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The human population has multiplied more than 7 times since 1805, when the population first hit one billion people worldwide. Today the population has grown nearly to 7,400,000,000 (7 billion and 400 million) people globally. On October 12th, 1999 the six billionth person was born, Adnan Mevic in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Only twelve years later in 2011, the world hit a record of seven billion people. That’s roughly 150 babies born per minute worldwide-that makes the average birth rate 1.13% for…

Despite its barbaric reputation, medical care during the Civil War helped dawn a new era of modern medicine. Under Letterman’s encouragement of triage organization that is still used today, techniques developed in response to sick and wounded soldiers led to advances in pain management and directly influenced the modern ambulance and trauma system. Union surgeon general, William A. Hammond, standardized, organized and designed new hospital layouts for the army that are still used today.…

Scottish-born American inventor and teacher of the deaf, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) is best known for perfecting the telephone to transmit vocal messages by electricity. The telephone inaugurated a new age in communication technology. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was an expert in vocal physiology and elocution; his grandfather, Alexander Bell, was an elocution professor. After studying at the University of Edinburgh…

Historian Richard White represents the scholarly consensus in stating that "various military commanders encouraged the slaughter of bison" by white hide hunters in order to cut the heart from the Plains Indians' economy. General Sherman, more than any other officer, was responsible for devising a strategy to conquer the Plains Indians. Remembered most for his Civil War "march through Georgia, "Sherman was a battle-seasoned veteran who in 1866 assumed command of the Division of the Missouri…

ARCHITECTURAL STYLES OF HOMES IN THE HUDSON VALLEY There are five different styles of homes situated in the Hudson Valley currently available. Each provides a variety of benefits for the potential homebuyer. The Split Level home - Most of these were constructed in the 1950’s, and are distinguished by their resourceful use of space. The homeowner enters from the front door directly into the main living space – a living room, dining room, and kitchen. One staircase leads to the upstairs…

secondly it changed our way of thinking. Above all The New Deal changed the expectations that Americans had of their government, when things go wrong, we now expect the government to intervene. Works Cited "1934: The Art of the New Deal." Smithsonian. Web. 18 Apr. 2015. . "Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum." Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. . "Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. . "How Did…

The Hirshhorn Museum: Rings of Adventure The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has always generated conversation about its choices. Even after it had just been constructed, its architectural choices were the subject of critique. Two days after the museum opened in 1974, Ada Louise Huxtable, of The New York Times, gave the following review: “[The building] is known around Washington as the bunker or gas tank, lacking only gun emplacements or an Exxon sign… It totally lacks the essential…

Early American History Name Institution Abstract Early American history is riddled with numerous achievements by the founding fathers. Their contributions shaped the American political, social, and economic landscape. However, there is great concern that early American history fails to document the achievements of women and native leaders and other marginalized groups such as slaves. The early American history largely focuses on achievements of the central figures such as George…

The study of Anthropology has proven to be flexible in the way in which cultures are studied. From when the study first began to the 20th century, many different ways of viewing culture have been documented, and many of those ways have been refuted. Our analyses of different anthropologists starts with Tylor a 19th century evolutionary anthropologist and ends with Malinowski a 20th century functional anthropologist. What falls between them are Boas and his student Kroeber. All four of them have…

Breaking out of the cage Maya Angelou Maya had issues in her past that made her stronger and more powerful than she was before. For example, she was raped, had to deal with terrible racemes and had a baby at 16. Maya showed that she wasn’t going to let others bring her down and that made her writing better. She was called one of the greatest writers of her time. She was a great child of course but with any child she made mistakes. Maya Angelou, turned life struggles into life goals. She…