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- 1401: The Manhattan Project
- ... His first two choices, Ernest O. Lawrence, director of the electromagnetic separation project, and Arthur H. Compton, director of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, were not available. Groves had some doubts regarding the next best candidate, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Wood 2). Finally, Groves gambled on Oppenheimer, a theoretical mathematician, as director of the weapons laboratory, built on an isolated mesa (flat land area) at Los Alamos, New Mexico. After much difficulty, an absorbent ...
- 1402: The Tribulations of Sharecrop Farmers
- ... the elements. Better housing and adequate medical attention would have proved beneficial to the farmer's situation. Could they have remained healthy they could have gotten more work done and made more progress. References Corder, Robert R. (1963). Southern Laborers in the Great Depression. New York: Knopf. Gentry, Jennifer P. (1968). The Plight of the Rural South. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press. Jones, Charles M. (1931). Blight on the U.S ...
- 1403: The Iran-Contra Affair
- ... however, the strange events shook the nation's faith in President Reagan and ruined U. S. prestige abroad. Special prosecutor Walsh continued his investigation. On March 11, 1988 Poindexter's forerunner as national security advisor Robert McFarlane pleaded guilty to criminal charges of witholding information from Congress on secret aid to the contras. A year later, Peter McFariane was fined $20,000 and given two years probation. On March 16, 1988 ...
- 1404: E.J Lennox and Building of a Courthouse
- ... court house, so Lennox prepared new designs for a building that combined both. The Interior features involve bronze and iron detailing, painted murals by George Reid, as well as huge symbolic stained- glass windows by Robert McCausland. The entire building was created out of stone. Materials used were Credit valley red sandstone, Sackville brownstone from New Brunswick and greystone from a quarry near Orangeville. The stones are decorated with elaborate carvings ...
- 1405: The Writing of the Constitution
- The Writing of the Constitution On July 2, 1776, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson finished the final draft of their Declaration of Independence. Two days later, on July 4, delegates from the Continental Congress passed the declaration unanimously. The declaration contained a basic ...
- 1406: The American Revolution
- ... complete the works of death." The third section officially declares independence in writing. The entire effort to complete the Declaration of Independence was done by Thomas Jefferso n, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston. In order to pass the declaration all of the representatives had to vote yes for independence. In one of the earlier drafts a statement roughly 175 words gave black slaves independence . The south however ...
- 1407: The Watergate Complex
- ... branch and questioning the authority of the president. Nixon ordered Richardson's deputy attorney general William D. Ruckelshavs to fire Cox. He also refused and was fired. The third-ranking Justice Department official, Solicitor General Robert H. Bork, was now acting as Attorney General. He agreed to fire Cox. This event was called the "Saturday Massacre." (Westerfled 48) The nation raged in anger. So Nixon agreed to hand the tapes over ...
- 1408: Rock Music
- ... dimension but relying upon the power of repetitiveness, loud volume, and electronic distortion. One famous group of Heavy Metal was Led Zeppelin, a British group that was formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (lead guitar), Robert Plant (lead singer), John Paul Jones (pianist and bassist) and John Bonham (drummer). Most music of this decade was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced. But this intention wasn't kept ...
- 1409: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- ... South about these masked men. Many people loved the idea and wanted to be involved. The Klan quickly grew. A leader was soon needed to control the large group. Their first choice was Southern General Robert E. Lee. Although he supported the group and its cause, he was very ill and could not handle the task. Their next choice was a man named Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, although he wasn't ...
- 1410: Fort Pillow Attack
- ... because of exaggeration and lies told by Union supporters. These lies strengthened the Union cause and further blemished the reputation of Confederate forces. Morally, there is no fault in Forrest¦s actions. Works Cited Henry, Robert Selph. ¦First the Most_-Forrest. . New York: The Bobbs- Merrill Company, 1944. Hurst, Jack. Nathan Bedford Forrest-A Biography. New York: Alfred Knoph, 1993. Lee, Guy Carleton. The True History of the Civil War. Philadelphia ...
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