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Manhattan Project
Words: 1676 - Pages: 7.... process of dropping the bomb. The was overall one of the highest and most significant projects ever done in the United States.2 The United States government was shocked by the news of German scientists discovering nuclear fission. The news came to the United States from Albert Einstein. Einstein found out the nuclear fission information from a German physicist named Leo Szilard. He then told it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and urged him to start an investment toward atomic research. 3The research would then help construct an atomic weapon of mass destruction. Roosevelt was not especially concerned about investing in atomic weapon rese .....
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The Greeks' Contribution To Western Civilization
Words: 490 - Pages: 2.... Although, the U.S. used to believed that they now govern with
women as equals. Another difference is that the Athenians permitted
slavery. Slavery in Athens was based on war or debts owed. Even though
slavery is not permitted now it used to be. It was then based on race,
which was totally unfair to the African Americans. This is just one
country effected by Greek democracy.
Many great philosophers that influenced European philosophers were
from Greece. One example is Socrates. Socrates was one of the strongest
critics of the Sophists. One reason is because he believed that definite
standards did exist for truth and justice. Howe .....
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Rousseau And The Artists Of Th
Words: 1392 - Pages: 6.... which each one, whilst uniting with all, nevertheless obeys only himself and remains as free as before . . . .’ . When structuring his utopia of the ‘General Will’ Rousseau believed that ‘although the natural man perceived himself as an individual, he must learn to think collectively in order to create a society ’. Therefore to evolve into a humane and agreeable society people should give up their natural rights of appetite and conform to society by consenting to the process of law which has made them free - collectively consenting to the ‘general will’ - a single correct path for people to follow or the policy which is equ .....
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American Hawaii
Words: 1276 - Pages: 5.... Americans. The Hawaiians didn’t even stand a chance against big brother. They probably feel the same way towards America just as a child does with stubborn parents. Now I will tell you about the history of Hawaii so you will see how the United States came to annex Hawaii. Hawaii was first inhabited by the Polynesians. They came in canoes from other islands around the pacific. They called the new found island "Hawaii", which means "home" in Polynesian language. Hawaii was their home until the white man came in and took advantage of these simple, happy aborigines. The corruption of this unique and fragile culture first started when C .....
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Civilisations
Words: 511 - Pages: 2.... the surrounding peoples influences. Their religious beliefs differed from other civilizations, Egyptians had many gods but the dominant worship was the worship of Amon-Re. While this religious system did change later to a more monotheistic religion - the worship of Aton it was for many years, up until the Eighteenth dynasty, the worship of many gods. Another unique characteristic of the Egyptians was their form of writing, hieroglyphics. This was a complicated system of pictographs with sound symbols.
There is really one significant difference to be noted about the Hebrew Civilization. This big difference was that in a time when all surro .....
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Evaluation Of The New Deal
Words: 695 - Pages: 3.... form of employment that would help lift the nations’ spirit. The federal Emergency Relief Act provided relief money for a limited time to those workers who had been laid off. For the black workers, the NAACP was created; it was one of the most important groups fighting for the rights of blacks and is still involved in the black community today. Minorities 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 .....
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Black Panther Party
Words: 867 - Pages: 4.... able to choose their own destiny, that every man should be employed by the government to be able to support himself and his family, and that no black man should serve in any military branch. The refused to fight for a government that does not treat them as full citizens of the United States of America. This would reduce the military number of men drastically. The may have seemed like they were revolting against America, but were only doing what they felt was right. A major difference between the and other black nationalist groups of the day can be seen in the plan for a communist America: to them, the mother country was America, not A .....
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Claude Monet
Words: 1614 - Pages: 6.... air .The two painters met in 1856 and, at first, Monet resisted Boudin's offer of tuition but he eventually relaxed his hesitations and before long, the two had a relationship that was to last a lifetime. Although Monet soon left Le Havre to spend a large part of his life travelling throughout Europe, he returned frequently to visit his old friend. The interest that had been made some years earlier was refined and shaped.
"My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature; I learned at the same time to love it." Boudin may have opened Monet's eyes, he may have even convinced the young painter to break with tradition and finish his painti .....
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Harry Truman And The Atomic Bomb
Words: 706 - Pages: 3.... to be used.
Roosevelt’s view, apparently, had been the same. According to Stimson, who had been responsible to the President for the Manhattan Project since 1941, there was never any question in Roosevelt’s mind but the bomb would be used when ready. On Truman’s orders, the B-29 Enola Gay piloted by U.S. Army Force Col. Paul W. Tibbets dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The date was August 6, 1945. Tibbets had named the plane after his mother the night before the attack. The Bomb was named Little Boy (Dark Blue in picture), exploded approximately 1,800 feet over Hiroshima, Japan with a force equal to 13,000 tons .....
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Explaining The Twenties
Words: 1256 - Pages: 5.... life, launched a cultural war against those who presented a threat to it. There were many common themes that connected the three essays, “Sacco and Vanzetti”, “The Scopes Trial and the American Character”, and “Rural-Urban Conflict in the 1920’s”. Together they present an accurate interpretation of the Roaring Twenties.
The case of Sacco and Vanzetti represented a deep division in American society. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who came to American in 1908. In 1920, Sacco was working in a shoe factory and Vanzetti was selling fish on the streets. On April 15, 1920 a double murder and robbery took .....
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