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- 4011: The Inverted Pyramid And The E
- By: Joe Cerniglia Newswriting, as it exists today, began with the adoption of the telegraph, which roughly coincided with the start of the American Civil War. The necessity of getting at story through before the telegraph’s occasional malfunction forced a radical change in the style of writing used in reporting. Before the telegraph, much of writing news was ... reads, “From the Prime Minister down all ranks of the British Democracy have been stirred to the depths of feeling by the declaration which the president of the United States made on behalf of the American Nation. ‘Hands across the sea,’ is no longer an adequate expression of the relationship between the two great English-speaking peoples. It is now a union of hearts forged by the bonds of a common ...
- 4012: The Atomic Bomb
- ... possibility that the Germans may produce an atomic bomb, physicists Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, and Edward Teller consulted Einstein to address a letter to Franklin Roosevelt. Motivated by the letter, in 1939 Roosevelt commanded an American effort to obtain atomic weaponry before the Germans. With an increasing threat from Germany, President Roosevelt needed to take an aggressive stance. He was in a position of nuclear threat. F.D.R needed to ... a human. 12. This is a picture of the actual bombs. The “Fatman” or uranium bomb is at the left. The “Little Boy” or plutonium bomb is at the right. Timeline 1939- FDR commanded an American effort to obtain nuclear weaponry. 1942- Fermi produced a controlled chain reaction. July 16, 1945- Test of plutonium bomb is a success. August 6,1945- uranium bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. August 9,1945- A ...
- 4013: Puritanism
- ... of England. It began at the time of the Elizabethan settlement of 1559 and ended at the end of the Rump Parliament with the ascension of Charles II to the British throne in 1660. The American Puritans clearly understood that God's word applies to all of life. Their exemplary lives and faith, contrary to popular myths, are a highpoint of Christian thinking. Puritan legal history specifies some of their loyalties and compromises. Today, scholars continue their dispute over the degree to which the Puritan colonists influenced American law, morality, and culture. In the area of law, this image is supplemented by lurid accounts of witch trials and corporal public punishments. The best example of this was during the seventeenth century. The Salem ...
- 4014: Marbury Vs. Madison
- By: lon As the government was newly establishing its stronghold on the nation, forging its way to a powerful republic and instituting precedents for the future, a struggle to preserve the foundations of American Society instituted by Washington and John Adams existed as Thomas Jefferson took office. In an attempt to maintain the “edifice of the National Government” believing Jefferson would topple the prestigious nation with his atheist views ... escape impeachment, as well as established new authority in the Supreme Court, and introduce the idea of judicial review. This idea of judicial review initiated by Marshall has become the most distinguishing trait of the American constitutional system and a precedent of power in the judicial system today. “He won his fight to preserve the independence and integrity of the system,” and constituted an expansion employed today, that amplifies the power ...
- 4015: Bill Of Rights
- By: Chad Stevens After the Revolution, the States adopted their own constitutions, many of which contained the Bill of Rights. The Americans still faced the challenge of creating a central government for their new nation. In 1777 the Continental Congress adopted ... laid the proposed Constitution before the people for ratification, ” Irving Brant writes, “than a cry went up: it contained no Bill of Rights.”(2) People objected because the liberties they had fought for in the Revolution were not being protected by the Constitution, and then could be ignored by the federal government. The Anti-Federalist called for another convention to outline a Bill of Rights before the Constitution was approved. The ...
- 4016: Women Rights
- ... having a voice in government, and attending schools is normal in our everyday lives as we reach the new millenium. However, women did not always have an equal say or chance in life. In our American History, women have demonstrated and worked for reform of women's rights. Through seven generations, it took many meetings, petition drives, lobbying, public speaking, and nonviolent resistance to make our world the way it is ... fourty years. A 72 year battle includes many speakers, political strategists, organizers, lobbyist, and so forth, until what is needed is done. Thousands of people participating in the movement to now win "that most basic American civil right"...the right to vote. The vote was finally won in 1920, but this was not the end. Suffragists became active in fighting for the rights for protection from abuse in work (1919), Equal ...
- 4017: U-2 Incident
- ... of the Cold War to both sides. Hoping to strike a more compatible tone with Georgi Malenkov, Stalin's successor, Eisenhower suggested the Soviets cease their brazen expansion of territory and influence in exchange for American cooperation and goodwill. The Soviets responded coolly to the speech, especially to the US's insistence on free elections for German unification, self-determination for Eastern Europe, and a Korean armistice. The two sides would ... The Soviets rejected the proposal. Eisenhower was disappointed, but not surprised. In truth, the Open Skies proposal would have benefited the US much more than the Soviets: the Russians already knew the location of most American strategic defense facilities, it was the Americans who stood to gain new information. On the heels of the unproductive Geneva Summit, came a 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary that strained US-Soviet relations even further ...
- 4018: Puritanism
- ... of England. It began at the time of the Elizabethan settlement of 1559 and ended at the end of the Rump Parliament with the ascension of Charles II to the British throne in 1660. The American Puritans clearly understood that God's word applies to all of life. Their exemplary lives and faith, contrary to popular myths, are a highpoint of Christian thinking. Puritan legal history specifies some of their loyalties and compromises. Today, scholars continue their dispute over the degree to which the Puritan colonists influenced American law, morality, and culture. In the area of law, this image is supplemented by lurid accounts of witch trials and corporal public punishments. The best example of this was during the seventeenth century. The Salem ...
- 4019: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... strength, but cautioned that “vast, long-continued military expenditures could breed potential dangers to our way of life.” He pursued the moderate policies of Modern Republicanism, pointing out as he stepped down from the Presidency, “American is today the strongest, most influential, and most productive nation in the world.” He died March 28, 1969. Not much more needs to be said about how this individual impacted, influenced, and improved America. Dwight ... the country that it is today. 1. Joann P. Krieg. Dwight D. Eisenhower Soldier, President, Statesman. Greenwood Press. Westport, Conn. 1987. 2. Clarefield, Gerard. Security with Solvency: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Shaping of the American Military Establishment. Westport, CT, Praeger, 1999. 3. Divine, Robert A. Eisenhower and the Cold War. New York, Oxford University Press, 1981. 4. Broadwater, Jeff. Eisenhower and the Anti-Communist Crusade. Chapel Hill, University of North ...
- 4020: The 1960s
- ... were outraged at how strange these people were and at the same time were in tears at how funny they were. Even though from afar the Hippies were entertaining, in reality they were devastating the American family and were tearing the country in two. While the adults of the time were conservative, hard working, and caring mainly about money, the Hippies didn't care about any of that. They were party ... ins(This Fabulous Century 206). But none of their actions were more seen and heard of then their protests and rallies. The Hippies were aware that the war was being lost and that thousands of American soldiers were dying. They took it upon themselves the make their beliefs heard. They put together a protest larger then the ever before. Once organized not just Hippies came, but students, intellectuals, radicals, and citizens ...
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