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- 4891: The Marshall Plan
- ... Frightened by the talk of war, urged to recall that isolationism after World War I succeeded only in producing World War II, Congress waved through the European Recovery Plan that spring. In April the SS John H. Quick sailed from Galveston, Texas, with 19,000 tons of wheat. Before long, there were 150 ships every day carrying food and fuel to Europe. There were new nets for the fishermen of Norway ...
- 4892: Exploration of the New World
- ... their colonies. Prior to England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588, English exploration had been limited by religious and political turmoil. There were only two notable English explorers during this period: the Italian John Cabot who was sponsored by the king of England to search for the Northwest Passage in 1497, and Sir Francis Drake who at the approval of Queen Elizabeth I, raided Spanish settlements and boats in ...
- 4893: The Renaissance Period
- ... early artworks. Perguino was an Umbrian painter who loved to incorporate beautiful landscapes into his paintings. Raphael’s early works resembled Perguino’s so much that paintings such as the crucifixion with the virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene were thought to be Raphael’s until the church of San Gimingniano proved that they were in fact Perguino’s. Unlike the other great painters of this time such ...
- 4894: Holocaust Revisited
- ... the Nazi regime. I have read several books on the history and theories of the Holocaust. Although Michael Marrus has written a terrific book, The Holocaust in History. The book Holocaust, Religious & Philosophical Implications, by John K. Roth and Michael Berenbaum examines a number of different religious and philosophical issues in regard to the Holocaust. The most prominent theme in this book is the consideration of the uniqueness of the Holocaust ...
- 4895: The End of the First World War
- ... far as anything went. Germany had to give up the coalfields to France for ten years. The United States allies gave a bill of 25 billion dollars to Germany to cover the costs of damages. John Maynard Keynes said, “I believe that it would have been a wise and just act to have asked the German Government at the peace negotiations to agree to a sum of ten billion in final ...
- 4896: The Catholic Church and The Middle Ages
- ... However, the movement was not only confined to Luther's Germany. Native reform movements in Switzerland found leadership in Ulrich Zwingli, who eventually sought an alliance with Luther and the German reformers, and especially in John Calvin, whose Institutes of the Christian Religion became the most influential summary of the new theology. On most important doctrines, Calvin was in agreement with Luther. Calvin differed from Luther in his belief in the ...
- 4897: The Titanic
- ... as the Lusitania, Olympic, and the Mauritania. For this, the tender Nomadic was chosen to bring passengers and mail to the Titanic. Here, the famous millionaire and his wife get on. This millionaire is Colonel John Jacob Astor and his wife, Madeline. The next day the Titanic was at Queenstown on her last stop before anyone would ever see her again for eighty years. The ship was tested on the way ...
- 4898: Causes of The First World War
- ... hands bulge his intestines; we see men without mouths, without jaws, without faces … The two biggest and horrifying battles of the World War I are the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme. John Keegan, a military historian in his interview tells about the Battle of Somme: "It was the biggest barrage that had ever been. So, they were firing over 100,000 shells a day; relentless, relentless banging ...
- 4899: Billy Graham
- ... world leaders. His biggest relationships have been with United States presidents. Most of these presidents used Graham's popularity with the people of America to pass on important ideas and statements to them. Eisenhower and Kennedy were the first of the presidents to consult Graham on major public issues, and they embraced Graham's opinions as high as they held their own. Nixon, Ford and Johnson increased the consulting of the ...
- 4900: The Effects of the Great War
- ... for "normalcy". It also provoked what many call the second industrial revolution. Overall the nation endured a great economic change. We saw greater production, a steady climb in wages, and average work week declined. Bibliography John Mack Faragher, Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel, Czitrom, Susan H. Armstong, Out of Many: A History of the American People. Second Edition, New Jersey 1997
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