Aqueducts were man made to make water go downhill from natural sources‚ a dam or reservoir were built to create a holding place for the water so the aqueduct would not run dry. Short feeder tunnels were built to catch water from springs‚ basins‚ or other water runoffs to be feed to the main channel as to keep water flowing for dry periods of when it wasn’t raining. Aqueducts would have to be inspected often to make sure that the water isn’t running at to steep of an angle‚ that would damage the channel
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advisors to go to South Vietnam. This action caused the rise of U.S. forces in Vietnam up to 21‚000. The U.S. destroyer USS Maddox was on international waters in the Gulf of Tokin on July 31st‚ 1964. It was suggested that President Johnson purposely did this to make North Vietnam react so he would have a reason to increase warfare in Vietnam. Ironically‚ this is exactly how it happened. North Vietnamese torpedo ships attacked the ship‚ however with the help of a nearby large warship that carries planes
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Water was an essential resource for the Romans. There was water to be found easily‚ but how would they move it to their cities in a cleaner way? Luckily‚ the Romans thought of this idea and began working. This water collecting pipe‚ was famously known as the first aqueduct. The Romans were the first to build the aqueducts‚ so they could bring constant flowing water to the city. The water could be used for baths‚ latrines‚ fountains‚ and private households. The aqueducts improved the water
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Detroit had been in decline since it was rocked by race riots in 1967. Since then‚ there has been a real drop-off in investment and economic development in the city. Like a lot of other cities in the American northeast and Midwest‚ it was badly affected when factories moved south or out of the country‚ but was harder hit because it was a one-industry city. Most big cities have more than one industry‚ but Detroit’s economy was completely centered on the automobile. When the Recession hit‚ Detroit
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When the king arrived Macbeth was nowhere to be seen‚ but Lady Macbeth was the first to welcome the arrival of the king. To celebrate the king’s arrival they had a party for him‚ during the party Macbeth was acting weird and seemed to be lost in his thoughts. Macbeth seemed distracted and the king seemed to notice macbeth and how lost he was in his thoughts. I saw macbeth go outside during the thunder‚ I heard him talking to himself later I saw lady macbeth accompany macbeth. I saw them go back
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Hitler invaded Poland causing both Britain and France to declare war on Germany. The United States began to provide significant military supplies to Britain in September 1940‚ even though the United States was still not officially at war. The U.S. did not enter WW2 till December 7‚ 1941 when the Japanese bombed pearl harbor. Although WW2 affected millions of people it also made the U.S. instructable leaving them stronger than ever. An effect of the great depression was that it left many people
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They got involved in Vietnam because they wanted to stop the spread of communism (domino theory) and after France left Vietnam the US felt they needed to take matters into their own hands when communist rebels had overthrown Frances control of Vietnam. The leaders of the USA feared that communist governments would gain control of Vietnam and that would lead to nation after nation falling for communism. President Truman agreed to help France against the Communist Vietnamese; America decided to send
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the people had already left by the time Britain came to power because of the French. The Grenadians wanted independence and people set buildings on fire to protest. The government could not easily gain democracy and even more revolts occurred which did not help. The U.S. invaded Grenada out of worry while a year later democratic events began. Hurricane Ivan destroyed much of Grenada in 2004. Grenada is now making lots of money from tourism. The spices‚ chocolates‚ amazing sights and luxurious
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wasn’t considered dangerous until it started to increase rapidly on August 22. By the 23rd‚ Hurricane Andrew hit the Bahamas at a terrifying wind speed of 160 mph. With top speeds of 175‚ that made Hurricane Andrew a category five hurricane. When did hurricane Andrew occur? Hurricane Andrew started to increase on August 16th and died on
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deploying‚ a draft and creating many pop up training camps throughout the country as well as converting factories from commercials goods to munitions. Many men flocked to enlist after the U.S joined the war. However the number on men that volunteered did not merely meet the number of men required to fight.
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