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The Pilgrims
Number of Words: 421 / Number of Pages: 2
... the settlers had NOTHING except what they had
brought with them on the boats. They did not have many weapons, tools, or
medical assistance, but the settlers were strong willed and persistent, and
they survived. Most of the settlers were self reliant, and in top physical
condition. They built small houses to conserve time, as the winter was
coming.
The indians taught the people how to do many things. The settlers had
brought over the concept of farming, and the indians taught them how to tap
maple sugar, farm the new land, make pemmican, (which is a ground up
mixture of beef and berries) ...
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Automobile
Number of Words: 389 / Number of Pages: 2
... Oliver Evans obtained the first patent on a steam carriage in 1789. In 1803, he built a self-propelled steam dredge, wich is regarded as the first self-propelled vehicle to operate over American roads. In France and Germany, meanwhile, attention turned to the development of the internal-combustion engine. By 1980, more than 300 million cars and 85 million trucks and buses were operating throughout the world, forming an indispensable transportation network. Germany’s Volkswagen sent its first shipments of autos, popularly known as Beetles, to the Unites States in the early 1950s and eventually be ...
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Early Chinese Immigrant
Number of Words: 1048 / Number of Pages: 4
... workers, many Chinese travel into America to get rich quick. A young man in Canton wrote to his brother in Boston saying, "good many Americans speak of California, Oh! Very rich country! O hear good many Americans and Europeans go there very much. I think I shall go to California next summer." (From Gold Rush) Stories like these built up this dream of the "Golden Mountain". The plan for most Chinese was to make their fortune, and return home to their family. The dream of getting rich quick has been around for ages. Due to this, a trickle of immigrants turned into a deluge. The whole thing began ...
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Chernobyl
Number of Words: 1037 / Number of Pages: 4
... down, however, due to operational error the power fell to about 30 MW where the positive void coefficient became a problem. The operators tried to raise the power by freeing all the control rods manually and at 01:00 hr. on April 26 the reactor stabilized at 200 MW. Within a short time, an increase in coolant flow and a drop in steam pressure required the operators to withdraw nearly all the rods. The reactor became very unstable and the operators had to make adjustments every few seconds to maintain a constant power. By this time, the operators reduced the flow of feedwater to maintain the steam ...
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Native American Genocide
Number of Words: 1123 / Number of Pages: 5
... in 1778, the United States Board of War, a product of the Continental Congress appropriated grants for the purpose of, "the maintenance of Indian students at Dartmouth College and the College of New Jersey…" The young people who had returned from the schools are described by Seneca leader, Cornplanter as, "…ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, [they] knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, [they] spoke our Language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counselors; they were totally good for no ...
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Atomic Bomb 5
Number of Words: 1504 / Number of Pages: 6
... the war, one of the most brilliant scientists in history, Albert Einstein, hypothesized that if the true power of the atom were released in a weapon, the results would be devastating. This was soon confirmed by a large portion of the scientific community. Whoever possessed such a weapon would be in complete power. Many government officials felt that such a weapon could put an end to the war. For this reason, in 1942, the United States decided to pursue the atomic bomb. Later that year, Franklin D. Roosevelt began the Manhattan Project.
The Manhattan Project was a massive engineering e ...
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Abraham Lincoln
Number of Words: 854 / Number of Pages: 4
... other theories about Lincoln's death and much of them accused Andrew Jackson because he was never in the hotel room with Lincoln nor was his secretary and that lead to some sort of conspiracy. Also others say that the assassination also could have been caused by Domestic bankers, Financiers and business men, Copper heads, some group of the Radical Republicans that could have either done it on their own or with the help of Edwin Stanon. There are even suspicion about the B'nail B'rith and the Nights of the Golden Circle, as well the major known as Henry R. Rathbone, John F. Parker and last but not l ...
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Cubans
Number of Words: 740 / Number of Pages: 3
... for them to see positive aspects of American culture. Their negative view may be amplified by their economic situation. They may be living in poor areas, going to poorer schools, and at the same time being bombarded by advertising and an unbelievable array of consumer goods.
Cuba is traditionally a Catholic country, but its Catholicism is much modified and influenced. A much stronger religious force is Santeria. Santeria developed out of the traditions of the Yoruba, one of the African peoples who were imported to Cuba during the 16th through 19th centuries to work on the sugar plantations. Santer ...
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Babylonian And Assyrian Religi
Number of Words: 444 / Number of Pages: 2
... beginning to recognize that a Babylonian myth may be as worth of study. The author shows how the “Ibo myth” for the light is may throw on man’s early reactions to his environment and his early social patterns.
The myths of Assyrian and Babylonian religion are given here to explain the book and why it is not possible to prevent Assyrain religion in a separate treatment. Broadly speaking, Babylonian religion, built on the foundation laid by Sumerians, was a mystic religious system based on the fear of evil sprits, and other incalculable elements in the social environment. Also t ...
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World War 2
Number of Words: 787 / Number of Pages: 3
... to
meet a horrible death.
I believe that Hitler was one of the greatest causes of World War 2.
Although there are many other reasons, he was definitely one of them.
Another reason was the Treaty of Versailles. This was the treaty that was
signed at the end of World War 1. This treaty outlined the rules that
Germany must follow because of their defeat by Britain and France. Many
Germans were angered by the treaty, for most of the rules in the treaty
were unfair and Germany lost a great amount of wealth. One of the cruelest
reasons for the war was Hitler's racist hate for Jews. He would send t ...
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