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- 1391: Explaining The Twenties
- ... from the education system. By 1925, states across the South had passed laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in classrooms. The controversy between the evolutionists and the creationists reached its peak during the trial of John T. Scopes, a high school teacher in the Dayton public school system of Tennessee. John T. Scopes was accused of violating a state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution. The Scopes Trial was broadcast around the country, with the old Populist, William Jennings Bryan, acting as the prosecutor. Bryan had ... claimed that as soon as modern technology reached the backwaters where Fundamentalism was strongest, modern religion would triumph. However, traditionalists may have had the last laugh in the long run. Decades after the conviction of John T. Scopes, there was a decline in the membership of liberal Protestant church members and a corresponding rise in the membership of Fundamentalist denominations. When immigrants first began arriving in America, business owners welcomed ...
- 1392: The Crucible: Issues
- ... it turned into an aggressive nature of bitter revenge and greed. One girl in particular, Abigail Williams, is the most unmature of them all. She thinks she can handle any situation, especially the one with John Proctor and she cant. Her behavior is and offset of her lust for him. That is why she sticks with her story from the beginning. From this play I also learn about the effects a ... this man was called to Salem for his guidance on the matter and the people refuse to hear his words once he sees what is happening. Another example of someone changing in this story is John Proctor. In the beginning of this play Proctor strikes me as an insensitive man who didnt really care what the people thought about him. By the end of the play, Proctor had made a few meaningful speeches. One which struck me as admirable. John Proctor died for the justice of his name. He refused to sign his confession. He knew that God knew his sins and he didnt want his name blackened in front of the whole ...
- 1393: Frank Sinatra
- ... that actually helped Davis his big break, and brought him in to show business, disregarding the fact that black singers and actors were looked down on during this time period. Lawford, brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, and Bishop were not as close to Sinatra mainly because they were not as talented or popular as the other three in their clan. One of Sinatra s close friends, outside of The Rat Pack, was John F. Kennedy. Sinatra was the one that established Kennedy s relationship with Judith Exner, whom Kennedy had an affair with. While Kennedy was busy keeping his relationship with Mrs. Exner quiet, Sinatra was going behind ... subject, he merely stated that he and Giancana were simply casual friends. Not only was he friends with the criminal, but he also introduced Giancana to Judith Exner, who had had repeated affairs with President John F. Kennedy (CNN He lived his life his way ). Not only was Sinatra charged with being associated with Giancana, in 1971 he was found to be purportedly plotting to exhort about $100,000 from ...
- 1394: The Crucible
- ... Good, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Wildes, and Rebecca Nurse was held on June 30th. All five were executed on July 19th. Six people went to trial on August 5th 1692. These were George Burroughs, John Willard, George Jacobs, Martha Carrier, and John and Elizabeth Procter. All six were found guilty and all were condemned to death. The final person to lose his life was Giles Cory in September of 1692. These were all tragic events (Bigsby 236 ... a ravenous frenzy that destroyed everything in its path. Dozens were sent to their deaths. A few were tortured. Lives were destroyed and families were torn to pieces. An example of this madness was after John and Elizabeth Proctor were sent to prison. Since they were both gone, the sheriff came to their house, seized all the goods and provisions, sold some of the cattle at half price and killed ...
- 1395: William Penn And The Quakers
- ... lieutenant governors (addressed as "governor") resided in Pennsylvania and represented the Penn family proprietors who remained themselves in England until 1773. After 1763, these governors were members of the Penn family. From 1773 until independence, John Penn was both a proprietor and the governor. William Penn's heirs, who eventually abandoned Quakerism, were often in conflict with the Assembly, which was usually dominated by the Quakers until 1756. One after another ... threatened all the middle colonies. In 1753, Washington failed to persuade the French to leave. In the ensuing war, Gen. Braddock's British and colonial army was slaughtered on the Monongahela in 1755, but Gen. John Forbes recaptured the site of Pittsburgh in 1758. After the war, the Indians rose up against the British colonies in Pontiac's War, but in August 1763, Colonel Henry Bouquet defeated them at Bushy Run ... marvel of the colonies. Many fine old buildings in the Philadelphia area still bear witness to the richness of Pennsylvania's civilization in the 18th century. Such men of intellect as Benjamin Franklin, David Rittenhouse, John Bartram, and Benjamin West achieved international renown. Newspapers and magazines flourished, as did law and medicine. Pennsylvania can claim America's first hospital, first library, and first insurance company. Religion Quakers held their first ...
- 1396: East Of Eden
- ... a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love can bring two people together but it can also have a person be rejected by another because of love. In the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck, the main character, Adam Trask, confronts a feeling of love throughout the whole book but he either rejects the love of people who care about him or has his love rejected by the people ... and he would not let her, she shot him. Even though Adam survived he was demoralized for most of his life because he still loved her. Through Adams experiences of love in the novel, John Steinbeck shows that Adam Trask has an inability to handle love. When he first appears in the novel, Adam Trask is a young man who is not loved by his brother or mother but only ... into the people that do not love him but refuses to the end, to accept the love of his son Caleb. Throughout the whole novel Adam Trask struggles with theme of love, and the author John Steinbeck shows Adams inability to handle love. At first, his father loves Adam but Adam does not love him back. Then as Adam gives his love out to Cathy and Aron, they reject ...
- 1397: Growth of NYS Business
- ... value, feasibility, profit and the location within the state. Dozens of turnpike proposals, most of which werebacked by the Republicans, passed the legislature; but the Federalists cooperated, seeing the chance for profits. Prominent Federalists like John Rutherfurd, John Neilson, William Paterson, John Bayard, and James Parker invested susstanial sums in the turnpike business. There were numerous Republicans who were also vitally interested in the turnpike business (Kass, 150). Bipartisan support also accompanied plans for the construction ...
- 1398: The Accuracy of News Reports
- ... will react. The interviewer must ask the questions and make a story out of the interview. The story sells the interview and people react by watching interview because of the story. The man who interviewed John Rocker didnt care about what John thought about New Yorkers. The interviewer knew that he could make a story out of this and that was the aim of his question. He knew that John Rocker didnt like New Yorkers, who would after they poured beer on you in the bullpen and throw batteries at your mother. He knew he would get a heated reaction based on emotion not ...
- 1399: Falkland Islands War Paper
- The Falkland Islands Conflict No one really knows who discovered the Falkland Islands. Nearly every British historian will insist that the English explorer John Davis discovered the islands in 1592(1) while Argentineans typically credit Vespucci, Magellan, or Sebald de Weert. (2) The events of January 2, 1883 are not in dispute, however. On this date, James Onslow, captain ... Linklater & Gillman, 93. 14. Hastings and Jenkins, 78. 15. Eddy, Linklater & Gillman, 113. 16. Virginia Gamba, The Falklands/Malvinas War (Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1987), 150-151. 17. Eddy, Linklater & Gillman, 154. 18. Patrick Bishop and John Witherow, The Winter War (London: Quartet Books, 1982), 17. 19. Eddy, Linklater & Gillman, 155. 20. Bruce Watson and Peter Dunn, eds., Military Lessons of the Falkland Islands War: Views from the United States (Boulder, CO ... War (London: Leo Cooper, 1987), 302. 24. Eddy, Linklater & Gillman, 220. 25. Bishop and Witherow, 18. 26. Gamba, 77. 27. Eddy, Linklater & Gillman, 60. 28. Hastings and Jenkins, 46. 29. Eddy, Linklater & Gillman, 149. 30. John Dollard, et al., Frustration and Aggression (New Haven, CT: Yale UP), 1. 31. Dollard, 1. 32. Ralph White, Nobody Wanted War (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970), 10. 33. White, 10. 34. White, 12. 35. ...
- 1400: A Changed Man
- ... a long enough walk for Stephen to contemplate the humble suffering of this man. Dubula, with nothing to gain personally by fighting for this cause, posed more of a threat to the government than even John Kumalo, creates solidarity among the blacks in the city. Eventually, the reverend locates his son, to learn of his crime of robbery. Another conversation ensues, another forgiveness, and Kumalo goes on with his journey. Kumalo ... have lost a son, both are suffering, both are learning from problems forced upon them. Finally, it is time to confront the final family member Stephen has lost to the city. Stephen goes to see John in an attempt to warn him that his power is quickly corrupting him, but is bitter towards him, and ends up hurting him instead. At this point, it seems Kumalo has failed in his mission. Absalom is sentenced to death, Gertrude is missing, and John is still corrupted by his power. However, some things have presented themselves in Kumalos mind. After life in the city for some time, he is finally able to look at the Zulu tribal ...
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