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Pax Romana is Latin for the term the Roman peace or peace of the Romans. It is defined as the period of time between 27 B.C.E.-180 C.E. in which the Roman Empire experienced an extended period of Roman peace and stability. This period lasted almost two centuries. The Roman Empire experienced intense measures of advancement, progress and growth during the Pax Romana.
Roman history portrays this period as a time of great peace which is generally considered to have begun in 27 B.C.E. During that year, Augustus Caesar declared an end to the great Roman civil wars of the first century...
On August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first President in United States history to resign from office. Nixons downfall was largely due to the Watergate scandal, which began on June 17, 1972. The Watergate scandal is the famous term given to the illegal activity that took place at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington, D.C.
Five men were arrested at the Watergate complex in 1972 when they were caught breaking into the national headquarters of the democratic fund. These men were Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, James W. McCord Junior...
On November 1, 1952, the United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb. On that day the hydrogen bombs awesome power to destroy, truly shook the world.
The first hydrogen bomb was prepared by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department aboard a naval ship heading toward the small Island of Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It was at this island in the South Pacific United States that the explosive was successfully tested. The bomb was nicknamed Mike and it was under the observation of the floor groups performing the test; the army, navy, Air Force and the scientific contingent...
The term McCarthyism is based on the actions of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1940s and 1950s. McCarthyism signifies the extreme anti-Communist movement that occurred in the United States. The period of McCarthyism began in the late 1940s and ended in the mid to late 1950s. McCarthyism came to be synonymous with the term witch-hunt, the act of making serious but unsubstantiated charges against people in public life. McCarthyism is also used today as a more all-purpose term to describe the general practice of making false allegations, specifically of pro-Communist activity and most often based on irrelevant evidence.
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