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Brielle F

The League of Nations - 0 views

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  • The League of Nations was an international organization that existed between 1920 and 1946
  • American President Woodrow Wilson was especially instrumental in formulating and advocating the idea of a "League of Nations"
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    League of nations information/founding
Gracie M

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  • the communist government of East Germany begins building the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin.
  • wall itself came to symbolize the Cold War.
  • Throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s, thousands of people from East Berlin crossed over into West Berlin to reunite with families and escape communist repression
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  • the government of East Germany, on the night of August 12, 1961, began to seal off all points of entrance into West Berlin from East Berlin by stringing barbed wire and posting sentries.
  • President John F. Kennedy believed that "A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war."
  • sealing off the two sections of Berlin.
  • Commanders of U.S. troops in West Berlin even began to make plans to bulldoze the wall,
  • concrete block wall began, complete with sentry towers and minefields around it.
  • attempt to reassure the West Germans that the United States was not abandoning them, Kennedy traveled to the Berlin Wall in June 1963, and famously declared, "Ich bin ein Berliner!" ("I am a Berliner!").
  • Since the word "Berliner" was commonly referred to as a jelly doughnut throughout most of Germany, Kennedy's improper use of German grammar was also translated as "I am a jelly doughnut."
  • meaning that he stood together with West Berlin in its rivalry with communist East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic was understood by the German people.
  • the Berlin Wall became a physical symbol of the Cold War.
  • During the lifetime of the wall, nearly 80 people were killed trying to escape from East to West Berlin.
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    Building of the Berlin Wall
Nick B

On This Day: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun Commit Suicide - 0 views

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  • On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler shot himself in the head in his bunker beneath Berlin, moments after Eva Braun, his wife of just one day, killed herself by ingesting cyanide.
  • Adolf Hitler was aware that he would not win the war he had started.
  • “He added that he would never allow himself to be taken prisoner by the Russians but intended to shoot himself.”
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  • “Adolf Hitler sat on the right side of the sofa. His upper body was leaning slightly to the side, with the head slumping down. His forehead and face were very white, and a trickle of blood was flowing down. I saw Eva Braun next to Hitler on the sofa. Her eyes were closed. There was no movement. She had poisoned herself, and appeared to be sleeping.”
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    this website describes Hitler and his wife's death 
Brielle F

19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women\'s Right to Vote - 0 views

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  • Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
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    paragraph and picture of an official document
Gracie M

First Man on the Moon - The History of How Neil Armstrong Became the First Man on the Moon - 0 views

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  • 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong
  • placed the United States ahead of the Soviets in the Space Race and gave people around the world the hope of future space exploration.
  • July 20, 1969
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  • President John F. Kennedy gave inspiration and hope to the American people in his speech to Congress on May 25, 1961 in which he stated, "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth."
  • At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, the Saturn V rocket launched Apollo 11 into the sky from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • three-day journey to the moon, called the translunar coast.
  • On July 19, at 1:28 p.m. EDT, Apollo 11 entered the moon's orbit.
  • At 4:18 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969, the landing module landed on the moon's surface in the Sea of Tranquility with only seconds of fuel left.
  • Armstrong reported to the command center in Houston, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Houston responded, "Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again."
  • six-and-a-half hours resting and then preparing themselves for their moon walk.
  • Neil Armstrong was the first person out of the lunar module.
  • set foot on the moon at 10:56 p.m. EDT.
  • "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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    First moon landing. Neil Armstrong. 
Brielle F

Featured Document: The 19th Amendment - 0 views

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  • women worked tirelessly
  • More public tactics included parades, silent vigils, and hunger strikes. Supporters were heckled, jailed, and sometimes physically abused.
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    19th amendment info.
Brielle F

Our Documents - 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920) - 0 views

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  • The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
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    Overview on the creation of the 19th amendment.
Nick B

Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact - Cold War - HISTORY.com - 0 views

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  • In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
  • The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955.
  • Conflict between the Western nations (including the United States, Great Britain, France and other countries) and the Communist Eastern bloc (led by the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics or USSR) began almost as soon as the guns fell silent at the end of World War II (1939-45)
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  • U.S. and its Western allies sought ways to prevent further expansion of Communist influence on the European continent.
  • NATO: The Western Nations Join Forces
  • Warsaw Pact: The Communist Alliance
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    this website talks about the origins and formation of Nato
Xavier W

Nelson Mandela (president of South Africa) -- Encyclopedia Britannica - 0 views

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  • Nelson Mandela, in full Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, byname Madiba   (born July 18, 1918, Umtata, Cape of Good Hope, S.Af.—died December 5, 2013, Johannesburg, S.Af.), black nationalist and first black president of South Africa (1994–99).
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    Nelson Mandela
Ivy A

World War II Starts - 0 views

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    World war 2 begins 
Paul F

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  • The Munich Massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games. Eight Palestinian terrorists killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team and then took nine others hostage. The situation was ended by a huge gunfight that left five of the terrorists and all of the nine hostages dead. Following the massacre, the Israeli government organized a retaliation against Black September, called Operation Wrath of God.
  • The XXth Olympic Games were held in Munich, Germany in 1972. Tensions were high at these Olympics, because they were the first Olympic Games held in Germany since the Nazis hosted the Games in 1936. The Israeli athletes and their trainers were especially nervous; many had family members who had been murdered during the Holocaust or were them
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  • survivors.
  • By 5:10 a.m., the police had been alerted and news of the attack had begun to spread around the world. The terrorists then dropped a list of their demands out the window; they wanted 234 prisoners released from Israeli prisons and two from German prisons by 9 a.m.
  • Negotiators were able to extend the deadline to noon, then 1 p.m., then 3 p.m., then 5 p.m.; however, the terrorists refused to back down on their demands and Israel refused to release the prisoners. A confrontation became inevitable.
  • At 5 p.m., the terrorists realized that their demands
  • were not going to be met. They asked for two planes to fly both the terrorists and the hostages to Cairo, Egypt, hoping a new locale would help get their demands met. The German officials agreed, but realized that they could not let the terrorists leave Germany. Desperate to end the standoff, the Germans organized Operation Sunshine, which was a plan to storm the apartment building. The terrorists discovered the plan by watching television. The Germans then planned to attack the terrorists on their way to the airport, but again the terrorists found out their plans.
  • Around 10:30 p.m., the terrorists and hostages were transported to the Fürstenfeldbruck airport by helicopter
Brielle F

Charles Lindbergh Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com - 0 views

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      Interesting looking videos on the left. Nice synopsis of his life.
Xavier W

World Trade Center bombed - History.com This Day in History - 2/26/1993 - 0 views

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  • At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb explodes in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a crater 60 feet wide and causing the collapse of several steel-reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the skyscrapers, six people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured. The World Trade Center itself suffered more than $500 million in damage. After the attack, authorities evacuated 50,000 people from the buildings, hundreds of whom were suffering from smoke inhalation. The evacuation lasted the whole afternoon.
  • within days several radical Islamic fundamentalists were arrested. In March 1994, Mohammed Salameh, Ahmad Ajaj, Nidal Ayyad, and Mahmoud Abouhalima were convicted by a federal jury for their role in the bombing, and each was sentenced to life in prison.
  • The mastermind of the attack--Ramzi Ahmed Yousef--remained at large until February 1995, when he was arrested in Pakistan. He had previously been in the Philippines, and in a computer he left there were found terrorist plans that included a plot to kill Pope John Paul II and a plan to bomb 15 American airliners in 48 hours.
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    World Trade Center bombing in 1993
Brielle F

Charles Lindbergh - 0 views

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      Good information for an informational essay about Lindbergh's life. Very good background information. 
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    Charles Lindbergh background information. Includes: childhood, life as a parent, marriage, birth date, nicknames, the flight, kidnapping of his child, death, etc. 
Brielle F

PBS - Chasing the Sun - Charles Lindbergh - 0 views

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      nice background information. could be useful for an essay
Ruby C

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  • DNA first used to convict criminals and exonerate innocent prisoners on death row.
  • November 9: Berlin Wall falls.
  • The first IBM-PC released.
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  • October 13: The first commercial cell phone call is made.
  • January 28: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lift-off.
Ivy A

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Gracie M

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  • At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet.
  • pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m.
  • An escaped convict by the name of James Earl Ray was arrested, but many people, including some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s own family, believe he was innocent.
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    Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
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