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- 8251: The Civil War
- ... it was immoral to support a stuggle that would bring about more slavery. Well in the end Mexico lost its nothern Territories its capital city and thousands of soldiers. Santa Anna stepped down and a new Mexican government made peace. Now that America had two new territories they had to make rules and regulations for them. Government passed the compromise of 1850. This compromise stated that; California would be admitted as a free state, the rest of the mexican cession would be divided into utah and New Mexico. The people who inhabited these new territories would be governed by the idea of "popular sovereignty", in other words, they would decide wether or not to allow slaves. This compromise also inspired congress ...
- 8252: Black Rain
- ... There were different names given to the bomb throughout the book and he sums up the names in one paragraph. The name of the bomb had already undergone a number of changes, from the initial "new weapon" through "new-type bomb," "secret weapon," "special new-type bomb," to "special high-capacity bomb." That day, I learned for the first time to call it an "atomic bomb." (Black Rain 282) The importance of the name of the bomb may seem ...
- 8253: Reconstuction
- ... whole country was a shambles and everyone agreed on one thing - it was time to start the healing and recovery of a nation. But the reconstruction period wasn’t just about healing. It was a new beginning. For the north, for the south, for everyone a new start. Yet, it was the most important new start to the former slaves, the African-Americans. After being enslaved for hundreds of years, they were suddenly free….. or were they? True, they no longer belonged to someone else …… well at least not ...
- 8254: Black Rain
- ... There were different names given to the bomb throughout the book and he sums up the names in one paragraph, The name of the bomb had already undergone a number of changes, from the initial “new weapon” through “new-type bomb,” “secret weapon,” “special new-type bomb,” to “special high-capacity bomb.” That day, I learned for the first time to call it an “atomic bomb.” (Black Rain 282) The importance of the name of the bomb may seem ...
- 8255: CULTURALPLURALISM
- ... centered around the necessity of business communication. Motivation for immigration was economics. The husband pursued an invitation from a shoe manufacturer to construct custom boots. The family of four moved on to Oxnard California, a new city within a new country, amidst an unfamiliar wave of customs.. American customs were not all new to the husband. He was accustomed to crossing the U.S./Mexican Border weekly to conduct business, where he dabbled in the American culture. However, no amount of amateur dabbling could have prepared him ...
- 8256: Harry S. Truman
- ... School graduation, he worked at many different types of jobs, but finally he took over the family farm and had steady work to do. Truman graduated from the University of Kansas City Law School. During World War 2, he was stationed in France to fight. He returned home after we defeated the Germans for the first time, but not to work on the farm. Him and a partner went into business ... wasn't doing very good in the beginning. However, that all changed in 1941 when he was appointed chairmen of a special Senate committee that was in charge of investigating the inefficiency and corruption in World War 2 military spending programs. He did his job in that committee so well, he was then thought of very highly throughout the Democratic Party. So much, that he replaced Henry A. Wallace for vice ... States, for 82 days. On April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt died in office, making Harry S. Truman the President of the United States of America in a most crucial time in the history of the world. World War 2 was at the point of destroy or be destroyed. Germany surrendered shortly after on May 8, 1945, lucky for Truman, but he still had Japan to deal with. Also, even though ...
- 8257: We Are Not Alone
- ... speed three times faster than any known satellite. The satellite orbited for two weeks and disappeared without a trace. Before its disappearance, the object which appeared to give off a red glow, was photographed over New York several times (Jackson 19). Lights in the sky aren't the only evidence that suggests we may have cosmic company. In the book "A History of UFO Crashes", the author Kevin D. Randal gives detailed accounts of numerous UFO crashes in history. Perhaps the most famous of these crashes occurred on July 4th, 1947 in Roswell New Mexico. The crash at Roswell was witnessed from afar by over a hundred people. Until just recently, no one who was involved in the recovery operation was talking, but thanks to continued pressure from UFO ... only ones out here. In the preceding text I have produced a limited sampling of the volumes of evidence available. I will close this paper on a quote from Ecclesiastes I:9 "there is no new thing under the sun", and that includes intelligent life. Works Cited Ecclesiastes. Holy Bible. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1976. Gould, Robert. Oddities. New York: Bell PC, 1965. Jackson, Robert. UFO's: Sightings of Strange ...
- 8258: Marketing Of An Innovative Ide
- The number of people in the United States that work on their own automobiles continues to increase. This is evident by the continuing number of auto-part stores that are opened every year. New stores, new chains, the competition is fierce. One reason for this is that the cost of taking your automobile in to the shop, to change something as simple as a $10 gasket, can be very expensive. It ... various markets. Companies that manufacture standard hydraulic jacks could see the largest decrease in their market shares (Especially if the product was to become a standard part of the automobile). With the installation of the new system, people would no longer need to purchase a manual hydraulic jack for their vehicle. A reduction in jack stands is also possible. The new product would be equipped with safety features allowing individuals ...
- 8259: John Gotti
- ... sisters and brothers. His father rarely worked and then, only at menial jobs, risking the money that the family did have on gambling. Eventually the family moved to central Brooklyn, which was known as East New York. In East New York, for a poor boy like John Gotti with nothing in the way of prospects, the Cosa Nostra represented something to which he could realistic aspire to gain the power and respect he craved. He ... one such episode got him in trouble with the IRS. Neil ended up in jail for at least a year. With both Fatico and Dellacroce in the slammer, John Gotti was handed a lot of new responsibilities. For one thing, he gained incredible visibility by reporting directly to Carlo Gambino while Fatico was in jail. Before that opportunity, Carlo did not particularly value Gotti's crowd in Ozone Park. To ...
- 8260: The Florence Baptistery
- ... that this is city of wealth, sophistication, and history. Bibliography Conant, Kenneth John Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture 800 to 1200 Penguin Books Ltd. 1959 Anthony, Edger W. Early Florentine Architecture and Decoration Hacker Art Books, New York , reissued in 1975 Jackson, Sir Thomas Graham Renaissance of Roman Architecture, part one Italy Hacker Art Books, Inc. New York, 1975 Murry, Peter Renaissance Architecture Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York Greenhalgh, Michael The Classical Traditions in Art Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd 1978 Howard, Seymour Antiquity Restored, Essays of the Afterlife of the Antique IRSA Verlag GmbH, 1990 Turner, Jane The Dictionary of Art, ...
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