1860

chemist and engineer, and stumbled upon a safer type of explosive. Close to his death, he didn't want to be seen as a creator of something that causes death, he donated 9 million dollars for the Nobel Prizes. Benjamin Henry perfects the Henry Rifle in 1860. Richard Gatling invented the Gatling Gun is invented in 1862. During the Civil War, many inventors wanted to make better guns for army uses. Also, the first use of the submarine in warfare was in 1864. There were some techno- logical advances…

Slavery is arguably one of the biggest and most recognized disagreements that would eventually lead to the civil war. The disagreement in where the future of slavery would lead ultimately resulted in the separation of the southern states, causing the northern states to fight in order to preserve the union. The abolitionist movement in the 18th century originated in the North, which is where the initial disagreement began. Once the Missouri compromise was put into place which banned slavery in…

The History of Lacrosse Lacrosse is one of the oldest sports still being played to this day. The history of lacrosse dates back to the early 16th century around 400 years ago. Lacrosse was first played by the Native American more specifically the Algonquian tribe. The game was played in the St. Lawrence River Valley area first and then spread to the other tribes from the east to west. The game wasn’t only meant to toughen up young warriors for war but also for “fun and spritual reasons”…

Hartford, Connecticut. He was the only son of his parents and only brother of six sisters. He studied for two years in the University of Goettingen in Germany and then He started his career in the banking industry by joining his father business. In 1860 he got married to Amelia Sturges but she died in few months so he got married again to Frances Tracy in 1865 and got four children. He became leading businessman in the history of United States. Later in 1871 he started his own private banking…

Melodic Testing Anyone in school has at least once taken a math timed test, and hasn’t been able to finish, or might not have done very good on it. Well, music may be the answer to that problem. Does the type of music a person listens to affect their accuracy or completeness more on a test? Many people have often thought that no music will help you concentrate, get farther, and increase their accuracy. That it will help you just focus on the test instead of the music. In this case, they are…

Roaming the many galleries and halls of the Detroit Institute of art I found myself overwhelmed at the sheer number of paintings and styles. I thought to myself that I wouldn’t be able to select just one piece to focus on. I held that thought as I passed by the self portrait of Vincent van Gogh and the Elenor of Toledo and countless more. With nothing really speaking to me in the way I would have hoped, I began to think I would have to settle. Rounding a corner found myself in the American…

Amaya Thompkins Professor Norals ENGL1010-A09 September 10, 2016 “Cuba” Known for its beauty, bizarre tourist’s attractions, and valued cigars, the Caribbean island of Cuba, a totalitarian communist state, has a multiracial and multicultural society. The largest island of the West Indies group; Cuba lies within ninety miles south of Key West, Florida. The mixture of native, African, and European influences in Cuba gives the island a lively culture that is known around the world. The introduction…

Antoine Robidoux was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of French-Canadian descent. In 1822, he was one of the first St. Louis traders to embark on the newly opened Santa Fe Trail. In 1824–25, he took part in a fur-trading expedition from Fort Atkinson, near present-day Omaha, to the Green River in what is now northern Utah. Robidoux then took the fur trade to New Mexico. In 1828, he married into a prominent New Mexico family and settled in Taos, where he became known as the "first fur…

The US Constitution was written over 230 years ago, to not only serve its time but hundreds of years into the future. The Constitution implemented laws which settled debates that were imperative in the 1780s, such as the number of slaves included in a state’s population and number of states needed to agree in order to implement any major decision that impacts the country as a whole, while simultaneously creating flexibility for the future by permitting laws to be added or changed. One of the…

Richard Owen “What a strange man to be envious of a naturalist like myself, immeasurably his inferior!” – Charles Darwin 8th May, 1860. Richard Owen was known for many great achievements and awards in his lifetime. Richard Owen was born on July 20, 1804 in Lancaster, England. Owen was educated at Lancaster Grammar School and was apprenticed in 1820 to a group of Lancaster surgeons said by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. Richard Owen was later admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons of…