catapult

Examples of catapult in the following topics:

• The People's Party and the Election of 1896

  • He decried the gold standard, concluding the speech, "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. " Bryan's address helped catapult him to the Democratic Party's presidential nomination; it is considered one of the greatest political speeches in American history.

• Why Study Organizational Theory?

  • Once an organization sees a window for expansion, it begins to grow by producing more and thus alters the economic equilibrium by catapulting itself forward into a new environment of production.

• Expansion Throughout Central and Western Asia

  • During the invasion of Transoxania in 1219, along with the main Mongol force, Genghis Khan used a Chinese specialist catapult unit in battle, adding to the powerful tactics already in use by Mongol forces.
  • The Chinese may have used these same catapults to hurl gunpowder bombs.

• Architecture of the Middle Kingdom

  • Its fortifications included a moat three meters deep, drawbridges, bastions, buttresses, ramparts, battlements, loopholes, and a catapult.

• Inadequate Currency

  • Bryan's address helped catapult him to the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

• The War in the South

  • The Battle of New Orleans immediately catapulted Jackson to national prominence as a war hero, and in the 1820s, he emerged as the head of the new Democratic Party.

• Technological Advancements under the Song

  • An illustration of a trebuchet catapult from the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044.

• The Mongols in Eastern Europe

  • The Mongols had acquired Chinese gunpowder, which they deployed in battle during the invasion of Europe to great success, in the form of bombs hurled via catapults.

• The Southern Song Era

  • During these battles the Song navy employed swift paddle-wheel driven naval vessels armed with trebuchet catapults aboard the decks that launched gunpowder bombs.