The Assassination Of MLK
.... (Phillips 3). King received national prominence as the
boycott continued, due to his personal courage and exceptional oratical skills.
(Carson 2).
On charges on conspiracy, Martin Luther King, they bombed Jr.'s house,
and they arrested him along with other boycott leaders. (Mark 3). Despite these
actions taken against the boycott, Montgomery buses were desegregated in
December of 1956. The Supreme Court had declared Alabama's laws of segregation
unconstitutional.
During 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other African-American
ministers established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As
president of the org .....
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Sixteen Most Significant Events In US History Between 1789 To 1975
.... settlement beyond the Mississippi
River in a territory that was rich in minerals and natural resources. It
eliminated the United States' long struggle for control of the Mississippi
River and its outlet to the sea, and as Jefferson stated, it freed America
from European influence at its borders. In addition to these economic
implications, the purchase also had historic political implications. The
acquisition took place at a time when the government was still exploring
the powers that the Constitution had granted it. Jefferson, himself,
carefully deliberated whether the Constitution granted him the right to
acquire territory f .....
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Son Of Dallas Cop Says Dad Was 1 Of 3 Who Shot Kennedy
.... a rifle with telescopic sight that uses the same
kind of ammunition as Oswald's gun; records showing that Oswald and White
served together in the Marines; three faded messages that appear to be
decoded orders to kill someone in Dallas in November 1963; and a son's
recollections of his father's incriminating diary - a document that is
missing.
The press conference is being sponsored by two private groups - the JFK
Assassination Information Centre of Dallas and the Assassination Archives
and Research Centre of Washington - and some Midland Businessmen.
The possibility of Ricky White's story being a hoax - a falsehood
con .....
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Shoeless Joe And The Black Sox Scandal
.... The three baseball players then said they didn't sign the
confessions so the case was dropped. The new commissioner for Major League
Baseball was Kenesaw Mountain Landis and he believed three players were
guilty. He also believed they weren't the only ones on the team that threw
the series. Kenesaw Mountain Landis kicked seven players from the White
Sox team of 1919 out of Major League Baseball for life. Eddie Cicotte,
Chick Gandil, Clause Williams, Happy Felsch, Swede Risberg, Fred McMullin
and Joe Jackson were suspended for accepting a bribe to throw a series.
Eight players were actually suspended for life .....
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The Great Depression
.... to purchase new machinery and because of this they
couldn't produce goods quick enough (Drewry and O'connor 559).
A new plan was created called the installment plan. This plan was established
because many Americans didn't have enough money to buy goods and services that
were needed or wanted. The installment plan stated that people could buy
products on credit and make monthly payments. The one major problem with this
idea was that people soon found out that they couldn't afford to make the
monthly payment(Drewry and O'connor 559).
In 1929 the stock market crashed. Many Americans purchased stocks because they
were certain of .....
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The Slave Trade And Its Effects On Early America
.... of food. Little boys and girls trudged along beside their
parents, eyes wide in fear and wonder” (McCague, 14).
After they were marched often hundreds of miles, it was time for them to
be shipped off to sea, so that they could be sold as cheap labor to help harvest
the new world. But before they were shipped off, they had to pass through a
slave-trading station. The slave trade, which was first controlled by Portugal,
was now controlled by other European nations. In the late 1600's, Spain,
Holland, England, France and Denmark were all sending ships to West Africa. The
slave trade was becoming big business (Goodman, 7).
Sel .....
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Why Puritans Came To America: Freedom
.... and it evolved into a document which shelters American
people's civil liberties.
When the Bill of Rights was adopted, political motivations superceded
libertarian views. James Madison claimed that this "nauseous project of
amendments" would "kill the opposition[for the ratification of the
constitution] everywhere..." In the beginning, the Bill of Rights was
first drafted up to appease the Anti-Federalists and coax them into
ratifying the constitution. For without the Bill of Rights the constitution
may have never been ratified. After its ratification, the Bill of Rights
evolved into more realistic terms. The Fed .....
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The American Dream
.... enters free, and New Mexico and Utah decided on
their own which is giving them more state rights in which the South heavily
supported. This compromise did not satisfy each side fully. The issue of
State rights intensified by the issue of slavery because the Southern
states felt they had the right to decide on their own about Slavery without
Federal intervention. It seems the Southern states felt that the "American
dream" was out of their reach because they felt powerless and inferior with
the Central government. When the American revolution was fought to break
from Britain, the Southern States thought they would be treate .....
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The American Revolution
.... the people of America the freedom to impeach untrustworthy rulers and
dictators if they wish to. The freedom that Thomas Jefferson gave us is
still in practice today. The middle section justified why the colonists
were revolting against the Britis h Empire. Here Jefferson writes that the
King of Great Britain "is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations."
He reminds the reader that the King has refused to allow the Governors to
pass important laws "necessary for the public good," obstru cted the
administration and that the king is sending over large armies to "complete
the works of death." The third section officially .....
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The American Revolution
.... without representation". The stamp act was affecting virtually
all the colonists, and restricted economic prosperity, thus it was
protested by colonists. The Townshend acts were also a factor in the
economic theory, Sam Adams had said "The parliament was taxing illegally!",
most colonists agreed, and a boycott of British goods resulted. When the
British passed the Currency act, this left the paper money worthless, and
the colonists had to rely (economically) on England for Hard Currency. The
main reason for revolution was economics.
The colonies were economically subordinate to England by the tea and
coercive acts. The t .....
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Events Leading To The American Revolution
.... all due subordination to that august
body, the Parliament of Great Britain." This statement can be used as a
summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congress had initiated.
The statement depicts the colonists has having to be submissive and servile
in the view of Great Britain, this policy angered the colonists very much,
and was another component of the transition of the colonists' rights and
liberties.
When the Declatory Act was passed in March of 1766, many colonies were
attempting to claim that they were "seceding" from England.
"Whereas several of the houses of representatives in his Majesty's colonies
and p .....
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The American Colonies
.... and wise providence
hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must be
rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and
in subjection. Yet we must be knit together in this work as one man."(John
Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity) This statement by John Winthrop,
demonstrates importance of religion in the lives of the New England
settlers. "We must delight in each other, make others' conditions our own,
rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having
before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as
members of the same body." (Jo .....
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