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- 7201: Origins Of Communism
- ... Even more influential, though, was German thinker Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Hegel introduced radical ideas to European politics in the early 1800s, but they would not be fully realized by others until after his death in 1831. He was convinced that all life evolves from total unconsciousness to full self-consciousness. By this he meant that we as a race of people are gradually becoming more aware of our existence ...
- 7202: Origins Of The Cold War
- ... avoid direct contact. The year 1945, which saw an end to both the European and Pacific wars, also witnessed two more events that served as a prologue to the Cold War. The first was the death of President Roosevelt in April, which saw all the promising relations and co-operation between the American Government and Stalin go down the drain. The second event was the use of atomic bombs on Japan ...
- 7203: WWII
- ... when the news of the Pearl Harbor bombing came on. She said that the Japanese were over in the states trying to make peace when they heard the news. She remembers just being scared to death. She was worried that grandpa would have to go. They were living in the two-story farmhouse outside of Chapman, KS. She had still lived there until last year when she moved in to a ...
- 7204: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... Gogh was an artist whose life was cut terribly short. He sold only one painting during his lifetime, Red Vineyard at Arles, and was little known to the art world at the time of his death, but his fame grew rapidly thereafter. His influence on Expressionism, Fauvism and early abstraction was enormous, and it can be seen in many other aspects of 20th century art. His stormy and dramatic life and ...
- 7205: Vietnam And LbJ
- ... of this century. It was a time in which many mistakes were made evolving around the Vietnam War which resulted in the immense suffering of two nations. The war had many casualties; along with the death of soldiers and civilians, LBJ's presidency and the 'Great Society' also were killed by the war. The US's fear of the domino theory led them in an attempt to control the spread of ...
- 7206: Valley Forge
- ... Even George Washington, at one point, said "If the army does not get help soon, in all likelihood, it will disband." Early into the six-month encampment, the soldiers were riddled with disease and famine. Death was a common site on the camp. The raw weather stung and numbed the soldiers. Empty stomachs were common. The future promised only more desperation and hunger. Many could not take the cold weather, lack ...
- 7207: The Compromise Of 1850
- ... million on the debt contracted by the republic of Texas. These proposals faced great opposition, but Daniel Webster greatly enhanced the chances for their acceptance by his famous speech on March 7, 1850. Taylor's death and the accession of conservative Millard Fillmore to the presidency made the compromise more feasible. After long debates and failure to pass the omnibus bill, Congress passed the measures as separate bills in September, 1850 ...
- 7208: The Atomic Bomb
- ... in 1965. He then died in 1988 after fighting cancer for many years. Enrico Fermi, was born on September 29,1901 in Rome Italy. He was forced to a career in the sciences by the death of his brother, a scientist He got his Ph.D. at the University of Pisa, in Italy, in 1922. Enrico split a uranium atom at University of Michigan at a lecture. He was awarded a ...
- 7209: Shiloh
- ... the troops blood loss. From then on, it was known as Bloody Pond. The South suffered a terrible loss at 2:30 in the afternoon of April 6, 1862. General Albert Sydney Johnston bled to death from a bullet wound to his leg. Beauregard sent a telegram to Jefferson Davis stating "Loss on both sides heavy including our Commander in Chief, General A.S. Johnston (3) who fell gallantly leading his ...
- 7210: Reconstruction
- ... exploited almost as severely as it had been during their time as slaves. Because of the Radical Republicans in Congress during the post-war decade who were so determined that Southerners should pay a heavy penalty for secession, reconstruction was largely unsuccessful. It is quite possible that President Lincolns more lenient reconstruction plan would have brought more economic, political, and social results for Southern society in the postwar years. Word ...
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