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- 5181: King Of The Seas
- ... showed the world going from wooden navies to iron clad navies. It explained from Europeans point of view what they thought of the new invention. Beschke,William: Memorial to Congress, Government and People: Concerning Several Great Inventions of National Importance and the Infringements of a U.S. Patent in Building Ironclad Vessels and Iron Turrets. Most Respectfully Submitted by William Beschke, of Philadelphia in January 1865. Philadelphia, 1865. This Book contained ... talked about its may improvements. Scott, Anne F.: Remembering the Merrimack. Chicago University Press, 1993. This book told about the Merrimac and its advantages and disadvantages and also about why it was a great advancement in history. Woodward, C. Vann: How the Ironclads affected the Civil War. Vail-Ballou Press, 1991. I found out about the effects of the ironclads on civil war and history. Word Count: 847
- 5182: Hofstadter Chapter 1
- ... and a return to monarchy were being seriously discussed in some quarters propelled the Constitutional framers such as John Jay to bring to attention. II Consistent to eighteenth-century ethos left the Constitution-makers with great faith in universals. They believed in an inexorable view of a self-interested man. Feeling that all me were naturally inclined to be bad they sought a compromising system of checks and balances for government ... of oppression. In our Government the real power lies in the majority of the community.
James Madison Power naturally grows
because human passions are insatiable. But that power alone can grow which is already too great; that which is unchecked; that which has no equal power to control it. John Adams Addressing the aura around the framing of the Constitution, the two quotes at the beginning of the chapter The Founding ...
- 5183: Commercial Warfare
- ... the commercial future of the United States. The Peace of Amiens did not last long after its signing on March 27, 1802, to end the European wars between the allied France and Spain, and Great Britain, with the United States now neutral due to the coup of the French monarchy. Neither France, nor Britain upheld the treaty, and hostilities were reassumed. In 1805, Britain seized and condemned the US vessel ... the British flag. The United States, while mostly standing by, as its interdependent commerce was being virtually destroyed, took actions in 1807. The United States trade was highly dependent upon the nations of France and Great Britain, but by the Decrees and Orders of Council, the United States was refused trade with each nation. In 1807, the United States established an Embargo Act, preventing all trade. The Embargo Act had been ...
- 5184: Capote Vs. Krakauer
- ... of Holcomb and its small population. Krakauer has a harder task, trying to relate readers to being on Mt. Everest, something very few people have ever done. To make up for that fact, he uses great detail to help create a picture in his readers mind. Cinders, coarse gravel, and granite boulders covered much of the ice, but every now and then the trail would cross a patch of bare glacier ... frozen medium that glistens like polished onyx. (58) Although Capote and Krakauer each have a different style, different opinions and different ways of making the truth story like, both are wonderful storytellers and have created great examples of true stories. Bibliography Works Cited Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. New York: Random House Publishing, 1966. Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air. New York: Villard Books, 1997 Word Count: 823
- 5185: Aztec
- ... Xochimilco, a few miles south of Mexico City. In most culture there were domestic animals in the Aztecs culture there were turkeys, ducks, and dogs. The dogs were raised as food and were considered a great delicacy. The wild animals that were eaten were rabbit, deer, gopher, iguanas, snake, turtles, salamanders, insect eggs, many species of frogs, larva, grasshoppers, ants, worms, tadpoles and 40 species of water birds. The corixid water ... to own property they were just tenant farmers. In the highest positions were the nobles born by birth, priests and warriors who earned their rank. The Aztecs architeculture especially the religious building were like the great pyramids of Egypt instead they were cut off at the top with broad stairways often with banisters shaped like giant serpents which led to the summit and at the summit there was a shrine. In ...
- 5186: American Studies
- ... American Studies was quicker to welcome women and ethnic studies. I believe the answer to this is simply that the women represent a larger group and they are more out spoken. Kerber also saw a great deal of chauvinism with the myth symbolist methodology, as well as this certain approach not looking for structures of power. She looked at points from all different sorts of angles and would then analyze them. Kerber would always have a valid answer and would really go into great detail in her article so that it was easy to pick up the information. These two articles were very much related, but at the same time they were very different. This leads into the past ...
- 5187: Saddam Hussien War
- ... and U. S. F-117A Stealth fighters, gave the Coalition an accuracy and firepower that overwhelmed the Iraqi forces. The large-scale usage of air force and latest technology made the war short and saved great numbers of Coalition soldiers' lives. After establishing air superiority, coalition forces disabled Iraq's command and control centers, especially in Baghdad and Al Bashrah. This caused the communication to fail between Baghdad and the troops ... someone you don't know, you've never seen and, can't confront. He is in the sky and you're on the ground. Our ground resistance is magnificent. After the air raid, I gave great thanks to God and joined some soldiers to ask how each of them was. While I was doing that, another air attack began. 2 February at 2000 hours." The ground war began at 8:00 ...
- 5188: Ernie Pyle
- ... ended the life of Ernie Pyle in the final days of World War II, Americans spoke of him in the same breath as they had Franklin Roosevelt. To millions, the loss of him was as great as the loss of the wartime president. Since WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle was so famous, his death on the battlefront came as a shock to people around the world. Ernest Taylor Pyle was born August ... father, Will Pyle, was a tenant farmer because he couldnt make a steady living from being a carpenter, which is what he really liked to do. Pyle described his father, He never said a great deal to me all his life, and yet I feel we have been very good friends, he never gave me much advice or told me to do this or that, or not to. Marie Pyle ...
- 5189: WWII
- ... U.S. citizen's opinion about Roosevelt taking them into the war. Ninety-four percent were against the United States getting involved. If Roosevelt would have just attacked Japan first, he would have lost a great majority of the support he was receiving from the general population of the United States. All the facts lead to the very probable possibility that Roosevelt may have helped plan the attack at Pearl Harbor ... the U. S. would have to go to war and they might as well be in control when the first shots are fired against Americans. Roosevelt's master plan was very complex and involved a great deal of people. Two of the people who would be affected the most by this plan were Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Gen. William Short. The reason they would be greatly affected was because they ...
- 5190: Plains Indians
- ... can see what values and traits these cultures saw as being important in a person by those traits imposed upon such a sacred animal. The eagle is seen as courageous, swift, and strong. He has great foresight and knows everything. "In an eagle there is all the wisdom of the world." (Atwood) During the Sun Dance the eagle is the facilitator of communication between man and spirit. The Crow may be ... on the buffalo skull, he was offering a piece of himself to give life to the buffalo who died to give life to him and his people. During the dance the buffalo also has a great role in the visions. The buffalo may knock down a dancer, or the dancer may challenge the buffalo by charging at it. Passing out for too long means one was too afraid to face the ...
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