Blacks‚ Jews‚ Catholics‚ immigrants and other minority groups. It has long been notorious for its unmistakable symbols of the KKK ‚ the white robes and hoods‚ horses coverd in white clothes and the burning of large crosses at the klan’s gatherings. In 1865‚ following the War between the States former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest founded the original Ku Klux Klan along with five other confederate soldiers just out of uniform‚ in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. He named the group "Kuklos Klan‚" a mixture
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Experts believe that badminton can be traced back to ancient times‚ as records indicate that a very early form of the game was often played in ancient Greece. Hanetsuki‚ a game similar to badminton (played without a net and with a wooden paddle called a hagoita) has been played in Japan since as far back as the 16th century. In the Western world‚ the game of badminton has been known by many names throughout its existence‚ such as battledore and shuttlecock. The familiar modern form of badminton
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Oxford was founded in the 9th century when Alfred the Great created a network of fortified towns called burhs across his kingdom. One of them was at Oxford. Oxford is first mentioned in 911 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. According to legend‚ Oxford University was founded in 872 when Alfred the Great happened to meet some monks there and had a scholarly debate that lasted several days. In reality‚ it grew up in the 12th century when famous teachers began to lecture there and groups of students came
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The radio has become one of our most simple forms of broadcasting and communication. From helping connect soldiers on the front line of battle to entertaining the commuter on their ride to work‚ the radio is a part of everyday life. With it’s low cost and simplicity of technology it is very easy to tune in to your favorite station however‚ it was not always this way. It began in 1887 when a man named Heinrich Hertz discovered radio waves and their ability to transmit code wirelessly. Hertz’s research
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The Cold War ‚ it was an open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political‚ economic‚ and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. The term was used by an American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch during a congressional debate in 1947. Following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945 near the close of WWII‚ the uneasy wartime alliance
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The Hitler Youth began in the 1920’s Hitler called it The Youth League of Socialist workers Party/ NSDAP. Also known as the Hitler Youth‚ young boys would be recruited from ages 10-14. Hitler youth did not gain many members at first‚ but would over time. Hitlerjugend often abbreviated as HJ was the youth organization. In 1937‚ a Hitler Youth rifle school was also established. About 1.5 million boys were trained in rifle shooting. At first the Hitler Youth only had 1‚00 members in 1923. By 1939
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Introduction The international financial system provides the framework enabling residents of one country to make payments to residents of other countries. Over the past centuries world trade was characterised by great changes in the international financial system‚ beginning with the use for gold and silver in the bimetallism era‚ through the gold standard the gold exchange standard ‚ the Bretton Woods system and the current floating exchange rates. Arguably gold id the oldest metal used both
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Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by young Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony’s lightly organized frontier political culture combined with accumulating grievances (including‚ but not limited to‚ he left Bacon out of his inner circle‚ and refused to allow Bacon to be a part of his fur trade with the Indians)‚ especially regarding Indian attacks‚ to motivate a popular uprising against Berkeley. He had failed to address the
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A Brief Summary on Robert J. LeRoy and the LeRoy Radius Theory As a graduate with a focus on computational chemical physics at the University of Toronto‚ Dr. Robert J. LeRoy began a career in the department in the theoretical chemical physics at the University of Waterloo. His commitment to a career to the science world is sparked by the research that goes along with it. He demonstrates his belief that in all basic or applied human endeavors one should be as challenged as they are rewarded‚ ”Finding
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that just came out probably had history in it?Scary movies from the 1800s to the 2000s have changed abundantly‚ they have improved the quality of the movies‚ each year the movie have a different theme‚ and most of the scary movies have history. Many people that go see the movie when it comes out did not know any of this so your not the only one. Between the year of 1900 and 1920 many of the filmmakers are still trying to find new genres of scary movies. In the 1900 one popular movie was ““The Cabinet
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