Cold War leaders

On September 11, 2011, a new memorial, honoring those who perished in the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon ten years prior, officially opened to the public. One feature that makes this memorial so unique is that the structures erected to remember those victims are actually located in the foundation that the Twin Towers originally stood. Since then, the memorial, located in downtown Manhattan, has hosted thousands of guests, all who have come to witness and visit the space…

Metacognitive Journal Explanatory Synthesis Arthur C. Clarke proposes an innovative way to travel into outer space, by elevator. A unique method one foretold in his late 1970’s Sci fi novels. What started as an idea, captured the attention of NASA and U.S. Air force. The idea has many pros due to the design itself, time efficient space travel, enhanced satellite communications, and new space based industries. Opening a whole new world for people on earth, but like on earth, as well as in space…

decades, John F. Kennedy was celebrated as the president of the United States who saved the entire world from destruction, while thermonuclear war was imminent during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This anti-communist, anti-Soviet president led the United States through a period of superiority against the Soviet Union after the president influenced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to remove Soviet nuclear missiles situated on the island of Cuba located merely 90 miles off the coast of Florida. For…

the 1950’s there was little to no homework assigned to students. But, after Sputnik’s launch in 1957, the American’s competitive nature resulted in more teachers assigning homework in order for students to become “smarter” and ultimately win the Cold War. This trend generally continued and again spiked up in the 1980’s. In 1983 the release of “A Nation at Risk” caused the amounts of homework again to peak. As schooling and homework have changed throughout history, so has the family dynamic and…

In the early fifties, Murrow partnered with Fred Friendly to produce a weekly radio newsmagazine series on CBS titled Hear It Now. But around that same time television was making its presence known and the Golden Age of Radio Broadcasting was coming to an end. Always up for a challenge, Murrow brought his team into the new, progressive medium. Murrow and Friendly’s new project, See It Now, premiered on November 18, 1951 (Edwards 106). See It Now was an innovative representation of TV as a news…

The United States has had an ongoing embargo with Cuba. It is known among Cubans as el bloqueo that is translated to the blockade. This embargo consists of restrictions on Cuban travel, and economic punishment against Cuba. According to people the embargo argues that Cuba has not met the US conditions for lifting the embargo. It just doesn’t transition to democracy and improving human rights. President Obama has tried to ease the embargo many times but have failed. The United Nations General…

that because have the best invention ever. The invention of the Hubble telescope has contributed to the growth of space science. Edwin Hubble was born on november 20 1889 and went to the university of chicago then he went and served at world war 1 then after the war he settled down to lead a life in the studies of astrophysics. The Hubble telescope it was launched in the 1990 it was launched into orbit around our earth the telescope was named in honor of Edwin Hubble. It's the best invention…

encounters with Russia. This is seen afterwards when there were NASA missions where both countries space programs cooperated together, which showed the beginnings of more friendly U.S. Russia political relations which was the beginning of the end for the cold war. These political changes could be seen in the missions right after the Apollo 11 mission with the Apollo-Soyuz partnership where an Apollo mission team met up with Russian spacecraft in…

Through words we have the ability to explain, express, and persuade others. If the speaker is delivering a persuasive speech, or a teacher an educational lecture, we can see these expressed blatantly. However, it is more likely that throughout life one will listen to spoken word and be educated or persuaded without even knowing it. Occasionally, behind these words speakers can deliver a more subliminal message, one that encompasses an overarching theme or idea. It is imperative that we study how…

Rocket mortgage is a service offered by Quicken Loans. I came across this topic on a TV commercial, and it drew my attention because of the word rocker. When I first heard the word Rocket Mortgage, I asked, what does Rocket has to do with Mortgage. And then I realized that rockets represent an important part of the American history. Going back to the space race. When the United States and the Soviet Union where trying to be the first country to land on the moon, not only for the simple fact of…