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- 3001: The Sixties - Years of Hope, Days of Rage
- ... to do and be. White southern churches defined rock as the Devils work. This labeled teenagers that listened to pop rock as being bad for society. It is the tone of these notes that interest me: full of yearning for a movement that could comprehend, in both senses gone all the American nightmares and injustices (Gitlin,102). He had already been influenced by the idea of participatory democracy in which ...
- 3002: The Presidents' Decisions During The Civil War
- ... was militarily unimportant to either side, yet it later became a significant symbol to both the North and the South. In the controversy that surrounded Fort Sumter, both Presidents attempted to act in the best interest of their nations. While Abraham Lincoln's decision superficially seems to be the wiser as the North won the war, Jefferson Davis's decisions truly proved to be more self serving to his nation's ...
- 3003: The Watergate Scandal
- ... he had from Congress. He said "I have never been a quitter, to leave office before my term is complete is abhorrent to ever instinct in my body. But, as president, I must put the interest of America first. America needs a full-time president and a full-time Congress. Therefore, In shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow." (Westerfled 57) The next morning Nixon addressed a tearful White House ...
- 3004: Nuclear Physicists And The Development Of A Nuclear Bomb
- ... by Germans. In 1952 Einstein was offered the position of President of Israel, a chiefly honorific post. Old and sick, but at peace in his Princeton home and office, he turned down the invitation. His interest in public affairs continued. In 1955 he joined Bertrand Russell in urging scientists toward mediation between East and West and limitation of nuclear armament. Meanwhile he was writing a speech for the anniversary of Israel ...
- 3005: Why the North Won the Civil War
- ... steeped in pride and raised in military tradition, was to be no match for the burgeoning superiority of the rapidly developing North in the coming Civil War. The lack of emphasis on manufacturing and commercial interest, stemming from the Southern desire to preserve their traditional agrarian society, surrendered to the North their ability to function independently, much less to wage war. It was neither Northern troops nor generals that won the ...
- 3006: The Presidencies of Jefferson and Madison
- ... fund projects that were necessary for the union and not for a local remote place where the only beneficiaries are the people who live in that area. Only projects that did the best for national interest would be funded. Madisons policy of only funding what was good for the union shows his strict interpretation to the constitution. His strict interpretation was against traditionally what his party stood for. Through the ...
- 3007: The Battle of Midway
- ... report of the battle. Seven hundred miles west of Midway, Ensign Jack Reid flew his PBY-5a across largely empty ocean, nearing the end of the outward leg of his patrol. He found nothing of interest and started back. Reid saw some specs on the horizon 30 miles ahead. At first he thought it was dirt on his windshield. Then he looked again and shouted to his co pilot " Ensign Gerald ...
- 3008: Colt Revolver: Inspiration from a Ships Wheel
- ... for a profit. In 1835, he went out to France and England to take out a patent on his new invention, then in 1836 he got an American patent. In 1837 he tried to to interest the U.S. Government into adopting this sidearm for military use, however they declined, stating that they were satisfied with what they had already. Colt however, was a master salesman. He knew that he had ...
- 3009: The Industrial Revolution
- ... resulted from the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, was the realization that the poor and working classes, along with women and children, were being exploited. From 1822 onwards, Parliament began to take an interest in the conditions of child workers in factories. A Parliamentary committee interviewed a girl named Elizabeth Bentley who worked in a Leeds flaxmill in 1832. She told them about her work: " I started working when ...
- 3010: Reasons, Causes And Details Of Plantation Slavery
- ... The field slaves were very malnourished. The slaves were given one set of clothing to wear for years, and most did not have shoes. As a result of the poor living conditions, disease and death rates were kept high. Most adult slaves were worked to death in eight to ten years. In closing, Slavery was a terrible part of our history in America. The way the slaves suffered for decades is ...
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