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“Although the ancient Games were staged … from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return” (“The Games”). The Olympic Games were very important to the Greeks just like the Games are a huge spectacle for the world now. The Games were always important to the Greeks but it took a while for modern people to warm up to the idea. Once they warmed up to the idea of the Olympics they took off with it and it is now a global spectacle. The Olympics have a rich history, significant

everything about them. Not only was this an issue in earlier times, but the present as well. The battle to overcome inequity was made significantly more troublesome in the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896. One of the most historic cases in Supreme Court history is the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896. Plessy v. Ferguson was a trial that ruled segregation as legal, as long as separate, equal facilities were provided for both races. After the Reconstruction era had dispersed, the Jim Crow laws appeared

in Athens.[22] The IOC was fully responsible for the Games ' organization, and, for that purpose, elected the Greek writer Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.[23] 1896 Games Main article: 1896 Summer Olympics The opening ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadium The first Games hosted by the IOC were held in Athens in 1896. These Games brought 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 events.[24] The Greek officials and public were enthusiastic about the experience of hosting these Games

host country The Olympic Games is known today as the most visible and spectacular International Public Event. Over the last 20years, the Games have experienced unparalleled growth and universal popularity. The first modern Olympics held in Athens in 1896 attracted 311 athletes from 13 countries. In 2000, the Sydney Games involved 10,651 athletes from 199 countries, with ticket sales of 6.7 million and another 3.7 billion watching on television .In addition, the IOC and the Sydney Organizing Committee

athletes my whole life and yet still am aspiring to be one. Though the chances of becoming an Olympic athlete are slim I cannot give up trying. Every four years millions of people are engrossed in the Olympic Games. The Olympics first began on April 6th, 1896, but back then there were few similarities with the modern day Olympics. With a small crowd cheering on only a few sports and all male athletes, there was not near as much publicity and fame as today. The two hundred eighty participants gathered in

When it comes to the Olympic Games, there is a lot of history behind it. The first Olympics were held in Olympia, Greece, and the games were played by elite athletes. The games went from 776 BC to 393 AD and stopped up until 1896 AD, when the games were held in Athens, Greece. The Olympics have become a great way for countries to show off some of the interesting aspects of their country. For a country to host the Olympics, they must go through a process. First, you must submit a bid to the IOC (International

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a cognitive constructivist born in Neuchatel, Switzerland. He played a huge role in how we view child development and how we can apply it to teaching in our classrooms. A set of cognitive developmental stages were developed by Piaget to explain how, when and where a child’s development takes place. Cognitive development is crucial, if a child does not develop cognitively then he or she would not be able to reason, interpret, speak, think, understand, remember etc. However

The newspaper article written May 5, 1896, and published by the New York Times is a report on the events that took place in Chicago May 4, 1896. The primary source is not very reliable. Reliability is the trustworthiness of the information in a source. Although The New York Times is a very reputable publisher, the article does not state who the author is, and there are many misleading numbers, personal and political agendas made by the author. The article is a report on the violent riots in Chicago

With the Fusion party being active, the Election of 1896 was different than any election before in North Carolina. For the first time since Reconstruction, a Republican governor was elected, Daniel Russell. Russell was a leader of the Fusion party and won the state election with 46.57% of the vote, beating out the Democratic candidate, Cyrus B. Watson. Daniel Russell was raised in a family with unusual political beliefs, including an opposition to secession during the years of the Civil War. Russell

equal rights before the law and equal opportunities for improvement and progress, it has accomplished the end for which it is organized and performed all of the functions respecting social advantages with which it is endowed." Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), was the landmark US Supreme Court case that legalized discrimination against African-Americans and gave credence to the "separate but equal" doctrine. Plessy, and the Jim Crow laws that flourished in the South due to