... by alchemist and was used to treat skin infections. Learning quickly that gunpowder could be used in bombs, mines, and other weapons, gunpowder was transported to Europe likely over the Silk Road trade routes. Rival nations refined the gunpowder mixture: approximately 75 percent saltpeter, 15 percent charcoal, and 10 percent sulfur. In the tenth century, Chinese fire lances were the first guns ... ...

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... (1942) Established to direct war production and the procurement of materials in World War II. The board converted domestic factories into military factories. The Coca- Cola Company began packaging gunpowder, Silk clothing factories began making parachutes, and automobile factories began making tanks and airplanes. U. Manhattan Project Established (1942) The Manhattan Project was the code name for the US effort during World ... passed almost all the important bills Roosevelt requested. One such program, the Civilian Conservation Corps, eventually employed more than 2 1/2 million men at v...

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... . Desensitized and disillusioned from WWI, writers such as Herbert Huncke, Carl Solomon, and Neal Cassidy created controversial poetry and novels that challenged society's beliefs. Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road in 1957, embodied this movement with his bitter, comic rants against society. Political activist and poet Alan Ginsberg showed anger and idealism in his esoteric works. This generation of writers ... beyond his time. Still many couturiers' still found his designs popular. Balenciaga was a true sculptor of his fabrics. He would tend and favored to working with stiffer fabrics...

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