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- 8391: Offensive At St. Mihiel
- ... five divisions in reserve. In the Southern most part of the salient, the Germans occupied two hills: Loupmont and Montsec, (see map 2), which made excellent defensive positions for them, and gave the Germans the high ground. The reason the salient was so important to the Germans was that it interrupted the Paris-Nancy Railroad and completely cut off the Verdun-Toul Railroad. Which gave the Germans complete control of any ...
- 8392: Was Andrew Jackson A Good Pres
- ... the philosophy of the spoils system (Brinkley, 239). Jackson favored tariffs for raising revenue. On one occasion, he met head-on the challenge of John Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff. When South Carolina assumed to nullify the tariff, Jackson ordered armed forces to Charleston and privately threatened to hang Calhoun. Violence seemed imminent until Clay negotiated a compromise tariffs were lowered and South ...
- 8393: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... lack of his everyday responsibilities. At the age of twenty-three, Vincents mental state began to deteriorate. He developed a strong sense of religious devotion and took an unpaid position at a small boarding school in Ramsgate, England. In 1880 Van Gogh started to focus on art as a career and not just a hobby. After a brief stay at the University of Amsterdam studying theology, Vincent chose art as ...
- 8394: Utopian Communes
- ... of a success. The Amana had thier whole social class set up eliminating the need for conflict. The land and buildings were owned by the community; families were assigned living quartyers, and each person over school age worked at assigned tasks in the kitchens, fields, factories ro shops. This proves to me that every member of the commune totally excepted their way of life and basically lived by it. If I ...
- 8395: The Symbol Of The South
- ... to black people; it is there representing many lives of blacks who died in the war as well! Most of the white men who fought in the war did not even own slaves. The very high majority were not slave owners at all. When will the people see that the flag is not a symbol of hate? It is a symbol of pride, blood, and the lives of many men. Any ...
- 8396: Roswell
- ... whole process. People at first thought this whole movie was a joke until they opened the bodies up. Steven Speilberg even stated : τ There is no way these bodies could be fake , due to the high complexity of the inner organs, not only would it have been impossible then, it also practically impossible to replicate them now, and if it were possible it would cost us millions of dollars to replicate ...
- 8397: Reconstruction
- ... redistributed. Instead, sharecropping and tenant farming developed and, as a result, blacks were still tied to the land. In addition, the Southern economy had not escaped from control by Northern financiers, as evidenced by the high interest rates. Because of these rates, the small farmers became subject to the creditors and lacked economic freedom. Finally, many stubborn Southerners refused to accept tax programs which would provide funds for the social services ...
- 8398: Puritanism
- ... theories to explain the "fits" of the young girls who accused so many of practicing witchcraft. Among the theories are adolescent hysteria and ergot poisoning. For further reading, visit: http://vader.castles.com/arowyn/Puritans/School http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html Word Count: 830
- 8399: Nikola Tesla
- ... immense debt of gratitude." - Nikola Tesla Tesla counteracted by staging his own marketing campaign. At the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago (attended by 21 million people), he demonstrated how safe AC electricity was by passing high frequency AC power through his body to power light bulbs. He then was able to shoot large lightning bolts from his Tesla coils to the crowd without harm. Nice trick! When the royalties owed to ...
- 8400: Karl Marx
- ... my struggle for existence. Throughout this paper, I will expand on why this short story, has to do with a man by the name of Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was a failed medical school student, who finally received his B.A. degree in Biology. His schooling was finished up at Cambridge. If anyone is at all familiar with Darwin, they know his beliefs are pretty much the exact opposite ...
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