1975

Apart from the Revolutionary Era, which remains to be the greatest time period of our nation’s history. The 20th century from 1900 to 1975 seems to remark the highest and lowest points of the United States. Events during this time period such as WW2 and the economic downfall and rise of the US intrigued me to unravel further into detail. During this 75 year period, two World Wars occurred. World War 2 impacted the US the most as events like the Attack on Pearl Harbor tipped the US entering in…

The District of Columbia passed the 1975 Firearms Control Regulations Act. This act made it illegal to own handguns, automatic firearms, or high capacity rifles and prohibited the possession of unregistered firearms. Dick Heller, a special police officer in the District of Columbia, carried a firearm as part of his job. He was granted access into federal buildings with the gun, but the new provision made it illegal to possess in his own home. Along with Dick Heller, five other D.C. residents…

On July 4, 1947 a crash containing unknown debris in Roswell, New Mexico would lead countless individuals to believe that UFO’s are real. The question what really happened during this incident has been controversial for a long while. Various individuals claimed to have believed a UFO landed in Roswell in 1947, but many also question what really happened. The Roswell Incident of 1947 is one of the most fascinating UFO events in history. On the night of July 3rd there was a great downpour…

Farmers and fishermen who were used to work in a free market system were unwilling to work for free for the government. People who were sent to unproductive new economic zones became deeply impoverished. Corruption under socialism was worse than the pre-1975 years because the communists wielded absolute power…

well, if not more. In his work, Obeyesekere (1975) used the case of twenty-nine-year-old, Somavati, as his example and focus of study to explain psycho-cultural exploration of spirit possession (44). In similarity, upon his visit to Ghana, anthropologist Grindal (1983) researched and experienced the…

genocide. Mainly because it is difficult to garner support for the mass killing of an entire group of people. However, when it does happen it is a major ordeal. The civil war in Rwanda from 1990 to 1994 is one example. The Cambodian civil war from 1970-1975 also demonstrates a civil war turned genocide. These two examples share both similarities and differences in the way in which the whole incident panned out. These two examples are also useful in determining contributing factors to the…

with the fact that many people do not understand or accept his message (Barclay, 1975, 13:1–52). With regards to explain Jesus’s morality by his behaviour and words, the importance of the book of Mark in the New Testament and thus the…

bootlegging gang grew throughout the 1920’s. Lucania and his friends recruited new Jewish gang members, including Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, nicknamed “Lepke” by his mother, Abner “Longie” Zwillman, another Jew, and Zwillman’s partner, Willie Moretti (Gosch, 1975). These unscrupulous characters dominated the illegal liquor trade on the East Coast (“Luciano”, n.d.). Lucania was also an associate of Arnold Rothstein, also known as the Big Bankroll, who had bootlegging and gambling operations…

assassination of President McKinley, President Roosevelt was an impatient activist that wanted a quick resolution to the strike (Grossman, 1975). President Roosevelt was concerned what the long term effect a coal strike would have on the country. It would affect commerce and the availability of the coal needed to heat the buildings along the eastern seaboard (Grossman, 1975). Although the Presidential office had no authority to intercede in the negotiation between the owners of the coal mines…

Luther Standing Bear attended the Carlisle Indian school in Pennsylvania (Standing Bear, 1975, p. V). This institution was ran like a military school with the goal of making the American Indians assimilate to white culture (Standing Bear, 1975, p. V). The American Indians were forced to cut their hair, change their name, speak English, and learn a trade (Standing Bear, 1975, p. V). Moving to the boarding school was a big change for the American Indians, but over time they adjusted…