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- 12171: The Invention of the Airplane
- ... 662 feet on the ground, it was flying into a stiff wind, and so was flying a much greater distance through the air. Had the brothers taken the trouble to launch their craft from a high cliff, or from a hot-air balloon, or tow it from an automobile or boat, the magnitude of their accomplishment in 1902 would be better understood. At this point, the Wrights only needed to add ...
- 12172: Japanese Americans During WWII
- ... how strong their backs were. Life in the internment camps was horrible. Every thing was communal. No one had any privacy. Even the toilets were communal. The schools were not well kept. Witnesses stated that school in camp was a joke At these camps there were no trees, nothing in the form of aesthetics. Japanese Americans were emotionally devastated. Many felt they were in a prison camp Where Was Due Process ...
- 12173: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... in The Angry Scar: the refusal of the white South to accept the new status of the Negro was the principal reason for the failure. The watering down of the initial Radical idealism is also high on the list of reasons. Another reason was the absence of a lasting program for material rehabilitation of the Negro. Unfortunately, Radical Reconstruction would have failed no matter how much good the politicians could have ...
- 12174: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... this hysteria was a product of the times, is bolstered by the fact that similar episodes occurred around the same time in England and Scotland. This was during a time when spirituality was at a high point. There was strong belief in God, but there was also a strong belief in the devil and of the devils ability to mesmerize people. Accusations of witchcraft were not unusual in the seventeenth ...
- 12175: John F. Kennedy and Cuba
- ... the Task Force, the department or individual best qualified to carry forward the operation, and will choose supporting responsibilities. Any large paramilitary operation which needs a vast number of military personnel, military equipment, or a high level of military experience is the primary responsibility of the Department of Defense with the CIA in a supporting role. With these two documents, Kennedy had effectively restricted the CIA. Would it be a surprise ...
- 12176: The Boston Massacre
- ... was forced to fire on the crowd. Other testimonies though gave opposition to this theory. A black servant, known as Andrew, gave his account at the trial. "I met my acquaintance at the bottom of school street holding his arm. He said the soldiers had begun to fight and were killing everybody. One had struck him with a cutlass and almost cut off his arm
..I went to the corner and ...
- 12177: The Immigration Experience
- ... town. In the American Revolution Jews did not take any specific sides. Some believed that the freedom that they had gained under the English rule would be lost. Other felt that the taxes were too high and joined the Patriots. Later, in the Civil War, Jews took sides as everyone else. Their location meant everything. Jews in the north sided with the Union, and Jews in the south sided with the ...
- 12178: Early Flight
- ... from the wreck unharmed. Many believed that the malfunction in the second crash was due to the structural weakness of the aircraft. This does not seem to make sense to anyone because of Langleys high scientific background. Langley made too many assumptions about the aircraft. His first mistake was that he just scaled up the model to a full size aircraft. He did not take into account that the materials ...
- 12179: Events of The Civil War
- ... systematically, and atrociously". However, Sherman claimed that the fires were burning when they arrived. The fires had been set to cotton bales by Confederate Calvary to prevent the Federal Army from getting them and the high winds quickly spread the fire. The controversy would be short lived as no proof would ever be presented. So with Columbia, Charleston, and Augusta all fallen, Sherman would continue his drive north toward Goldsboro. On ...
- 12180: Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball
- ... Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball George Herman "Babe" Ruth was perhaps the most recognized player in Major League Baseball history. Born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, Ruth attended St. Mary's Industrial School. At St. Mary's, Ruth became a star baseball prospect. But these accomplishments were a mere shadow of what he would later do as Babe Ruth changed the game of baseball. There were many reasons ...
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