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- 26581: American Colonies
- ... quite different from that in England. By 1763 although some colonies still maintained established churches, other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. During the mid-1600's England was a Christian dominated nation; the colonies, however, were mainly Puritans. When Sir Edmond Andros took over a Puritan church in Boston for Anglican worship, the Puritans believed this was done to break their power and authority. The Puritan church in New England was almost entirely separated from the state, except that they taxed the residents for the church’s support. The churches in New England had no temporal power, unlike the church of England. Many seaport towns like Marble head and Gloucester, became more religious as time pasted. This show of religious freedom was ... class structure, which gave individuals the chance to rise on the social latter. New settlers living on the coast could become rich by fishing and selling what they caught. If fishing was not a settler’s strong point, then they could try their hand at farming. Getting the land to farm on was the easy part. The ‘head right’ system gave each male 50 acres, and 50 acres to each ...
- 26582: Vietnam War - Summary Of Vietnam
- ... have been involved in. North Vietnam was battling for ownership of South Vietnam, so that they would be a unified communist nation. To prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism, the U.S. held on to the Truman Doctrine and stood behind the South Vietnamese leader, Diem. Kennedy and Diem were both killed in 1963 and 1964. Johnson took control of the situation by increasing the amount of ... aware of what they were up against, that the communists were capable of fierce, guerrilla warfare, unlike anything Americans had ever fought before. Images of the terror and disarray reached back home, and the U.S. began to wonder how effective their involvement in Vietnam really was. As we got further and further into the Vietnam War, few lives were untouched by grief, anger and fear. The Vietnamese suffered the worst ... violent in order to gain control of situations, and several people were killed. Growing Protest of the war caused Johnson not to run for re-election in 1968, and Nixon was elected to office. Nixon’s policy was called "Vietnamization" and called for slowly pulling troops out of Vietnam. Even while bringing these soldiers home, Nixon began to spread the war to Cambodia and Laos by bombing where several communist ...
- 26583: Wordsworth And Coleridge
- ... the truths of the lives of ordinary people. The common man inspires him. In fact, one of the main goals of the preface would be to link his poetry to the common man. Samuel Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" also has strong characteristics of focusing on the common man and society instead of the self. The poem represents the relationship between the common man and the culture. In this ... of killing the albatross but then he is plagued by a terrible spell. The other people on the ship start to die. They represent the rest of society that can be hurt by someone else's actions. He does not get over his bad spell until he realizes that he has done something terrible and starts to ask for forgiveness. The bird may represent God. For example, in line123, the mariner ... the process of sinning and then feeling guilty. The ocean, or the environment for the people, is even described sometimes as unpleasant and gross, which would represent the environment for the common man. In Coleridge's viewpoint the environment does not adjust for the common man.
- 26584: Relationships
- ... better to have loved and lost, then to never have loved at all”. Relationships are something we are all in at least one time in our lives. Sometimes things work out and sometimes things don’t. People think that they are in love and then move too quickly and end up finding out that they were better off alone than with someone with whom they were barely happy with. Although I ... party the person that I was dating would walk over and make it own to everyone that I was with him and so I was “off limits”. This made me feel as though I couldn’t even have friends or talk to anyone because it would upset Dustin. It is absolutely normal to be physically attracted to other people because we are only human and that is our nature. Once you ... call “blinded” by love. I put up with it for over a year and finally I had the guts to put an end to it. I felt as though I belonged to someone who didn’t even care about me because there was always so much arguing and false accusations and no trust. After sitting up all night with a few of my friends talking about “relationships”, I have come ...
- 26585: The New Deal
- ... biggest issues to strike the "forgotten Americans." The new deal provided helping programs such as the Social securities act, WPA, and the federal emergency relief act to lower the unemployment and help those who couldn't work. Checks could be received to those who were poor because of the Soc. Securities act. The WPA, which was led by Harry Hopkins, was built to help the artists and musicians obtain a steady ... were still unchanged in the labors. Even under the new deal, blacks were treated unfair. Women were also treated very poorly when it came to the labor situation. They were given the so-called women's jobs, such as teachers, clerks, typists, nurses, and textile workers. Unions for blacks and women were rare until John Lewis formed the CIO, a union anyone could join, no matter what race they were. The ...
- 26586: A Comparison Of Early Civiliza
- ... being sacrificed and condemned to be killed and eaten, (The Popul Vuh, pg.5). "The Creation Epic" describes how Marduk kills Tiamet the Goddess of Chaos because she had planned evil against the Gods, Marduk's fathers, (The Creation Epic, pg. 10). She represented evil and the Gods wanted Marduk to kill Tiamet and establish a place of worship, (The Creation Epic, Tablet IV, pg. 9). Finally, the Christians write in ... pg. 15). This meant that the Christians felt the need to recognize and worship God in order for them to have everything that they needed to live safely and comfortably. If they went against God's wishes there would be serious consequences. Their Way of Life and Environment The Quiche' Indians lived in what must have been a beautiful coastal land, full of lush greenery, Cypress and Pine trees. There were ... continue this way of life until the great flood when everyone except for Noah and his family dies, (The Book of Genesis, Chapter 6, pg. 17). According to Christian belief, after the Great Flood, Noah's family start what is now the beginning of the civilization in which we now live in, (Chapter 7, pg. 18). Religion or the worship of God or Gods has been used to explain the ...
- 26587: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- ... adapted from the Greek word kuklos. The Klan attempted to destroy the reconstructed governments that came into power in the southern states in 1867. The Klan was vary committed to white supremacy, and they didn’t like the idea of a black person being as equal as them. Klansmen terrorized public officials and blacks, and burned crosses near the homes of those they wanted to scare. When such tactics failed, their ... Klan opposed the civil rights movement that gained force in the late 1950s, The Klan again rose up, and was believed to be involved in many incidents of racial violence. After passage of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 the Klan experienced a marked increase in membership. By the mid-1970s the Klan had gained somewhat in respectability; later that decade a resurgence of Klan violence occurred. A former ...
- 26588: Jim Thorpe
- ... In 1920 he became the first president of the American Professional Football Association (later to become the NFL). In 1951, he was one of the first men to be admitted to the National Football Foundation’s Hall of Fame. Knowing that Jim had athletic capabilities, Hiram Thorpe, his father, sent him off to school in Pennsylvania, away from his home, Prague, Oklahoma. Hiram said, I want him to go make something ... winning both the five-event pentathlon and ten-event-decathlon, an achievement that had never ever been performed by an athlete. King Gustav of Sweden presented the winners their gold medals. When it was Thorpe’s turn, he draped the medal about his shoulders and said, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." 4 But being an in the Amateur Athletic Union, he played professionally, and therefore received money ... and concentrated on football. By 1924, at the age of 37, his football skills finally began to fade as a star. He eventually stopped in 1927. He played for a few minutes at the crowd’s request and that was it. The wire service at this game stated, "Jim Thorpe played a few minutes for the Cardinals, but was unable to get anywhere. In his forties and muscle-bound, Thorpe ...
- 26589: Lasers and Their Uses
- ... lasers use a laser medium that is ususally a complex organic dye in a liquid solution or suspension. The most striking feature of these lasers is their "tunability". Proper choice of the dye and it's concentration allows production of laser light over a broad range of wavelength in or near the visible spectrum. d. semiconductor lasers are not to be confused with solid state lasers. Semiconductor devices consist of two ... Laser Surgery The small, intense, bright beam of light can be focused with lenses to provide a point of energy intense enough to burn through living flesh. Laser Welding, Cutting & Blasting Once again the laser's intense energy when focused make it ideal for providing concentrated welding and cutting. Laser Shows The intense color of laser light has opened up a whole new world for laser artists to weave a new ... electricity through the use of lasers. Information Technology Using fiber optic bundles to carry them, modulated laser beams can transfer huge amounts of information(internet). Lasers in compact disc players read tiny reflections on CD's and laser discs to play back audio and video. Someday your house could be fitted with fiber optics to carry cable tv and phone service.
- 26590: Internal Combustion Engines
- ... stroke the compressed mixture is ignited--either by compression ignition or by spark ignition. The heat produced by the combustion causes the gases to expand within the cylinder, thus forcing the piston downward. The piston's connecting rod transmits the power from the piston to the crankshaft. This assembly changes reciprocating--in other words, up-and-down or back-and-forth motion--to rotary motion. On the fourth stroke the exhaust ... form of a battery or a magneto. Spark-ignition engines require a means for mixing fuel and air. This may be either a carburetor or fuel injection. A carburetor atomizes the fuel into the engine's incoming air supply. The mixture is then vaporized in the intake manifold on its way to the combustion chamber. fuel injection sprays a controlled mist of fuel into the airstream, either in the intake manifold ... the high heat of combustion is drawn off the cylinder wall into the circulating water. The water must then be cooled in a radiator that transfers the heat energy of the water to the radiator's cooler surrounding fluid. The surrounding fluid can be air or water, depending on the application of the engine. Internal-combustion engines include an exhaust system, which allows the hot exhaust gases to escape efficiently ...
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