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of Relativity and the concept of mass-energy equivalence. Albert Einstein was very curious beginning at a young age; he started studying the physical sciences and learning music. Born into a non-practicing Jewish family in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. Throughout his childhood his family moved to Italy, Switzerland and finally the United States. In Switzerland, he attended…

In 1875, many Sioux and Cheyenne left their reservations, frustrated with the U.S. Government and the infringement of treaties and with white settlers encroaching into the sacred land in the Black Hills in search of gold. Seven thousand Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho assembled in the summer of 1876 on the banks of the Little Bighorn River, (King, 2016). During this time the Secretary of War, J.D. Cameron reported to the U.S. Senate and President in 1876, “The true Policy, in my judgment, is to…

civilize and Christianize them” [Doc D]. Many believed it was America’s right to teach the Filipinos to adapt to white culture. Although the ‘white man’s’ way of life was new, the method by which they changed their society was not new to America. In 1879, the Carlisle Indian boarding school was established with the motto ‘Kill the Indian, Save the man’. The Americans believed in white superiority, and saw other nonwhite countries as in need of help to be civilized, and therefore believed it was…

From the humble steam engine to the more complex and sophisticated internal combustion of gasoline, engines have become a necessity to daily lives, more specifically automobiles. Since the 19th century, automobiles were able to revolutionize the world in a variety of ways. Because of the unreasonable price and low popularity, automobiles were not as prominent as they are today (Purdy 1). The history of the automobile depicts the effort used in the past centuries in order to delineate the…

A Doll’s House: Women’s Rights and Equality Over the course of time women have struggled to obtain equality while suffering the overbearing dominance of men. During the 19th century, women were expected to present themselves in a certain manner through both appearance and action. It was highly frowned upon if a woman was perceived to act out of character. Over time women have fought for equality, growing more powerful through the pursuit of education and equal rights. Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s…

Newspaper were the original form of literature within California and California first newspaper, “Californian” was a weekly newspaper that appeared in Monterey on August 15th, 1846. Walter Colten and Robert Semple formed a partnership to publish the newspaper and a found an old printing press and Agustin V. Zamorano imported the printing press to Monterey from Boston. “Californian” weekly newspaper was written in English and Spanish and continued to be published in The Monterey until May 1847.…

he could not travel through the snow blocked passes (Tanner, 2009, 173) and Lady Sale (1843) wrote in her journal it was unlikely her husband ever received word to move to Kabul (p. 165). Afghans set up captured artillery overlooking the cantonment and began shelling the fort (Tanner, 2009, 167). The myth of British invincibility was shattered and the Afghans knew the precariousness of the British in Kabul. What was a minor riot against Burnes personally (whose leaders had personal grievances…

and now the First National Bank occupies this building. In 1830 Thomas Dew built The Dew House Hotel where later on in 1912 Theodore Roosevelt spoke during his presidential campaign. George W. Stuart built the Opera House which still stands today in 1879. Stuarts Opera House still brings people around to this day. They have all sorts of plays and musicals there every year which leads me to the public square…

Introduction: Dracula, written by Bram Stoker in 1897, has become one of the most popular and enduring gothic novels. This blood-sucking vampire is now an iconic symbol of horror, whose fame stretches far beyond the covers of the novel. Written at the precipice of the turn of the century, the novel touches upon anxieties of a society that was changing at an uncomfortably rapid place. Stoker used this unlikely horror story to convey the apprehension of the Victorians, which includes anxieties…

During the duration of 1850-1914 Europe underwent a drastic change as a European society. The new shift in societal values was a result of new revolutions, urbanization,expansion, and industrialization. The Second Industrial Revolution had been one the greatest causes of these changes, for the revolution had been in progress for the last third of the 19 century and continued into the beginning of the 20th century.The revolution had ended with a very impressive amount of new innovations, and…