The National Museum of American History opened to the public in January 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. It was the sixth Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington‚ D.C. The Smithsonian was established in 1846 by an act of Congress as an institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." By the 1850s the organization was called the U.S. National museum and housed in the first Smithsonian building. Smithsonian collections developed both as specimens and as historical
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The American Revolution Website Evaluation The United States revolution is one of the most iconic events in not just American‚ but world history. So when performing research on a platform as vast as the internet‚ proper precautions must be taken. A well designed and thorough web evaluation should be done to ensure the credibility and integrity of the website’s content. Certain Criteria involve who authored the website‚ when the website was created‚ when it was last updated‚ who the website was
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American History X definitely has the x-factor ‘American History X’ from 1999 is an American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It premiered in USA in the autumn in 1999 and became a huge hit and won several awards including best movie of the year. On the day that his older brother is due to be released from prison‚ the student Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) turns in a paper praising Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to his Jewish teacher Murray (Elliot Gould)
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Throughout history there have been many important events that are historical. Some that were good and others that were bad. Some of these events are things such as The Great Depression‚ The Civil Rights Movement‚ and the Vietnam war. The Great Depression was a huge turning point in American history. The Great Depression started on October 29‚ 1929 and ended in 1941. It was a time period when our economy had a major stock market crash. This stock market crash later became known as Black Tuesday.
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1900‚ who was found abandoned on a ship Virginian and be adopted by a sailor Danny. He was named 1900‚ a symbol of an era--- 20th century. The film‚ which was made at the end of the 20th century‚ was a reflection of the mainstream worldview in that era. Reading between lines‚ we can easily find the view of existentialism. 1900 was born on the sea‚ grew up on the sea and finally died on the sea. The sea is symbolic of freedom. He has no parents. Danny‚ who adopted him‚ died when he was 8. He has
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New York at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. The effects from this event in history are still being felt today‚ by American society. Between August 15th and August 17th in the year 1969 the largest music festival in history was held at a dairy farm in upstate New York to celebrate peace and music. During the Vietnam War‚ More than half a million people were said to be there. But the effects from this concert in American history are still being felt today. Woodstock inspired other
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What is an American? This question has been heavily debated throughout history. It seems that everyone has a different opinion on what it means to American. The definition of American on Merriam Webster is a native or inhabitant of North America or South America. However‚ most people have a deeper definition that says Americans have to be a certain way and follow a certain pattern. Throughout history America has always been a place for people who didn’t feel like they didn’t belong elsewhere. America
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Kerrie Neal James Grubb History 111 May 3rd 2013 The BlackBerry Riots In the summer of 2011‚ the city of London‚ England was disheveled. With what started as a simple police brutality protest soon turned the city upside down with riots clustering in almost every borough. Parliament abruptly returned from their summer holidays to quickly address the chaos dismantling their city’s wellbeing. Just under 2‚000 riot related arrests were made by the Metropolitan police and just under 4‚000 throughout
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American History X The movie American History X is designed to show a better understanding of the serious racism-taking place in America today. The graphic and somewhat upsetting film shows anger and dislike between a “ghetto” black community and a white neo-nazi gang. One of the main ideas in this movie is to show how someone whose whole life has been centered around racism and later he realizes that all races should be treated with equal respect. Derek who is the main character of the movie
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