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- 3641: Early Flight
- ... of age, he took the position of a director at the Allegheny Observatory. He then became a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. His main interest was solar activity and the effect that it had on the weather. In 1878, Langley invented the Bolometer, which is a radiant-head detector that is sensitive to the differences in temperature to onehundred-thousandth of a degree. This invention allowed ...
- 3642: 1775-1900: The History of the Buffalo Soldier
- ... t really used. In Muly 1862, Congress authorized the use of black soldiers in the Civil War, but there "was no follow-up until January 1, 1863" when Abraham Lincoln put the "Emancipation Proclamation into effect." (Mullen 23) After the Emancipation Proclamation, the War Department moved rapidly to begin the enlistment of Black Americans. During January 1863, the War Department authorized Massachusetts to raise two Black regiments. Because of this nearly ...
- 3643: Mark McGwire's Home Run Record
- ... banned in the NFL, Olympics, and NCAA," they fail to mention that neither the NHL nor the NBA has banned this over-the-counter product. More relevant than the drug's legality is it's effect on McGwire's ability to hit home runs. "In 1987, his rookie year, McGwirehit 49 home runs" (Dimanno). In fact, if McGwire had not been injured so often throughout his career, Maris's record would ...
- 3644: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- ... Ku Klux Klan did become out of control in later years, but when it was first created it had no specific meaning; it was a way just to have fun. After the members saw the effect the group's appearance had on people, they began to use the results to their advantage. Because the Klan resembled ghost, many of the citizens of Pulaski believed them to be dead soldiers of the ...
- 3645: The Decline of the Plains Indians
- ... government agents an estimated 86 million acres of the 138 million acres that had been granted to them. With the completion of the first intercontinental railroad, settlement toward the frontier boomed without first realizing the effect it would have on people and their environment. Trying to achieve quick results, the United States removed many native Indians and consequently causing wars. After years of bloodshed, the United States Army forced survivors onto ...
- 3646: The USA Becoming Less Democratic Prior To The Revolution
- ... their families. A prevalent characteristic of a democracy is a strong middle class. The last two documents have shown us that the gap between poor people and rich people in Weathersfield, which would have the effect of dissolving the middle class and creating a two-class, rich and poor society. When money stays in families through generations, one of the effects is that it is harder for a person to work ...
- 3647: Causes of the American Revolution
- ... people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying it's foundations on such principles and organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.". What the declaration is really saying, is that a society who has no or little rights (such as the colonies) should be destroyed, thus separation from England. A new society would ...
- 3648: Race In The New England and Southern Colonies
- ... s List of Emigrants Bound for Virginia). The use of the word "Master", shows, that the southern colonies were more of a individualistic state rather than a communal state(New England). This individualism was the effect of the motivation of the southern colonies for economic opportunity. "We whose names are underwritten, being by God’s providnce engaged together to make a plantation...." (Articles of Agreement). The New England settlers, again were ...
- 3649: Nixon vs. Kennedy Election 1960
- ... side of either north or south. By far the biggest issue in the election was religion. Kennedy held a strong Roman Catholic background, while Nixon had a Protestant. voters felt that Kennedy's Catholicism would effect his decisions as President. Problems arose early for Nixon in the election. Nixon, while getting out of a limo, struck his knee on the door and forced to have surgery. This unforeseen hospitalization cost him ...
- 3650: The Fall of South Vietnam Controversy
- ... there can be little doubt that while the casualties inflicted on the civilian population of Vietnam were not out of line in comparison with World War II and Korea, they did have a highly detrimental effect in counterinsurgency setting like Vietnam. The realization on the part of many civilian policy-makers that this was so, combined with the unwillingness of the military to forego the highly destructive tools of heavy weaponry ...
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