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- 4431: Emperor Claudius
- ... to embark on their invasion of Britain. Apparently the freedmen were frequently to exert less beneficent influences throughout Claudius\\'s reign. In 38 A.D. Claudius had married Valeria Messalina, a blossom of a noble house with impressive family connections. Messalina bore him a daughter (Octavia, born in 39) and a son (Britannicus, born in 41): she was therefore the mother of the heir-apparent and enjoyed influence for that reason ...
- 4432: Mercantilism
- ... wanted from Britain was dominion status. We didn't want representation in parliament, but to be able to make our own rules. In 1765 the British established the Quartering Act, where the Americans had to house and feed the British Troops that were in America. The Americans saw this as contrary to the Rights of Englishmen that were established in such famous documents as the Magna Carta, or the Great Charter ...
- 4433: Martin Luther King Jr And Malcolm X
- ... Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 and was raised in a completely different atmosphere than King, an atmosphere of fear and anger where the seeds of bitterness were planted. The burning of his house by the Ku Klux Klan resulted in the murder of his father. His mother later suffered a nervous breakdown and his family was split up. He was haunted by this early nightmare for most of ...
- 4434: JFK
- ... Oswalds left side. Oswald died in the same hospital to which the President had been taken. On November 24, the body of President Kennedy was carried on a horse-drawn carriage from the White House to the Rotunda of the Capitol. Hundreds of thousands of people filed past the coffin of the slain president. A state funeral was held the next day where "representatives of 92 nations attended."7 It ...
- 4435: German Immigration To The Midwest
- ... depot to America located just off the coast of New York City. It was a place where thousands of people coming from dozens of countries came through every day. " To me, it was like a House of Babel. Because there were so many languages and so many people and everybody huddled together. And it was so full of fear," the impression Ellis made on a young women. Immigrants were tagged for ...
- 4436: Freedom In The United States
- ... anyone accused of libeling the assembly as a whole or any of its members. Many people were tracked down for writing or speaking works of offense. The first assembly to meet in America, the Virginia House of Burgesses, stripped Captain Henry Spellman of his rank when he was found guilty of "treasonable words." Even in the most tolerant colonies, printing was strictly regulated. The press of William Bradford was seized by ...
- 4437: First Amendment
- ... anyone accused of libeling the assembly as a whole or any of its members. Many people were tracked down for writing or speaking works of offense. The first assembly to meet in America, the Virginia House of Burgesses, stripped Captain Henry Spellman of his rank when he was found guilty of "treasonable words." Even in the most tolerant colonies, printing was strictly regulated. The press of William Bradford was seized by ...
- 4438: Cuban Missile Crisis: The Edge Of War
- ... ideals and heritage. Saturday, October 20, Robert called his brother and told him the result. It was the president's choice; Excom could not reach a decision (Mills 241). JFK soon returned to the White House, and again heard all the plans. United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, proposed giving up a naval base at Guantanamo, or pull the Jupiter missiles from Turkey. Both suggestions were rejected. There ...
- 4439: Civil War - Radical Reconstruction
- ... in the South. In many places, Blacks were the majority. As a result of the 15th Amendment, many Blacks were elected to positions in office. Seventeen Blacks were elected to serve in the U. S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Blanche K. Bruce and Hiram Revels from Mississippi were the first Blacks to be elected to the U. S. Senate. All of these elected officials were Republicans. In ...
- 4440: Civil War - Causes
- ... 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 ...
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