On the 25th of May 1961 in Cape Kennedy‚ Florida‚ John F Kennedy made a speech. He decided that an American was going to be the first to land on the moon. I‚ Neil Armstrong had the honour‚ to be one of the three astronauts chosen to go on the Apollo 11 mission. I was accompanied by‚ Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin and Michael Collins. On the 16th of July 1969 at 9:32am‚ Saturn V weighing 3million kilograms‚ launched from Cape Kennedy‚ Florida. Before we were beginning to start our launch I was very nervous
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Slavery began in America as early as the 16th Century and would continue for the next 200 years by states and colonies. Slaves were brought in to aid in the production of crop farms. Most slaves in the lower South labored on large plantations possessing twenty or more slaves working on tobacco and cotton (Tindall‚ pg. 496). Europe had a high demand for cotton production so this made the land owners in the south in need of more slaves to help with the production in goods for the Europeans. The development
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Unfortunately‚the luxury and comfort did not last through the harsh impacts of depression‚which caused rapid changes‚including unemployment‚failure of businesses or banks and decline of international trade.As world’s largest economy slowly drifted into severe depression‚President Franklin D Roosevelt was the only one‚ audacious enough to lead America through the extreme poverty.In the 1930’s‚the institution of the New Deal policy aided in the recovery of the American economy.His actions for relief‚recovery
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1879‚ the lives of everyone around the world would be forever changed. Before the invention of the light bulb‚ people everywhere would have to resort to using candles or lanterns. Thomas Edison was not the first to invent the electric lightbulb but was‚ in fact‚ the first person to invent the first practical incandescent light. Several other people before Edison attempted a shot at making this invention but shortly after failed. Such other inventions had faults such as (extremely) short life‚ high expense
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years of the Great Depression were very difficult for those who lived through them and they also mark an important era in this country’s history. This era of history did not affect a majority of people. Many wealthy people did not get affected at all. Some were unconscious of the people around them. About forty percent of Americans did not face real destitution. The Depression changed the family in dramatic ways. Couples delayed getting married and divorce rates dropped because‚ the legal fees and
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Company. Ford worked his way up to being an engineer. By the time he turned 30‚ he became the chief engineer and gained recognition from the owner of the business‚ Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison became Henry Ford’s role model. He taught him how to run a business and how to be successful as a businessman. Ford retained the information he was given and started working on a gasoline-powered horseless carriage quadricycle. Ford was able to reduce the quadricycle into a smaller car‚ which became the base for
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your other blind friends come with you. The doctor examines your friend’s eyes‚ and she can not help. She gets to you and is able to help you. You can see again because of this doctor! This doctor is Ida Scudder. She lived in India‚ later moved to America‚ and she came back to become a doctoral missionary. For the majority of her life. Ida Scudder’s upbringing affected her childhood‚ adulthood‚ and legacy. Ida Scudder’s upbringing has affected her childhood. Ida was born on December 9‚ 1870‚ (The Scudder
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The election of 1828 changed America for the worst when Andrew Jackson was elected. Before Jackson became a president‚ he grew up like any other fatherless child. Him being fatherless and not having any male figures in his life‚ Jackson grew to be a very harmful man. Jackson was an evil‚ manipulative human being that created the spoils system. Jackson acted as a unpretentious dictator when he forced the Native Americans out of their original territory. Over-using his power to veto‚ Jackson destroyed
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most popular presidents of all time” (Sisung and Raffaelle 22). When Roosevelt launched the New Deal he was admired by many because of the roles he played in helping the U.S. Roosevelt offered relief and loan programs that helped vast amounts of Americans achieve economic balance. Others disagreed with his relief and loan programs because they thought the programs were not effective enough. For instance‚ “Roosevelt’s stature declined somewhat due to controversy over his reform programs‚
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The American Revolution occurred in the years of 1775-1783. This revolution was what made America it’s own country‚ no longer under British rule. It began when the colonists were outraged when British authorities decided to increase the colony’s taxes‚ therefore‚ increasing British revenue. Such attempts are known as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Tariffs of 1767. Because of this‚ the colonists began to engage in protests that soon turned violent when they felt that they were not being
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