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- 2191: It Was For the Best: The Long Island Railroad Massacre
- ... end. A sudden, irrational, and inconceivable act of violence destroyed her family. Dennis and Kevin McCarthy were riding the Long Island Railroad, when a man named Colin Ferguson rose from his seat, took out a gun, and started to shoot at the 90 passengers in his car. After Colin Ferguson used up the fifteen bullets in the clip struggled to reload it three of the passengers riding on the commuter train ... The LIRR massacre, was certainly an eye opening event. Although some people view it just as a time of loss, pain and suffering, it can also be viewed as a time of opportunity, change, and control. The outcome of the shooting makes it seem possible that this is truly the best of all possible worlds.
- 2192: The Nations Sectional Discord And The Unity Within The Nation
- ... the other house (the House of Representatives) each member would represent the same number of people. Quite appropriately this came to be called the Great Compromise. Other major compromises came on slavery and on the control of commerce. The southern states, where the slaves were really treated as property, still wanted the slaves counted as people for the purposes of representation in the New House of Representatives. Some delegates argued that ... much authority territorial governments could exercise in regulating slavery. Popular sovereignty held the greatest possibility for maintaining the unity of the Democratic Party and national unity on the slavery issue. With the Democrats firmly in control of national policy both in control of national policy both in the White House and in Congress, a new law was passed that would have disastrous consequences. A bill was proposed that the Nebraska Territory to be divided into the ...
- 2193: The Civil Rights Movement
- ... these laws were put in place specifically to hinder black voting. This was done because the blacks outnumbered whites in the South and they feared that given the chance, the blacks would attempt to take control. These laws included such things as the Grandfather Clause. This stated that if your grandfather was able to vote in 1864 than you could vote. This was very effective because at that time no blacks ... Negroes" because they had never lived or been influenced by the white "system." The men sought to instill pride in the black community. The Black Panther Party (BPP) picked up on Brown's "Take your gun and go get what you want" mentality. The Black Panthers were a paramilitary organization founded in Oakland, California in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seales. Despite their reputation for an aggressive approach to civil ...
- 2194: United States and Imperialism
- ... a new frontier and that it might be found overseas. During the turn of the century, the United States become very involved in the affairs of the world. The United States would annex Hawaii and control the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. They would also build a canal in Panama to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. These actions caused many people overseas to call the United States imperialistic and ... hostage foreign legations in Beijing. The United States would then send troops to suppress the revolt and send another letter requesting open door policy. Through this Open Door policy the United States was able to control and dominate trade in China and in other nations. The Open Door was not just a policy. It was also an ideology with several tenets: first, that American's domestic well being required exports. Second ... Ocean during the Spanish-American War made people to believe that the United States was creating an empire. There idea of Open Door policy lead many to fear the United States because of the tight control that it gave them over other countries. During the turn of the century, the United States were lead by political and the business elite who wanted imperialism.
- 2195: United States and Imperialism
- ... Spain in Cuba; the war against Spain extended into conflict with the Filipinos. In May 1898, Roosevelt ordered Dewey to destroy the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. As the U.S. seemed to be in control of the Spanish army, President McKinley decided on what course of action to take; he would push for the annexation of the Philippines. The Treaty of Paris gave the United States all of the 7 ... Another main example of the United State's self-interest-motivated expansion was intervention in Central America. Future plans for the United State's economic foothold throughout the world were made in planning to take control of the Panama Canal. In 1876 an international company was organized to be responsible for planning the Panama Canal; this company failed, and in 1880 a French company was organized by Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps ... nation. With the benefits resulting from the industrial revolution, the United States had the ability to establish itself beyond its borders. In its efforts to expand its empire, the United States annexed many territories, took control of foreign markets, and intervened in affairs abroad. The foreign policy effecting these actions was influenced by many factors, however the two most recognized are self-interest and idealism. There has always been speculation ...
- 2196: Boston Massacre
- ... having taken his station near the west corner of the Custom House in King St., before and at the time of the soldiers firing their guns, declares that the first discharge was only of one gun, the next of two guns, upon which he the deponent thinks he saw a man stumble. The third discharge was of three guns, upon which he saw two men fall. Immediately afterward five guns were ... to condemn him and his men so they will die. Preston was out in jail , awaiting trial. according to testimony in the second trial, the first shot was fired by Montgomery after he had his gun knocked out of his hands; he retrieved it and fired point blank. The other shots followed erratically, and one gun flashed in the pan. Many believed Preston to be a man of integrity , which later got him dismissed for the charge of murder.8. The soldiers were also put on trial. Here was there ...
- 2197: The Atomic Bomb and its Effects on Post-World War II
- ... was as big as somebodies backyard grill. For the first time in the history of human existence here was something capable of wiping us off the face of the Earth. And most people had no control over that destiny. It seemed like peoples lives, the life of everything on this planet, was resting in the hands of a couple men in Northern Virginia and some guys over in Russia. The atomic ... go off. It has the capability to destroy every living human and animal on Earth, and it does So it is all pointless. We have these weapons, and no matter how hard we try to control them everyone still dies. And so to make ourselves feel better about all this impending doom, Kubrick, like Vonnegut, satirizes the entire system. By making such moronic characters, like the wimpish President Mertin Muffley, Kubrick ... The power of it, a creation by man that could destroy the world, that was terrifying. Then some artists and writers began to see the absurdity of it all. They saw that we were under control by people we did not, or should not, trust, and were a constant state of nuclear Gioielli 11fear. So they satirized the system unmercifully, and were very apocalyptic in their tone. But then things ...
- 2198: Invasion Of Normandy
- ... job of taking out the big German guns it would have been very bad. 28,850 men went onshore. By the end of the day there was 150,000 people on shore and they had control of the beach. they did not get there objective of the inland area to conquer but they still succeeded in the largest naval invasion in history. The invasion of Normandy had to occur because they ... get access to the mainland with trucks and tanks. Germany had a wall of defenses for these beaches. That was called the Atlantic wall. There was big guns at the tide and then a smaller gun in a solid cement wall. Through the beaches there was mines and all sorts of boat and tank deterrent. This proved to be a good system till the tide went out once a month. When ...
- 2199: The Boston Massacre
- ... having taken his station near the west corner of the Custom House in King St., before and at the time of the soldiers firing their guns, declares that the first discharge was only of one gun, the next of two guns, upon which he the deponent thinks he saw a man stumble. The third discharge was of three guns, upon which he saw two men fall. Immediately afterward five guns were ... to condemn him and his men so they will die. Preston was out in jail , awaiting trial. according to testimony in the second trial, the first shot was fired by Montgomery after he had his gun knocked out of his hands; he retrieved it and fired point blank. The other shots followed erratically, and one gun flashed in the pan. Many believed Preston to be a man of integrity , which later got him dismissed for the charge of murder.8. The soldiers were also put on trial. Here was there ...
- 2200: Life During the Civil War
- ... the other side and they would arrange to meet and trade newspapers, salts, coffee, and tobacco(History of the Service, 129). Medical help was a problem if you got hurt. The basic treatment for a gun shot wound was to let it heal on it's own or cut of the part that got shot. It was very unlikely to live after being shot. A finger or two were removed, the ... to close the city schools and disband police; while at the same time, employers refused to pay their workmen(Russell, 136). Most Negroes had fled their plantains and would not go back except under government control(Private and Official Correspondence, 33). It appears that the people of the United States were falling into a depression due to their lack of ways to make money or get paid. Most people over reacted ...
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