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1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

In fifteen pages this research paper examines the reasons behind Martin Luther King's opposition to the war in Vietnam in a chrono...

War, more than 3,000 freed blacks were murdered by Southern terrorist organizations. In the mythology of the "lost cause" and the ...

democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. Civil War in a consideration of the history of conscription or the draft and its decli...

This 14 page paper comprises brief essays on various topics in U.S. history from 1877 to the present. Topics covered include Roose...

in time between release of the hammer and the subsequent explosion, which resulted in inaccuracy (Reid 167). After a number of exp...

me the story of my birth even though he wasnt home for the blessed event of his first child and only son. He had joined a local m...

Barrios de Chamorro transform her country into a peaceful nation, but she also abandoned the dictatorship that had heretofore oppr...

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

This paper comments on these and other critical social developments that occurred after the end of the Civil War and through the e...

The United States has progressed tremendously since the Civil War and the Reconstruction years that followed. Much of the south h...

In five pages the Persian Gulf War's impact upon the economy of the United States in terms of residual effects is discussed. Seve...

imagery perfectly sums up the pressures modern age, as the narrator is too pressed for time to pause and appreciate nature more th...

becomes apparent that the coverage of the matter was varied, but there was seemingly a government preference. After all, people in...

In eight pages this paper discusses the U.S. economy in terms of the impacts of the First and Second World Wars and also considers...

since the latter 1800s facilitated greater and greater industrialization. With that industrialization the ethic of hard work beca...

and done, there were good feelings in the United States. The fifties would soon erupt with its newfound innocence and vigor. Kore...

In five pages this paper discusses the impact of the Civil War in terms of the reasons why the South was defeated and also examine...

heroism and bravery, there is no feeling that he is bragging or presenting the Sterett crew of entirely composed of heroes. Rather...

In an essay consisting of five pages the promise of hope and survival that Anne Frank's diary represented during the Second World ...

it should be said that sea travel was quite important during these wars. Submarines, sometimes called U-Boats after the German phr...