Amajor difference between catastrophism and uniformitarianism is catastrophism supports rapid changes on the earth and a young age of the earth while uniformitarianism requires long times for changes to be significant and thus a very old earth uniformitarianism explains the young age of the earth by suggesting that while processes have not changed over time, the rates of processes may vary significantly uniformitarianism does not allow for catastrophic events while catastrophism is based on the assumption that they are the major forces of change in the earth catastrophism requires all changes on earth be due to unpredictable events that cannot be explained while uniformitarianism proposes that all events are predictable

Study the following facts: 1915—state education committee banned the french language in public schools (corporal punishment was allowable to deter the act of speaking french). 1916—compulsory attendance: all louisiana children must attend school until the age of 16 years. 1918—louisiana legislative act 114 stated that german could not be spoken on streets, taught in schools, or printed in newspapers (reaction to german aggression in world war i). 1921—repeal of act 114 . 1921—constitutional amendment stated languages other than english were prohibited in public schools. from the information above, answer the following questions to yourself. how did the above legislative laws affect the ethnic cultures generations later? describe the opportunity cost in economic and cultural terms of these legislative decisions. should efforts be made to preserve or revive the cultural traits of unique ethnic cultures in louisiana? assignment research current efforts and organizations that are actively engaged in cultural preservation. create a poster or powerpoint® describing the methods and strategies being employed in the preservation efforts (e.g., french immersion, german fest, codofil, cafa).