On August 19‚ 1910 the Big Burn in the Rocky Moutains began‚ recorded as the largest and most destrustive fire‚ in North America. At the time the United States fire service was only five years old‚ with very little experience and preparation to handle such a large forest fire. It destroys an area the size of Connecticut within a matter of 36 hours‚ equaling more than three-million acres of forest‚ and $1 billion worth lost in timber. There were atleast 78 firefighter fatalities‚ however it is unknown
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Audrey Hepburn March 4‚ 2013 Mr. Miller AP U.S. History South vs. North 1800-1850 FRQ: In spite of sharing a country‚ the Northern and Southern areas of America had many differences and distinctions‚ which ended up dividing the nation. During the first part of the 1800’s the North and the South grew in different ways. In the North‚ cities were centers of wealth and manufacturing. There were many skilled workers. In the South there was not much manufacturing. There were not many skilled workers
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There were many factors as to why the Civil Rights Movement was such a struggle. There was a substantial amount of fear‚ fear of the whites and violence‚ fear of missing out on a better life‚ in African American population. There economic dependence issues‚ and the cultural norm of racism‚ which had to be fought against. The Civil Rights Movement was so difficult because‚ different generations were fighting with one another to change the way society functioned. There was considerable violence‚ and
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Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party can be traced back to1927‚ the Civil War refers to the struggle and conflict for China between 1945-1950. Several well-planned actions helped the CCP became victorious in the Chinese Civil War: leadership‚ support of the people and support from outside help. This paper will give a slight history of the situation‚ and describe the main reasons why the CCP became victorious over the Nationalist Party. As per history‚ China was a country that was very
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it’s there for everyone can see. John Winthrop was the man who brought the Puritans to America. The Puritans were the people who believed that God was the one true law. Puritans came from England on a ship called Ardella. The Puritans came to America in 1629 for religious reasons. They were looking for a religious utopia. The kind of influence the Puritans had on America was that they shaped culture. They also did the
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Colonization of Latin America and North America When Christopher Columbus led a Spanish expedition in 1492 to India‚ he came across a land that would change the world forever. This region was called the Americas‚ a land the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French and English saw as their own to change and rule. However‚ the two regions‚ Latin America and North America saw two vastly different yet similar colonization processes from the Europeans in their social‚ political and economic systems
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because they were untouched and Hiroshima had a military plant close by‚ also it “ranked as Japan’s eighth largest city‚ with 250000 people.”2 Not only were there many factors to be considered in how and where to use the atomic weapon but also reasons why. The main reason President Truman stated was to end the war quickly and to save American lives; he saw the land invasion planned
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Union and Confederate Advantages The Union certainly had considerable advantages. There were 22 million people in the North compared with only 9 million in the South (of whom only 5.5 million were whites). The North had a much greater industrial capacity. In 1860 Northern states produced 97 per cent of the USA’s firearms and 94 per cent of its pig iron. Even in agriculture the North enjoyed an edge. The Confederacy hoped to make good its lack of materials by trading with Europe‚ but the Union used
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Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? The 14th October 1066 was to be a date that changed the course of British history. On that Saturday morning the Battle of Hastings was launched with an intensive bombardment of arrows fired from Norman archers towards the ranks of Harold’s army. William the Duke of Normandy and leader of the Norman troops advanced his army closer to the English line which was led by King Harold Godwinson. The previous English king Edward the Confessor had died without
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This essay will examine how England and Spain successfully dominated world affairs through conquering America. By taking advantage of the abundance of agricultural produce and mineral extracts that came from the American land‚ the Spanish and English were able to bring their homeland economic wealth thus resulting in significant political influence over other nations. Being far more advanced than the other European countries who were trying to imperialize the land‚ the Spanish and English’ advances
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