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- 3531: John F. Kennedy and Cuba
- ... and the Russians were more than eager to return the favor. This led to what is now known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. On October 16, 1962 Kennedy called his closest advisors to the White House. The CIA had verified that nuclear missiles were indeed present in Cuba, Kennedy had to react fast. He eventually decided to launch a naval blockade to prevent any further missiles from entering Cuba. Though threatened ...
- 3532: Nuclear Physicists And The Development Of A Nuclear Bomb
- ... in Palestine for the Jewish people, in which the rights of Arabs would also be respected. Meanwhile, he supported the creation of a Jewish university in the United States (the future Brandeis University). When the House Committee on Un-American Activities maligned teachers and other intellectuals, Einstein publicly advised the people under attack not to cooperate, but to follow the principle of civil disobedience. He was equally uncompromising when he refused ...
- 3533: The Immigration Experience
- ... 1976 Interview with Mollie Greenblatt, Brooklyn, New York 1991 Interview with Nathan Laks, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1991 Kenvin, Helen Schwartz. This Land of Liberty - A History of America's Jews. West Orange, New Jersey: Behrman House Publishers, 1986.
- 3534: Early National Literature
- ... commonplace romantic themes but gives them a philosophical and mystical application. Many of his short stories remain internationally famous, and he may be said to have invented the detective story. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," Poe perfected the tale of gothic horror.
- 3535: Causes of the American Civil War
- ... the war was to abolish slavery but this was not able to be done because slavery is what kept the South running. But when the South seceded it was said by Abraham Lincoln that "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." Because slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable." These ...
- 3536: The Beginning of the Civil War
- ... the North had been taken over by the South. Bibliography TODD & CURTIS THE AMERICAN NATION, Paul Boyer, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., Florida, ©1995 THE LOOK-IT-UP BOOK OF PRESIDENTS, Wyatt Blassingame, Random House, Inc., New York, ©1968, 1984 COMPTONS ENCYCLOPEDIA ONLINE The Learning Company, 1997
- 3537: Iraq And The United States
- ... the soldiers of the dangers of the shelling. What else is the government failing to bring forward? Is Clinton threatening to have an air strike to cover up his alleged affair with a former White House Intern? The U.S. has been through many wars with the majority of the public support. The United States is just coming out of a recession. The United States Government needs to take care of ...
- 3538: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- ... increase in growth of the group and decided to have a national convention to help maintain order within the group. The Ku Klux Klan National Convention was held in April of 1867 at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. (Hooded Americanism, p.9) Here the Grand Cyclops from all the dens met to discuss and set the general guidelines for the Ku Klux Klan's different dens across the United ...
- 3539: Changes During The 1950s-1990s
- ... they listened to and through the movie stars and films that were made. A major similarity between family roles in the 1950s is that the majority of women still do the cooking cleaning and other house work. Entertainment although different because of technology, shows many similarities as people still enjoy television and radio. There are many similarities and differences in Entertainment between the 1950s and the 1990s. Television, radio, and film ...
- 3540: America: One Nation
- ... the pocket of America, and it circulated through the economy. When the war was finished, and the men returned home, they were given jobs. To create space women were replaced, and were back in the house taking care of their families. The Nuclear Family was introduced and was a major headstone for American families during the era of the baby boom. During the baby boom, the citizens had a great respect ...
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