human, according to the South. There were three candidates in the election of 1848: Lewis Cass Martin Van Buren and Zachary Taylor. Cass was representing the democrats and was a man who believed in Popular Sovernty. Van Buren was nominated by the Free-Soil Party. Taylor was a war hero, a .....

.... Deckard is inside, the loud dynamic music changes to the sound of windchimes. The soft ringing sounds are a contrast to the music that is heard as he is approaching. This change in sound is also a contrast to the noise and bustle of the streets, which represents the masses. It enforces the idea that Eldon Tyrell and his corporation are powerful, that they are physically and socially above the 'little people' who live below. The impression of holiness from the ringing sounds and echos as well as the vast amount of space, again raises the idea that Tyrell is God-like, .....

.... lawyer named Thompson. He had argued to the trial judge that these men were being sentenced to death because they were anarchists and foreigners. Actually, there was evidence presented that Vanzetti was insane at the time of the crime. Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti, 255 Mass. 369, 151 N.E. 839 (1926). However, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that the Superior Court had no jurisdiction to grant a new trial because the motion was not timely. Both defendants were electrocuted in August, 1927 Two years later, Black Friday, October 24, 1929 signaled the e .....

.... up by the government and society as a whole. I believe that by providing the answer to the timeless question of overcoming man's inherent evils in such a way More creates a perfect society to be modeled after. Many of the ideals in More's Utopia are, as the name implies, based on ideal situations and not reality. They would work well in a civilization of automatons, but would be abolished quickly in a human situation. Nevertheless, we can apply the ideals held by the Utopians to our own societies since the ideals themselves are attainable even if a perfect society is not. .....

.... division, that had been left at Harper’s Ferry to supervise the surrender of the garrison, was approching the battlefield. They came upon the flank of the Union forces and drove them back. At the end Confederate generals urged Robert E. Lee to retreat, but he refused. At dawn, on the 18th, the army was still there inviting attack. Although more then 10,000 additional Union troops reached the battlefield McClellan made no move. Lee had had read McClellan’s mind, he also knew his own men. He knew that his soldiers’ prestige and morale would be strengthened if they beli .....

.... by the lives of the imaginary characters that fill them. What prompts writers and directors to put out the films they do? During the twenties and thirties different kinds of films were produced for different audiences. While some people pushed for films that depicted utopias and perfection, others wanted to see reality and current events discussed in films. It is through this that film makers began to express their opinions on current issues and offered different ideas to their audiences. Starting with the post World War I era, throught the Great Depression and with a shor .....

.... of the previous decade's civil movement led by Reverend Martin Luther king Jr. carried over into the 1960s. But for most blacks, the results were minimal. Only a small percentage of black children actually attended integrated schools, and in the south, "Jim Crow" practices barred blacks from jobs and public places (Ascher 21). New groups formed, new tactics devised, to push forward for full equality. White resistance, however, often resulted in violence. This violence spilled across TV screens nationwide. The average, neutral American, after seeing his/her TV screen, tu .....

.... protesters numbered almost seven million with more than half being white youths in the college. The teach-in movement was at first, a gentle approach to the antiwar activity. Although, it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protest that grew through 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54). The teac .....