Women were not allowed the right to vote, many don't go to college, face much discrimination, and there were barely any property rights for women. ... The group passed the Declaration of Sentiments, a list of grievances and demands modeled on the Declaration of Independence that called on women to organize and petition for their rights. A controversial demand for the right to vote passed by a narrow margin....

• Word Count: 593
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Those who vex the messenger of Allah, for them there is a painful doom. (9:61)" "It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them Wert thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about thee: so pass over (Their faults), and ask for (Allah's) forgiveness for them; and consult them in affairs (of moment). ... "And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property. (2:188)" This verse merely clari...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

James Madison said, "Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention have ever been bound incompatible with personal security of the rights of property" no doubt he had little faith in democracy. ... Several amendments have since been passed to make our society a much more democratic one. ...

• Word Count: 813
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• Grade Level: High School

World war one caused destruction to human life and property on such a scale that never had been witnessed before. ... The Fascists emerged as a bulwark to communism and in Italy Mussolini's Blackshirts broke up Communist strikes and in1933 Hitler used the threat of communism to pass his Enabling act. ... He used mass hysteria and propaganda to gain him support and once in power he used intimidation to pass the Enabling Act, which gave him totalitarian control. ...

• Word Count: 1081
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• Grade Level: High School

Often argued as being property, slaves received little benefits in our new country. ... (Zinn, 1995) Under the innocent surface one finds that our government could easily pass ridiculous taxes just as the British did. ...

• Word Count: 1057
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• Grade Level: High School

Athenian women were first owned by their fathers, until they were passed on to their husbands. ... Women could participate in sports, own/oversee property, and become educated in reading and writing. ...

• Word Count: 1160
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School