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- 11091: The Use Of Nuclear Power As A
- The Use of Nuclear Power As a Weapon August 6th,1945 is not a day to be forgotten.It marks the world’s first use of an atomic bomb, which was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US Military. Three days later, the USA dropped a second ...
- 11092: Maifest Destiny
- ... and Clark expeditions. These two people just wondered west proving that coast to coast trading was possible claiming land along the way. They started St. Louis May 14, 1804 and walked to Fort Clatsop, current day Organ December 8, 1805. As history continued and continues we have and will use manifest destiny in order to do some absurd things that sounded reasonable at the time. There is no doubt that the ...
- 11093: Jacksonian Democracy
- ... visit to America, british author Harriet Martineau wrote of the nation’s economy being strong and properous. The absence of poverty and ignorance and independence of every man are some of the observations she recorded (D). The national economy did in fact boom during the 1820s and early 30s. With Samuel Slater’s introduction of the “Factory System” to America, and Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, the United States’ speed in ...
- 11094: Jack London(biography)
- ... the Pacific in a small boat provided material for books and stories about Polynesian and Melanesian cultures. He was instrumental in breaking the taboo over leprosy. London was among the most publicized figures of his day, and he used this pulpit to endorse his support of socialism, women's suffrage, and eventually, prohibition. He was among the first writers to work with the movie industry, and saw a number of his ...
- 11095: Cuba And Embargo
- ... U.S. companies from trading with the country. The bill’s goal was to cripple the Cuban economy in order to bring down Castro “within weeks,” according to the bill’s primary advocate Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.). The Helms-Burton Act states that American citizens can sue foreign investors who utilize American property seized by the Cuban government. In addition, those who “traffic” in this property or profit from it ...
- 11096: Persian Influence On Greco-rom
- ... meal known throughout Europe as Greek. It is made up of marrow, tomato, or cabbage stuffed with minced meat and rice. This is yet another dish which makes up a Persian influence on the modern day European as well as the ancient Greek societies (267). Another important manner in which ancient Persia has influenced the Greco-Roman world is in the arena of sports and games. Many games which today are ...
- 11097: CRIMINAL MOTIVATION
- ... know of. There are free will theories, which are crimes that are committed because of someone exercising their free will. Next there are biological theories, theories which suggest that a person is criminal since the day that they are born, due to their genes. There are also psychobiological theories, which say things like environment and physical trauma can make someone into a criminal. Psychological theories suggest that crime is the result ...
- 11098: Women In Western Society
- ... the Industrial Revolution factories and mines were being built. A new revolution was being born. But the conditions the women and children faced were horribly dreadful. Their work hours stretched from 12-16 hours a day, 6 days a week with half an hour lunch and no minimum wage. The women and children were being abused. After the factory act of 1833 children employment decreased. The women had to replace all ...
- 11099: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. He then taught for a year in Houston before going to Washington in 1931 as secretary to a Democratic Texas congressman, Richard M. Kleberg. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered the White House. Johnson greatly admired the president, who named him, at age 27, to head the National Youth Administration in Texas. When war came to Europe he backed Roosevelt's efforts to ...
- 11100: Louis Sullivan An American Arc
- ... latest technological advances into his work. He was the first to utilize steel framework in his construction of the Insurance Building of Chicago in 1884. It was this structure that paved the way for modern-day skyscrapers. He was also one of the first to utilize the electric elevator, and incorporate it seamlessly into his masonry. Today, the majority of Sullivan’s buildings have faced demolition. However, an effort was taken ...
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