has greatly impacted the world. If it weren’t for the accidental discovery of this antibiotic‚ the development during the war‚ and its mass production‚ the lives of 82‚000‚000 people may not have had a second chance. That is a grand amount of people’s lives that penicillin accounted for. Penicillin was initially noticed by Ernest Duchesne‚ a medical student in 1896‚ he did not go on to explore it because he didn’t think of it as something that would be influential. Later on in 1928‚ a bacteriologist
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Since the United States entered the war late‚ it did not accrue loans‚ and it did not suffer from any physical destruction. During the war‚ the United States provided loans to the allies‚ which the allies then used to buy supplies from America. World War I shifted world economic dominance from Britain to America. While the rest of the world was rebuilding from the devastation of the war‚ the American economy flourished. The 1920s were economically prosperous because of the growth of new industries
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The Colosseum was such a huge achievement for not only Rome but also other countries like our very own United States of America‚ because it had an everlasting impact on our society today. The Colosseum was so important to Rome in terms of entertainment and athletics. The sound waves of gladiatorial battles‚ naval clashes‚ and savage beast wars surrounded the Colosseum‚ amplifying the crowds’ intensity and excitement to a whole new level. It was such a dangerous area that a lower wall with a railing
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World War 1 affected the American traditions of tolerance and liberties in many ways. Individuals’ right were stripped away by the government during World War I. Those who opposed the war were incarcerated or lost their employments. Their freedom of speech rights were being suppressed. The government tried to restrict conflict to the war during Civil Liberties Events. According to Prezi‚ President Woodrow Wilson said “gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within
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and Indian War was fought in the Americas. The end of the French and Indian War was twelve years before the Revolutionary War was started. The French and Indian War in many ways had lead to the revolution of the American colonies. The reasons behind the Revolutionary War this was the money‚ the land‚ and the people involved. One of the main reasons for the revolution was money. Britain was involved heavily in the French and Indian War‚ on the Native American side. When the Native Americans‚ and through
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THE WAR BETWEEN SOUTH AND WEST The middle of the XIX century was a period of worsening economic and political conflict of Northern and Southern States. For a long time two dissimilar type of economy existed and developed in the framework of a single state‚ of course‚ competing among them‚ but not bringing the situation to tensions. However‚ in this period it became increasingly clear the inevitability that contradictions of the two systems will turn in the armed struggle for power‚ for the victory
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Unknown Yolanda Spencer History 145 September 25‚ 2013 Rona Staurt For me living under the threat of nuclear war would have been horrendous for me and my family. Living in fear everyday knowing that at any moment a country could drop a nuclear bomb on me and my family and annihilate us is a very scary thought. To live under threat of a nuclear war is to have the realization that your destiny and your family destiny is in the hands of a country that your country may be at odds
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The American Revolution was a difficult time in history for all people involved. When studying the revolution it is easy to recognize the political and military actions taken by men‚ while ignoring the roles of women. Women faced danger in their own homes at the hands of soldiers from both armies. A smaller but vital group of women were those that took an active role in the war. These women showed great courage by performing undercover work that their gender allowed them to do. Additionally‚ women
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pocket book was published (1744). It contained an article called "baseball" with an illustration. The Americans are sure that baseball is their invention‚ in particular the invention of their Civil War hero Abner Dabldeya from Cooperstown (NY) or Alexander Cartwright (NY)‚ the founder of the Knickerbocker‚ the first baseball club1. It is likely that baseball was rooted in such well-known American games like "townball"‚ "roundball"‚ or "Massachusetts Game". All these games had similar rules‚ but differed
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The Cold War era in the United States was a time of fear and anxiety. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States had risen to such a level that every interaction between the two nations presented a potential for danger. The film‚ Dr. Strangelove‚ directed by Stanley Kubrick in the early 1960s‚ portrays a scenario that is frighteningly plausible to the American people by playing off of their sense of foreboding and apprehension in order to make a point about powerlessness of the average
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