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- 2861: A Short History On Computers
- ... in applications programming language technologies removed these obstacles. Applications languages were now available for controlling a great range of manufacturing processes, for using machine tools with computers, and for many other things. Moreover, a new revolution in computer hardware was under way, involving shrinking of computer-logic circuitry and of components by what are called large-scale integration (LSI) techniques. Many companies, some new to the computer field, introduced in the ...
- 2862: Autism
- ... fascinating cognitive phenomenons in psychology is the autistic savant. This refers to individuals with autism who have extraordinary skills not exhibited by most people. Historically, individuals with these exceptional skills were called 'idiot savants,' a French term meaning unlearned skill. The correct term, autistic savant, was implemented by Dr. Rimland in a 1978 article in Psychology Today. About 10 % of autistic individuals possess these skills. The most common forms involve mathematical ...
- 2863: The Call of the Wild: Determinism and Darwinism
- ... and others. His next was War of the Classes, written in 1905. It mainly consisted of the text of speeches London presented on behalf of socialism. In 1909 he completed his next nonfiction story called Revolution. This story was just a series of essays that highlighted London’s Socialist thought. His last nonfiction work was a story called John Barleycorn, which was written in 1913. John Barleycorn was an autobiographical memoir ...
- 2864: Causes Of The Civil War
- ... slaveowners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the modern world without proper training. Many Southern preachers proclaimed that slavery was sanctioned in the Bible. But after the American Revolution slavery really died it the North, just as it was becoming more popular in the South. By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. During this time a surge ...
- 2865: The Gilded Age
- ... only alienate the middle class. Even engaging in middle-of-the-road politics was a mistake. Better to stick to “pure and simple” trade unionism”(Burner471). The AFL did not seek any grand riot or revolution, they simply wanted justice to be done. The strikes led by the AFL and other unions reflected these “humble” approaches to labor protests. The Homestead Strike of 1892 reflected a demand for greater wage for ...
- 2866: Art
- ... LOUIS XIV originally commissioned this piece of work to Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1665. The king's finance minister felt " it left the king housed no better than before." so his plan was rejected and a French architect named Claude Perrault was appointed to finish the job. This palace had to grand enough for the "sun-king", so Perrault used classical influences to achieve the proper grandness fit for a king. He ...
- 2867: Normandy Invasion
- ... largest amphibious operation, involving approximately 5,000 ships of all kinds. About 11,000 Allied aircraft operated over the invasion area. More than 150,000 troops disembarked at Normandy on D-Day. Because all major French ports in the north were mined and fortified, the Allies improvised two artificial harbors, with pontoons, breakwaters, and sunken ships. One of the harbors was destroyed by a severe Atlantic gale, but the other worked ...
- 2868: The Contenders
- ... territories and crossed the Sierra Madres into the Sacramento Valley. As a captain in the Army, he returned to California and helped the settlers overthrow Mexican rule in what became known as the Bear Flag Revolution, a sidebar to the Mexican War. He was elected as one of California's first two Senators. The infant Republican party was born from the ashes of the Whig party, which had suffered spontaneous combustion ...
- 2869: The Trancontinental Railroad
- Blake Higgins 4/29/00 Vail Mountain School Grade 8 The Transcontinental Railroad Although many changes occurred in the mid 1800’s in America, such as the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War, the Transcontinental Railroad profoundly changed the U.S. This tremendous project, partly funded by Congress, was one of the key factors that encouraged foreign immigration to America. The Transcontinental Railroad certainly ...
- 2870: Reconstruction
- ... could not be won without attacking the issue of slavery. Finally, Lincoln believed that transforming the dispute from a conflict to preserve the Union to a crusade against slavery would dissuade the threatening British and French from supporting the Confederacy. With its new stated purpose, the Civil War would now have huge societal repercussions. The largest and most complex issue of Reconstruction was how to go about admitting the Confederate states ...
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