On August 6th‚ 1945‚ at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time‚ an American B-29 bomber‚ Enola Gay‚ drops the world’s first atom bomb‚ over the city of Hiroshima. Upon the explosion of the bomb‚ Approximately 80‚000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast‚ and another 35‚000 are injured. At least another 60‚000 would be killed by the effects radiation poisoning and starvation from the fallout. Despite of the great effort of the Air-force through the use of the atomic bomb‚ Japan refuses to surrender.
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The Black Death was a plague that spread across Europe during the fourteenth century. It swept the continent and baffled millions of European citizens. I chose this topic because the idea of the past epidemic intrigues me. In elementary school‚ we touched on the topic and barely discussed the possible outcomes. I was fascinated by what could’ve happened those years of peril. I am of Polish descent‚ so I am also learning how this plague could have affected by ancestors and what they were put though
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Throughout history‚ expansion was a common action for a country. The United States was growing at a considerable rate‚ making it was understandable to want to obtain more land. The issue how they went about obtaining it. Thomas Jefferson had two men‚ Lewis and Clark‚ travel west of the states to find a trade route and explore the land to see if the nation could expand. He‚ along with Andrew Jackson‚ showed that westward expansion is needed because the land helps support people by providing resources
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"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality..” The civil war was a four year long battle between the Confederate States of America and the Union. The Union included the states of New York‚ Maine‚ California‚ New Hampshire‚ Vermont‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ Ohio‚ Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Kansas‚ Michigan‚ Wisconsin‚ Minnesota
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Exploration of the long term effects of technology on children. What happens to kids that grow up with the latest technology in the household? What are the effects of growing up with the first computers in the home? I would like to research what the long term effects are of young children that grew up in a household with access to technology today compared to children in 1970’s‚ 1980’s‚ 1990’s and the 2000’s. As I begin research quotes such as “Children under two years of age learn best from real-world
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HOW TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR RECRUITING PROCESS IN THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM Recruiting process often requires a necessary financial dealings and a larger amount of time and money. Many businesses have this recruiting process and they want to know how successful their recruitment efforts are. By measuring the success of recruiting process‚ one could better decide if any strategic changing or alteration for getting optimal success is needed or not. The one real measure of the success
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the long-term assignments over short-term assignments. Long-term assignments are easier on the student‚ students tend to learn a lot more‚ and it teaches the students soft skills. First of all‚ students have a lot of stress put on them from school work. Some teachers require homework to be done the next day‚ but what some teachers do not understand is that the student has other classes that may be a little bit more important‚ and require them to be more focused on that classes homework.
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On May 10th‚ 1919‚ in Charleston‚ South Carolina‚ A black man shoved a white man on the sidewalk‚ escalating into a gunfight that resulted in 23 injured people and the death of 3 African Americans. The black community rejoiced when the murderers of Isaac Doctor‚ William Brown and James Talbot were identified‚ but when the killers’ verdict was given‚ the black community became frustrated with the weak sentence‚ one year in prison for only two of the five perpetrators. This case was just the first
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Keith McGrenaghan 12th Grade Alcohol essay The Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Use Alcohol is primarily absorbed through the stomach and the small intestines. It is considered a food because it has calories‚ but does not need to be digested and proceeds directly into the body through the digestive system. After ingestion it is carried through the blood stream and crosses the bloodbrain barrier‚ at which time impairment begins. A greater amount of ingestion causes greater impairment to the
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