.... money from Union Pacific, a company that they owned little stock, into Credit Mobilier, where they owned a majority of the stock. With Union Pacific receiving government subsidies and funds, the investors were stealing government money. To avoid a governmental inquiry into the transaction, the investors gave Credit Mobilier stock to members of Congress. A congressional investigation in 1872 revealed many congressmen, high ranking republicans, and vice-president Schuyler Colfax took stock in the company. The scandal marred Grant's first term. Schuyler was replaced for the election in 1872. This began the uncovering of several scandals. The Whiskey Ring 187 A national ....

.... in the Middle East? In 1917, Britain declared its support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. But Britain had also promised support for an independent Arab State in former ottoman Arab Provinces, including Palestine. The first war began as a civil conflict between Palestinian Jews and Arabs following the United Nations recommendation of Nov. 29, 1947, to partition Palestine, then still under British mandate, into an Arab state and a Jewish state. Fighting quickly spread as Arab guerrillas attacked Jewish settlements. Jewish forces prevented seizure of most settlements, but Arab guerrillas, supported by the Trans-jordanian Arab Legion under the command of Bri ....

.... of children (The American Promise, 834). One of the people who was obsessed with the plight of children was a man named Charles Brace. He created the NY "Children's Aid Society". This was a program that was best known for "". In 1853, Brace founded this society to arrange trips, raise the money, and obtain legal permission needed for relocation (the , 1). The reaction to the were both positive and negative. The main reason for the was not to necessarily help the children but to clean up the streets. The children were treated horrible. They were forced to join in gangs to survive and live on the streets. These children were also known as "street Arabs". Children are ....

.... had there own influential power which they used to manipulate the truth and deceive the nation. More than thirty four years after the assassination, the mystery in Dallas has still has not been solved. The public now more than ever, wants to know the truth what really happened in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. John F Kennedy was the son of a wealthy business man from Massachusetts, named Joe Kennnedy. Joe , John's father was a determined man, he wanted one of his four sons to enter into politics. Joe had both the power and money to help influence his ambitions, for his four sons. (Netzley, The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy)(pg 8) John's fat ....

.... bathroom to a sewage pipe that eventually ran out into a lake or river. These people were very good farmers of their time so they would usually have something like wheat bread and barley for dinner. ns grew peas, melons, barley, dates and wheat. Farmers would raise cotton, and had zebus, pigs and sheep. In addition the ns were so advanced they caught fish in the river with hooks! Little kids also had toys to play with as children. Some of the things people have found are, whistles, shaped like birds, small carts and toy monkeys that could slide down a string. n entertainment was dancing, which they loved and there was a big swimming pool that was used for the public. In ad ....

.... 3)A LOOK AT THE FUTURE. This closing millennium had seen many things, good and bad. Millenium moments such as in 1095 when the first Crusades began. In 1271 Marco Polo headed for China. In 1347 the Bubonic Plaque swept through Europe killing 30 million. In 1776, British colonies in America declared independence. The 1800's saw America begging to come together. Thomas Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and 3 years later Lewis and Clark finished exploring the western US. Gold was discovered in California in 1848. The first half of the 20th century saw both WWI AND WWII. Unforgettable names like George Washington, Beethoven, Mozart, Thomas Edison, Chris ....

.... owned slaves and the second was the government made sure that Texans would be protected by the Mexican government from suits to collect debts that they had contracted in the United States before their immigration to Texas. All over the South were signs on bankrupt homes homes saying "Gone to Texas" were they did not have to pay off their debts (Downey 42). Austin and his followers were very hot tempered and ready to start up with any government that they disliked. They soon found a chance to stir up trouble under the changeable Mexican rule. Mexican authorities began to worry that too many Americans were coming into their country. About thirty thousand settlers came to Texa ....

.... not a democracy than you are not truly free. *~The government wants use to think that a democracy is pure and good where as a communist society is corrupt and harmful. The fact remains both a forms governments to control the inhabitants and to lead them so that their life might become better.~* The United States gives its citizens the right to periodicly elect their leaders. When the United States entered after the French lost the war in 1954, why did it feel, it was necessary to choose to fight the Ho Chi Men lead communists, without even allowing the ese people a chance to elect their own leader under a free parlimentory electoral system. The Secretary of Defense from 1 ....