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- 2661: The Tragic Challenger Explosion
- ... but was too embarrassed to tell anyone. When he was growing up, there were no Asian astronauts, no black astronauts, just white ones (Gray 35)." Ellison will be forever remembered as being the first Japanese American in space. Finally, the last member of the seven person crew, Gregory Jarvis, born in 1944. Gregory was very dedicated to the space program. Despite being bumped off two previous flights, he finally got his ... tragedy that this negligence led to such a disaster. If we learn from our mistakes, then hopefully, this sort of disaster won't happen again. Works Cited "Space Shuttle Missions: Challenger." Compton's Encyclopedia of American History on CD-ROM. Compton's New Media, Inc., 1994. Morrow, Lance. "A Nation Mourns." Time 10 February 1986: 23. Magnuson, Ed. "A Nation Mourns." Time 10 February 1986: 24-31. Gray, Paul. "Seven Who ... February 1986: 45. Dumoulin, Jim. "51-L" [Online] Available http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/mission-51-l.html, October 5, 1996. Annotated Bibliography "Space Shuttle Missions: Challenger." Compton's Encyclopedia of American History on CD-ROM. Compton's New Media, Inc., 1994. This article gave a nice overview of the incident, but didn't really get detailed. It helped me get a picture of what happened ...
- 2662: Definition of Education
- ... or developed by a learning process. 3. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level. 4. The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning, according to the American Heritage dictionary. Its etymology comes from the Latin word "educatio which means to bring up"1 But what does that tell us. It says to me that education is training not learning. Education trains the ... age of art and philosophers is dead due to our age of "so called" education. We are being molded into people who can not think for ourselves. An example of this would be the giant "American War Machine." The government says we need all these weapons to protect America. They do not say who we need protection from. In fact there really is no one we need to be protected from ... know that can not happen. The Savings and Loans Scandal is a perfect example of this. Big business made a mistake and then instead of dealing with it they pawned there massive losses on the American public. Education is a farce, a cruel joke that the people in power attempt to trick us into believing is the "be all and save all" for success. We are not being educated instead ...
- 2663: Significant Presidential Decisions
- ... president did in fact reach the decision of aiding South Vietnam, otherwise Vietnam would most likely become two separate nations. There were many people supporting the presidents decision, as well as opposing people. There were American citizens who supported his decision and American citizens opposing his decision. After the president made his final decision there were several reacions such as: "the end of the war", "the reunitation of Vietnam", and for a negative note "the death of 58,000 American soldiers". Before the president made his actual decision he probably valued the safety of his fellow citizens, and his family.
- 2664: Black Like Me
- ... or if they really judged people based on the individual's personality as they said they prompted him to cross the color line and write Black Like Me. Since communication between the white and African American races did not exist, neither race really knew what it was like for the other. Due to this, Griffin felt the only way to know the truth was to become a black man and travel ... and people couldn't help but hear about it. Wether or not they accepted the information was not up to Griffin, but he did his best to make the knowledge available. This book relates to American history because it takes the reader into the Deep South before the Civil Rights Movements took hold and shows what it was like to be black. In the Preface, the author states "I could have ... not the pretty picture it was painted as. Instead, he showed the daily struggle of the blacks to survive. Griffin's bias is that white Southern Americans of that period were racist toward the African American population. The only thing altered from before he entered New Orleans to after was his appearance. He dyed his skin a very dark brown and shaved his head, his clothing, speech patterns, and references ...
- 2665: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... power very quickly, was elected as president at a transitional period in the United State's history, and lost most of his power very quickly. Jimmy Carter's beginning was a very simple and typical "American style" start. Jimmy was born James Earl Carter, Jr., on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. His parents were James Earl Carter and Lillina Gordy Carter. His family lived there for the first three years ... to deal with. Public confidence in Jimmy began to wan during his second year in office, but he was able to secure ratificationof treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama. The Iranian revolution that toppled the shah of early 1979 suprised the United States government and sent Jimmy's popularity downward. Jimmy's personal diplomacy led to the signing of a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt on ...
- 2666: Ecuador and Democracy
- ... key ideas central to democracy and clarify precisely how the term will be used. The best way to study democracy is to learn the other countries, so in this time I choose one of Latin American countries, Ecuador for well-understanding of the process of democracy. Ecuador is graphically one of the world's most varied countries despite its small size, which at 283520 sq. km is about the size of ... the number of Indian estimated to have been living in the area at the time of the Spanish conquest. The population density of about 38 people per sq. km is the highest of any South American nation. Like other Latin American countries, the major religion is Roman Catholicism. Some of the older cities have splendid 16th and 17th-century Catholic churches. Although churches of other faiths can found, they form only a very small minority. ...
- 2667: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the start and they destroyed political tradition as seen during Jeffersons' administration. Jeffersonians show an immense amount of hypocritism in their policies. For example, Federalists had supported high tarriffs, inorder to protect national manufacturers and american industry. The tarriffs were a vital determinent, which kept the economy of the United States viable. The Jeffersonians, not the Federalists began the American system of protecting american industry which initially was a major constituent of the federalist platform.
- 2668: Robert E. Lee
- ... and for days he worked without sleep. He found out where the Mexican soldiers were. He knew where to put the big guns which made it easier for the Army to take the fort. The American Army marched right into Mexico City. The war was now officially over. Lee's engineering skill made it possible for American troops to cross the difficult mountain passes on the way to the capital. During the march to Mexico City, Lee was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel. Scott said that his "success in Mexico was largely ... in my own person I had to meet the question whether I should take part against my native state. With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I had not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the army, and, save in ...
- 2669: Civil War
- ... that slave owners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the modern world without proper training. Many Southern preachers proclaimed that slavery was sanctioned in the Bible. After the American Revolution slavery died in the North, as it became more popular in the South. By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. During this time a surge of democratic reform ...
- 2670: Sir Isaac Newton
- Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton, the culminating figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century, was born on December 25, 1642 (according to the Julian calendar then in use: the date was January 4, 1643, according to the Gregorian calendar in use today), in the manor ... Principia is the greatest scientific book ever written. In the same year, 1687, Newton helped lead Cambridge's resistance to the efforts of King James to make the university a Catholic institution. After the English Revolution in 1688, which drove James from England, the university elected Newton one of its representatives in a special convening of the country's parliament. The following four years were filled with intense activity for Newton ... was knighted (1708) by Queen Anne, the first scientist to be so honored for his work. Newton died in London on Mar. 31 (N.S.; Mar. 20, O.S.), 1727, having singlehandedly completed the scientific revolution and molded much of the content and the image of modern science. Works Cited 1. Microsoft, Encarta 97 Encyclopedia. 2. 1997 Grolier, multimedia encyclopedia. 3. Christianson, G. E., in the Presence of the Creator: ...
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