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The 1920's
Number of Words: 1236 / Number of Pages: 5
... death because they were anarchists and foreigners. Actually, there was evidence presented that Vanzetti was insane at the time of the crime. Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti, 255 Mass. 369, 151 N.E. 839 (1926). However, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that the Superior Court had no jurisdiction to grant a new trial because the motion was not timely. Both defendants were electrocuted in August, 1927
Two years later, Black Friday, October 24, 1929 signaled the end of one era and the beginning of another. The Great Depression had begun with the precipitous decline of the Dow-Jones aver ...
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The Stamp Act
Number of Words: 689 / Number of Pages: 3
... them time to suggest alternatives. He also allowed to colonists to give out the stamps themselves.
The act specified that a stamp must be put on deeds, liquor licenses, mortgages, law licenses, almanacs, and playing cards. The tax was basically levied on all legal and commercial documents and printed materials.
Although this was an unfair to the American colonists, it was enforced equally among all classes of society. All men of high or low rank spoke out against the act and did not think it was fair. This was a matter that affected almost all Americans in all colonies. Many opposed the tax bec ...
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Confederate States Naval Technological Advances
Number of Words: 876 / Number of Pages: 4
... inland on such rivers as The James, The Virginia, the Mississippi river, and the Missouri River.. When the South began their moves on Northern Naval bases and ship yards on the James, they had no idea what they were about to unleash. After the seizing of Union shipyards, the Confederate Navy was several times stronger than it had previously been. Using the strategic positions they had gained, some good horse sense from their commanders, and a whole lot of luck, the South managed to turn the tables on the Northern water forces. CSN ships Cumberland and Pawnee were laying siege to the United State ...
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Oscar Wilde
Number of Words: 1110 / Number of Pages: 5
... about anything that had to do with ancient Greece and with Classics.
Wilde during school years
In 1871, he was awarded a Royal School Scholarship to Trinity College in Dublin and received many awards and earned the highest honor the college offered to an undergraduate, the Foundation Scholarship. In 1874, he also won the College’s Berkley Gold Medal for Greek and was awarded a Demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford, Oscar moved to London with his friend Frank Miles, a well-known portrait painter of the time. In 1878 his poem Ravenna was published, for which he won the Newdi ...
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The Seneca Falls Convention
Number of Words: 466 / Number of Pages: 2
... while male indescretions were condoned (Rynder 20).
Before marriage, women could own property, 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 dependen ...
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U.S Involvement In The Vietnam War
Number of Words: 1451 / Number of Pages: 6
... U. S.
Military should be allowed to conduct any war, conflict, or police action
that it has been committed to without political interference or control
because of the problems and hidden interests which are always present when
dealing with polit
United States involvement in the Vietnam War actually began in 1950
when the U. S. began to subsidize the French Army in South Vietnam. This
involvement continued to escalate throughout the 1950's and into the early
1960's. On August 4, 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred in which
American Naval Vessels in South Vietnamese waters were fired up ...
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Colt Revolver: Inspiration From A Ship’s Wheel
Number of Words: 428 / Number of Pages: 2
... and England to take out a patent on his new invention, then in 1836 he got an American patent.
In 1837 he tried to to interest the U.S. Government into adopting this sidearm for military use, however they declined, stating that they were satisfied with what they had already. Colt however, was a master salesman. He knew that he had a great inverntion on his hands. To show just what he had, he packed a bundle of pistols into a bag and visited a battlefield, the best place to demonstrate killing power. That was the Seminole Indian war in Florida. There he demonstrated the weapons efficient use to the U. ...
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World War 2 And Executive Order 8802
Number of Words: 590 / Number of Pages: 3
... fifty thousand Negroes on the White House lawn" if their demands were not met.
After consultation with his advisors, Roosevelt decided to appease the Black leaders and issued Executive Order 8802 - "There shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries and in Government, because of race, creed, color, or national origin." Roosevelt also established the Fair Employment Practices Committee to investigate incidents of discrimination. These turned out to be hollow words. Six months after the order was issued, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the nation was at war. The Ci ...
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The Sixties - Years Of Hope, Days Of Rage
Number of Words: 1480 / Number of Pages: 6
... and editor of the “underground” newspapers. He voiced his democratic opinions to all who would listen and gave numerous speeches against the war of Vietnam. He went to conferences, walked many picket lines, and traveled to Cuba in 1967, where he shared his views and beliefs. During the Democratic Convention in 1968, police were called, tear gas was thrown, and armed officers used objects of force against anymore that caused a disturbance. This type of rioting was demonstrated at the San Francisco State College and Berkeley’s People’s park in 1968 and 1969 with the same outcome of law enfo ...
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The Stanislavsky Method
Number of Words: 1268 / Number of Pages: 5
... relaxation. He called in an “occupational disease.” One of Stanislavsky’s most famous students, Lee Strasberg, believed it to be the actor’s worst enemy. The exercise Stanislavsky developed for relaxation is meant to
help the actor find hidden tension in all muscles of the body, most importantly the face, where most mental tension manifests itself. The exercise begins with the actor sitting in a straight backed, armless chair. First, the actor must find the position that he or she
would be most likely to sleep in, if absolutely necessary. Then, starting with the fingers and working all the musc ...
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