Crashed

Three things I have learned about this year is the stock market crash, WW1, and USS Maine. All of these things had a big role in forming our country into what we have today. They all may not have started out as being big but they turned into some of the biggest history stories. The Spanish american war was started because the USS Maine had been anchored in Havana Bay in Cuba. While just sitting in the Harbor it was blown up. A little while after that America declared war on the Spanish.…

business for American Airlines crashed during the final approach into Kirksville Regional Airport in Kirksville, Missouri. There were fifteen individuals on board the aircraft when it crashed into trees. After striking the ground the aircraft was destroyed and after the impact a fire on the ground broke out because of the plane crash. The conditions of that night were IMC. (NTSB) History of the Flight It was on the night of October 19, 2004 when flight 5966 crashed just before runway 36 at…

lacked important safety features that could have stopped the accident from happening, or at the very least allowed him to survive it. The lawsuit also gives a detailed description of what happened during the accident. It states that when the vehicle crashed and dismantled Walker's seat belt jerked…

Roller skates first came into American history when James Plimpton, an inventor, found a more usual way to design on land skates. After roller skates had been made more functional The Coliseum in Chicago had opened a public skating rink. After that Madison Square Garden had become a skating rink. Hundreds of rink openings followed. The roller skates had been made for the rich only. During the golden age of roller skating, 1920’s- 1950’s, the roller rinks were segregated. Then the roller derby…

50% of Americans believe in more than one conspiracy theories to explain mysterious events. A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that creates an unjustifiable conspiracy, usually involving an illegal or harmful act done by the government or other powerful act. Conspiracy theories are a widely believed public phenomenon, that provides an explanation for an event that needs an explanation or a better one than it already has to explain why it happened. Many people on…

Drone Home: What Happens When Drones Return to America Will ever drones stop killing innocent people? In the article, “Drone Home: What Happens When Drones Return to America” from Times the author, Lev Grossman discusses about positive and negative aspects about drones. United States uses drones as a spy to surveillance other countries and uses it for their advantage. United States misuses drones by even spying and killing innocent civilians. Although drones are not all bad, they are…

In looking for Alaska the point of view if from Pudge (MIles Halter), the main character. By having the point of view from him it leaves a sort of mystery about The other characters. Miles Halter is the new kid at Culver Creek High School, so he doesn’t know anybody. As the reader we learn things about the other characters in the book at the same Miles does. The point of view is very important in this story and if the same story was told from a different point of view the story would change…

panic took over the US, about 3,000 innocent people died including New York residents, people in Tower 2, firefighters, police officers, the passengers in the planes, and paramedics (“How Many”). September 11, 2001 the day the Pentagon Building was crashed into and World Trade Center Twin Towers collapsed. The Al-Qaeda group, hijacked planes flying to Los Angeles and San Francisco after they took off from Washington and Boston (“How Many”). They had been planning this attack for many years.…

Have you ever imagined choosing between life or Death? Have you ever imagined what kind of thoughts swirled in the minds of the victims of 9/11? These victims were ordinary people, waking up to an ordinary day, getting ready for their ordinary work. They embraced their children in the morning, kissed their wives, and said Good bye. Little did they know that would be the last time they did anything of the sort. September 11th was a day that the people of America will never forget, all the people…

Throughout time in History there have been major obstacles and setbacks in the development our country to expand our economy, and wealth to our greatest potential. However, we have met some complications from some other countries, and a strong opposing force or a terrorist organization whose goal was to weaken our economy and stop the Great Country of America. A major attempt at this took over half a century ago in the state of Hawaii at Pearl Harbor, which was bombed from Japanese fighter…