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- 1801: Vietnam War - The War We Should Have Won
- ... Gregory, Barry. "The Green Berets". The Vietnam War (series of books). New York: Marshall Cavendish corporation, 1988. 6. Lomperis, Timothy J. The War Everyone Lost - and Won. Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1993 7. McNamara, Robert S. In Retrospect. New York: Random House, 1995 8. Westmoreland, General William C. A Soldier Reports. New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1976
- 1802: The Roaring Twenties
- ... paved the way for future airlines by charting routes for aircraft. While Lindbergh was contributing to aviation, other Americans had some exceptional contributions. One scientist became famous for his work with rockets. In 1926, Scientist Robert H. Goddard fired liquid fueled rockets into the atmosphere. It was he who laid the basis of modern rocketry. There were many new inventions which were created during the Twenties, as well as new methods ...
- 1803: Slavery - The Anti-Slavery Effort
- ... of 21 men about 5 miles from Harpers Ferry, and on Oct. 16, 1859, they seized the town and occupied the federal arsenal. The town was soon surrounded by local militia, and federal troops under Robert E. Lee arrived the next day. Ten of Brown's army died in the ensuing battle, and Brown himself was wounded. Arrested and charged with treason, Brown was hung on Dec. 2, 1859. William Lloyd ...
- 1804: Slavery - Life On The Plantations
- ... 1974. Katz, William Loren, ed. Slavery to Civil War. Vol 2. New York: Franklin Watts, 1974. Ploski, Harry A., and James Williams. Reference Library of Black America. Vol 5. New York: Gale Research, 1990. Starobin, Robert S., Blacks in Bondage. New York: New Viewpoints, 1974.
- 1805: Roaring Twenties
- ... paved the way for future airlines by charting routes for aircraft. While Lindbergh was contributing to aviation, other Americans had some exceptional contributions. One scientist became famous for his work with rockets. In 1926, Scientist Robert H. Goddard fired liquid fueled rockets into the atmosphere. It was he who laid the basis of modern rocketry. There were many new inventions which were created during the Twenties, as well as new methods ...
- 1806: Native Americans
- ... Native Americans served in the Union Army during the war. Perhaps the best known of their number was Colonel Ely Parker, who served as an aide to General U. S. Grant, and was present at Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Statistics for the Confederacy are not reliably available, but most scholars of Native American involvement in the actual fighting of the war are very well acquainted with ...
- 1807: A Gold Rush Leads To War
- ... government in Wheeling, Virginia, rallied the support of fifty surrounding counties and seceded from the Confederacy, forming the state of West Virginia. The United States admitted the state soon afterwards. Also in 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee staged one last offensive against the Union at Gettysburg, PA. Again, the Union forces hold off the offensive, and Lee is forced to withdraw to Virginia. On the same day that Lee withdrew ...
- 1808: Cruel Treatment From The Briti
- ... 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 ...
- 1809: The American Civil War
- ... conquered people. Lincoln replied that he no longer gave direction in military manners but went on to say: "If I were in your place, I'd let 'em up easy, let 'em up easy" (Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, eds., Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4. New York: The Century Co., 1887). THE CHASE BEGINS Lee's forces were pushing west toward Amelia and the Federals ...
- 1810: Freedom In The United States
- ... Freedom of speech is constantly being challenged as is evidenced in a recent court case where a Gloucester County school district censored reviews of two R-rated movies from a school newspaper. Superior Court Judge, Robert E. Francis ruled that the student's rights were violated under the state Constitution. I feel this is a major break through for students' rights because it limits editorial control of school newspapers by educators ...
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