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- 4631: Operation Linebacker
- OPERATION LINEBACKER II 1. What do you think of when you drive by that big B-52 at the museum? Being the history buff that I am, I think about Vietnam, where that old “Buff” was used the most. “Why should I care about Vietnam?” you ask yourself. Well, last ...
- 4632: Orwell And Marx
- ... dystopian societies with ruthless leaders, but he did so to convince people how to stave off the ascension of such leaders. His reasons were simple ‹ He favored no society where a leader like Josef Stalin, Big Brother, Napoleon the pig or Napoleon the emperor could emerge to destroy what could be a suitable society based on democratic Socialism. If such a society existed, as it does in Animal Farm, the same ...
- 4633: Vietnam War
- ... 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54). The teach-ins began at the University of Michigan on March 24, 1965, and spread to other campuses, including Wisconsin on April 1. These protests at some of ...
- 4634: The Inverted Pyramid And The E
- ... the Japanese attack in the Pacific.” “War broke with lightening suddenness in the Pacific today when waves of Japanese bombers attacked Hawaii this morning and the United States Fleet struck back with a thunder of big naval rifles.” “Japan was accused by Secretary of State Cordell Hull today of making a ‘treacherous and utterly unprovoked attack’ upon the United States and of having been ‘infamously false and fraudulent’ by preparing for ...
- 4635: The Causes Of The Civil War
- ... and was forgotten when the Civil War began. The existence of slavery was the central element of the conflict between the North and South. Other problems existed that led to succession but none were as big as the slavery issue. The only way to avoid the war was to abolish slavery but this could not be done because slavery is what kept the South running. But when the South seceded it ...
- 4636: Salem Witch Trials
- ... of the Salem society. At this point, close to two hundred people had been accused of witchcraft, and more than twenty-five people had died because of the trials. The trials in themselves were a big contradiction. People who pleaded innocent were tortured until they "confessed" that they were guilty. One form of torture was the accused would be pressed by a heavy weight until they confessed. Giles Corey, husband of ...
- 4637: Nikola Tesla
- ... he worked for Thomas Edison. Edison had just patented the light bulb, so he needed a system to distribute electricity. Edison had all sorts of problems with his DC system of electricity. He promised Tesla big bucks in bonuses if he could get the bugs out of the system. Tesla ended up saving Edison over $100,000 (millions of dollars by today's standards), but Edison refused to live up to ...
- 4638: Main Causes Of The Great Depre
- ... House (Boston), The Palmer House (Chicago), and the Peabody (Memphis) opened their doors25. Lastly, and possibly most importantly, the construction industry benefited tremendously from the automobile. With the growing number of cars, there was a big demand for paved roads. During the 1920's Americans spent more than a $1 billion each year on the construction and maintenance of highways, and at least another $400 million annually for city streets26. But ...
- 4639: J.P. Morgan
- ... been trying to establish that a "money trust" ruled over America's major corporations, railroads, insurance companies, securities markets, and banks. The investigation served as the climax to many years of popular antagonism to the "big money" men and corporations. The attorneys prosecuting Morgan made the pivotal point that eighteen financial institutions effectively controlled a two-thirds majority of the 1912 capital resources, over twenty five billion dollars. The lead attorney ...
- 4640: Henry Ford
- ... Moe Transportation has become a major necessity in today’s society. Without the industrial revolution introducing the automobile, most people would find it very hard and frustrating to get around. Henry Ford had become a big part of starting this faster and safer “transportation era”. His brilliant thoughts and ideas brought about things including the “assembly line” and the “Model T”. It is because of him we can generally travel without ...
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