The Great Depression
.... for solving this crisis was greatly on the President. He, who had saved European countries from starvation during the Great War of 1913 through 1918, proved that he could not fix this new crisis. In fact, from 1929 through 1932, the economy went from bad to worse.
Unemployment approached 20 percent. Black Unemployment hit 50 percent. Private construction investment went from $6.6 billion in 1929 to $1.3 billion in 1932. Overall manufacturing was 54 percent of what was in 1929. Automobiles were .....
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The Kent State University Tragedy
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The National Guard arrived Saturday night. That day some students assisted with the downtown cleanup. That night some other students set fire to the campus headquarters of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Sunday morning the governor came to Kent and in the city's firehouse held a press conference saying the University would remain open. After a Sunday of relative calm, an anti-war rally at noon on Monday brought 2,000 to 3,000 people to the University Commons area. When the Gua .....
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U.S. Involvement In Kosovo
.... to launch a guerilla warfare attack on Serbia in attempts to liberate themselves and gain their cultural rites. The President of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic, is refusing to allow Kosovo to break away from Serbia without a fight. Kosovo is a site of great emotional significance to the Serbs; it is the site of a historic defeat by the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century. From this defeat, Kosovo became the cradle of Serbia's cultural and ethnic identity. Milosevic began an ethnic cleansing campaign in .....
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Underground Railroad
.... profits as a bonus for not having to pay hired work.
Slaves turned to freedom for more than one reason. Some were obsessed with being free and living a life where they were not told how to live. Others ran due to fear of being separted or sold from friends and family. Then there were some who were treated so cruely, that it forced them to run just to stay alive. Since coming to America as slaves even back as far back as when the first colonies began, slaves wanted to escape. They wanted to get away from .....
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The Clinton Scandal
.... How many more lies will Kenneth Starr’s investigation uncover? Where was the term "I lied" in your speech? You admitted nothing. You went before the people and gave a pitiful speech so that it can be spun as a heart-felt admission of guilt in front of the American people. It is to be hoped that most people will be able to see through this obvious facade and see the truth.
Not once did you use the term "sexual relationship" when referring to your interactions with Ms. Lewinsky. You admitted .....
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The New Deal
.... was WWII.
The economy was doing great prior to the stock market crash. People were investing and the country was on the rise. But with such problems as bad investments, bad income distribution, bad banking, bad foreign trade, and over-expansion of credit the stock market crashed and the U.S. was heading to a depression. One of the first Acts to affect the economy was the Emergency Banking Relief Act. This act authorized the Federal Reserve Board to issue more curre .....
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Gettysburg
.... people look to the other side of the equation and ask why Meade and the AOP won. What circumstances changed to enable the AOP to transform a long string of defeats into a great victory? The odds were certainly against them in many ways. The AOP had become accustomed to losing a dangerous thing for any military unit where life and death depends, to a large degree, on the confidence of its officers and troops. Fresh from two devastating defeats within the past six months, the AOP was chasing a seemin .....
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“Economic Issues, Not Religion Determined The Development English Colonies In North America.”
.... indentured servants, and when these people became unhappy with their work and were close to rebelling, slaves from Africa were brought to this colony. Economics was important in establishing the Virginia colony.
In Maryland, an owner/leader took the ownership of the land. The whole area was given to Lord Baltimore. Under him, there was talk of joint stock companies, monopolies and distribution of the farmland. Even though it would seem as if the statement would be perfectly relevant to Maryland, .....
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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
.... were fired upon. Seven people were killed at Libertad and forty-seven people were killed at other sites on the island.
Two of the B-26s left Cuba and flew to Miami, apparently to defect to the United States. The Cuban Revolutionary Council, the government in exile, in New York City released a statement saying that the bombings in Cuba were ". . . carried out by 'Cubans inside Cuba' who were 'in contact with' the top command of the Revolutionary Council . . . ." The New York Times reporter co .....
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The Monitor And The Virginia
.... Union warships. Her iron hull was almost impervious to cannon balls and her ram made short work of the giant wooden targets.
The Union knew they had to build an ironclad of their own if they wanted to win the war, and so the Monitor was born.
The Monitor rode almost completely submerged, with the bare minimum of wood required, but with absolutly none of it showing. Unlike the Virginia, the Monitors hull was only a foot or two above the surface of the ocean. Centered on her hull was a t .....
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Theory Of History
.... of the British (Brinkley 120).
Living with the hardships of life in the wild, new land, the American settlers gained strength and a firm belief in the rights and liberties of the individual man. They revolted because England interfered with their trade industry, demanded unjust taxes, and sent British troops to compel obedience. In the beginning of the war the colonists fought for their individual rights. After a year of fighting they fought for independence and change in American life (Brin .....
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The Cold War
.... he made were helped immeasurably by intelligence gathered from reconnaissance photos of the high altitude plane U-2. In understanding these agencies today I will show you how these agencies came about, discuss past and present operations, and talk about some of their tools of the trade.
Origin of the CIA and KGB
The CIA was a direct result of American intelligence operations during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the need to coordinate intelligence to protect the inter .....
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Education System After The Revolution
.... fertilized with nationalism and patriotism. With this new sense of freedom there was a great love and respect for America, but how to properly bury these roots was a question of great debate. The major cause of debate was how to organize a balance between freedom and order.( Spring p.53) Everyone was in agreement that this new found virtue of freedom was one that had a place in the education system, but with the strong religious beliefs and newfound political ideas the concern was on how to control th .....
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Dynamic Change In The U.S.
.... was also severely damaged in other ways. Railroads and industries in the South were in shambles. More than half of the farm machinery was destroyed and forty percent of all the livestock had been killed. In contrast, the Northern economy thrived during the war. During 1860 and 1870, the Northern wealth increased by about fifty percent, yet during the same period, Southern wealth decreased by almost sixty percent. This just shows part of the effects of the war on the economy. The war also set the .....
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Leo Szilard And The Atomic Bomb
.... a meeting where he was explaining his idea of the chain reaction. Years later in 1939 the atom was split and Dr. Leo Szilard would play a critical part in the making of the atomic bomb. April 24, 1939 physicist Paul Harteck and Lord Rutherford wrote to Hitler's war office telling him about the newest development in nuclear physics. Professor Hans Geiger co-inventor of the Geiger counter was shown this letter. In June of that year Geiger's close associates published an article describing a possible way .....
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