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- 12231: The Turbulent Sixties
- ... strong counterculture which sought to influence America in a way never before experienced. The songs were the backbone of this new age; they were the tunes which the generation danced to, marched to, and got high off of. This paper will discuss the ways popular music of the 1960's produced national awareness of the anti-war movements, led to the partialcollapse of the structure of American society, and forever changed ...
- 12232: The Manhattan Project
- ... a reactor at Chicago in late 1942, the prototype of five production reactors erected at Hanford, Wash. These reactors manufactured plutonium by bombarding uranium-238 with neutrons. At Los Alamos the plutonium was surrounded with high explosives to compress it into a super dense, super critical mass far faster than could be done in a gun barrel. The result was tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, and was ...
- 12233: For Another Man's Freedom
- ... am sure that at that time they did not realize that this would be an ongoing struggle even three-hundred years after their existence. The soldiers entered this battle with great pride, holding their flags high, hoping to make a difference. They did make a clearly substantial impact on their society , but this quest for equality is still being pursued. This fight was not considered the only option at the time ...
- 12234: The 1920s and Its Impact
- ... wheat industries. Farmers begain making more money than ever before, and they started buying tractors and other farm machinery to take place of their cattle and horses. Prices of wheat were at a all time high, which gave canada's wheat industry an even bigger advantage and a bigger form of maney making in canadas economy. Canadian soldiers on the other hand who had returned from war were ecpecting to be ...
- 12235: American Involvement in the Cuban Revolution
- American Involvement in the Cuban Revolution The revolution in Cuba was not a result of economic deprivation, nor because of high expectations in the economy, it was the political factors and expectations which evoked the civilians to revolt. The Cuban economy was moving forward at the time before the rebellion but the dominant influence of the ...
- 12236: President Jackson and the Removal of the Cherokee Indians
- ... U.S), upon his slave (Cherokee Indians). According to Document N, ".....[I am] deeply impressed with the opinion that the removal of the Indian tribes from teh lands which they now occupy . . . is of very high importance to our unio, and may be accomplished on conditions and in a manner to promote the interest and happiness of those tribes . . . For the removal of the trives within the limits of the State ...
- 12237: The American Colonies
- ... made up the New England and southern colonies. "God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and in subjection. Yet we must be knit together in this work as one man."(John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity) This statement by John Winthrop ...
- 12238: The Watergate Scandal
- ... federal court made Nixon hand over the tapes. Nixon refused, and Cox ordered him to, but Nixon had his attorney fire him. Cox was a idle to Richardson, because he was his professor in law school. Richardson refused Nixon's order and resigned. President Nixon then ordered the deputy Attorney General to fire Cox. This massive event was known as the Saturday Night Massacre. Many people of the nation felt that ...
- 12239: U.S Involvement in the Vietnam War
- ... The Tonkin Gulf Incident." Message to Congress. Aug. 5, 1964. Department of State Bulletin 24 Aug. 1964: n.p. Leyden, Andrew P. "The Operation Desert Storm Debriefing Book" Internet Page. University of Notre Dame Law School. 15 Feb. 1995. Pelland, Paul. E-mail to the author. 25 June 1996. Post, James N. E-mail to the author. 26 June 1996 Roush, Gary. Statistics about the Vietnam War Internet Page. Nov. 1993 ...
- 12240: The New Immigration
- ... 90 percent of all overseas immigrants had come from Protestant northern and western Europe. Many of these nations had democratic traditions and education systems. Even among the poor, many had spent a few years in school or had acquired some industrial skills on the job, and more than a few spoke English. Many of these men and women settled in agriculture regions of the Untied States. Their goal was to buy ...
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