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On September 5th, 1975 Gerald Ford was first attacked in California. Lynette Fromme used a colt .45, but the gun misfired leading to Gerald’s life being spared and Lynette being arrested. The second attempt to assassinate Ford was made by Sara Jane Moore on September 22nd, 1975. Sara’s used a .38 revolver, but this time the gun didn’t misfire…

In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. Military was desperately in search of a serviceman rifle that could put rounds on target at extreme distances, just as the M1 Garand did during the war. In 1958, Eugene Stoner, the head engineer at the small arms engineering company- ArmaLite, came up with the company’s fifteenth rifle project: the AR-15. (Ar15.com, 2014) Soon after the rifle’s birth, the U.S. Military adopted the AR-15 in a fully automatic version known as the M16. The M16 allowed…

Kat watched Levi slouch in the saddle. He put on a good face, but she knew he needed to get to a doctor. With some coaxing, he agreed. They’d be discreet. She didn’t any want gossip to reach Jake. They arrived in town an hour later and found the doctor’s office. She dismounted. No sooner did her boots scuff the ground, than her ankle rolled. Pain, hot as fire, shot through leg. She tied her horse to the hitching rail and limped over to help Levi down. Although he swayed on the dismount, he…

In the famous novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald exhibits the beliefs and experiences of his own life in the 1920s, which also still have impact today. History.com states, “The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For a small handful of young people in the nation’s big cities, the 1920s were roaring indeed.” Fitzgerald was a prominent author during this time due to his famous novel The Great Gatsby. In his works, he illustrated events in his own life and related…

The term Whiteness is defined as a defined set of experiences or certain characteristics or personality traits that are attached to the white race and skin colour as a whole. In places with a majority or large amount of white people this term whiteness would just be a noun for the norm or native. This in comparison to other minority groups such as Black, Asian, and Hispanic would be considered the minorities. As talked about in many threads and books I have looked into online it seems that this…

Soldiers’ day to day lives during the Civil War was filled with drilling, writing letters to their loved ones, and fighting in battles which would potentially change the rest of their lives forever. At the beginning of the war, both the North and the South didn’t have a problem with numbers in their military because of the amount of volunteers. Some would do the heroic thing and join because they “wanted to save the Union” or “secure their liberty.” Though many people from the Confederacy and…

During my first semester of college I have taken a U.S history Course that talked about many different things that we needed to know from 1492 to 1865 that was interesting. One of the first topics that were discussed in class that I remember was when we talked about George Washington. Who was George Washington? Well he was the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He was the guy that proved our system could work and he held everything together. George was 1 out of 4 of the…

Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and free from poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Utopia is a place where happiness flourishes through the eyes of Utopians citizens every single day. While Haiti, a country that went from slavery to independence to falling into debt from France. Utopians live a better life than Haitians because Utopia establish trust among their citizens while Haiti continues to have corrupt politicians in their government that is not enabling them to move forward.…

Machiavelli’s most famous work is The Prince. The Prince describes the cunning and immoral methods by which a prince can acquire and maintain political power. In his view, a prince should be concerned only with power and be bound only by rules that would lead to success in political actions. Machiavelli believed that the use of political powers was only rightful if it was utilized by a ruler whose personal scrupulous character was strictly virtuous. He did not think that someone who was only…

Bounty hunter Levi Owns glared at the wanted poster one last time before folding the heavy paper along its deep creases and sliding it into his vest pocket. He loaded the remaining supplies on the pack mule and turned back to his sister-in-law Rose. She rested one hand at her side and wrapped the other around a smooth handled shovel. “Sis wanted you to stay,” she said, her voice cracking. “Let the law handle that no-good land-grabber.” Few people challenged him, yet Rose rarely waved. The young…