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- 7161: Atomic Bomb
- ... mixed reactions. Some congratulated each other with slaps on the back and others sat in silence. Robert Oppenheimer spoke a passage from the Bhagavad-Gita an ancient book of Hindu scripture: "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" After receiving a full report of the test, President Truman decided that dropping the bomb would be the only way to save American blood. Although some historians believe that an ulterior ...
- 7162: Andrew Carnegie
- ... charity include various Carnegie museums of history, science, and art, Carnegie Hall in New York, and other public spirited organizations. Before 1919, when Carnegie died, he had given away $350,695,653, and at his death, the last $30 million was likewise given away to foundations, charities, and pensioners. He left a mark on society not only through his enormous monetary provisions, but also with his own literature. Carnegie loved to ...
- 7163: American Revolution - Causes
- ... colonies were often bribe-taking politicians that were not smart enough to hold government positions in England. After Grenville and Townshend the most incompetent was Lord North, who became Prime Minister in 1770 after the death of Charles Townshend. "North was the kind of politician George had been looking for ----a plodding, dogged, industrious man, neither a fool nor a genius, much like the king himself. For the next twelve years ...
- 7164: American Revolution
- ... in charge of Virginia. Despite his recent success, Bacon did not go much further. Soon after he burned Jamestown, Nathaniel Bacon, not even thirty years of age, died unexpectedly of dysentery. Soon after his sudden death, the entire rebellion fell apart; new laws were repealed, followers dispersed, strong believers were hung, and Berkeley regained power in Virginia. William Berkeley's actions just showed how bad the system of government in the ...
- 7165: American Labor Movement: Development Of Unions
- ... The Haymarket Square incident took place nine years later in 1886. On May 1, many workers struck for shorter hours. A group of radicals and anarchists became involved in this campaign. Two days later, a death occurred from shooting during a riot in the McCormick Harvester plant in Chicago when police arrived and tangled in the chaos. On May 4, a bomb exploded in Haymarket Square during a meeting called to ...
- 7166: African-Americans In The Civil War
- ... historians that the blacks were considered second class soldiers, cites statistics to support this theory. He shows the contrast in the number of white and black soldiers killed in action and in the rate of death from disease 8 among the white and black soldiers. The black soldiers faced the prospect of execution or sale into slavery if captured. Wilson reports that one of the worst atrocities allegedly committed against the ...
- 7167: Whitewater Vs. Watergate.
- ... and led to convictions of former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, and James and Susan McDougal. There was also a Whitewater-connected investigation into the alleged cover-up of the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster. One political issue that connects Watergate and Whitewater is the destructive effect of increasing amounts of money for major political campaigns. People seeking loopholes and the competitive advantage ...
- 7168: Vietnam War - The War We Should Have Won
- ... fact that they knew the land and could hide, meant the S & D missions were like throwing soldiers away. In fact, more U.S. soldiers were killed from booby traps than any other cause of death in Vietnam. Weapons were another problem in Vietnam. Again going back to World War II, the massive armored assaults that won the war for the allies were useless in the dense jungle. U.S. armor ...
- 7169: Vietnam War - Summary Of Vietnam
- ... worst hardship; children lay dead in the street, villages remained nothing but charred ashes, and bombs destroyed thousands of innocent civilians. Soldiers were scarred emotionally as well as physically, as The paranoia and fear of death never left them. The My Lai Massacre occurred in 1968, when the village of My Lai was completely destroyed, although it did not contain a single enemy troop. Over a hundred villagers were slaughtered. It ...
- 7170: Vietnam
- ... against by influencing certain military officails, however, Diem was found dead in a local catholic church in th Chinese section of Siagon. McNamara and Kennedy both felt that althougth the South Vietnamese claim that Diem death was a suicide they feel that it was an assanation. This left Vietnam with out any strong political leader and elections in South Vietnam would be held to find a new and hopefully stronger leader ...
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