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- 1961: Automation
- ... have made a big difference in the way communities have been designed. Street layout, the design of homes, and traffic laws have changed as methods of transportation has changed throughout history. Automobiles are responsible for more than half the airborne pollution in the western world. Many plans are being developed to control air pollution. Burning cleaner fuel and burning fuel more ... clear when he said, We re going to expand this company, and you will see it grow by leaps and bounds. How amazing that his prophecy has came true! --- Bibliography American Decades 1910-1919 New York: Gale Research Co., 1996. A contemporary survey on the backround of Henry Ford, and the Ford Motor Company. Collier, Peter. An American Epic. New York: Summit Books Co.,1987. A chronological study of the political and financial success of the Ford family. Lacey, Robert. Ford, The Men And The Machine. New ...
- 1962: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... of this research is to discuss heretical elements in the poetry of Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). This is not to imply that Bradstreet was a heretic in the sense that American religious reformer Anne Hutchinson was. Hutchinson (1591-1643) emigrated to Boston in 1634 and preached a doctrine of salvation through intuitive apprehension of grace rather than by works, and attacked ... Life of Colonial New England, 4th ed. New York: New York University Press, 1970. Spiller, Robert E., W. Thorp, T.H. Johnson, H.S. Canby and R.M. Ludwig, Literarty History of the United States, 3rd. ed. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1963. Stanford, Ann. Anne Bradstreet: The Wordly Puritan. New York: Burt Franklin, 1974. Unger, Leonard ed. American Writers: Supplement I. Part I. NY: Charles Scribrer's Sons, 1979. 8 vols. White, Elizabeth Wade. Anne Bradstreet: "The Tenth Muse." New York: Oxford University Press, 1971.
- 1963: Francisco Pizarro
- ... Empire10. Six years later, he completes his conquest of Peru but is assassinated June 26, at age 69 or 70, by supporters of Diego de Almagro11. Francisco Pizarro greatly changed history for some South American countries. Pizarro was considered a great and powerful explorer by the Spaniards because of what he had don to the Inca Empire. Francisco Pizarro is one of the greatest explorers in Spanish history. Bibliography 1. The Last Days of the Empire Http://www.vscwine.com/shock/index/html 2. Microsoft Encartaâ 1998 Desk Encyclopediaã . Microsoft corporation, 1996-1997. 3. Trager, James. The ...
- 1964: Ancient Egypt 2
- ... and ways of behaving that are special to a country, people, or region. Museums such as the Field Museum attempt to give its visitors a sense of the culture and history of different countries, as well as a sense of US culture and history. In this quest however, museums often focus on one specific nature of the culture [of a country] and lose sight of the whole picture - the entire culture. After all, the US culture is primarily a capitalistic one, and museums - in addition to their quest to educate the American public - overemphasize what they feel is the most intriguing aspect of a specific culture. In this manner, museum officials are looking to attract more people and consequently bring in ...
- 1965: Bauhaus
- Bauhaus Post World War I Germany set the stage for the most organized art movement in art history. The Bauhaus movement was a reaction to the social changes the Germans were facing. The country had been crushed in the war. Their economy was collapsing. Mobs of unemployed people ... Many of the Bauhaus artist migrated to the United States to flee the Nazi suppression. Gropius was made the Dean of the School of Architecture at Harvard. This gave the American architects a new era in modern architecture. The Bauhaus lend us their ideas of social housing for the low income. This proved to be very helpful to communities until the ... Arts Web Site. 20 Feb. 1999 (http://www.coa.edu/HEJourney?courseprojects/women) Huovio, Ilkka. "Bauhaus, The New Man - The New Technique." 20 Feb. 1999 (http://www.ulah.fi/presentation/history/ebauba.htm) Jackson, John. "The Bauhaus." 8 March, 1999. (http://www.johnco.cc.ks.us/~jjackson/bauhaus.html) Whitford, Frank. Bauhaus. London, Thames and Hudson 1984 Wu, Alexandra. "Bauhaus ...
- 1966: Ray Charles Robinson
- ... rhythm and blues, and, in doing so, created soul. He is still called the "Genius of Soul" today. In 1955 Charles made recorded "I've Got a Women", and made history. It helped pave the way for soul for years to come. In the 1960's Charles recorded "I Can't Stop Loving You" (a piece of country music) with a large orchestra and his own voice. This song, like his others, was loved by the American people. Unfortunately, in the 1940's Charles became addicted to heroin, and in 1964 he was arrested for it. While he was awaiting his trial he went to an award ... remain a bachelor because of his two failed marriages. He is often seen on television now, as a spokes person for Pepsi-Cola. He has earned his place in music history, a living legend.
- 1967: Richard Wright
- Richard Wright Throughout history, many talented authors writings have reflected the time period in which they lived in. Often the overall tone, and attitude of the novel is due to factors, that they have been born with, such as the environment they grew up in, who raised them, or moral ethics were instilled into their way of thinking. Richard Wright is an African-American author whose writings greatly reflected the time period in which he lived in. Native Son and Black Boy are two classic examples of Wright's works that are profoundly influenced ... would grow dizzy and my vision would dim." In Black Boy, Wright used his own life to exemplify what qualities of imagination and intellect are necessary of a southern African-American in order to understand the meaning of his life in the United States. Black Boy also reveals it's 'author hero' as a man controlled by an absolute certainty ...
- 1968: Big Bang
- ... three arduous years to sort through the billions of bits of data that the DMR provided. His announcement on the 23rd of April, 1992 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society in Washington,D.C. said it best: "English dosen't have enough superlatives...to convey the story [of the results] , we have observed...15 billion year old fossils ... more than 150 years of study. Many times facing opposition similar to that of Galileo and Copurnicus, these cosmologists used a deductive approach in solving the greatest question in the history of science. The findings and observations of these emminant scholars forced them to draw the conclusions they arrived at. Every prediction that quantum physics and the theories of relativity have ... Cambridge University Press, 1983. Parker, Barry R., The Vindication of the Big Bang: Breakthroughs and Barriers, New York: Plenum Press, 1993. Peebles, James P., The Evolution of the Universe, Scientific American, October 1994, v271, n4, p52(6). Sawyer, Kathy, New Findings Support Theory of "Big Bang", Washington Post, April 24, 1992, Col A, 1:4. Wald, Robert M., Space, Time ...
- 1969: Black Power
- ... who participated in the civil rights struggle? Booker T. Washington felt that black power meant financial power. During the movement that would soon be a landmark in our country's history, the black community lacked black owned businesses, black teachers, and black government representatives. Because blacks were without these things it was impossible for them as a group to attain financial ... to Jackson, Mississippi a white police sniper shot a young black man named James Meridith who was simply trying to encourage other Negroes to vote. Meridith was the first African American to attend the previously all white University of Mississippi. In another incident a gentleman named Robert F. Williams had, in his words, "organized a Negro community [meeting] in the South ... left. Williams went on later to write (concerning the incident),"I accept this responsibility and am proud of it. It has always been an accepted right of Americans, as the history of our Western states proves that where the law is unable, or unwilling to enforce order, the citizens can, and must, act in self-defense against lawless violence. I ...
- 1970: Abraham Lincoln - Civil War President
- Abraham Lincoln - Civil War President Abraham Lincoln was assuredly one of the greatest presidents in American history. This is demonstrated by his effective administration during the Civil War, the creation of policies that benefited everyone in the United States and the efforts that kept the United States ... of the Unites States, driving toward a greater nation. President Abraham Lincoln, with all his skill, led the United States through one of the most difficult times in United States history, and not only bringing survival to the nation but created an even better place, improving the Constitution and starting the United States on its road to greatness. His valour ...
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