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- 4611: Impact of the Spanish American War
- ... bullets." The paper went on to suggest that six hundred Sioux Indians be sent to scalp Spaniards in Cuba. The New York World was equally rabbit. It printed: "Thirty thousand Indian fighters under colonel Buffalo bill Cody would clear the Spaniards out of Cuba in two months." For forty days the 73,000,000 people of the United states read articles in the yellow press, and waited for the verdict from ...
- 4612: Slavery in the Eyes of the South
- ... and disagreements on slavery that had been building up in the preceding decades. The United States Declaration of Independence clearly states that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But the men who wrote and supported this revolutionary declaration of separation from the British did not believe that this equality applied to the slaves. This ...
- 4613: The History of the Pony Express
- ... fastest Pony Express run was in 1861 when President Lincoln was inaugurated. His speech for the inaugural was carried to California in seven days and seventeen hours. One of the most famous riders was Buffalo Bill Cody. In October of 1861 the first telegraph line was completed. It connected through California. With the telegraph line, messages could be sent in minutes not days. In two days, the Pony Express began to ...
- 4614: The Great Depression
- ... of the depression would be lightened. The problem to be tackle is the provision of public works of a temporary character, the opening up of the land to the people of the country, giving them rights upon the soil and, finally, giving to industry vigilance, activity and adventure to enable it to carry on its production and back up this production by marketing. The prospect of new industrial cities and new ...
- 4615: Columbine High School and Its Effects
- ... law officers on gun cases. Many agree that both areas are major problems. Many of the points made on the need for more gun bills have been in reference to the Columbine Massacre. Colorado governor, Bill Owens, wants to require criminal background checks at gun shows, including juvenile records. He also wants to allow for the local prosecution of people who buy guns for criminals or children, raise the minimum age ...
- 4616: The Spanish-American War
- ... of time, generally the duration of the war. These recruits were very different from members of the regular army who were, for the most part, career soldiers. In late April of 1898, Congress passed a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to organize three regiments of volunteer cavalry units to come from the states and territories of the West where, as Theodore Roosevelt wrote, "the feeling for war was strongest." Roosevelt ...
- 4617: The American Civil War
- ... number of hours and near its end, Lincoln made his orders clear: "Let them once surrender and reach their homes, they won't take up arms again. They will at once be guaranteed all their rights as citizens of a common country. I want no one punished, treat them liberally all around. We want those people to return to their allegiance to the Union and submit to the laws." (Porter, David ...
- 4618: "Speak and You Shall Be Heard"
- ... to think about how the world would turn out, if mankind would come together as one and unite. Though Martin Luther King Jr's spoken word, he reached over 200,000 people at the civil rights march and hundreds more over national broadcast. Even though this speech was given in 1963, this still holds a place in our hearts and minds. Through the spoken word you can remember key parts the ...
- 4619: Our Country And The Affect of Changes
- ... own hands. By demanding the British to step aside, they were changing their form of government, and symbolically, a whole lot more. This document also states some changes the people wanted to see in their rights(p110-111). This immediately points to the fact that the Americans desired to change their way of life. This choice the people made in supporting the Declaration of Independence would later become the backbone of ...
- 4620: Conditions of the Slaves As They Were Brought to America and Why Slavery Thrived in the South
- ... which was one of the worst things for them. The Africans were exposed to slavery in West Africa. Slavery in Africa was much different than that in Colonial America. In Africa most slaves had legal rights, some worked with their masters, some were soldiers, and some served as governors of regions. In Africa people became slaves because they were prisoners of war, had been kidnapped, or were poor looking for a ...
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