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- 12221: The Watergate Scandal
- ... became evident. (Watergate 1). The Democratic National Committee break-in, defection of CREEP aides, and the additional trial information led the investigators who were looking into the case to the belief that someone in a high position in the executive branch of the government had to be involved. The information and evidence implicated the President of the United States. This growing suspicion led to an intensification of the federal investigation and ...
- 12222: The Gold Rush
- ... went to California and searched for gold few people got very rich the rest got much more than they usually did. Many people took advantage of the fortune seekers by selling them food at a high price. Of course there is always an inevitable end to these historical moments. Foreigners started coming in and big mining companies started to set up and the other small farmers were no match for the ...
- 12223: The American 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 ...
- 12224: The Women's Civil Rights Movement
- ... as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Title IX Educational Act (Amendments) of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in any elementary, secondary, or post-secondary school if the institution receives any federal moneys, the implementation of this law has become a battle ground between liberals and conservatives. Retirement Equity Act (1974) known as the "Women's bill" provides a wife with ...
- 12225: The Flying Men
- ... in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed foward without reduction of speed, and had finally landed at a point as high as that from which it started." (Berliner 81). It is incredible to see the results in today's aeronautics that began much time ago. Technically, there were and are no materials strong enough to build ...
- 12226: Women of the Civil War
- ... the wounded. Florence Nightingale encouraged the nursing movement by her work in the Crimean War of 1853-56. Women admired her and she became a role model. For a women of the upper class with high social standing, it was no easy thing to become a volunteer nurse. They would have to come in contact with male bodies, and often those of a low class. The press encouraged nursing, but they ...
- 12227: The Boston Massacre
- ... at the same time declares that the posted themselves between the Custom house door and the west corner of it. In a few minutes started to fire upon the people. 2 or 3 were really high which he believes must of came from the balcony windows. 4 A few more men also declared the same thing. The most important factor there is that they all testified that the y saw some ...
- 12228: The Reasons Why the South Went to War
- ... based on agriculture. The South only produced manufactured goods for consumption and the North were able to export manufactured goods. The taxes and tariff was unfair to the South. The Tariff Act of 1832 put high import fees on all European manufactured good which was established to protect the Northern industries. The South's reaction to the Act was a threat to secede from the Union. Railroads were also built to ...
- 12229: The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time for the US
- ... Feb. 12, 1809 in a log cabin in Illinois Abraham Lincoln was born. At the age of six Abraham and his sister walked "up the road a piece"(2 miles each way) to go to school. He learned the three R's, he liked writing and said that practiced "anywhere and everywhere that lines could be drawn". In 1816 the Lincolns moved to backwoods Indiana. In 1818 Abe's mother died ...
- 12230: Terrorism in the US
- ... to gain attention to a persons views on the action of the Federal Government (Combating 2) Brian Jenkins, a counter terrorism expert for Kroll and Associates said, The threat assessment as at an all time High. The reason for this is the ability of anyone to obtain means of destruction. Anyone can get their hands on guns these days, legally or not. Americans have seen that anyone can make a fertilizer ...
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