Category: Social studies

What happened to the plantations after the Civil War? Some plantations were sold for unpaid taxes or were sold to carpetbaggers. Sometimes the plantation owners would sell or give parcels to former slaves. Plantation houses, made of wood, often burned for reasons unrelated to the Civil War, and they were subject to storms and lightning. […]

What are the different types of demand? Types of demand Joint demand. Composite demand. Short-run and long-run demand. Price demand. Income demand. Competitive demand. Direct and derived demand. When demand for a particular product is independent of the demand for other products such a demand is called? In terms of the demand of these items, […]

Who formed the Free Soil Party and Why? After the Whig Party and the Democratic Party nominated presidential candidates who were unwilling to rule out the extension of slavery into the Mexican Cession, anti-slavery Democrats and Whigs joined with members of the abolitionist Liberty Party to form the new Free Soil Party. What was the […]

How does direct action affect negotiation? According to King, how does direct action influence negotiation? It creates a crisis whereby people who would not have negotiated before are forced to. -The direct action brings the issue to the forefront so that it has to be dealt with. Without the nonviolent movement, what does King think […]

What units are used in the ideal gas law? In SI units, p is measured in pascals, V is measured in cubic metres, n is measured in moles, and T in kelvins (the Kelvin scale is a shifted Celsius scale, where 0.00 K = −273.15 °C, the lowest possible temperature). How is R used in […]

What does Bunbury symbolize? Bunbury Symbol Analysis. Algernon describes this pretext as “bunburying,” but he also uses the term to describe Jack’s false representation of himself as “Ernest” and his own masquerade as “Ernest.” Bunbury and “bunburying” thus represent deception, fiction, and escapism. Why did Algernon create Bunbury? Like Jack, Algernon has invented a fictional […]

What are the conditions for a whistle blowing to be considered moral? Briefly, (1) the firm’s actions will do serious and considerable harm to others; (2) the whistle-blowing act is justifiable once the employee reports it to her immediate supervisor and makes her moral concerns known; (3) absent any action by the supervisor, the employee […]

What is the role of the peacekeeping forces of the United Nations? The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces are employed by the World Organization to maintain or re-establish peace in an area of armed conflict. The UN acts as an impartial third party in order to prepare the ground for a settlement of the issues that […]

Does it matter to the Babylonians If an action is deliberate? 4) Does it matter to the Babylonians if an action is deliberate or accidental? What does this tell us about their society? They don’t care if its accident or purposely, they believe “it is what it is”. What are the main values of Babylonian […]

What challenges did the transcontinental railroad face? of snow and were camping in tunnels they created underneath it. Avalanche’s posed another danger. An entire camp was taken out by an avalanche, including all of its workers. Another challenge they faced was the need to create tunnels through the mountains. Which describes a major challenge facing […]