Today I’m going to be comparing and contrasting some different social media platforms, as well as talking about their history and how they were founded, their popularity, and their different uses to the consumer! First, we have to talk about the largest social media giant of the U.S., Meta, the parent company of both FaceBook …
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H8#155: Dot Com Bubble
The dot com bubble was an economic event during the end of the 20th century after many speculative investments had been made into new internet companies. Many companies died there, but the few that survived would come back to thrive later. This bubble also actually helped the publicity of the internet, which would help advancements …
H8#150: Culture of the 80’s
The 1980’s brought some large changes to American Culture as we know it. Namely, the invention of new technologies like the VCR, Cable TV, and Video Games coupled with the rise of new celeberties in the music and sports industries and the average American having more free time than before resulted in an upheavel of …
H8#145: The Space Race
The space race was an important part of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and almost all space technology has come from the initial space race. While the Soviets made lots of early advancements, the Americans made it to the moon first. Today I’m going to cover the space race in …
H8#140: Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was born into a poor family in California in 1913. He grew up with his older brother and his three younger siblings. Richard excelled at school, graduating third in his class in 1937. Nixon then attempted to go into law in California, but changed his mind to go work for the government in …
H8#135: JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on March 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose F. Kennedy. John would be nicknamed Jack throughout his childhood. As a young boy, Jack was very ill a lot of the time, and had already contracted several diseases at age three. He was not expected to live adulthood. Jack …
H8#125: Authors of the 1900’s
Today I’m going to talk briefly about four different authors that wrote during the 20th century. C.S. Lewis is the author of the award winning book series, Narnia. C.S. Lewis’ full name is Clive Staples Lewis. He is one of the most famous modern authors, with millions of people still reading his books today. His …
H8#120: WWII Bullet Points
H8#108b: Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was an important event in history, as it led to the downfall of the Russian economy, the beginning of communism in Russia, and the cold war, just to name a few reasons why. Russia went from a government similar to the others in Europe ruled by tsars (pronounced zars) to being the …
H8#105: World War I
World War One (referred to henceforth as WWI) was the second largest military conflict to date, only being outmatched by the Second World War, just a short time later. The war started as a small conflict between Austria-Hungry and the small country of Serbia, and escalated into a war that involved countries and settlements across …