How did the Hindenburg catch fire and explode? On May 6‚ 1937 a German airship (LZ 129 Hindenburg) was landing in Township‚ New Jersey when an electrostatic discharge ignited leaking hydrogen and causing the Hindenburg to catch fire. A electrostatic discharge is a sudden flow of electricity between two charged objects caused by contact. There was a total of 36 casualties which were 13 passengers‚ 22 crewmen‚ and even a worker on the ground. 62 out of the 97 passengers survived the crash. (wikipedia
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Why did Stalin win? Throughout the summer of 1923 it was apparent that Lenin’s reign was coming to an end and this overshadowed the political struggle however in the Politburo and central committee battle lines were forming. They all thought that they were deserving candidates with so thinking that they were untouchable and were destined to lead USSR . Leon Trotsky seemed to have the stronghold as he had a close relationship with Lenin. However in the background there was opposition growing. Stalin
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Greek civilization was ruled by a wealthy elite who served as the most powerful members of the ancient civilization. Noblemen got to live lavishly just for being born into the right family while poor farmers had to work hard and long hours for low pay. If they failed to produce these farmers and their family could be sold into slavery. It’s no surprise that the lower classes of classical Greek society wanted to bring about change to their government. This dissatisfaction with the current political
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rights and helped set them free from anything holding them down. Together Justinian and Theodora rebuilt the Hagia Sophia which became the most significant monument on earth. On the other hand some people were not in favor of Justinian and Theodora and did not think they benefited
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Why did the Titanic’s maiden voyage ended in such disaster? One of the largest passenger liner of the early 20th century made in the history‚ having the first and final voyage 100 years ago‚ owned by the magnificent White Star Line‚ was travelling without interference through the calm waters until one of the sailors on board reported that the Titanic is heading for a vast and humongous iceberg in April 12 1912 at that lethal midnight. The disaster had caused 1517 deaths on board‚ though there were
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Reconstruction occurred from 1865 to 1877. It could be considered successful because it restored the United States as a whole after the Civil War. Even though it brought the states back together‚ it stilled failed in many ways. Reconstruction gave the Government a chance to end segregation and change society’s view of African Americans‚ but nobody took it. Reconstruction amplified racial discrimination. Some examples being “Black codes‚” sharecropping‚ and the Ku Klux Klan. The “Black Codes” were
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Slavery If you had a slave just sitting in front of you and you could take it‚ would you? In the United States slavery started and lasted for a long time until people wanted to put it to an end. Slavery is not a good thing and thank gosh it came to an end. At first‚ people were getting tired of doing things on there own and so they wanted someone else to do it for them. According to "The making of America" "people were getting older and were getting tired of doing things on there own like farming
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case on the illegal documents‚ Nixon‚ and the Committee to Reelect the President (C.R.P) used to win the election. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward reported on the Watergate Scandal as they both took a stand against the 1972 presidential campaign. They did this by exposing Nixon and his staff‚ and his wrongdoing of executive privilege. People then became aware of the Watergate Scandal due to their stand for freedom of press. One way they took a stand in history was the investigation and the reports against
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Fall of Rome The Fall of Rome The Fall of Rome The Roman Empire was without a doubt the most powerful governing body in the Mediterranean ever. Why did Rome fall? There was not any single cause to the fall of Rome. It was many things occurring in succession to each other. After the Punic wars with Carthage‚ Rome acquired many new lands that it did not have before. During peace times it was easy to govern these areas but during war times it proved difficult. The government had to pay soldiers to
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Gift of the Nile Herodotus referred to Egypt as the “gift of the Nile” because without the Nile Egypt would not exist. The Nile is the most important physical feature in Egypt. It’s the longest river in the world and flows through the world’s largest desert. Without the Nile Egypt would not be able to exist because the area that Egypt is in it does not rain and there are no other rivers. Egypt only exists along the Nile and the rest is desert. The Nile is Egypt’s only source for water since it
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