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Many Americans died as a result of the German attack on British ocean liner, the Lusitania in 1915. The sinking of the Lusitania had a big impact on America and the rest of the world during WWI. This attack on The Lusitania was one of the main causes of the United States entering WWI. On May 7, 1915, German U-Boat U-20 attacked the British oceanliner the Lusitania. 1198 people were killed, including 128 Americans. The ship sunk in only 18 minutes off of the coast of Ireland. The German’s…

training with Chow was paying off. She was honored with many awards with his training. She started off with regular competitions to the National Championships to Olympic Trials to ending up making the Olympic team. Her first Olympic team was along with Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Kyla Ross. A while after the Olympics had been over and having done great, Douglas decided to search for a new coach, leaving Chow…

Modernist Poets Discuss the Impermanence of Glory In the period following World War I, citizens of all nationalities faced a dark disillusionment forcing them to grapple with personal identity and the purpose of life. People looked to artists of the age as builders of morale and shapers of societal perspective, yet the writers of that time had little more sense of direction than anyone else in the midst of ideological desolation. The only thing to be certain of was uncertainty. Two Modernist…

Throughout Woodrow Wilson’s political career, he kept a firm neutral stance towards war. When he ran for reelection in 1916, his campaign slogan was, “He kept us out of war.” It was his promise to the people to keep the safe and alive that won him the election. However, not even a month after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson petitioned to congress to declare war on Germany. Wilson’s change of heart was due to valuing the rights and voices of people worldwide over peace. He valued democracy over…

On May 10th 1996 A storm blew in to Mount Everest that none expected capturing the lives of 8 people and trapping 33 climbers. 19 of the 33 were trapped in the death zone with winds of 90mph. Many climbers were not thinking clearly and were suffering from frostbite. They all had to make the choice between selfless or selfish and it very important when you in this kind of critical situation like almost freezing to death on the face of a mountain. When you chose selfishness you are saving…

She is huge and green but also beautiful and she sailed into New York Harbor on June 17, 1885. Who is she? The Statue of Liberty and at the moment that she arrived she was dismantled and needed assistance to be put together. She was a gift of friendship from France to America. The Statue of Liberty sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces which had been packed in over 200 cases. Now at this point I would have probably wanted to know two things one of them being if she came with…

It suited Rex to make an offer to sell them the coach they knew so well, which they were aware was very economical to operate and did the job well, and a deal that saw No 24 leave the Redline fleet was done. An artistic gentleman named Peter Scriven had around this time founded the Marionette Theatre of Australia, which featured large scale puppets known as ‘The Tintookies’ which became quite famous throughout the country. In 1965 and through 1966 in association with the Arts Council of…

A. What reasons do your authors give to explain the historical inaccuracies in the films? All historical movies are of peoples interpretations of the events, or if it was written from someone who were there at the time of the event it's still based off of what they seen or remember. Things can get lost in interpretation but director's I feel do try to stick to the best of there knowledge while maintaining a film that would be popular in ratings. Like James Cameron who written, directed,…

The Tragic Demise of the Iceman Ötzi the iceman existed in Neolithic times more than 5,000 years ago, on the Italian side of the Tisenjoch mountain. That same mountain would later be, unbeknownst to him, the scene of his tragic death. The unbelievable way that the iceman’s body was preserved by the mountain’s cold temperatures after his death has led to incredible scientific discoveries about the time period. Intense research has been conducted on the body to find out details on the life of a…

Wesley Koch Mrs. Hammon Language Arts April 27, 2016 The Lady Elgin Shipwreck There were many shipwrecks in the Great Lakes including the Lady Elgin. The Lady Elgin was a strong ship. She had her last moments a few miles of the shore of Winnetka Illinois. She left Chicago and was heading to Milwaukee with an overload of people. The leading man was Captain Jack Wilson. On September 8, 1860, there was a very stormy night. However,…