Apollo
.... Aeronautics and Space Administration) program. NASA, established on October 1, 1958, had the historical job of putting an American on the moon. It was on May 25, 1961 when Kennedy finally made public his commitment "to land an American safely on the moon by the end of the decade," (Shepard 28).
The pressure was on the NASA, but all eyes were on James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, who was not even certain the U.S. could beat the Soviets to the moon. Chief Scientist Hugh Dryden calc .....
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Article Of Confederation
.... as taxation without representation. As you can see government under the Articles of Confederation lacked the ability to effectively regulate currency because it caused a depression and a rebellion.
The U.S constitution attempted to solve the currency problem by making one standard currency for the entire country. This made it much easier to facilitate money between the different states. Now the states didn’t have to transpose the value of for example New York dollar to a Virginia dollar. The .....
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Articles Of Confederation (wea
.... legislatures or national conventions, unlike the unanimous vote demanded by the Articles. Passing laws required one vote over half of both houses plus the signature of the President, not nine out of thirteen like before.
While even the Constitution couldn't solve all the problems of the Articles, it certainly took care of the vast majority. Americans got used to the idea of trusting a central power once again, even if it was what they were trying to get away from being having a revolution in the fi .....
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Articles Of Confederation 4
.... the desire to extinguish the current government, and contributed to a greater feeling of pride and unification amongst the states.
A piece of the Articles that was very popular with most of the public was the inability of the government, or congress, to enforce taxes on the general public, or individual states. This may have been pleasing to the masses, which still held resentment against the British and King George III, the then British king, but it rendered the central government scraping and be .....
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Asian Exclusion Laws
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The two pieces of legislation were similar in that they attempted to halt the immigration of laborers. It seemed the United States government was sending a message that they wanted only educated, professional immigrants from Asian countries, and there was no longer a need for the laborers they once welcomed.
The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentleman’s Agreement were both blatant attempts by the United States to close the door to Asian immigrants. While other pieces of legislation were .....
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Assassination Of Martin Luther
.... 5 California
The nickname Golden State comes from its golden poppies, which is also the state flower. Another reason California received this nickname was because of the gold discovery there in 1848, which made California one of the leading industrial states in mining.
6 Colorado
As a state, Colorado is comparatively young. Because it joined the Union in 1876 (just 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence) its most popular nickname is the Centennial State. Some former nickname .....
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Assess The Importance Of The P
.... even though his ambition to renew the party was known, Brezhnev sent his congratulations . It seems rather ironic that Moscow supported the new regime, however yet there was no evidence that Dubcek was planning to liberalize the Czechoslovak political system as much as he did. Dubcek was seen as a loyal party member, and the communiqué that followed the meeting of Brezhnev and Dubcek in Moscow in the end of January 1968 spoke of the “full identity of views on all questions discussed”.
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Assimilation Or Accommodation
.... of the British, by increasing
the amount of Protestant churches built. Another sign of
assimilation of the French is the Court of Kings Bench. An English
court, by whom the King sentences foreigners that have no defense
and can not even speak the English language. The French no longer
had control of the fur trade, they lost their market to the English and
could no longer compete to the full extent as the English. Above all,
the French out number the British, resulting in the constant fear .....
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Athens And Sparta
.... reached the age of fourteen they attended a higher school for four more years. At the higher school they learned more math , more science , and things about the government. When the men reached the age of 18 the were required to attend military school for 2 more years. The Athenian men were skilled architects , poets , and artists. From them is where we get great works known as The Odyssey and The Iliad by the writer known as Homer (Meigas 123).
The men of ancient Sparta were very cunning , slick , .....
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Athens Vs. Sparta
.... more an army camp. Males of all ages were kept together and spent a lot of time with each other. This was meant to make them grow similar in character as well as devoted to each other so they would be an efficient fighting force. Family life would breed diversity and the Spartans believed in unity to be more important than families. At a very young age boys were taken from the home to train together. Girls might sleep at home, but during the day they worked and exercised together, spending less time wi .....
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Native American Genocide
.... bear either Cold or Hunger, [they] knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, [they] spoke our Language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counselors; they were totally good for nothing\" (Noriega, 376).
Grants given to other schools was just the beginning. In 1820, the United States made plans for a large scale system of boarding and day schools Noriega, 377). These schools were given the mission to, \"instruct its students in \'letters, labor an .....
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Native American Women
.... (Dozier, 1971, p. 237)
The statuses and roles for men and women varied considerably among Native Americans, depending on each tribe\'s cultural orientations. In matrilineal and matrilocal societies, women had considerable power because property, housing, land, and tools, belonged to them. Because property usually passed from mother to daughter, and the husband joined his wife\'s family, he was more of a stranger and yielded authority to his wife\'s eldest brother. As a result, the husband wa .....
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Native Americans
.... white people were fought for trying to prevent the theft of their land, or in raids for food and supplies they were denied. There have been many famous clashes between Indians and the United States government. On November 4th 1791, In what is considered the worst ever defeat administered by Indians to U. S. troops more than 600 soldiers were killed by a force of mostly Shawnees and other Indians. The cause of the conflict was settlers moving into the Indian’s land in large numbers, ignoring Indians rights .....
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Native Americans
.... as "the most fearful Indian massacre in history. Four weeks after the rampage began, 2,000 Indian men, women and children surrendered, 392 prisoners were quickly tried and 307 sentenced to death. Sibley favored execution at once. But Bishop Whipple of Minnesota went to Washington to plead for clemency. After a long appraisal President Lincoln commuted most of the sentences except for the proven rapists and murderers. On the day after Christmas 1862, 38 Sioux warriors were brought to a specially .....
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Naval Battles
.... Monitor. The CS Navy had one ship, the CSS Merrimack. On March 8, 1862, the CSS Merrimack steamed into Hampton Roads. She proceeded to sink the USS Cumberland and then ran the USS Congress aground. Captain Buchanan then set his sights on the already handicapped USS Minnesota. The USS Minnesota was run aground on one of the shores. Capt. Buchanan did not know, but the USS Monitor was lying in wait, ordered to protect the wounded USS Minnesota. Lt. Worden steamed out into the middle of the bay to meet the .....
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