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- 7221: The Trail Of Tears
- ... tribe and have the portion of the tribe in Chattanooga, Tennessee called the Chickamauga. Chief Doublehead of the Chickamauga, a branch of the Cherokee, signed a treaty to give away their lands. Tribal law says "Death to any Cherokee who proposed to sell or exchange tribal land." Chief Doublehead was later executed by Major Ridge. Again there was another treaty signed in December 29, 1835 which is called The Treaty of ...
- 7222: The Contenders
- ... delegates. Sticking to their Whig roots, they nominated a war hero, albeit a minor one. William Drayton's runner-up for the VP slot was Abraham Lincoln. Fillmore, having been the thirteenth president following the death of Zachary Taylor, found himself representing the American party after many northern delegates left the convention over a rift caused by the slavery issue. Their objection was that the party platform was not strong enough ...
- 7223: The Cold War
- ... and from the beginning of the Cold War in 1945 until he retired in January, 1952. Harry Truman was born in 1884, in Missouri. In April 1945 Truman assumed office as the President on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. From the 16th of July to the 2nd of August the Potsdam conference was held in Potsdam, Berlin. Truman and Stalin and Churchill attended the conference until Churchill was beaten in ...
- 7224: Beer
- ... the time he was a best-selling author, distilled alcohol had a split personality as nourishing food, beneficent medicine, and a harmful drug. The drinking of spirits followed the bouts of plague, especially the Black Death. Alcohol, completely ineffective as a cure, was used to make the victims feel relatively better. No other substance could do even that much. (Vallee 84) Economic recovery following the plague throughout Europe generated higher standards ...
- 7225: K0rean War
- ... because then they would be admitting that communism had failed. This conflict ceased the truce talks in April 1952. On October 8, the UN were forced to delay the talks because of voluntary repatriation. The death of Stalin in 1953 encouraged the Soviets to go ahead with the peace talks. Finally on March 28, the Communists agreed to exchange sick and injured prisoners. Between April and May, 684 sick and injured ...
- 7226: Freedom In America
- ... considered "incompatible with social order." This hysteria led Congress to enact several alien and sedition laws. One law forbade the publication of false, scandalous or malicious writing against the government, Congress or the President. The penalty for this crime was a $2,000 fine and two years in prison. The public was enraged at these laws. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison pleaded for freedom of speech and the press. The alien ...
- 7227: Blackness
- ... 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 ...
- 7228: Roswell
- ... pursue a UFO. He chased it in his F51 Mustang, but he went too high and ran out of oxygen. He went unconscious and the plane crashed, killing him instantly. This was the first documented death due to a UFO. In 1952 a wave a UFO’s flew over Washington D.C. and appeared visually on the radar. The government denied this and claimed the radar was malfunctioning because of a ...
- 7229: The Role Of Cooperation In Anc
- ... laws of ancient Babylon. Laws are created to facilitate order and cooperation. These laws yields consequeces for anyone who breaks the laws. The theft laws promote cooperation, because most of them have a punishment of death. For example, “If a man has broken into a house he shall be killed before the breach and buried there.” ( pg 69). The assualt laws reproduce the “eye for an eye” axiom. “If a man ...
- 7230: Commonwealth
- ... raiders and brought to Ireland but escaped to France and became a bishop. He then decided to go back to Ireland. All the kings of Ireland had converted to Christianity by the time of his death. St. Patrick has banished all snakes from Ireland. Saint Patrick`s Day Parade is a main family attraction. Community groups and local businessmen prepare mobile floats. There are marching bands too. The biggest parades are ...
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