History Of The Panama Canal
.... completed in the United States. It has strategic significance because of its location, acting as a gateway connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This allows for rapid naval deployment between fleets in either ocean. These two facets make the Panama Canal very important in the region.
LaFeber notes that Panamanian nationalism played a large role in the creation of the canal and, consequently, the cause for the area's constant instability. The first expression occurred in the late 1800's with Panamanian struggle for independence from Columbia. The United States eager to build the canal, and control its operati .....
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Immigrants In 17th Century United States
.... the Atlantic. America benefited from these people churning changes but did not set then all in motion. Nor was the United States the sole beneficiary of the process : of the nearly 60 million people who abandoned Europe in the century after 1840, about 25 million went somewhere other than the United States. Yet America still beckoned most strongly to the struggling masses of Europe, and the majority of migrants headed for the "land of freedom and opportunity". There was freedom from aristocratic caste and state church; there was abundant opportunity to secure broad acres and better one’s condition. The introduction of transoceanic .....
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The Anti-Vietnam Movement
.... Although, it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protest that grew through 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54).
The teach-ins began at the University of Michigan on March 24, 1965, and spread to other campuses, including Wisconsin on April 1. These protests at some of America's finest universities captured public attention. The Demonstrations were .....
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The Seneca Falls Convention
.... but they were taxed without being able to vote. In the few occupations open to women, they were paid far less than men were. No liberal arts college but Oberlin would admit women. Professions other that writing and school teaching were closed to women. Women could not practice law or medicine. In all, their new Declaration Of Sentiments argued, man has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy confidence in her own powers, to lesson her self respect, and make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life. Women were clearly treated as a sub-citizen class in the new American democracy (Rynder 23-24)
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Civil War - Monitor Vs. Merrimack
.... and long, that it required a turning radius of about one mile. Likened to a "floating barn roof (DesJardien 2)" and not predicted to float, the only individual willing to take command of the ship was Captain Franklin Buchanan. After all the modifications were complete, the ship was rechristened the CSS Virginia, but the original name the CSS Merrimack is the preferred name.
The USS Monitor was the creation of Swedish-American engineer, John Ericsson. The ship was considered small for a warship, only 172 feet long and 42 feet wide. Confederate sailors were baffled by the ship. One was quoted describing her as ". . .....
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If Impeachment Of Bill Clinton
.... longer will elections be fair because each party will unleash all their probes and accusations that will destroy any potential candidate. It is frustrating to watch this whole event unfold because it is so evident to me why this scandal continues to go on. It is all based on politics and getting elected, no one will let this drop even though it is costing the American public millions of dollars. President Clinton is not the evil one in this battle it is the republican agenda and Kenneth Starr. It is also the American public who have egged on this whole fight and have bought in to it as if it was a real important issue. Future pol .....
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Causes Of The Great Depression
.... the 1920's were not shared evenly among all Americans. According to a study done by the Brookings Institute, in 1929 the top 0.1% of Americans had a combined income equal to the bottom 42%. That same top 0.1% of Americans in 1929 controlled 34% of all savings, while 80% of Americans had no savings at all. Automotive industry mogul Henry Ford provides a striking example of the unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the middle-class. Henry Ford reported a personal income of $14 million in the same year that the average personal income was $750. By present day standards, where the average yearly income in the U.S. is ar .....
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The Industrial Revolution That Shaped The United States Into A Leading Econom
.... equipment. He also added a program for "social security" submitted by President Roosevelt and accepted bt Congress in 1935. This program included federal assisitance for states in forming old-age pensions and insurance for the unemployed. Among the Bills passed by Congress at its 1935 session were many laws touching nearly every part of domestic and foreign affairs. The rights of labor to organize freely and bargain for fair wages was reasserted in the National Labor Relations Act.
Electric utilities involved in interstate transmission of power were brought under government supervision.
In 1935 Japan had invaded Chi .....
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The Controversial New Deal
.... first act was to secure the banks. By forming the Emergency Banking Relief Bill, Roosevelt erased the depositors fears of losing their investments, due to the fact that all operating banks were licensed by the Treasury Department. The public gained confidence in the banks, and Roosevelt had successfully suspended the citizens fear and implemented his programs. The President's next step was relief ; Roosevelt needed to supply jobs for the unemployed.
Forming the Civilian Conservation Corps was a sensational idea, as it put idle men to work rural areas. Now America could build roads and prevent soil erosion and reforestation wh .....
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The History Of Slave Labor
.... eyes toward the cheaper and indefinite service of black laborers. Although it may have not been as socially desirable, African s figured into this "problem" in that they represented skilled labor and were a proficient in tropical agriculture. With a high immunity to diseases such as malaria and yellow fever-lethal to Europeans and Indians alike, African Americans were soon seen as the best and only solution. Plantation owners were attracted not only to the affordability and permanence of slave labor, but also it's expedience. Moreover, Africans were "usually powerless to prevent enslavement or to discourage additional im .....
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The USA Becoming Less Democratic Prior To The Revolution
.... percentage of the population is being involved in the electoral process, the town is becoming more democratic. Freedom is a characteristic of almost all successful democracies. Evidence of expanding religious freedom in Weathersfield is found in a law enacted by the Connecticut assembly in 1770 (Doc. K). The law says basically that no Protestant person can be penalized for not attending church. Although this freedom was restricted to Protestants, it was still an improvement from how it had been prior to that law. One more document, an account of Jared Ingersoll, who was forced by a mob of New England "radicals", to step down fr .....
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The Depression
.... signs of a depression were there; the farmers were producing too much, the uneven distr ibution of income, easy credit/huge debts, imbalance of foreign trade; people just didn’t notice them. Not until October 29, 1929--BLACK TUESDAY--anyway, when the bottom of the stock market fell out, taking millions of American lives with it. Even thoug h any didn’t admit it, they knew what was on the way. People who had been buying stocks on margin (10% down) suddenly found themselves penniless and in bigger debt than they could imagine. America went into a panic, pulling money out of banks in a frenz y causing many to close their doors.
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