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- 1611: Vietnam: The War We Should Hav
- ... plane was capable of multiple roles, as a dogfighter, bomber, recon, and support aircraft. However, the F-4 had its share of problems. First, the engineers who designed it neglected to mount any type of gun on the F-4A through the F-4D, thinking that the Phantom's frightening compliment of missiles could take out any enemy threat. They were wrong. Not having a gun made the dogfighting role of the Phantom extremely hard, because the AIM-9 and AIM-7 missiles were not as effective at closer ranges against the enemy MiGs. Only after almost 2 years was the F-4E Phantom fitted with a 6-barrell gatling gun. 4 Also, many pilots were poorly trained, only having 6 weeks of training as opposed to the customary 1-year. These excitement-hungry flyboys, these air cowboys had a voracious appetite for combat, but ...
- 1612: Federalist Party
- ... would never see such strong days again. Its power dwindled down slowly until the party vanished from the national picture in 1816. Federalists after 1801 Although no longer influential in Congress the federalist remained in control in several states. Some states had federalists in office as far down as 1820. This wasn't though what kept the federalist ideals in America. John Marshall, chief justice of supreme court, began his tenure ... to the federal government. He maintained this for 34 years, shaping the loose collection of states into a solid National Union. Another way that the Federalist ideals were maintained comes from their opponents. Upon gaining control of the Congress and Presidency the Democratic-Republicans maintained most of the programs set up by the Federalists. The alien and sedition laws were repealed and everyone arrested under them was let go, but other than that the central government maintained the control gained under the federalists, relinquishing little. The Republicans even strengthened the federal government on occasion. By buying Louisiana Jefferson extended the abilities of the central government. Opinion-Synopsis The years under George Washington and ...
- 1613: American Reconstruction
- ... S. Grant for President. Many members of the old planter class and ex-Confederate soldiers joined the Ku Klux Klan, a secret group formed just after the war. The Klan's first goals were to control elections. Beyond that, Klan aimed to keep the African Americans powerless. It targeted blacks who owned their own land, any blacks who prospered, and teachers of black children. The Klan's terrorist activities served the Democratic Party. The Democratic platform in 1868 had called reconstruction policies "unconstitutional, revolutionary, and void." It demanded that Freedmen's Bureau be shut down. The white robbed, gun-toting, horse riding Klansmen attacked Republicans. In every county where the Klan was active, Republican voters stayed away from the polls. At first, President Grant tried to avoid conflict with the Klan. By 1871, however ...
- 1614: Offensive At St. Mihiel
- ... Germans the high ground. The reason the salient was so important to the Germans was that it interrupted the Paris-Nancy Railroad and completely cut off the Verdun-Toul Railroad. Which gave the Germans complete control of any supplies coming into the area. The final plan for the operation called for a main drive against the Southern face of the salient, a second drive from the west and then holding attacks ... which by this point in the war were obsolete and very much vulnerable to German machine guns. This fact was quickly reinforced as the cavalry was fired upon by one of the few remaining machine-gun positions manned by determined German troops. This mistake was not made again. Mid-day on September 12, The I Corps, commanded by Major General Liggett, had already made their first objective for the day, and ...
- 1615: Vietnam And LbJ
- ... along with the death of soldiers and civilians, LBJ's presidency and the 'Great Society' also were killed by the war. The US's fear of the domino theory led them in an attempt to control the spread of communism in North Vietnam, whose government was led by Ho Chi Minh. This attempt had failed in many ways because of an inexperienced president and his unarticulated ideals of how to control a war and satisfy his country at the same time. After the unfortunate assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, his successor, vice-president, Lyndon Baines Johnson, or LBJ, was forced to take ... now was possibly the most hated man in America. "He was riding a tiger he couldn't get off." (George Ball) Johnson had begun to lie to the public, saying that the war was under control and exaggerating the number of Viet Cong that were killed but Johnson had overestimated teh patience of the US people. They wanted to put an end to the war and as a result riots ...
- 1616: Confederate States Of America
- ... by the time the idea had actually fallen into place the Northern blockade had already become too tight. Currrent explains that "Not until the third year of the war, however, did the government take complete control of cotton exports and push them with determination. If this program had been taken earlier, probably Confederate finances could have been made much stronger then they became" (Current 27). Fortunately for the North it was ... land in the South, but to destroy its armies. One of the Confederacy's military downfalls may have been due to the fact that President Davis had no intention of sharing any strategies, granting any control to his military advisor or anyone in the Confederate party (Brinkley 396). Unlike Davis, Lincoln gave his commanding field officers all the control they needed to defeat Lee and his Confederate army. In 1865 he finally decided to appoint Lee to the post of general in chief, unfortunately for Davis, the war had already ended. Another advantage ...
- 1617: Capitalism: The Cause Of Slave
- ... servants, but this system of work only worked for a limited time as these servants would work their time of servitude and then leave on their own. The American farmer in the south needed more control on their workers and needed to know that they ( the workers ) weren’t going to just leave and start up their own farm for themselves. Thus the manipulation of slave labor became the answer for ... colonies were very good at it. Lewis C. Gray defined the southern plantation as a “capitalistic type of agricultural organization in which a considerable number of unfree laborers were employed under a unified direction and control in the production of a staple crop.” The plantations were mostly one crop oriented, cotton or tobacco, and this lead to cash crops rather than supplying for the colonies themselves. The plantation gentry or Masters ... forced planters into believing that slave holding was more profitable. Therefore an increase in the amount of slaves doing work on p lantations was evident due to its profitability for planters and farmers and the control on labor. Controlling labor in the South, became an entity upon which no plantation could survive without. The Southern Master had many slaves who he expected to do enormous amounts of work all for ...
- 1618: Canda At War
- ... complete assignments, refuses to wait his turn, and often disturbs his classmates. A child psychologist indicates a young boy lacks the ability for sustained mental effort, is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli, displays poor impulse control, and meets the criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), as defined in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). The mother, teacher, and psychologist could all be speaking ... possession of weapons. Status offenses, which would not be considered an offense if committed by an adult, such as truancy, running away, alcohol possession or use, and curfew violations. Children and youth are considered "beyond control" of the parents or guardians when their behavior is so poorly regulated that it requires the attention of the family court to establish adequate supervision of these dependent youth. Considerable overlap exists among the more severe types of family disruption, many school disciplinary infractions, the mental health categories of conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, and the justice categories of delinquent and status offenses and being beyond control. It is important to set aside labels based on the perspective of any single discipline and focus instead on the actual behaviors being described. Clearly, the semantics of disruptive behavior cross many disciplines. Onset ...
- 1619: Arthurian Legend
- ... a small amount of reasoning would of solved the problem quickly. The ants are of a collective mind, so that what one thinks, they all think. They go about their daily lives oblivious to the control the leader has over them. In the final transformation Wart visits the badger. The badger is a great philosopher who enjoys giving scholarly commentaries. While Wart is visiting him, he explains a story he has written on the creation of the animal kingdom’s hierarchy. In his commentary he explains how man answered God’s riddle and is awarded control over the animal kingdom. He lives a life of solitude because many other animals do not think at his level. They listen he is old and experienced, and with this comes respect. Through each of ... might and fear, as does the gator. Unlike the falcon, a ruler should not retain power only because of age, and should rule with the subjects well-being in mind. One should not exert total control over one’s subjects, because they lose creativity and individualism. a democratically elected leader, whom subjects have faith in his or her ability to get a job done, and who has the required skills ...
- 1620: Ancient Rome
- ... he take the defendant [to court] by force." (Nardo 28-29) The Tribunes of the Plebs protected the Plebs from unjustness, and the Plebs protected them by threatening to strike. As time went on, Patrician control over Plebians gradually decreased, until in 366 BC, the Plebs were allowed to become consul. Soon it became a custom to elect one Pleb and one Patrician (Nardo 28). In 287 BC, the Popular Assembly ... In 449 BC, the Sabines fell, and in 396 BC, the Etruscans. Instead of trying to oppress conquered tribes and peoples, Rome absorbed them, integrating them into their culture. This made them much easier to control, because they felt like they belonged to Rome. This is what Cicero had to say about it: "Every citizen of a corporate town [one annexed by Rome] has, I take it, two fatherlands, that of ... became consuls. After one year, they turned the state over to "the free decision of the Senate and People of Rome" (Adcock 74). The Senate and people of Rome gave Octavian ten years of complete control. Octavian named himself the princeps, which is Latin for emperor. He ran the Empire as a monarchy, although it was disguised as a Republic. They still had a senate, but senators only made it ...
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