...The Civil War was a milestone of America. A time of strife, a time of fear, a time of innovations. Anyone living in the years 1861-1865 had their own account of the war and the events that happened to them. Shelby Foote, a American historian, declared “And I’m a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That’s the reason it took me a good 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War”. Despite the wells of information about the war, one fact can be reached: the Civil War has come to benefit modern society. Although the Civil War was a dark time in American history, society has benefitted by creating advances in the medical field, inspiring innovations in the military, and bringing the dispute over slavery to a...
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...historical points in the period under discussion. I will explain ways in which the AIDS epidemic shook Americans general confidence beginning in the 1980s. I will give two examples of how deregulation movement of the Reagan era affects us today. I will discuss the factual rationale behind this nations decision to go to war with Afghanistan and Iraq after the 9/11 attacks as well as the response from the international community. Will the Obama Revolution advance America’s interest Washington, March 1, 2012-Thomas Jefferson once observed, “Every generation disserves a new revolution.” Depleted in war and facing economic collapse, America embraced Barrack Obama as a vanguard of the revolutionary hope in 2008. Where candidate Obama had a thin substantive record to assert the claim for highest elective office in 2008, Obama has laid down numerous markers since January 2009 that deserve and should get close scrutiny through Election Day. Turning points in history can mean that changes in the ways things are done in the past, sometimes for the better and other times for the worse. Two notable turning points in history were the Industrial Revolution and also World War I. These both had some political and social impacts. The Industrial Revolution was a time of great change and increased efficiency. No more would goods be produced by individual means of farming and agriculture, but now by the use of machinery and factories. Technology was beginning to increase along with the food supply...
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...Blood Banking and Blood transport During World War 2 blood transport proved to be a vital innovation for saving the lives of those wounded in the war and ultimately was a cause of the victory by the allies in the war. The first successful blood program called “Blood for Britain” and the first large scale blood bank both originated during WW2 and increased the efficiency in saving lives, due to advances in blood storage and transportation (“Charles Richard Drew”). This was important because during the war, injuries and blood loss were extremely common and an increased availability of blood likely saved the lives of many and kept soldiers in battle. According to Arrington, blood storage and transportation lead to the saving of a number of lives...
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...The European Societies and Governments Over the Course of World War I From 1914 until 1918, World War I, with its center in Europe, was fought. All the major powers in the world were represented, fighting against each other in 2 types of alliances: the Allies (led by Russia, France, Italy and United Kingdom) and the Central Powers (led by Germany and Austria-Hungary.) 70 million professional and unprofessional soldiers fought, with an approximated loss of 10 million people. This war caused huge upheavals in the European society, and I will now look into three different aspects that can be seen as a step in the direction of the modern Europe, that we have seen after World War II and continuously until today. Once World War I started, a lot of men, many of them with passion for their own countries, left to defend their fatherlands. As the men went to the trenches, the women that were left at home had to start working or volunteering to keep the wheels spinning. What typically had to be done were jobs such as making uniforms for the soldiers, and working in hospitals that took care of hurt soldiers. According to the reading Four Weeks in the Trenches, Kreisler’s wife volunteered her services as a Red Cross nurse (Kreisler, page 11.) It was not completely revolutionary that the women were working, but now the job they did really got appreciated. It paid off after the war, and in countries such as Great Britain, Germany, the United States and the Soviet Union, the women...
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..."Perhaps one of the most compelling facts about penicillin is that it went on to save hundreds of thousands of lives during World War II, and has continued to forestall infectious diseases ever since." (Source One, lines 35-38) The strongest drug a person could receive against infections is penicillin. People know what this drug is, but not how it was discovered, developed, and mass produced. Penicillin, one of the most spectacular advances in the medical universe, was discovered and developed by three men; Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey, and Andrew J. Moyer....
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...Nightingale’s revolutionary work on improving sanitary conditions, we are able to use the knowledge to further improve the profession of nursing. The understanding of current practices is directly related to the understanding and advancement of past practices. Based on the Nursing Timeline of Historical Events (n.a, n.d), the first trend that has influence my perception of nursing is the progression of a male dominated, religious calling to a women dominated profession with or without religious affiliations. While the act of nursing seems to have always been a calling to heal the sick and wounded, today it is not necessarily a religious calling but more of a calling of healing and compassion towards those in need , although many hospitals and foundations have religious roots . I believe the trend toward the women dominated profession is also shifting slightly as more males are seeking admittance into the profession. Nursing is now becoming a bi-gender profession as it is overcoming the past prejudices of society. A second important trend from this timeline is of nurses transitioning from that of uneducated, low class individuals providing basic rudimentary care simply because there was no other work option to highly respected professionals providing skilled, technologically advanced care with care and compassion. This change in thought is partly due to the severity of illness and skilled care required among the military during, and immediately following, the wars at the turn...
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...explored; but also the demographics of these generations, socially and economically. The United State’s industrial beginnings were fueled by slavery, over generations of struggle, and unimaginable stories of Africans, it has finally been constitutionally bound, amended, and re-amended, that the nation of the United States will provide freedom and equality, and that no man or woman will be owned by another. Every ounce of this freedom was earned, fought for, and wept over, by great Africans and white abolitionists that cared more for their brothers and sisters futures than themselves. African-Americans created their own freedom, it is illustrated and proven by great Africans who rose to eloquently convince, fiercely battle through the bloodiest war on American Soil, passionately illustrate deep humanity, and patiently march forward for freedom, taking action, and creating equality. Dr. Robert Francis Engs is a well-loved historian, a graduate from Princeton and Yale, and revered professor proclaims in his own words, “THE SLAVES FREED THEMSELVES.”1 Dr. Engs has compiled a database that holds primary source documents that provide deep insight to the real state of affairs in both the north and south. Letters going back and forth and primary addresses on the state of affairs in various regions illustrate the complexities of debate, the stubbornness of racism, and the volume of propaganda and arguments from both sides of slavery. What’s clear is 1 James M. Mcpherson, “Who...
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...CIVIL WAR EVENTS - the Brest Litovsk Treaty (March 1918) was negotiated by Trotsky….he and he Bolsheivks wanted the int’l rev to spread and so from their vantage point the treaty were “stalling tactics”…the treaty gave up Poland, Baltics, and all territory in the North that Russia had gained since 1618…all told 1.3 mill km2, 26% of her people and 75% of her iron and capacity…needless to say Lenin had hard time “selling” the Treaty - the October coup d’état = “beginning of the Revolution” not end….Bolsheviks in the provinces + the centre had to be decide how to handle local Soviets which asserted authority but happened to be dominated by Mensheviks. - long difficult struggles against anarchy, decentralization + separatist tendencies lay ahead – the future form of gov’t = an “open question” - for Lenin, “Dictatorship of proletariat” was what the revolution needed…now this was a slogan and principle that fit into the circumstances of the winter 1917–1918…but, what did it mean?...it meant: a) crushing counter revolution of the old ruling class – the dictatorship would have to have coercive organs like Tsarist police (i.e. the Bolsheviks would assemble the Cheka) b) that the dictatorship of Bolshevik Party and other political parties was incompatible…and would pose problems c) that giving broad powers to unions + factory committees could in itself be problematic… what if worker ideas differed from Bolsheviks? Problems for the Bolsheviks 1) one underlying problem came...
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...government budgeted over $73,000.00 to take care of the country’s veterans. The fiscal budget for the Veteran’s Administration continues to grow every year. There are several reasons the budget changes every year. First, the continuing number of veterans rises every year. Second, the budget needs to account for inflation and the consumer price index. Finally, Congress and the President may approve new programs that will help service members cope with medical or mental issues. This paper will discuss the history of the VA; budget preparation; constant dollars and current dollars, increasing budget in percentages and dollars the past 20 years; five year fiscal plan; and a conclusion. HISTORY OF THE VA BUDGET The United States has been caring for service members since the early 1600’s; the first law passed stated that disabled soldiers would be supported by the colony. During the Revolutionary War in 1776, the Continental Congress prepared a budget that provided a pension for soldiers who were disabled during the war. In the 19th century, the Nation's budget expanded when veteran’s assistance programs were expanded to include benefits and pensions to a veteran’s widow and...
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...Ronald Wilson Reagan was the President of the United State from 1981 to 1989. During his presidency, the Cold War was still occurring. Beginning in 1947, the Cold War was a states of political and military tension, primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union, a communist country. The war lasted for forty-four years, ending in 1991. President Ronald Reagan was instrumental in ending the Cold war because of his build-up of the United States military, implementation of the Reagan Doctrine and his strong diplomatic position with Mikhail Gorbachev. Early in Reagan’s Presidency, he gave a speech deeming the Soviet Union an “evil empire” and told the U.S. citizens that he would keep an aggressive campaign against communism (Cold War...
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...The 1920’s were a time of prosperity and social revision, the economy was flourishing, invention of technological advances, and change in societal structures. Women started to gain more rights and became less reserved about how they dressed and acted. They that went against the conventions of how a lady should be like, called Flappers. The public considered them lively, confident, and revolutionary. On the other hand, America was just recovering from World War I and numerous soldiers came back with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other medical conditions. Doctors and Psychiatrists started to take an inside look into why people contracted these illnesses. Certain historical events change certain values, theories, technological, and...
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...discovered that the safety net of emergency services and in particular emergency medical services became more and more fragmented. Now, communication technology has helped fill this gap, not only for the distant traveler in far-flung corners of the world, but for residents in developed countries that still face a fragmented infrastructure for summoning emergency medical assistance. Today, automatic call-outs for emergency medical care are being placed by a network of satellite, cellular, WI-FI, and Bluetooth connected telecommunications devices that not only tell you the time, let you make calls, and are micro-sized portable computers in the form of the widely possessed SMART watch, but monitor your vital signs and other data received from any Smart-Prosthetics you may be wearing or have had implanted within your body that will automatically contact your medical provider to record medical information about your real-time health, evaluate those results, and determine next step courses of action for basic medical treatment including summoning emergency medical attention. This network is called the Auto-ER network. The Auto-ER network is an integration of data feeds and communications components that allow an array of medical data to be collected using currently available technology that is communicated to medical personnel. One of the latest expansions of this network is the summoning of emergency medical personnel without the intervention of the patient nor the assistance of anyone...
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...innovations. These changes have been experienced in technology, economics, politics, and most of all, in the social arena. The changes have affected their lives of Europeans through total transformation or modification in several ways. In most instances, these changes have been driven by the need to increase production in a bid to improve the economic conditions while in some instances; the changes have been driven by the need to have more convenience in doing different things. The resultant effect of these breakthroughs came in varying capacities such as immediate change while others laid the groundwork for important developments for the future. These innovations ranged from pioneering inventions and political advancements to bold scientific and medical advancements. The adoption of the steam engine as the primary source of power marked the onset of the Industrial revolution, and it revolutionized the process of production in industries such as textiles, agriculture, and transportation (Young, 2005, p. 29). Initially, the most important source of power in the industries was muscular strength that was at times supplemented with water and wind. Even though these sources of energy did get the job done, they were still somehow slow, thus making them inefficient. When the steam engine was innovated, there was an increasing demand for machinery, coal, and iron that necessitated the need for transport and the associated infrastructure such as roads and railways. This is because more work could...
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...in the West have expressed concern about a possible failure of the P5+1 countries – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany – to secure a comprehensive deal with Iran on its controversial nuclear program. These concerns, however, represent a somewhat myopic view of the bigger picture concerning Iran’s nuclear ambitions. A thorough look at the Iranian regime’s domestic and foreign policies reveals that a nuclear deal would, in fact, have very limited effect on the behavior of Iran’s authoritarian theocracy and change very little about the dynamics in the 1 Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution changed the balance of power in the Middle East. Following the revolution, Iran, a pillar of the US’ regional Cold War policy, became increasingly isolated as it quarreled with its majority Sunni neighbors for influence and sought to export its Islamic revolution as far as to Europe.1 However, Iran attempted to overcome its isolation as a Shiite and majority Persian state by tempting the aspirations of the region’s Arab population with its support for radical anti-Israel/anti-US regional movements, thus successfully establishing a web of proxies and surrogates – the so-called “axis of resistance.” Furthermore, since 2003, the Iranian regime has effectively engaged Western powers in extensive nuclear negotiations aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear program. The current Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, who has been referred to as the architect of Tehran’s nuclear...
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...changes, making it hard to pinpoint an unmistakable or sudden move in the state of women's' lives. The next eras to discuss pertaining to the American woman is the Revolutionary and Early Republics era. It focused on the conviction that the loyalists ' little girls ought to be raised to maintain the standards of republicanism with a specific end goal to pass on republican esteems to the following generation. Women were relied upon to help advance the estimations of republicanism; as close and concerned spectators of youthful kids, they had an uncommon part in raising the cutting edge to esteem patriotism and to forfeit their own requirements for more prominent benefit of the nation. Considering this extraordinary part, ladies could get a greater amount of an instruction than they already had been permitted. Abigail Adams upheld for ladies' training, as showed in a considerable lot of her letters to her significant other, President John Adams. Some rampaged, taking an interest in riots that occasionally aggravated the serenity of frontier urban communities. A couple of distributed plays and sonnets announcing their enthusiastic perspectives. Those ladies, who might move toward becoming followers, were additionally dynamic, never hesitant, to express their objection to the dissent development. During the war, various women displayed their unwavering quality to the follower cause by exhausting the weights of truant mates. They administered farms and associations. To begin with...
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