its funding since many Canadians had no idea of what the CF-105 was capable of. Sputnik was the world’s first artificial satellite. It was the size of a basketball and weighed 83 kilograms. While it didn’t really "do" anything other than beep‚ it caught the West off guard. Many feared the Soviets could use the same rocket technology to launch ballistic missiles carrying nuclear weapons from Europe to North America. Sputnik began the space race and led directly to the creation of the U.S. National Aeronautics
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It made Thanksgiving officially a national holiday for the Americans. It is now celebrated every November on the fourth Thursday. He made the Emancipation Proclamation. This meant that slaves were freed in the confederate states and they had to join the Union Army. This was one of the first signs of equality. He led the union to victory in the Civil War. Lincoln continued the fight to save the Union. He got general Robert E Lee to surrender in 1865. Six days after that‚ Lincoln had gotten assassinated
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1929. Many seem to argue that the stock market crash was the primary cause of the end of the Harlem Renaissance‚ but there were many other factors that contributed such as civil unrest‚ the NAACPs change of focus‚ the prohibition act‚ and the great depression as a whole. On March 19‚ 1935‚ a riot occurred in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem. According to blackpast‚”At 2:30 p.m. on March 19‚ 1935‚ a 16- year-old black Puerto Rican boy named Lino Rivera stole a 10 cent penknife from the Kress
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Humans have always had a fascination with flying since the beginning of time. Hot air balloons were invented in 1783‚ one step closer to the airplane. The balloon is filled with hot air‚ which makes the balloon fly to the air because hot air is lighter than cool air. The only problem with the hot air balloon was that you could not control the direction it was going. The first airplane was actually a glider. This aircraft was launched from a cliff or from any high place. It rode on the wind
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Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony’s unconcerned policy as it related to the political challenges of its western frontier‚ along with other challenges including leaving Bacon out of his inner circle‚ refusing to allow Bacon to be a part of his trade with the Native Americans‚ and Doeg tribe Indian attacks‚ helped to motivate a popular uprising against Berkeley‚ who had failed to address
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Monica Ma 2/3/15 Factors caused Industrialization In the late 19th century‚ industrialization influenced and effected the nation a lot. And the industrialization for America is not accidental‚ there are several factors that lead America to industrialization. The abundant natural resources‚ increase of labor‚ rapid development of technology and support from the government‚ all of them settle the basis for industrialization
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Why Gold Prices Fluctuate? Posted on May 25‚ 2010 by Manish — 2 Comments ↓ This is the first post in the learner’s series. A simple question that we will answer through this post is‚ “Why do gold prices fluctuate?”. While I am writing this article‚ the Gold price stands at $1238 per ounce (1 ounce = 28.35 grams). This fluctuate everyday‚ and the gold prices have gone significantly up in the past few months. Like all other investments and commodities‚ gold prices also fluctuate everyday and are
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the Republican party were in power. This period of time was known as the ’roaring twenties’ due to the huge economic growth that America was facing‚ it was by not interfering that the Republican Party achieved this level of success. They believed in a laissez-faire style of government and rugged individualism which meant that they didn’t interfere and thought everyone could succeed in life without their intervention. Many believe that this lack of interference was the main cause of the great depression
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What were you afraid of when you were a child ? There were many things that I was scared of when I was little. Some of the fears I acquired were due to prevailing gossips and unfounded tales talked about by the people who were close to me - friends‚ cousins and my parents. But as I mature into my teenage years‚ I realised the folly and absurdities of my fears. In fact‚ some of them were so ludicrous like lurking monsters under my bed and demon-like character that brutally attacked anyone
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During this unit we have studied the steps that led to the Revolutionary War. We have learned about many events in history that led up to the beginning of the war‚ and important people during these events. I will be using my ISN and textbook as sources. Now we move on to conflicts with the colonies and British. The British and colonist had many problems‚ like the Boston Massacre‚ the battle of Lexington and Concord and lets not forget the British acts‚ the Intolerable acts‚ the Quartering act‚ the
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