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- 3911: The Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... or not to legalize marijuana. Marijuana is a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being considered to control it. Ending the drug war seems to be a unacheivable task and a costly one at that. the war on drugs seems to be accomplishing a lot but this is just not true. Different options need to be considered. Legalization is an option that hasn't gotten a chance yet but it should. Although ... user will be assured of clean drugs. Making drugs legal would reduce the great amount of money spent on law enforcement each year. Right now this country is in a no win situation with the war on drugs. Every time on drug dealer is taken off the street, two more dealers are right behind him to tale his place. In 1987, 10 billion dollars were spent just on enforcing drug ...
- 3912: The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-gunman?
- The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-gunman? Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II, once said, "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it." Although this may sound ludicrous, we can see many example of this in the world's history. One example would have to ... one on the Zapruder film.) Lastly, one has to consider what the biggest motives would be to kill the President. One motive has to deal with President Kennedy trying to get out of Vietnam. This war was the biggest business in America at the time. It brought in over eighty billion dollars a year. Thus, since the President was trying to get out of the war, he would have been costing business men a lot of money. Also, vice-president Johnson would have profited a lot because he was the next to become president. Thus, people, including the vice-president, ...
- 3913: Weapons
- Weapons Weapons were used since the middle ages to the civil war and are still being used today. Pistol's The Calvary and officers used pistol's which are effective during close in fighting. Most popular is made by Colt and Remington which are both American companies ...
- 3914: History Of The Aircraft Propeller
- ... To the educated, an aircraft propeller represents the highest sophistication in aerodynamics, mechanical engineering and structural design. This report will touch on the history of the propeller, from early pioneers/experiments, advancement during/after the war, all the way up to current applications of the propeller. The creation of the propeller can be traced back to Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci's "helical screw" helicopter is believed to be the ancestor ... the universal law of aerodynamics: the efficiency of any aerodynamic device rises as the amount of air it acts upon increases and the velocity of that air decreases. These theories were expanded during WWI. The war brought much advancement to the propeller. Stronger materials were created through "bonding" which made propellers compatible with the larger, more powerful engines. Propeller balancing techniques were developed, which greatly smoothed out the ride. Experiments with variable pitch blades were introduced as well. Two major breakthroughs occurred after the war: the once piece metal propeller, and the ground adjustable pitch propeller. The metal propeller allowed operations in all climates, whereas the wooden prop would fail in extreme conditions. The metal propeller could be made ...
- 3915: Ku Klux Klan 2
- Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan has been the most organized of the many different White supremacy groups that came into being after the Civil War. The ill-reputed Knights of the Klan have been involved in countless incidents of human rights violations against blacks and other minority groups in America. Especially in the South, during and after the Reconstruction period ...
- 3916: Herman Melville
- ... he gathers materials for tyhe long poem clarel. 1857 Publishes the confidence man. 1857-60 lectures in the north and the midwest. 1863 the melvilles move to new york city. 1864 gathers material for the civil war poems. 1866 publishes battle pieces. Gets job in customs. 1867 Malcom melville dies from a suicidal gunshot to the head. 1876 publishes clarel. 1885 retires from customs. 1886 stanwix melville dies after a long illness ...
- 3917: Ronald Wilson Reagan
- ... This caused a panic on Wall St. as the stock market fell as it had in 1929. After this Congress stopped approving increases in the military budget. Social Policy- Reagan had a powerful impact on civil liberties and rights. The Justice Department cut back its efforts in enforcing job discrimination and fair housing laws. After a public alarm about drug use he suggested that all employers test their workers for drug ... marines were killed when their Beirut headquarters was bombed. Reagan removed his troops. Those remaining were often captured by Muslim radicals. In 1987 Kuwait asked for Soviet and U.S. aid during the Iran-Iraq war in the Persian Gulf. Iran-Contra Scandal- The last two years of Reagan s presidency were marred by a political scandal which badly damaged his reputation as a honest person and committed to principle. The ...
- 3918: The Issue of Slavery in the Westward Expansion
- ... contain itself by economics. Although this theory was popular it proves to be fantasy. This method of thinking and the Northwest Ordinance started our young country down the dark road that would end in the War of the Rebellion. Extension of slavery next became an argument and hot topic at the Philadelphia Convention in the fall of 1787. The northern delegates detested the slave trade and wanted it to end (pg ... territory anti-slave. To ensure this he drove out pro-slavers by armed force. His southern counterparts also saw this and responded likewise. This led to the first physical violence that would lead to the War of the Rebellion. In 1857 the Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott, who had brought a case before the Court. Basically the decision declared that slavery was legal everywhere in the U.S. All it took from here was the election of Lincoln to scare the south into secession and begin the War of the Rebellion. I can't help wondering if the U.S. had solved the slavery issue before we expanded west would there have been a rebellion? Westward expansion may have made this country ...
- 3919: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
- Robber Barons or Captains of Industry Since the gilded age of American history historians have debated weather or not the great industrial leader who put our counrty back together in the torent years following the civil war were robber barons or captains of industry. Three of these great men who organized industrial America and changed the American way of life are J. D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Each of ...
- 3920: Industrial Revolution 3
- ... age worked in factories and fields. Eventually, laws were set for an age minimum of twelve years. Unionization was beginning to become a very popular way for the workers to fight back. Since before the Civil War there had been small unions representing skilled workers. However, individual unions could not get the job done on a national scale. The first effort to create a national union was the "Knights of Labor". The ...
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