Mount St. Helens is a volcanic stratovolcano still actively located in the Cascade Range in Western North America in the state of Washington. It was formed by a subduction plate boundary also located on the Juan de Fuca plate. The Cascade range is one of the most famous mountain ranges, and has one of the most active volcanos located in Western North America. Other areas or famous landmarks surrounding Mount St. Helens are the South Fork Toutle River, North Fork Toutle River, Castel lake,…
President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On December 7, 1941 Japanese attacked pearl harbor with planes in Hawaii territory bombing the united states naval base that is in pearl harbor, this attacks bombing nearly killed more than 2,300 Americans, in the process destroying the American battle ship U.S.S. over 2,335 military personnel were killed this included 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army, and 68 civilians. The total of deaths…
Robert Oppenheimer and his affect on the nuclear era The nuclear war era, weapons that created mass destruction that had changed the world into what we know as it is today. Robert Oppenheimer was on American Scientist from New York (American library 1). Oppenheimer Accomplished a lot of things, he earned a Nobel peace prize, creator of the atomic bomb and was a graduate of Harvard University. Robert Oppenheimer did more than just accomplish goals. Oppenheimer oversaw construction of the first…
The Science and Technology of World War II By Daylin Gray Coach Bair Advanced Language Arts World War II saw many advances in technology, science and math. “For all the roles of science, math and new inventions’, no war had a more ‘profound effect on technology than WWII.’ “We can point to numerous new inventions and…
In 1953 Eisenhower brought a new approach to the U.S. National Security policy. One of the elements was maintaining the vitality of the U.S. economy at the time building sufficient strength to prosecute the Cold War. Another element was relying on nuclear weapons to deter Communist aggression with the possibility to fight a war. Eisenhower also used the Central Intelligence Agency to operator secret and covert actions against governments that were connected to the Soviet Union. Strengthening…
someone may have died on a battlefield because we are still at war. After all, the permanent mark, we left on Hiroshima and Nagasaki after dropping the first nuclear bomb still remain to this day. Of course, it didn’t stop there because we then ushered into the Nuclear Age with the non-stop involvement of technology. I have no definite solution, but I believe there is a chance, but I am just one person. We are not prepared…
Everyone has heard of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Whether you see her on a debate or on Fox News, you probably have heard a lot about her. On the other hand, not everyday do we hear about her fellow Democrat running, Bernie Sanders. What distinguishes Sanders from all other candidates is that he refuses to accept large campaign contributions from large corporations. This allows him to remain uninfluenced by corporate interests. Other candidates may find it difficult to ignore…
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is set far into the future. This results in a large difference between how family is viewed in the societies of 21st century America and the World State. People in the World State are genetically engineered in factories and do not have parents (Huxley 9). The family structure is nonexistent; they do not even know what a parent is. The director of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre asked the students on the tour if they knew what a parent was.…
Driving up I recognize the Gustavus campus but only as an outsider. I never paid much mind during tours as I assumed I would never have the financing to afford to come here. My car was “fully” loaded and as I unloaded I saw my pile of two bins and my medicine draw compared to the mountains of other people's belongings. I never felt like I has no possessions until then. I have been living on my own for years and only bought essential items. I realized this was one of the first social barriers I…
people. The cold war negatively affected the U.S.A because funds were pulled from necessary programs and put into building nuclear weapons. The U.S. alone spent a total of 5.5 Trillion dollars on arms during the cold war. The United States has only spent more money on national defense and social security.…