Farthest North

Unlike the North, Southern states did not industrialize and remained primarily rural. The North and the South started to become very different when Elie Wiesel invented the cotton gin. The cotton gin could work as fast as 50 people working by hand. Since cotton could be processed more easily, Southern planters wanted to grow more cotton on fields. White landowners that started a business selling cotton depended on slave labor to plant and pick cotton. Later on, the South only accounted for only…

and brought over in ships to North America (The 13 Colonies later known as North America). They were auctioned off to colonists and made to perform manual labor without any source of pay. Slavery was legal in the 13 colonies, but it became more prominent in the southern colonies. The slaves would worked in fields of huge plantations. They usually had only one or two enslaved workers, or none at all. Some people called for the abolition of slavery. States in the North…

United States Navy who was held in the highest regard due to his “exceptional talents” (Robinson 118). It was these talents that would lead him to be the first man to claim to reach the North Pole with Matthew Henson. Peary led many expeditions during his Arctic career, which included many to Greenland and to the North Pole. According to Jake Page and Charles Officer, Peary made eight Arctic trips, which was “more than anyone else” (Officer and Page 132). These “publicized trips” (Officer and…

Columbus, because that is what we were taught growing up, but for some, the answer is not as easy to answer. Some believe that Leif Eriksson and the Vikings arrived in North America 500 years before Columbus did. Christopher Columbus was an explorer and a navigator, born in 1451. He became an experienced seafarer as he grew up. His farthest journeys into the Atlantic were only as far as Iceland and West Africa. He began to think the world was round because of his trips,…

seconds, and a distance of 120 feet. The brothers began experimenting with the concept of flight in Dayton, Ohio at their bicycle shop in the mid-to-late 1890 's, and in 1902, they brought their glider to the continuously windy beach at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. The glider made over 700 successful flights before adding power. The brothers built their own engine because no car engine could be powerful enough or light enough (Wright Brothers). The day their powered plane flew changed history…

Current Event #2 Summary The COO of the Britannica, Vineet Whig (47), committed suicide with leaving a note behind. The note indicated that Whig did not have any choice other than killing himself and that he does not leave any of the responsibility or blame to his family. Before committing suicide, Whig’s family did not find any suspicious behavior from him, other than returning late from work. After hearing Whig’s death, his father received a heart attack. Relevant Terms Major depressive…

Other languages spoken in India come from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman language families. India has no national language. Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government. English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a "subsidiary official language"; it is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education. Each state and union territory has one or more official languages, and the constitution…

The Effects of the French and Indian War During the 1754-63 the French and Indian War significantly altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. Political of effects the war included Britain 's disbandment of the salutary neglect policy. Economics is how the economy was doing and if the money was doing good in the region. During the and after the war the economy was chaotic and had an enormous debt that needed to be payed. Finally, an…

As the U.S. tries to build democracy in Iraq, it is apparent the difficulties are numerous. The U.S. cannot free a country from an oppressive government and dictatorship oversee an election and walk away believing that democracy has won the day. In March of 2003 the U.S. along with other coalition forces invaded Iraq. In less than a month, Bagdad fell, after 24 years of brutal dictatorship which included corruption, intolerance and fear, Sadaam Hussein along with the Ba’athist government…

Kim Jong-Il North Korea remains a mystery to the rest of the world. It holds its matters private, works in ways that confuse outsiders, and threatens those who question them. It has spent decades creating a way of life that raises curiosities and appalls outsiders through its violence and inhumane treatment of citizens. North Korea, however, accelerated its destructive path when Kim Jong-Il inherited leadership. In fact, Kim Jong-Il’s leadership brought North Korea to ruins.…