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Beatlemania In The 1960s
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1635.... followed by the Beatles
themselves, who arrived in New York February 8, 1964 for three
appearances with Ed Sullivan. The first show was scheduled for Sunday,
February 9, the second was telecast from Miami a week later, and the
third pre-taped for an airing in March. These concerts were the most
watched television programs ever (70 million viewers) until recently.
The Beatles' arrival in the United States was presaged by a deluge of
advance publicity. Newsweek, Time, and Life have chronicled
Beatlemania, UPI, and the AP(Associated Press) had done their part for
the cau .....
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Nixon Vs. Kennedy Election 1960
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 708.... older than he really was and cost him votes from the TV. audience. Running for Vice President along with Nixon was Henery Cabot Lodge. Lodge was a politician fro Massachusetts who opposed John F. Kennedy in the 1952 Massachusetts senatorial election. John F. Kennedy, was a Democrat from the south. He came from a very wealthy family and in 1952 became a Massachusetts Senator. Kennedy was young, good looking and inexperienced compared to the Vice President. His father was mayor of Boston and that helped show the capabilities of a Kennedy in power. Lyndon Johnson was running .....
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Progression Of Islamic Art
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1298.... rigidity of traditional customs. Assimilated countries and cultures that practiced figural art before the Islamic armies came continued to do so. These assimilated artistic styles did utilize figural imagery, yet they still reflected the traditional artistic components of Islam. The introductory plaque at the entrance of the Islamic Art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art states that Islamic art is characterized by ‘stasis,’ and that even assimilated foreign styles have “always retained its intrinsic quality and unique identity.” The beautifully rendered book mini .....
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The Whites Versus Native And African Americans
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1243.... in
1868 which was enacted to reduce conflict between the pioneers and the
Native Americans. The government forced the Native Americans to reside on
reservations in which they could not leave without the permission of the
government agency created to oversee their safety. They had to live, hunt,
and survive living in a fixed boundary. The Medicine Lodge Treaty stated
that the plains tribes were confined on two reservations. The northern
reservation was in the Dakota Territory and southern was in Oklahoma.
Later in 1887, came the Dawes Act in which the government decided t .....
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Real Heroes
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 492.... earn the fame after their sacrifice. As I said hero should not have personal desire. So they cannot be considered as heroes. How about the brave soldiers fight for wealth and land for the King, are they heroes? Absolutely, they are not heroes. They are the puppets of the King.
In the Road Warrior, the result of the battle is the increase of deaths. Max has not put any afford on avoiding the conflict. He is full of anger because he has lost all his family.
The evil side of him stimulates his desire to kill and fight. Besides, the Mohawks in the movie are just troublemakers. The .....
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The Dust Bowl Of North America
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 843.... torrential rains. A large number of the travelers settled down in this area and built farms and ranches. These land uses led to soil exposure and great erosion. The cattle ranches were very profitable for the settlers; unfortunately, this led to overgrazing and degradation of the soil. In addition, farmers began to plow the natural grass cover and plant their own crops. Without the original root systems of the grass to anchor the soil, much of it blew away. The wide row crops were very disastrous because between the crops, the land was kept bare; as a result, this .....
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The War Of 1812
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 527.... Lake Champlain, Lundy's Lane, Lake Erie, Raisin River Massacre, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New Orleans.
affected not only the United States, but Canada and Great Britain as well. In Great Britain, the war did not have a strong effect on the country. Although the United States was declared to be the winners of many of the wars which took place during , the Royal Navy was quite successful in maintaining it's blockade of the American Coast as well as practically neutralizing the American Navy. Great Britain never thought of the War as being highly important, in fact it w .....
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The Presidency Of Andrew Jackson
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 589.... In his attempt t provide equality for all, he introduced the spoils system which replaced the caucus system used in the past and is still in use today. He was also the first President to be elected by a National Convention as well.
Jackson believed in a strong presidency and he vetoed a dozen pieces of legislation, more than the first six presidents put together. For example, he vetoed the congressional measure providing a subsidy to the proposed Mayside road in Kentucky. He used his Presidential powers the most during the Bank war’s. He did not renew the Bank’s chart .....
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