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- 1281: King Of The Seas
- ... this book i found the British Declaration concerning the cancellation of the wooden Ship. It also learned the Europeans point of view on the ironclads, and how they thought it had revolutionized naval warfare. Evans,George: Full Speed ahead. Philadelphia, 1902. Showed how the invention of the Ironclad advanced Technology. Emery,Edwin: The Story of America as Reported by its Newspapers from 1690-1965 Simon and Shuster 1960. This book was full of articles about the ironclads. Fox, George: No Match for the Iron. Harvard University Press, 1893. From this book I learned what people of that time thought of the ironclads and how they had advanced technology and how the ironclads made the ...
- 1282: Economic Reasons For American
- ... agriculture, most were descended from the English, and politics were only the concern of land owners. Throughout these prosperous colonies, only a small portion of the population were content with their lives as subjects of George III. Most found it hard to be continually enthusiastic for their King sitting on his thrown, thousands of miles away. Despite this there were few signs of the upcoming revolution. The occasional call for democracy ... from the less well-to-do, from many of the professional class, especially lawyers, some of the great planters and a number of merchants. Support for the Revolution increased when it became clear that Kin George III had no intention of making concessions(Olsen,K). By the Fall of 1774, the American people had in place the mechanisms of revolutionary organization on the local and colony level. There is no doubt ...
- 1283: Containment Policy
- By: Big Smooth America’s Policy of Containment was introduced by George Kennan in 1947. This policy had a few good points but many more bad points.Kennan's depiction of communism as a "malignant parasite" that had to be contained by all possible measures became the ... The United States misunderstood the Soviet regime. .Despite much pretence, national security had not been a major concern of US planners and elected officials. historical records reveal this clearly. Few serious analysts took issue with George Kennan's position that "it is not Russian military power which is threatening us, it is Russian political power" ; or with President Eisenhower's consistent view that the Russians intended no military conquest of Western ...
- 1284: Vietnamization (Real Version)
- ... Online. 15 March 2000. “Part Six: Vietnam.” In class handout. “Protest note from the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) to the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).” Embassy in Washington Press. Washington Press. Release No. 15/73, September 10, 1973. Rosenberg, Norman L. & Emily S. In Our Times: America Since World War II. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. 1999. Van Don, Tran. Our Endless War ...
- 1285: Saddam Hussien War
- ... ultimate decision was to use military force if Iraq did not withdraw unconditionally by January 15, 1991. Then, when the deadline was set, it was time to start preparing for the worst-the war. President George Bush confronted little difficulty in winning Americans' support for the potential war against Iraq. However, the government found it difficult to decide upon and state one overriding reason for going to war. Was it to ... more than six months. Lieutenant General Khalid bin Sultan, the commander of the Arab coalition forces, gave Iraq's leader only 40 days, and repeated this prediction many times. Iraq's prospect was dreary. President George Bush waited two days after the UN deadline for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait before ordering the Coalition to begin action against Iraq. The winds of Desert Storm began howling across Iraq on January 17, 1991 ...
- 1286: Historical Analysis On 1920s
- ... it had an estimated four million members. In 1923, Martial Law was declared in Oklahoma as a result of activities by the Ku Klux Klan. In 1925, 40,000 Ku Klux Klan members parade in Washington to show the nation just how powerful they are. These hooded cowards were the cause of agony, torment, and death to many blacks and other targeted immigrants. The 1920's had a massive waves of ... in New York City in a silent parade to protest lynchings and racial indignities. Race riots in Houston lead to the hanging of 13 black soldiers in 1918. Racial motivated riots also occurred in Charleston, Washington, Chicago, Arkansas, and Texas throughout 1919. A total of 26 riots during the "Red Summer" of 1919. The Influenza, which is the disease the Herman dies from in the "Wedding Band", was reeking havoc across ...
- 1287: Jeffersonians Vs. Jacksonians
- The Washington administration was the first to bring together in the cabinet of the United States, the Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and the Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson and Hamilton began to take different views ... The Hamiltonian broad interpretation ensured that the Constitution is not considered as a 200 year old body of rigid and inflexible laws, that make no room for improvement in an ever changing American society.The Washington administration was the first to bring together in the cabinet of the United States, the Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and the Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson and Hamilton began to take different views ...
- 1288: The Gilded Age
- ... defensively, and only because they had been provoked for so long that they could not ignore it anymore. The Pullman Strike of 1894 was another example of an entire town uniting to defend itself against George Pullman himself who held a firm stranglehold on the throat of the citizens. The depression caused Pullman to reduce wages by a dire 25 to 40 percent. The effects of such a great “chop” dealt ... shall be buried in the Pullman cemetery and go to the Pullman hell”(Meltzer151). For lack of a better action, the citizens of Pullman struck and fought to defend themselves from the drastic pay cuts. George Pullman, the unscrupulous businessman won out, however and the men returned back to work. The Lawrence Strike was no different in idea than these other two strikes. “Of all the mingled peoples of Lawrence, none ...
- 1289: The Trancontinental Railroad
- ... of Rochester proposed a railroad that would connect the East Coast to the West Coast, and lawmakers laughed at him. Again, in 1838, another man by the name of John Plum sent a petition to Washington asking the government to fund a Transcontinental Railroad. Congress said that, asking the government “To build a railroad to the moon” was impractical (Blumberg 11). In 1845, Asa Whitney changed the government’s mind about ... failed to acknowledge the pain and suffering Higgins 9 the laborers endured, and that other nations, such as the Cheyenne Indians faced extinction over what the United States called a triumphBlumberg, Roda. Full Steam Ahead. Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 1996. Chinese Exclusion. Columbia University Press, 1993. Faragher, John. The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History. New York: Henry Holt Company, Inc., 1998. Geoffrey, Ward. The West. Boston: The West ...
- 1290: Puritanism
- ... convicted "witch" had supposedly committed a crime against his or her government. This meant for a severe punishment, such as hanging. During the trials, many were executed. The following are the documented names: Bridget Bishop, George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, George Jacobs, Sr., Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, John Proctor, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Margaret Scott, Samuel Wardwell, Sarah Wildes, and John Willard. Almost six months after Rebecca Parris' court date, the trial ...
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