Report: Lessons from the Titanic Adapted from Causes and Effects of the Rapid Sinking of the Titanic by Vicki Bassett (http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/uer/bassett.html) Date: 12 January 2012 Word count: 2802 Abstract This article discusses the material failures and design flaws that contributed to the rapid sinking of the Titanic‚ which collided with a massive iceberg in 1912 while on her maiden voyage from England to the United States. There were 2200 passengers
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economically from the war. They were willing to trade with both sides of the war allowing a lot of opportunity for profit. The British had the advantage of reaching the American people with more propaganda winning them over. The Germans also sunk the Lusitania which had American passengers and was a cruise ship which violated a treaty. Although the ship was
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Header: The Sinking of The Titanic Name: G.P: To inform the audience about a historical event. S.P: By the end of this presentation the audience will know what caused The Titanic to sink and what effect it had on other ships and people. CI: I will inform the cause of the sinking of The Titanic and what effect it has made on new ship designs and passenger safety. I. Introduction( Quotation) a) "No sound of a crash or of anything else: no sense of shock‚ no jar that felt like one heavy
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war. Wilson’s fight for neutrality during German submarine attacks on ships slowly deteriorated when finally he came to believe that war was a necessary action to defend America and it’s people. After a German attack that sank the American ship Lusitania‚ despite Americans outrage‚ Wilson said‚ “ There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being right that it does not need to convince other by force that it is right.” ( Wilson; Tindall and Shi‚ Ch. 25)
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The Central Powers of Germany‚ Austria‚Hungary faced off against the Allied forces of Great Britain‚ the United States‚ France‚ Russia.World War 1 began in 1914 and ended on November 11th 1918. Modern technology included in the war resulted in more than 41 million casualties and 9 million deaths by the end of the war in November of 1918. But why did World War One start in the first place? And What ended It? was it Germany or was it everyone else? Who was responsible for this global conflict?
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The Literature about the Titanic The Titanic sunk April 14‚ 1912 after crashing into an iceberg. More than 1‚500 lives were lost. The sinking of the Titanic made a great impact in history. It was thought to be the fastest ship and to be unsinkable. Although the sinking of the Titanic was so long ago‚ lots of literature has been written about the ship. Three pieces of literature are a poem by David R. Slavitt entitled "Titanic"‚ a folk song published by Carl Sandburg in a book named The America
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Kevin Driggers‚ movie review “Titanic” The movie “Titanic” takes place in 1912 and is based on the wreckage of the ship‚ and a love story. Rose is the main character of the movie; Rose is the fiancé of Cal‚ Cal’s father owns a big business in Pittsburgh. Rose’s mother wants her to marry Cal for his money. Rose didn’t want to marry Cal‚ so in the beginning she is about to commit suicide when she meets Jack. Cal then shows up and questions both of them and Rose makes up a story‚ she says she wanted
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Haukelid and the Gunnerside team did the right thing in destroying the Vemork Heavy Water Plant and sinking the Hydro‚ because if they were not able to complete this task then the Germans could have completed their research in the atomic bomb and could have used it on the Allied Forces. By choosing to aid and be a part of the Gunnerside team and launch the attack on the Vemork plant as well as sinking the Hydro‚ Knut Haukelid made the right decision‚ which shows their sense of Global/National responsibility
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The major lesson that was taken from this tragic event is that no matter how great or ready your crew or leadership is‚ bad things can happen at any time and it’s out of anyone’s control. Captain McVay’s actions of taking ownership of the sinking of the ship even though it was out of his control models the values of being a commanding officer. No matter what happens‚ good or bad‚ a captain will always be responsible for the safety of their ship and crew. This event also reminded us that
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Rushi Katragadda Don’t Know Much About History Chapter 5 1. What happened at Custer’s Last Stand? Battle between Native Americans and U.S. forces‚ as a result of actions made by George Armstrong Custer. One of the greatest conflicts between the two forces leading to the government to wage war against the tribes. Even though the Natives were only defending against attack they were called out as murderers. 2. What happened at Wounded Knee? This was the Natives last stand in the 1800s bringing an
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