1948

As mentioned by Bloomfield (1948), the American settlers brought with them the language that was spoken at that time in the Thirteen Colonies and they were paramount to Canada’s original English speaking people. The Loyalists, the post-Loyalists, and their offspring contributed widely…

Have you ever wondered how Palestine became occupied? How people suddenly started calling it Israel? I was shocked to see that because of the occupation in my country, Palestine, my grandparents had to flee the country, and how some people refer to it as Israel instead of the true name Palestine. Yasser Arafat was the founder of the Fatah. He spent most of his lifetime fighting Israel and that is why many Palestinians admire and respect him. Arafat died at the age of 75 from a mysterious blood…

to take place. Tessie not only shows up late she states that she, “Clean forgot what day it was.” (Jackson, 1948) However, things take a sharp downward turn for Tessie as Mr. Hutchinson drew the paper that placed his family in the lottery. Tessie gets angry and yells at Mr. Summers, “ You did not give him time enough to pick the paper he wanted. I saw you. It was not fair!” (Jackson, 1948) As the lottery continued the entire Hutchinson family pulled a piece of paper--we learn Tessie had the…

Recovery Program, which supplied sixteen European countries with economic support to rebuild the damaged sites. In Europe, the partitioning of Germany, especially Berlin, added to the increased hostility between the Soviet Union and the western powers. In 1948, Truman created a massive airlift in response to the Soviet Union’s blockade of West Berlin. In 1949, he created the military alliance with the western nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. With increasing tensions with the…

of office in the White House by Chief Justice Harlan Stone. New President Truman told reporters, “I don’t know if you fellas ever had a load of hay fall on you, but when they told me what happened yesterday, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.” Truman & Roosevelt met many times privately before Roosevelt’s death & was never informed about the construction of the atomic bomb, & had to face many monumental challenges & decisions. When Truman was in office the…

belief originated from a long line of beliefs and ideas of peace. It is believed to have started around 470-399 B.C.E. One of the many political activist leaders who used this idea was Mahatma Gandhi. “Mahatma Gandhi (October 2, 1869 to January 30, 1948) was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians.” (404 Error.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television,…

Israelis were attracted to Communism, it is important to explore Communism in Israel on a base level, as well as some characteristics of the Party which made it irresistible. It should be noted the Communism was an evolving ideology in pre-1948 Israel and post-1948 Israel. There were different groups that were the official Communist parties, which changed over time. Before there were any established official Parties, there were underground Communist groups which primarily consisted of Jews.…

Is it true that the Cold War began after the Berlin blockade crisis of 1948? The Cold War was described by George Orwell as “a peace that is no peace”. The lack of actual armed conflict combined with the undulating political and military tensions make identifying the start of the cold war problematic. The Berlin blockade crisis of 1948 played a large role in the onset of the Cold War, and yet several earlier episodes suggest that the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union had…

became a freelance fashion photographer for Vogue. He later followed Stryker to the Standard Oil Photography Project in New Jersey, which assigned photographers to take pictures of small towns and industrial centers. He did this job from 1944-1948. In 1948, Parks became the first black to become a photojournalist for Life magazine. A photographic essay on a young Harlem gang leader won Parks a staff job as a photographer and writer there. He worked for Life for twenty years, until 1968,…

helped him with his confidence while skating. When Button was 16 years old he won the U.S Senior Men’s Title and was able to hold it for 6 years. Also he was the youngest skater to win this award. While he was holding this title he participated in the 1948 St.Moritz, Switzerland Winter Olympics. He was able to show off his new move called the double axel. Although there were nine judges and eight of them thought he was the one to win, he still pulled off to win the gold medal. Being the first…