NASCAR history can trace its roots back to 1794. That’s a century before the invention of the automobile‚ but it was the year of the Whiskey Rebellion. This was a protest of a federal tax on whiskey by frontier farmers. Instead of being subject to the tax‚ many frontiersmen built secret stills‚ manufactured‚ and delivered their product in secret. Most people do not know that this is the true origin of NASCAR history. During the Prohibition era of the 1920’s and early 30’s‚ the undercover business
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Early History • According to the History of Computing organization‚ data communication has its earliest roots in Samuel Morse ’s 1837 exhibition of a telegraph system. An account of data communication history posted by telecommunications experts at General Telecom‚ LLC also points to a telegraph patent that inventor Charles Wheatstone filed that same year. By 1843‚ telegraph service had become adopted by the Great Western Railway‚ an endorsement that allowed the service to expand across the nation
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FINAL 1) The principle message of Egyptian art is continuity—A seamless span of time reaching back infinitely in the history and forward into the future. 2) Babylonians developed a true arch before the Romans. 3) A kouors dating from the early Archaic period. 4) This work was done in BLANK period of the fifth century bc. Here we find the BLANK of a figure in motion. 5) For many travelers‚ this is the very symbol of Rome. The Collosseum rises on three
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Andrea Glen Dr. Jason Hostutler History of World Civilization II July 18‚ 2013 There are so many important turning points in the history of humanity‚ but there are a few that are more important. The Neolithic Revolution was an important turning point in history because it played a big part in agriculture. Farming lead to homes‚ which then lead to social classes‚ specialized jobs‚ and larger populations which started villages. People were able to survive off of farming because they had the ability
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McDONALD’S HISTORY LISTING 1948 In December‚ Dick and Mac McDonald open the first McDonald’s in San Bernardino‚ California. A little hamburger man called "Speedee" becomes the company logo. 1954 Ray A. Kroc‚ a Multimixer salesman from Oak Park‚ lIIinois‚ visits Dick and Mac’s San Bernardino McDonald’s‚ his curiosity initially aroused by the large number of Multimixers they were buying. Ray Kroc becomes the exclusive national franchise agent for the McDonald’s brothers. 1955 On April 15‚ Ray Kroc
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H IS TO R Y O F TH E TELEP H O N E Junior Division Documentary HISTORY DAY PERIOD 3 MARCH 1‚ 2010 HISTORY OF THE TELEPHONE I decided to do my research on the history of the telephone because it is the one thing I can’t live without. Today‚ having a telephone is a need that all kids must have to stay in touch with each other. We don’t talk on the phone like our parents did. We text a lot. I conducted most of my research on the internet. I used the Library of Congress online as a primary resource
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WOMEN Jayne Craig Ashford University HIS 204 PROF. Pamela Forsythe April 29‚ 2013 WOMEN Women have come a long way‚ from the earliest day of staying at home and taking care of the family‚ to becoming some of the world’s leaders that are more renowned. The beginning of the woman’s movement started in the late 1700 and continues today. Woman faced many struggles and conflict‚ for many generations‚ in order for recognition as a citizen
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Sports History and Sports Halls of Fame Below are websites dealing with sports history‚ particularly those halls of fame which exist. In the dead of winter‚ many people’s interest turn to sports‚ and the nominees and inductees are announced for many halls‚ including professional baseball and professional football. Professional Baseball Hall of Fame http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/ This website discusses the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown‚ New York. The site combines
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When I saw Dan Brown’s quote “History is always written by winners”‚ it made me think whether he was correct; is history only written by winners? If so‚ is there bias in history because it is only written by winners? My real life situation is that Taiwanese history textbooks show bias in the information included and the view of the situation included. Whether information should be included in textbooks‚ or if both sides of an event should be included can be seen in a well-known event known as the
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Tourism history‚ development and main destination countries in the world Over the decades‚ tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Modern tourism is closely linked to development and encompasses a growing number of new destinations. These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-economic progress. Today‚ the business volume of tourism equals or even surpasses that of oil exports
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