Endicott Board report of 1886
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The Endicott Board report of 1886 was a landmark U.S. defense study that recommended a comprehensive modernization of American coastal fortifications, leading to the Endicott Period coast defenses.
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Target entity: Endicott Board report of 1886 Context triple: [Endicott Period coast defenses, hasCause, Endicott Board report of 1886]
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Target entity: Endicott Board report of 1886 Target entity description: The Endicott Board report of 1886 was a landmark U.S. defense study that recommended a comprehensive modernization of American coastal fortifications, leading to the Endicott Period coast defenses.
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A.
Patten Report
The Patten Report is a landmark 1999 document that recommended sweeping reforms to policing in Northern Ireland, leading to the creation of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and reshaping the role and structure of the former Royal Ulster Constabulary.
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B.
Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Board of Education of Massachusetts
The "Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Board of Education of Massachusetts" are a series of influential 19th-century educational reports by reformer Horace Mann that helped shape public schooling in the United States.
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C.
Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation
The Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation is the municipal body responsible for overseeing budgeting, appropriations, and financial policy for the town of Greenwich, Connecticut.
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D.
Blount Report
The Blount Report was an 1893 U.S. government investigation led by Commissioner James H. Blount that examined and criticized American involvement in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
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E.
Kean-Hamilton Commission
The Kean-Hamilton Commission was the bipartisan, independent panel established to investigate the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States and to recommend measures to prevent future attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States government document
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defense study ⓘ military report ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Report of the Board on Fortifications or Other Defenses ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Endicott Board ⓘ |
| chairperson | William Crowninshield Endicott ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Department of War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eraName | Endicott Period ⓘ |
| focus |
defense of major U.S. harbors
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protection against modern naval threats ⓘ |
| goal |
protect U.S. coasts from foreign naval attack
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standardize coastal defense systems ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | landmark in modernization of U.S. coastal defenses ⓘ |
| impact |
large-scale construction of new coastal batteries
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retirement of obsolete smoothbore and rifled muzzle-loading guns ⓘ |
| implementedDuring | Endicott Period ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
Harbor Defenses of Boston
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linked to:
Boston Harbor defenses
Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
linked to:
Hampton Roads harbor defenses
Harbor Defenses of New York ⓘ
linked to:
Harbor defenses of New York
Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound ⓘ Harbor Defenses of San Francisco ⓘ |
| influenced | United States coastal defense policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Crowninshield Endicott ⓘ |
| oversawBy | Board of Fortifications ⓘ |
| precededBy | Civil War era masonry fortifications ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1886 ⓘ |
| recommended |
construction of new seacoast fortifications
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installation of modern breech-loading artillery ⓘ mine defenses for harbors ⓘ modern fire-control systems for coast artillery ⓘ modernization of American coastal fortifications ⓘ use of disappearing gun carriages ⓘ use of reinforced concrete batteries ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Taft Board report of 1905 ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Endicott Period coast defenses ⓘ |
| subject |
artillery modernization
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coastal defense ⓘ harbor fortifications ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| topic |
coast artillery
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seacoast fortification engineering ⓘ |
| typeOfModernization |
artillery technology
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fortification design ⓘ harbor minefields ⓘ |
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