What Happened In 1977 Jonestown was founded for members of the people’s temple by Jim Jones in the jungles of Guyana‚ and had 50 people living there. This all changed when an exposé was being printed about him. The article included article with ex-members. That night Jim jones and hundreds of others flew to Guyana and moved into the Jonestown compound. Jonestown was meant to be a utopia but didn’t have enough housing or beds. The cabins were filled from wall to wall with bunk beds and were majorly
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Executive Summary of Too Big To Fail Andrew Sorkin wrote a book titled Too Big To Fail. This book focus on the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers‚ Merrill Lynch was sold by Bank of American‚ Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae was nationalized‚ and the government took 80 percent of AIG that took place on the weekend of September‚ 15‚ 2012. Significantly‚ he examined the financial markets reactions to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. It starts with the failure of Bear Stern‚ one of the biggest
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In 1620‚ they built a ship and called it the Mayflower‚ after this they finally set sail on their exploration. After their voyage‚ the Pilgrims found themselves in southern Massachusetts. After they settled in Massachusetts‚ they discovered they were outside the jurisdiction of the company; this concerned the new Pilgrims because might cause many problems among their colony. To resolve this problem‚ the leaders signed the Mayflower Compact‚ this agreement established a civil government under the
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On May 6‚ 1937 the Hindenburg was trying to dock at Naval Air Station in New Jersey. They weren’t on time because of a big storm over the Atlantic Ocean and when they finally got to where they needed but there was a big storm there also. Something went terribly wrong. This paper will go over what happened and how the German think we were involved and how it might of happened and how it affected the world and government and they people. Blimp travel was expanding everywhere and the leader in blimp
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The Hindenburg disaster remains one of the most influential events in shaping the modern day industry. The LZ-129 Hindenburg‚ a passenger zeppelin (or more commonly referred to as a blimp)‚ tragically crashed on Thursday‚ May 6‚ 1937‚ resulting in 36 casualties. In an instant the Hindenburg was engulfed in flames resulting in people’s lives‚ this disaster is still to this day one of the most influential events in aviation history. The LZ-129 Hindenburg was a German passenger zeppelin manufactured
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What has set the West apart from the rest of the world and lead it to its prosperity? Many historians have struggled to answer this question for a long time. However‚ Scottish historian‚ Niall Ferguson‚ believes he’s found the answer. The West’s superior political and economic force in the modern world is due to what he calls the six killer apps: competition‚ science‚ property rights‚ modern medicine‚ consumerism and work ethic. And‚ looking at Canada’s history‚ there is abundant evidence to support
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The Venationes continued for quite some time and were extremely popular as the fans of the fading gladiatorial combats flocked over to them. The hunts themselves faced little Christian opposition but the fact that the Roman Empire was losing its frontier territories impeded on their ability to acquire vast amounts of exotic animals. There are letters from a Roman Senator named Symmachus‚ who was a Pagan opponent of Christianity‚ describing his troubles getting ahold of wild animals‚ and horses for
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Nearly 1‚500 people were working on the Olympic and her sister ship the Titanic. However‚ they were the largest moving objects to be constructed. The Titanic was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyards which were the best builders in Ireland. They also were both worked on at the same time. They were both put in the water to set off at the same time. But it took approximately 3 years to build. Next‚ the Titanic might have had several causes to sink. It definitely hit the iceberg and sunk. It might
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Kyle La Barge 2/7/13 HIS 150 ESSAY 1 Define nationalism and liberalism. To what extent did the revolutions of 1848 support the ideas of nationalism and liberalism? Why in 1848 did revolution triumph briefly throughout most of Europe‚ and why did it fail almost completely? Nationalism is the idea that each people had its own genius and specific unity‚ which was found most apparent in people with a common language and history. Nationalism often led to the desire for an independent
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that’s the reason why they were successful. They were the first to fly‚ but not to do an airplane and that is a fact. Historians know that the Wright weren’t the first to fly‚ but they were the first SUCCESSFUL people to fly. People like Hiram Maxim‚ Clement Ader‚ Karl Jatho‚ and Augustus Moore Herring‚ for example flew first than the Wright. These people might have flew first than the Wright‚ but they failed and the design of their airplanes were the main reason because of their fail. If you are
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