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- 1621: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... three basic laws of congressional reconstruction over Johnson's vetoes: the Military Reconstruction act, the Command of the Army Act, and the Tenure of Office Act."(Tindall 461) In the book, America, A Narrative History, George Tindall describes what the Military Reconstruction Acts were intended to accomplish. "The Military Reconstruction Act was "little more than a requirement that southern states accept black suffrage and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment." The ten states ... Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1959. Craven, Avery. Reconstruction, the Ending of the Civil War. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.1969. Franklin, John Hope. Reconstruction: After the Civil War. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1961 Tindall, George Brown and David E Shi. America, A Narrative History. New York, Norton & Company, 1993. Trelease, Allen W. Reconstruction, The Great Experiment. New York, Harper & Row,1971.
- 1622: Development of The Civil War
- ... the time of the Civil War, the Southern people still remembered how they were treated by the northern people. In the years before the Civil War the political power in the Federal Government, centered in Washington D.C., was changing. The Northern and Mid-Western States were becoming more and more powerful as the populations increased. The Southern States were losing political power. Just as the original thirteen colonies fought for their independence almost 100 years earlier, the Southern States felt a growing need for freedom from the central Federal authority in Washington D.C. They felt that each State should make its own laws. This issue was called "State's Rights". Some Southern States wanted to secede, or break away from the United States of America and ...
- 1623: The Watergate Scandal
- The Watergate Scandal "The Watergate Complex is a series of modern buildings with balconies that looks like filed down Shark's Teeth" (Gold, 1). Located on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. it contains many hotel rooms and offices. What happened in the complex on June 17, 1972 early in the morning became a very historical event for our nation that no one will ever forget. The "Watergate Scandal" and constitutional crisis that began on June 17, 1972 with the arrest of five burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee (DMC) headquarters at the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. It ended with the registration of President Richard M. Nixon on August 9, 1974. (Watergate) At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were arrested at the Watergate ...
- 1624: What Are The Decisive Events And Arguments That Produced The American Revolution?
- ... of Canada and of the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. The chief motive had been nation advantage: but as one of the results the 13 colonies might now live in peace. George Grenville, Britain’s prime minister in 1763, did not concede that the colonists had any political rights. He now sough ways to make the colonies most profitable to England at the least expense. Settlers were ... from the colonies. The colonists reacted angrily. They lived far from Britain and had grown increasingly self-reliant. Many Americans believed that the new British policies threatened their freedom. In late 1774, England’s King George III declared, "The die is now cast, the colonies must either submit or triumph." A few months later, the Revolutionary War broke out. Bibliography American Revolution. World Book Encyclopedia. World Book Inc. Chicago: Illinois. 1997 ...
- 1625: Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball
- Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball George Herman "Babe" Ruth was perhaps the most recognized player in Major League Baseball history. Born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, Ruth attended St. Mary's Industrial School. At St. Mary's, Ruth became ... constantly in the public's eyes. Babe Ruth was a pioneer like Columbus, Edison, and so many others. He brought baseball to the next level. The game of baseball owes a debt of gratitude to George Herman "Babe" Ruth for he has done so much for it. Without him, the game you see today wouldn't be the same.
- 1626: American Foreign Policy Towards Cuba
- ... but was convinced to return to the Cuban political scene by American business and Mafia interests. He was brought back to power by a bloodless coup in 1952 and canceled elections scheduled three months away. Washington quickly recognized Batista’s new government. On December 2, 1956 Fidel Castro began a revolution that would eventually free Cuba from American control. By the late 1950’s American capital investment is in controled of ... Cuban airplane that killed 73 people. He admits to over a decade of anti-Castro terrorist activities funded by the Cuban-American national Foundation (CANF), a Miami based non-profit organization and powerful lobby in Washington. He escaped from prison and was later pardoned by President Bush after denying his earlier statements. Acts of these kinds continued to terrorize Cuba throughout the 80’s and most recent attacks in the 90 ...
- 1627: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... judge took that as a confession of her guilt, and a threat as well. The justice found her guilty on June 2, and on June 8, William Stroughton signed her death warrant. On June 10, George Corwin, High Sheriff of Essex County, escorted Bridget Bishop to the gallows, where she was hanged on the conviction of witchcraft. Bridget's speedy trial and execution sent shutters through the rest of the accused ... grave behind the gallows. The place became known as "Gallows Hill". Many more bodies would come to know Gallows Hill all too well throughout the rest of the Salem Witch trials. John Proctor, Martha Carrier, George Jacob Sr., and John Willard were such people. They were all hanged on August 19. The killings did not end there, eight more people were hanged in September 22. One of them was Martha Corey ...
- 1628: The Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials
- ... judge took that as a confession of her guilt, and a threat as well. The justice found her guilty on June 2, and on June 8, William Stroughton signed her death warrant. On June 10, George Corwin, High Sheriff of Essex County, escorted Bridget Bishop to the gallows, where she was hanged on the conviction of witchcraft. Bridget's speedy trial and execution sent shutters through the rest of the accused ... grave behind the gallows. The place became known as "Gallows Hill". Many more bodies would come to know Gallows Hill all too well throughout the rest of the Salem Witch trials. John Proctor, Martha Carrier, George Jacob Sr., and John Willard were such people. They were all hanged on August 19. The killings did not end there, eight more people were hanged in September 22. One of them was Martha Corey ...
- 1629: The Persian Gulf War
- ... resolutions condemning the invasion. The ultimate decision was to use military force if Iraq did not withdraw by January 15, 1991. When the deadline was set, it was time to start preparing for 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 a reason for going to war. It was either to oppose aggression ... thought Hussein would not last 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. President George Bush waited two days after the UN deadline for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait before ordering the Coalition to begin action against Iraq. Bhagdad was bombed by the coalition’s fighter airplanes in the first night ...
- 1630: A Portrayal of Honor
- ... were a De Kalb regiment of German American clerks, he Garibakdi Guards made up of Italian Americans, a "Polish Legion," and hundreds of Irish American youths form Boston and New York. But in Ohio and Washington, D.C., African American volunteers were turned away from recruiting stations and told, "This is a white man's war." Some citizens questioned the loyalty of immigrants who lived in crowded city tenements until an ... peace. On Good Friday, April 14, 11 days after Union troops had entered Richmond, an actor named John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln as the President watched a play from his box in Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. The one man who might have brought about a just peace was dead. The Civil War had solved some old problems for the United States. But it created some new problems as well ...
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