.... from a battle with Indians, with a basket full of the enemies heads. George Smith Patton Junior was born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. Even though George grew up on his father ranch, he learned a lot of things. Here he was taught how to hunt, fish, sail, horseback ride and many things about agriculture. His mother was an excellent horsewoman who taught Patton, while his father read to him the works of Homer, Shakespeare and the Holy Bible. All that Patton could learn from his parents was very important because he was not able to begin his formal education until he was 11. There is no known reason to why he cou .....

.... look on the 1930's lets look to the Scottsboro trials. This trial was held against nine Negro boys who were accused of raping two white women on a train. The women were arrested, probably on charges of vagrancy. The women remained under arrest in jail for several days, pending charges of vagrancy and possible violation of the Mann Act. The Mann Act prohibited taking a minor across state lines for immoral Page 2 purposes. The trial of the nine men began April 6, 1931 only twelve days after the arrest and continued through April 9, 1931. On that day eight of the nine men were sentenced to death. A mistrial was declared .....

.... was approved by Congress in 1965 after Hurricane Betsy killed 81 people in southern Louisiana. Hundreds of millions of dollars has produced what may be the world's most elaborate flood protection system, said Jim Addison, chief of public affairs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans District, which builds and monitors the levees. The levees along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain and other key areas are designed to protect the city from a fast-moving hurricane of Georges power. The levees work together with channels that shift flood waters to strong pumping stations. Then water is sent .....

.... about, the term MC, or Master of Ceremonies, was associated with rappers. Break dancing actually originated a few years prior to DJ Afrika Bambataa. Break dancers (B-Boys and B-Girls), would dance during the breaks in the music while steady beats were played. Eventually rap and break dancing united and hip hop began. The area in which hip hop first became a popular music was the Bronx. The Bronx is often labeled as the birthplace of hip hop. In its early stages hip hop was mostly a black and hispanic thing. As hip hop has evolved over the past 20 some odd years its n base has dramatically broadened. Not only has its area of .....

.... of a football field in Chicago achieved the first man-made nuclear reaction. An atomic bomb could now be developed. Many scientists and other skilled workers participated in the making of the first atomic bomb. However, only few knew what they were making. In 1944, after D-Day, a spy was sent to find how far the Germans had come in the building of the atomic bomb; He reported that they had given up in their attempt to make it (Smyth, 145). Still, despite scientists' pleas with the President to discontinue it, the U.S. maintained the work on their atomic bomb. In Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb .....

.... speed in manufacturing textiles increased rapidly. In 1837, however, America experienced a tremendous financial depression. Bad land speculation, and the fall of the Federal Bank (due to Jackson’s failure to recharter the Bank in 1832) were the two main factors that caused the financial crisis. Consequently, along with the inflation of the nation’s economy, working environments drastically changed. Quaint “master and apprentice shops” were quickly overtaken by uncomfortably crowded factories. While owners of assembly plants enjoyed a luxurious living, workers were subject to poor working con .....

.... the air traffic control system are available in the trust fund created to receive the tax applied to airline passenger tickets and the tax on fuel for general aviation. The General Accounting Office says modernizing the air traffic control system will cost at least 17 billion for just the first 5 years of the FAA¡¦s 15-year National Airspace System improvement plan. It is the NAS that provides the services and infrastructure for air transportation. Air transportation represents 6% of the Nation¡¦s gross domestic product, so the NAS is a critical element of our national economy. Given the size of the NAS, the task ahead .....

.... However, it had many enemies. France was the most notable, eager for revenge from its defeat. because of its foes, Germany sought out protection. It allied itself with Austria-Hungary in what was known as the Dual Alliance. But the rest of Europe was caught up in alliance fever as well. England and France, had an understanding, or Entente, as well as France and Russia. But Russia was also tied secretly to Germany. So in the years leading up to the War, enemies were connected throughout Europe to Germany. It was like “Six Degrees of Kaiser Wilhelm”. The dangerous alliances would be ended by the time war would begin, b .....

.... to make the most of becoming a nomadic tribe at times. Due to the popularity of war and bloodshed the Celts had to become used to losing and winning, not only battles but members of the community also. Individual Celts became more individually independent and self-reliant do to the fact that loss was experienced so frequently. Examples of very independent people are the Germans. This is because of the loss they have suffered through both World Wars. Their stubborn and self-reliant reputation has been an outcome of that. The Saxons became used to the reality that they usually came out on top of battles either against the Cel .....

.... sugar was the only major crop they produced, Cubans suffered when economies in other nations prospered. This in turn resulted in unemployment in the cities. With these circumstances, Cubans showed more oppression to their government and soon began to be rebellious. However, Batista jailed, exiled, executed, and used terror and threats of violence against all the challenges he faced. The people became even more unhappy, until finally a rupture occurred. While earning a doctorate of law in Havana, Fidel Castro began to participate in student protests against Batistan polices. Castro housed weapons and prepared his supporters in .....