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15th of April he would evacuate the fort if he had not received supplies. Beauregard found the terms unacceptable and said that if the fort wasn’t evacuated in two hours, they would begin firing on the fort. Two hours later, forty-three Confederate cannons began their onslaught on Fort Sumter. The Confederates continued to fire on the fort for thirty-four hours. To conserve ammunition Fort Sumter only started to fire two hours after being attacked and fired only one round every 10…

With the production of a complicated machine, such as a motorcycle, the manufacturing and distribution process can quickly diminish revenue. Harley Davidson has adopted a system in which, the motorcycle parts, are built at various locations and eventually become assembled in only two manufacturing plants within the United States. After the motorcycles are built, they are shipped to independently owned and operated Harley Davidson stores nationwide. This provides many benefits to Harley Davidson…

Organization (WVO). This documentary is based upon the experience of Kwame Cannon, and how his mother’s involvement as an activist- in the Civil Rights movement, as well as the WVO. Her involvement has shown how the government, as well as the state attempts to keep minorities quiet from being heard in situations where they do not seek justice, and then decide to protest afterwards. In addition to the statement before, Wilena Cannon (Kwame’s mother) being an activist, so to say, gave the city of…

to cast evil demons away and to make great shows. They then experimented with it in tubs with arrows in it, and the arrows would fly out. Next, during the Tang dynasty they started to use it for weapons like a fire cannon, a bamboo shoot that shot out fire, mines, bombs, guns, and cannon. The first time the weapons were used was when the Chinese were fighting Mongols. Whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and…

Back in the late 1960s, Walter Mischel, a Stanford University psychologist, conducted a psychological experiment known as the Marshmallow test. The experiment was conducted at the Stanford University nursery. He wanted to understand the concept of delayed gratification in a small child between the ages of 4 and 6. The idea was to create a situation for the child to choose between a small reward now and a large reward later, thus causing a conflict situation. They were deliberately placed in a…

Benedict Arnold grew up with a simple goal: to restore the Arnold name. Even though he became a smart and wealthy merchant, he needed to do more to make the Arnold name respected. “He [wanted to] do more than just restore the Arnold name. He [wanted to] make it immortal.” (Sheikin). Knowing this, you wouldn’t be surprised to hear that he was one of the first to volunteer for his local militia, and was elected to be their leader. Rapidly moving up the ladder, the mentally and physically fit…

“What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” In this case, there is no immovable object, only two unstoppable forces. These forces were the Spanish Armada and the British Royal Navy. Both countries engaged in a decisive naval battle on July 29th, 1588. The battle ended with the Royal Navy beating the Armada. The victory was given to Britain even though the Spanish suffered no significant losses. Nonetheless, Britain was still declared victorious. Many factors contributed…

Knowledge is Power “Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power”-Ralph Waldo Emerson. Throughout history men have fought and died for power. Great men such as Charlemagne of France and Augustus Caesar the first emperor of Rome shed blood and sweat to reach their goals of gaining and holding power. What is it however, that made these men of great statues come to power? What gave them the ability to become great leaders among their people?…

Over spring break, I visited my sister and her family in Texas. Whilst there, we had some free time so we decided to go down to Fort Worth and do some sightseeing. One of the places we went was the Alamo Mission. Once the sight of a famous Texas battle, it is now a historical landmark, a “Shrine of Texas Liberty,” and a museum with weapons, art, and artifacts from the time of the Texas Revolution. I’d been to the Alamo once before this visit, back when I was eight or nine, and at the time, I…

My definition people who have honor are respected well and known. Benjamin Thompson was a physicist and inventor who was a founder of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. While in the military Thompson noted that during the process of boring cannons, the metal turned red hot and even boiled the water used to keep it cool. The explanation was that if the metal broke into pieces the caloric is liberated from the metal. This gives rise to heat. Thompson rejected this because, even when…