his invention of the single-wire telegraph and morse code. Morse was actually a painter before he became interested in electricity while in college. If it wasn’t for Morse‚ we wouldn’t be where we are at with today’s communication systems. Since Samuel Morse was the inventor of the telegraph and Morse code‚ The U.S. should create a monument in his honor. First of all‚ Samuel Morse is the inventor of the telegraph. This invention was a huge deal to everyone at the time‚ because before then‚ people
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This is supported by many primary and secondary sources that were created during and after the Revolutionary War. My main primary source used was The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States‚ compiled by Dr. Francis Wharton. It held a series of articles written by the actual writers themselves to explain what truly happened during war of independence. But one must take caution
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important to me is 9-11. That was crazy. On September 11‚ 2001‚ Osama Bin Laden was the stupid mastermind behind this attack. He had his men hijack 4 commercial planes‚ two of which crashed into the Twin Towers. The other two were planned for the Pentagon and the White House. They both failed for the Pentagon and White House. Some of the people on board of the plane put a stop to the hijackers and made them crash into a field. This event was the 3rd most important to me. It was important because this
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| Why was Microsoft Investigated for Antitrust Behavior? Karen Elmore ECON 312 Professor Guerman Kormilov Devry University Microsoft is a very large and diverse computer software company. It was investigated for antitrust behavior after there were reports that Microsoft was abusing their position as the leading supplier of computer operating systems. Lawmakers investigated to see if Microsoft was trying to create a monopoly of the computer software market. They found that Microsoft
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Johann Gutenberg’s printing press is one of the most influential inventions ever created. Gutenberg was a goldsmith/shopkeeper who invented what is known as the printing press. He completed the printing press by the 1452‚ when he began printing 200 copies of the Bible. He then sold those Bibles at the 1455 Frankfurt book fair. He made it because he wanted money from it. He made the printing press by combining ideas from the wine press and woodcuts‚ which were popular in China. He also created a recipe
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Lincoln explains how the house would not stay the way it was‚ which was divided. Half of the United States supported slavery and the other half did not. Lincoln states‚ “A house divided against itself cannot stand”‚ concluding that something needed and was going to happen to change that. When relating this to the question of whether the Civil War was inevitable or not‚ this supports that is was indeed inevitable. The question of slavery was too grand of an issue to not result in some type of event
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He helped get what every citizen has today‚ independence‚ and a better society. Without him helping sign those three documents‚ we may not be where we are today. Although this was one of the most historic bills passed by congress‚ it seems that people are still having controversy over the right to vote. Many Americans are denied the right to vote because of their color. The wrong is that these citizens of ours can’t go with their
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Berlin Wall was 91 miles (155 kilometers). The fact that it was said “no-one intended to build a wall” but exactly the opposite had been done raises questions about what the exact causes were to have reached this outcome . In this essay I will be focusing on two main reasons for why the Berlin Wall was built; mass exodus and lack of Western intervention. A key argument in the building of the Berlin Wall was the massive brain-drain the GDR was facing. Mass exodus meant that there was a lack of manpower
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Why Egypt Was Great Did you know that the Egyptian pyramids served as tombs for Pharaohs? Egypt was the first society in history to bury deceased inhabitants. Without Egypt‚ we may not be burying our deceased family or friends today. As a result of Egypt’s customs‚ later cultures began to bury their dead civilians and honor them. Prior to Egypt; Mesopotamia‚ Harrappan‚ and Chinese societies did not believe in preserving the dead or mummification. Also‚ Egypt gave women many more rights than the
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IB History Internal Assessment Title: Why was Eduardo Mondlane assassinated in February 1969? Name: Shamil M. Aly Candidate Number: 002357 Word Count: 1844 Date: 27th January 2012 Exam Session: May 2013 A. Plan of Investigation This investigation will analyze the different causes of the murder of Eduardo Mondlane in 1969. The investigation analyzes different possible reasons for this political murder. The concentrated struggle in Frelimo between 1964 and 1969 and the role of the PIDE
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