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- 1861: Timeline
- ... you read this book to leap into the horrible, dangerous would of the year 1387. Timeline started out with a group of scientists/archaeologists digging at an ancient castle site. This site was in a French valley with two main castles, Castelgard and La Roque, a monastery, and a mill. This was the site that ITC, a quantum research facility, picked to go back into time to research. Through quantum physics ...
- 1862: Malcolm X
- ... their millions as slaves from Africa to America. From his initial, radical stance as a "Black Nationalist" seeing evil in all whites, he came to think that blacks and whites could work together for international revolution, a belief that ultimately led to his murder in 1965 by rival Black Muslims. Though he came from the American ghetto, spoke for the American ghetto and directed his message first and foremost at the ...
- 1863: The Constitution in the 1850's: Unity or Discord
- ... 1830's when the abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison began to attack slavery (ibid, 241). Slave states were those states where slave-holding was authorized by law before the Civil War. After the American Revolution, slavery disappeared from areas north of Delaware and Maryland. In 1845 nine new slave states had entered the Union. Efforts to add additional slave states and to prevent the spread of slavery led to fighting ...
- 1864: To Kill A Mocking Bird 3
- ... of money and therefore could hardly afford to hire staff. Many resorted to buying slaves; it was cheap and required little responsibility on their part. This event led to the employment of Negroes. The Industrial revolution did not occur in South America since it was only logical to simply buy slaves rather than expensive machinery. The civil war soon followed, and declared that Negroes were no longer considered slaves and if ...
- 1865: Attempts to End Slavery
- ... south still considered it a “positive good”. The antislavery movement, which eventually developed into the abolition movement became radicalized during the early 1830’s. The beginnings of the antislavery movement were evident right after the revolution. Every state except for Georgia and South Carolina had outlawed the slave trade. Then, in 1782 Virginia passed a law that stated that owners must free their slaves. Consequently, by 1790, over ten thousand slaves ...
- 1866: Madonna
- Madonna Born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan to a lower-middle class Italian-Catholic household, Madonna Louise Ciccone was the third eldest daughter born. Her father Chrysler engineer Sylvio (Tony) Ciccone and French-Canadienne Madonna Fortin, for whom the future superstar was named “Veronica” was added to her name for confirmation. While at a young age of five, Madonna’s world fell apart as her mother struggled to ...
- 1867: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
- ... nonconformity came mainly from a distrust and dislike for the American government. He believed that though the citizens of America were intelligent enough to see their government's wrongdoings, --"All men recognize the right of revolution"-- (Thoreau 227) they were not brave enough to take action in order to make a necessary change. He was frustrated with his fellow countrymen who seemed to be standing by and permitting something they knew ...
- 1868: America's involvement in World War Two
- ... American policy-American military weakness. When asked to evaluate how many troops were available if and when the United States would get involved, the army could only gather a mere one hundred thousand, when the French, Russian and Japanese armies numbered in millions. Its weapons dated from the first World War and were no match compared to the new artillery that Germany and its allies had. “American soldiers were more at ...
- 1869: George Mason's Views
- ... theorize and fantasize about democracy for example. He or she wonders ‘what would it be like to be able to choose my profession?’ and those seeds of turnover are planted. That individual may begin a revolution resulting in the eventual overthrow of communism. And those inherent rights not granted to the individual are responsible for the betterment of the society itself. The individual could be described as the rotten fruit of ...
- 1870: Karl Marx
- ... such things as the liberal newspaper, "The Rhenish Gazette". Marx claimed that he was happy because these papers had given him back his liberty. He was even invited to the the new editor of "German -French Annals." This was even more short lived then the first newspaper he worked for. His writings were very much appreciated. When the editor was to resign Marx would get to replace him. His editorship is ...
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