Who started the Korean war in the 1950’s? Most reliable sources would tell you that it was the North Koreans who were the aggressors in the beginning of the conflict. However, this isn’t true for all sources. Ho Jong Ho wrote a book for Foreign Languages, Publishing House in Pyongyang in 1993. His intentions can …
11. Going to the moon
Life Magazine and the Space Program
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Life Magazine on September 28th, 1962 introduced nine of NASA’s new astronauts that would be taking part in Gemini and Apollo missions. Some of the names might sound familiar: Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Charles Conrad, James Lovell, James McDivitt, Thomas Stafford, Edward White, and John Young. With a description given of every man including …
10. Cold War and space program
The Space Race: Sputnik
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The entirety of the US vs USSR space race began on October 4th, 1957 with the launching of Sputnik. This Soviet satellite was attached to a R-7 ICBM, that also proved that the USSR was capable of a nuclear strike against the United States. [1] They went on to launch Sputnik II only a month later, …
09. Types of historiography
Native American Historiography
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One of the main subjects of the historiography of Native Americans as a whole would he how they have been “cast, recast, interpreted, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted” [1] more than anyone else in American History. Depictions of the Native Americans in the 19th century portrayed them as “savage” and talked about how america’s “winning of the …
08. Rural electrification
Rural Electrification
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Although we think of electricity becoming a common item around the late 19th century, rural America did not see electricity for a long time after. In the 1920s, electricity was a common occurrence in big cities, but by this time, still nothing reached the rural areas. In 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority was founded, which …
07. Different national perspectives
The Falklands War: Britain vs. Argentina
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In 1982, the British and Argentinians fought in a 10 week war over islands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. After seizing the islands and claiming sovereignty, the Argentinians were met with a British Naval task force, beginning the Falklands War. It lasted for 74 days, and ended with an Argentinian surrender. Background: The British discovered …
06. War of 1812
The Second War for Independence
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In the early 19th Century Britain was dealing with a large problem, Napoleon. The Napoleonic Wars were pretty much a war between France and the rest of Europe. Although the United States were enemies of the British, they hated the French a lot more. Although the war was a large part of the early 19th …
05. Women and household technology
Women and Plumbing
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Although we take it for granted today, Indoor plumbing is one of the most important technological achievements in recent times. Although we have talked a bit about Women and Technology in this class, I remember learning a lot more about it in “History of Technology.” When all of these new innovations and inventions were coming …
03. Decision to use the atomic bomb: Alternative interpretations
Using the Atomic Bomb
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The article entitled “Reclaiming Realism for the Left: Gar Alperovitz and the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb” written by Peter Kirstein, talks a lot about how the use of the duet of bombs was more of a political move than militaristic. Kirstein describes the work of Gar Alperovitz, and his view of why the …
02. Decision to use the atomic bomb
The Atomic Bomb
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Although looking back on the use of the atomic bomb is very dark, we must go back to 1945 and step in the shoes of then President, Harry Truman, to think why he chose to use it. Japan had plenty of chances to avoid the bomb. “On 26 July 1945 U.S. President Truman and the other …