soldiers of the Continental Army. He also ordered smuggling operations to take supplies from the British to support the colonies. 5. John Paul James - He was in command of Alfred when he got into some trouble with authority. He was put in charge of the USS Ranger‚ a smaller command. With his success at sea‚ he attacked the British with this new ship. 6. George Rogers Clarke - a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier. He served as leader of
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experiments purportedly about surveillance and vigilance. participants viewed several hundred randomly presented words and images interspersed with critical pairings ofvalenced unconditioned stimuli (USs) with novel conditioned stimuli (CSs). Attitudes toward the novel objects were influenced by the paired USs: In a surprise evaluation task. the CS paired with positive items was evaluated more positively than the CS paired with negative items. This attitudinal conditioning effect was found using both
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Arima personally led an attack by about 100 Yokosuka D4Y Suisei ("Judy") dive bombers against a large Essex-class aircraft carrier‚ USS Franklin near Leyte Gulf‚ on (or about‚ accounts vary) 15 October 1944. Arima was killed and part of a plane hit Franklin. The Japanese high command and propagandists seized on Arima’s example: he was promoted posthumously to Admiral and was given official
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The small colony of old piled of volcanic matter located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is formerly known as Hawaii. Its existence in regards to the United States came to be on August 21st‚ 1959 when it became its 50th state. It’s known for its natural beauty and comforting temperatures. Hawaii is an accumulation of diverse cultures‚ exotic beaches‚ and linked to some of the world’s most historic moments. After researching information in regards to the state‚ one will be able to know an abundant
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going to war with the United States was a “suicidal mission” and that he did not think that Japan could win such war. Yamamoto had very complex plans before the battle; these could be considered optimistic because it believed that the USS Enterprise and the USS
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in the Gulf of Tonkin when the USS Maddox (Navy Ship) was ordered to support South Vietnamese commando raids along North Vietnamese coast. The raids were supposed to help gain intelligence on radar sites and defenses in North Vietnam‚ but on Aug. 2nd‚ 1964‚ two North Vietnam Torpedo Boats engaged the USS Maddox. The USS Maddox engaged back on the enemy Boats sinking 2 of the boats‚ but the 3rd got away. As a result of the attack‚ the USS Maddox was accompanied by USS Turner Joy. On Aug. 4 the two
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States to try to involve into the revolution. Yellow journalism by Hearst in the NY Journal and Pulitzer in the NY World caused people to want to help out the Cubans when b/c newspapers broadcasted false Spanish atrocities. The sinking of the USS Maine was blamed on the Spanish‚ so the US saw it as a direct threat and message to go to war. Teller Amendment authorized the US to go to war with the Spanish‚ and stated the US didn’t want to take over Cuba. Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt=main
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BERMUDA TRIANGLE The Bermuda Triangle‚ also known as the Devil’s Triangle‚ is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. For decades‚ the Atlantic Ocean’s famous Bermuda Triangle has captured the human imagination with unexplained disappearances of ships‚ planes‚ and people. More than 1000 ships and planes have disappeared in the triangle area over the past five centuries and
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costs. The 20th Maine withstood wave after wave of attacks‚ five in all‚ by the forces of the 15th Alabama. With ammunition exhausted‚ Chamberlain sought out options to defend his position. Chamberlain‚ who had no prior military training other than mentoring by Ames‚ came up with a bold plan. He ordered his men to fix bayonets and to attack. This unexpected tactic caused the attacking 15th Alabama to falter and ultimately retreat from the field of battle earning the 20th Maine victory. Overcoming
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The Gilded Age will be remembered for the accomplishments of thousands of American thinkers‚ inventors‚ entrepreneurs‚ writers‚ and promoters of social justice. The Gilded Age and the first years of the twentieth century were a time of great social change and economic growth in the United States. Roughly spanning the years between Reconstruction and the dawn of the new century‚ the Gilded Age saw rapid industrialization‚ urbanization‚ the construction of great transcontinental railroads‚ innovations
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