.... Nations. At this rate, the world population is doubling every 40 years. On October 12, 1999 the world's population will reach 6,000,000,000 people. The is a very vast subject, but my assignment will only explain the three major points of the . The biggest concern of human beings is the decreasing rate of resources, as the years go by, resources are on a constant decline.Which means in a couple of years, if the population continuous to increase, are resources will disappear in a short term of time. Also, I will try to explain the reasons why this subject became what it is now . Why did did the population increase so much in the past decades, will be answered. And fin ....

.... time. Artillery generally falls into three basic categories; guns, howitzers and mortars. The main difference between them being the trajectory of the round fire. A gun has a high muzzle velocity and a very flat trajectory. Normally a gun is used in a direct fire mode where the target can be seen and penetration is desirable. Good targets for a gun would be things like brick or earth forts, ships, buildings, and targets in tree lines. Howitzers have a somewhat lower muzzle velocity and arc their shells onto a target. They are used in both a direct fire and indirect fire mode. Keep in mind with the limited range of the pieces available during the Civil War there was ....

.... cars, and hosing down ships. They served as waitresses and cooks in railway cars, quarry workers, street sweepers, garden keepers, and coal miners. In these jobs they gained influence in years to come, during World War II as "Rosie the riviter", as well as jobs that were male-oriented and soon grew to be what we consider in today's society as jobs made for women, as nurses, secretaries, bookkeepers, etc. In April of 1917, women gained the most honorable status in society they ever received as Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, was accepted as the first woman in the House of Representatives. In 1920, women composed 23.6% of the labor force, more than ever in American his ....

.... Civil Rights Act in 1964,it became apparent that certain business traditions, such as seniority status and aptitude tests, prevented total equality in employment. Then President, Lyndon B. Johnson, decided something needed to be done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965, he issued Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal contractors “to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed . . . without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin (Civil Rights).” When Lyndon Banes Johnson signed that order, he enacted one of the most discriminating pieces of legislature since the Jim Crow Laws were passed. ....

.... elected president in 1868 and served two terms. Robert E. Lee During the Mexican war Lee was an engineering officer with Winfield Scott's force. Jefferson Davis appointed Lee a general in the southern army in 1861. He was not successful in preventing an invasion of western Virginia, so he was sent to the Atlantic Coastal defense. In 1862 when Joseph E. Johnston was wounded, Lee became commander of the confederate army in Virginia. In Richmond Lee drove the unionist away from the capital in the Seven Days' Battles. In August he defeated the Northern army in the second Battle of Bull Run. In May 1863 Lee won his greatest victory ....

.... was made of concrete, wasw12 feet high and was white so that anyone trying to climb it would be clearly visible. In 1989 the East German government collapsed and the wall was knocked down. In 1990, East and West Germany re-united. The population of Berlin is three and a half million, it covers an area of 341 square miles. We are traveling down the Kurfurstendam, also known as the Ku-damm, which as you can see is lined with hotels, cafes, shops, art galleries, cinemas and restaurants. The Ku-damm is the heart of what was formerly West Berlin. It is always pleasurable to stroll along it, day or night, or to sit at one of the many sidewalk cafes and watch the passers-by. Sidew ....

.... Agricultural Diversification 2) Industrial Transformation 3) Growth of Service Industry 4) Improvement in Quality of Life (including social, environmental, and economic variables) 5) Growth of Trade and Foreign Investment 6) Improvement in Technology and Infrastructure Note that in comparison to other Southeast Asian countries (except Singapore), Thailand has a relatively better performance in agriculture and service industries during the mid and late 80s. For example, the cultivation, processing, and export of agricultural products, especially rice, was traditionally the mainstay of the Thai economy. Although Thailand has long been among the most ....

.... over coping with this massive change by looking at Robert Cherny's American Politics in the , "The River Ran Red" and the fourteenth amendment. Cherny discussed many of the changes that occurred during 1877-1895 in his book American Politics in the . Cherny's focus early in the book on the role of the political parties during the time period. He does not scratch the surface, but tries to dig deep the of politics. Cherny also addresses social and economic changes. He said that progress merely provided a "gleaming surface of the . Just below that golden surface, however, lay twelve-hour workdays in factories, the widespread use of child labor, and large-scale business deali ....