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- 1311: Charles Lindbergh
- ... support Robert Goddard’s experiments on rockets. Robert Goddard’s experiments led to the early development of missiles, satellites and space travel. After flying around the United States, Charles Lindbergh began to fly to Latin American countries to promote "good will". On his "good will" tour he made a total of eighty-two stops and traveled twenty two thousand miles in two hundred sixty hours and forty-five minutes. He did ... were far superior. In 1939 Charles Lindbergh and his family returned to the United States of America. In 1940 Lindbergh began to speak out against the United States of America joining World War II. The American people did not look down upon him for this because many Americans did not want to send our soldiers to die. The American people did not support his anti-Semitism and the statements he made about would come back to haunt him later in his life. Then when President Theodore Roosevelt denounced his statements in public, Charles ...
- 1312: A Tale of Two Cities: Summary
- A Tale of Two Cities: Summary A Tale of Two Cities Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens takes place in France and England during the troubled times of the French Revolution. There are travels by the characters between the countries, but most of the action takes place in Paris, France. The wineshop in Paris is the hot spot for the French revolutionists, mostly because the wineshop owner, Ernest Defarge, and his wife, Madame Defarge, are key leaders and officials of the revolution. Action in the book is scattered out in many places; such as the Bastille, Tellson's Bank, the home of the Manettes, and largely, the streets of Paris. These places help to introduce many characters ... who seeks revenge, being a key revolutionist. She is very stubborn and unforgiving in her cunning scheme of revenge on the Evermonde family. Throughout the story, she knits shrouds for the intended victims of the revolution. Charles Darnay, one of whom Mrs. Defarge is seeking revenge, is constantly being put on the stand and wants no part of his own lineage. He is a languid protagonist and has a tendency ...
- 1313: The Orgin Of Comedy
- ... of survival. Going by this definition of culture the evolution of black humor has definitely been a foundation in the survival of the comedy in America. This paper will be a discussion of how African American Humor has evolved and for centuries has changed and continues to change the way we look at comedy. Before beginning this paper, I must stress the importance of humor for all races. Truly, the environment in which most humor takes place has helped American culture and people survive. According to Constance Rourke, humor is important because: "1. Humor is a part of the natural life process and is commonly taken for granted or not recognized as having serious importance ... of slavery evolved Blackface Humor." (Watkins, 1994) Blackface comedy was when a person (white) painted their face with black makeup and acted like a slave (Sambo). Blackface humor gave whites the chance to lift African American Humor from its original context, transform it, then spotlight it as their own entertainment, amusement (for non-black audiences) it became popular for it is supposed originality. As blackface entertainment became more popular so ...
- 1314: Chinese Immigration into America
- ... in America for over 150 years. They are as diverse as the immigrants from Europe, ranging from China, Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Korea, Philippines, India, Vietnam, and Laos. (Takaki, page 8) When many people think of American Immigrants, Asians are on the last of their lists. In The Uprooted, Harvard historian, Oscar Handlin, prize winning book with the subtitle "the Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the American People," completely left out the "uprooted" from the lands across the Pacific Ocean. (Takaki, page 10) This paper will give some information pertaining to the Chinese immigration into America. China is one of the world ... as the "buying and selling of pigs." (Melendy, page 13) Hawaii made use of this practice in order to fulfill the great demand of the booming sugar industry. In 1962, the United States congress prohibited American citizens in American vessels from engaging in such activities. However, the laws were easily evaded, and not strictly enforced. American Business man knew they needed a labor force. This gave way to the "unnumbered ...
- 1315: Atomic Bomb
- ... both capital and human resources. President Truman decided to take the only logical way out of this war and ordered the dropping of the Atomic bombs. By 1945, the war effort encompassed every aspect of American life, draining the country of economic resources and creating a level of instability within the government’s infrastructure. Also, with the loss of hundreds of thousands of America’s finest men, it was likely that ... without the support of any of their allies. This commitment would not only be irreversible, but also prove to be costly, as it was estimated that a full-scale invasion would cost some 500,00 American lives and millions of dollars. It was further noted, based on experience in Iwo Jima and Okinawa, that in an amphibious assault of the Japanese coast, would result on the death or wounding of 30%-35% of US soldiers. It was only likely that the same passion and intensity that defended and killed 120,00 American men on the relatively small island of Okinawa would present itself in an all out defense of the Japanese main land, calling for the commitment of every Japanese individual. Thus creating a situation strikingly ...
- 1316: K.k.k.
- ... Thanksgiving night in 1915, Simmons and some of his friends climbed Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia. There, they stood before, "…a burning wooden cross and before a hastily constructed rock altar upon which lay an American flag, an opened Bible, an unsheathed sword and a canteen of water." From that moment on, the Ku Klux Klan began its reign of terror in the United States for a second time. Simmons laid ... violence. I believe in closer relationship of capital and labor. I believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes by foreign Labor agitators. I believe in the limitation of foreign immigration. I am a native born American citizen and I believe my rights In this country are superior to those of foreigners." By reading this creed it is rather easy to pick apart and decipher the KKK's aims and motivations. After World War I, the American people began to fear many things including immigration, separate religions such as Catholicism, alcohol, employment and their basic freedoms. By playing on people's fears, the KKK began a rise to prominence. Simmons as ...
- 1317: Time Warner
- ... of the general capitalist class and they used their control over cultural production to ensure that the dominant images and representations supported the existing social arrangements He proved his point at the height of the American Civil War, when he pointed out the connection between the British newspapers insistence on supporting the South and the government in power. Marx realised that there was profit to be made for the ruling class ... the public. During the 1980s in the USA pressure from the government, the World Bank and the IMF to deregulate and privatise media and communication systems resulted in the rise of oligopolys . The price the American public is paying now is a media system spinning out of control in a hyper- commercialised frenzy. Everything from sports to arts to entertainment and children programmes is turning to full- scale commercialisation, with every ... commercial television. On the other hand there are the critics who insist that powerful economic and political interests use television as an instrument of control. Let me elaborate. As the competition grew stronger on the American media market, the result was only a few media companies owning all them means of cultural capitol. In the process, the usual democratic expectation for the media, diversity and ownership and ideas, disappeared as ...
- 1318: Jimi Hendrix
- ... haze, all in my brain" and "Got no money, don’t know why" are brought to mind), Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek in Electric Gypsy suggest that the inspiration may have come from Hendrix’ Native American background and more specifically reading The Book of the Hopi (Fairchild, "Axis: Bold As Love" 7). The Indian interpretation of "Purple Haze" and the traditional blues "Red House" are the two best examples of Hendrix ... of us had nothing to do with that Axis cover. When I first saw the that design I thought, ‘It’s great, they have an Indian painting about us, but maybe we should have an American Indian’" (Fairchild, "Axis: Bold As Love" 5). Axis: Bold As Love marks a more obvious return to Hendrix’ Native American heritage. Where Are You Experienced? was more intent on reaching the mass market, Axis’s purpose was as much for Hendrix himself as it was for his audiences. When asked about the difference between ...
- 1319: Air Planes During Ww1
- ... 2, becoming the first successful military airplane. It remained in active service for about two years and was then retired to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., at which it is displayed today. Prominent among American designers, makers, and pilots of airplanes was Glenn Hammond Curtiss, of Hammondsport, New York. He first made a solo flight on June 28, 1907, in a dirigible airship built by Thomas Baldwin. It was powered ... was one of the five members. In their third airplane, the June Bug, Curtiss, on July 4, 1908, covered a distance of 1552 m (5090 ft) in 1 min 42.5 sec., winning the first American award, the Scientific American Trophy, given for an airplane flight. At Reims, France, on August 28, 1909, Curtiss won the first international speed event, at about 75.6 km/hr (47 mph). On May 29, 1910, he won ...
- 1320: Analysis of A Cartoon Regarding the Vietnam War
- ... Myths Home", as the place of gathering. The different myths are some of the policies and beliefs of the different countries involved. The first myth to look at is the Domino Theory. This was an American belief that described their opinion on how communism would spread. The United States felt that if one country, Vietnam, fell into the hands of communism then another would and it would continue to grow. This belief was also given to the American soldiers and the American public as a reason for going to Vietnam. America was there to stop the spread of communism, also known as containment. Their goal was to contain communism. The three heads represent the three communist ...
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