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- 2831: The Effectiveness of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
- ... Democratic party also tried to persuade him to run on their ticket. "On January 6, 1952, after flying to Paris to confer with the General, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge told a crowded press conference in Washington that Eisenhower was in the race 'to the finish.'"5 At the outcome of the New Hampshire primary, Eisenhower, who was still in Europe and had not been able to campaign in the United States ...
- 2832: Irene Joliot-curie
- ... refugees. Although she had a valid visa, it was the time of McCarthyism and red scares. Irene was forbidden entry and was kept in a detention center on Ellis Island until the French embassy in Washington could intervene. Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956, still being denied membership in the French Academy of Science. The discoveries that she made would ultimately be used as a cure for ...
- 2833: Is The Prime Minister Too Powerful?
- ... answered, and the PM is expected to play an important role in major debates - defending the views of the Government. Ultimately the Commons can reject a PM, as indeed they did in 1922 with Lloyd George, or demonstrating their lack of confidence in Chamberlain in 1940. The 1979 election was forced upon Callaghan when he lost a Motion of No Confidence in March. Apart from these dramatic events, there is continuous ...
- 2834: The FBI and Its History
- ... to be the investigative force of DOJ. Prior to that time, DOJ borrowed Agents from the U.S. Secret Service to investigate violations of federal criminal laws within its jurisdiction. By order of Attorney General George W. Wickersham, the Special Agent force was named the Bureau of Investigation in 1909. Following a series of changes in name, the Federal Bureau of Investigation officially received its present title in 1935. During the ...
- 2835: The 1920s: An Era of Transition and Tension
- ... who were not going to take this ostracism and punishment. A Jamaican named Marcus Garvey had paved a way for a more radical change within the African American environment. Although an admirer of Booker T. Washington, Garvey felt self-help was a means of political empowerment by which African American people would reclaim their homelands from European powers. He had challenged the concept of equality for all in America. Garvey had ...
- 2836: Should Defense Spending Be Decreased
- ... missile defense systems could be eliminated or scaled back, fewer troops would need to be kept on alert, and antiquated hardware could be destroyed and need not be replaced. The Center for Defense Information, a Washington D.C. think tank, points out that the US was able to defeat Iraq in 1991 using only 17 percent of active and reserve personnel and approximately one-third of its major combat units, concluding ...
- 2837: World War I Propaganda
- ... of the war was enough for President Wilson to sense that the American people needed to be informed about the war to gain their support. Therefore he created the Committee on Public Information. He hired George Creel to be in charge of the all of the operations. Creel was often called on to glorify the war and make it seem like it was all successful. Creel one was quoted saying “I ...
- 2838: Jimi Hendrix
- Jimi Hendrix: Reflections of the Man Through the Development of His Albums James McGuire UWC 4, Hampton November 4, 1996 On November 27, 1942,Jimi Hendrix was born as John Allen Hendrix in Washington at Seattle General Hospital. His childhood was not a privileged one, however, he did indulge himself in one particular way: Jimi loved to play the guitar. At first he played an old acoustic, and later ...
- 2839: What is America?
- ... arms against the British in a Revolutionary War. Although America had escaped from British oppression, the struggle for justice was far from over. Social problems existed in our society that had never been predicted by Washington or Jefferson. Slavery, for instance, became more and more a controversial issue until finally, it led to a civil war within the less than united States. In 1861, the southern states seceded, and a war ...
- 2840: John Dalton 4
- ... 2 years.Due to a poor salary, John was forced to leave his school and work in the fields with his brother. In 1781 John and his brother moved to Kendall. There John, his cousin George, and his brother ran a school where they offered English,Latin,Greek,French and twenty one mathematics and science course. Their school had sixty pupils. After twelve years at Kendall John started doing lectures and ...
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