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- 6821: Civil War - The Myth Of The Lost Cause
- ... South and any assault on his memory would be suicidal. From this time on the SOUTHERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION waged an unrelenting campaign to deify the South. In 1889 another former hero John B. Gordon took control of the ASSOCIATION and for 14 years wielded a power that was only second to that which Early had achieved. Gordon had founded the UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS ( UCV ) and by 1898 there were 1,084 ...
- 6822: Civil War - The Cavalry During The Civil War
- ... could also be a rapid-fire weapon. "The best soldiers could shoot fourteen rounds per minute" (Weapons of the Civil War 6). Another popular brand was Sharps. 80,000 were produced during the war. This gun had a unique shot process. Before the trigger was pulled a block was lowered and a paper cartridge was released into a chamber. When the block closed the paper was slit exposing the gunpowder. Then ...
- 6823: Billy Bud
- ... God bless Captian Vere!" At this moment, Vere "stood erectly rigid as a musket in the ship armorer's rack." Melleville accounts for Vere's emotion at this point by describing it as "stoic self control or a sort of momentary paralysis induced by emotional shock." Either Vere is completely indifferent, or he is overcome by the weight of the events and is physically frozen. In either case, no release of ...
- 6824: Boston Tea Party
- ... life important goods. They also created a militia to protct themselves of the British army. They also weren't allowed to held any meetings in Boston anymore. These tries to get the colonies under their control again were the last ones with a view of success. The connection between Britain and the new world
- 6825: Bay Of Pigs
- ... was the enemy. Communism wanted to destroy our way of life and corrupt the freest country in the world. Communism is an economic system in which one person or a group of people are in control. The main purpose of communism is to make the social and economic status of all individuals the same. It abolishes the inequalities in possession of property and distributes wealth equally to all. The main problem ...
- 6826: Atomic Bomb
- ... the experiment began. The meter on the counting machine ascended to the highest point and stayed there. "Gentlemen, the pile has gone critical," Fermi announced, signaling that it was a success. Fermi then ordered the control rod to be pushed back before the reactor exploded and perhaps taking a large part of Chicago with it. The chain reaction was the evidence that proved that an atom bomb could be made. Most ...
- 6827: Asian-Americans And Concentration Camps In WWII
- ... Japanese-Americans loyalties were. The job of the political leadership of the time was national defense. In that view, it was better to contain a possible problem now, before the possible problem got out of control.
- 6828: Andrew Carnegie
- ... Peace was founded to promote international peace and understanding, conducting programs of research, discussion, publication, and education in the international affairs and United States foreign policy. Currently the program focuses on issues such as arms control, international law, and relations between the United States and foreign countries. It publishes the quarterly journal, Foreign Policy, and has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement ...
- 6829: American Revolution - Causes
- ... subjects in America without their consent ...." The continental congress had presented it's colonial rights. These rights enable the colonies to be more autonomous with exception to those several states who are under the british control. One important element of the document, is the idea of taxation without representation; the said that raising taxes without consent was illegal and that the commercial benefits of the colony should be shared within the ...
- 6830: Genetic Engineering
- ... science and technology as they serve international corporate profit, which is where we find most science and technology. This basically amoral, aspiritual perspective is dominant today because so much money is involved. The corporations involved control more money than any government on the planet, including our own. This is a closed system view of physical reality, and nothing outside the system is considered real or meaningful. The second and third viewpoints ...
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