The Japanese proceedings in Manchuria made terrible reaction in China. But did not show her recruitment by means of army rather she adopted indirect means for it. First of China expressed her disagreement by the boycott of Japanese things. After this an anti-Japanese Nation organization was formed in China. If there was a doubt about […]
Read More »➢ Federal Emergency Relief Administration : This agency was created to assist the states in caring for the unemployed. ➢ Public Works Administration : (PWA) lent money to local government for public works. It built offices, court houses, dams and highways. It spent on projects that could be carried out on public property. It’s activities […]
Read More »New Deal President Hoover tried to restore confidence so he urged businessmen to keep wages as high as possible and asked congress to vote money for new roads and buildings. Congress set up reconstruction finance corporation to lend money to banks, railroads and factories at low rate of interest. Hoover called off war debt payments […]
Read More »The Origin of the Boxers Boxers was the name given by foreigners to a Chinese Secret Society called ‘I-ho-Chuan’ means ‘Righteous Harmonious Fists’. It was an offshoot of the ‘Eight Diagram Society’. Their programme was the practice of magic arts by which they claimed immunity to bullets. They used charms, incantations and rituals to invoke […]
Read More »After the failure of the Hundred Days of Reform, there was a violent reaction in China against foreigners. The reaction took the form of an uprising known as the Boxer Uprising. It was an effort to drive the foreigners out of the country. The defeat of China in war and the consequent humiliation, the haughtiness […]
Read More »The important characteristics of the revolution lay in the fact that it was anti-Manchu, anti-traditional and anti-foreign with a strong dose of nationalistic ferment. The Revolution of 1911 brought the Manchu rule in China to an end. Obviously the dynasty had lost its moral basis to rule China. It was but inevitable that an incompetent, […]
Read More »By 1911, the Manchu dynasty had ruled China for two hundred and sixty seven years. While the dynasty displaced dynamism and vigour during a greater part of its life, it became comparatively weak and inefficient in its closing phase. By the middle of the 19th century, the Manchus had to face several problem. There was […]
Read More »Tenure of office act and the military reconstruction act In December 1866, congress took immediate steps to secure supremacy of congress legislature in the government and reduce the president to a position of figure head. The tenure of office act was passed by which the congress attempted to restrict the president’s power to remove federal […]
Read More »The Civil rights Bill The congress was not able to override the veto by Johnson and it immediately put forth “Civil rights bill” by which Full rights to Negros were given. All cases under the act were declared within the jurisdiction of federal courts. Equality of treatment before the law. The moderated in the congress […]
Read More »Congressional plan of Reconstruction It was not product of one act or session but many and a longer period of time. Black Codes: Enacted in 1865 to ensure white supremacy. It conferred some rights of citizenship upon Negros. They were not to testify in case of white persons. Not to bear arms. Not to serve […]
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Unveiling the Mysteries of the Zam Zam Well: History, Significance, and Controversies
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