Lincoln At Gettysburg-the Mani
.... explains how Lincoln wove a spell that has not, yet, been broken.
Lincoln at Gettysburg's book is a tribute not just to the genius of Lincoln, but also to the power of language itself, which sometimes compromises the mind in order to save the soul. For Example, depending on the state he was giving a speech, Lincoln would advocate or reject slavery in order to capture the audience's attention, therefore, compromising his thought process with his beliefs.
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Lincoln Could He Have Preserve
.... this would recognize the South as an independent nation, which would finalize the secession.
For lack of a better idea, some suggested the reinforcing of the forts, to protect them from bombardment. This idea was cast aside also, because, first of all, Fort Sumter lies in between two points of land, both protected by forts. To make this idea work, those forts would have to be taken, too. Lincoln could not amass the needed number of soldiers, either. Secondly, the thought of risking more lives on jus .....
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Long-term Cause Of The Russian
.... present a petition to Czar Nicholas II. The petitioners however did not know that Nicholas was not residing in the palace at the time. Then without warning, Russian troops outside the palace opened fire killing hundreds. The cavalry then followed and preceded to flog the remaining survivors. This was a very dark day for Russia. This event, known now as "Bloody Sunday" set the scene for Revolution across Russia. Revolution swept the country. Revolts, strikes, and mutinies culminated to produc .....
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Loosing Through Surviving
.... Augusta Ada, on December 10, 1811. Byron and Anne Milbanke divorced one year later and Byron left London forever. Byron went to Switzerland where he befriended Percy Shelly, another promenent poet at the time, and became fairly obsessed with him. In 1824, after Byron had send over 4000 pounds to the Greek fleet, he sailed to join Prince Alexandros Mavrokordatos, to join his forces and fight with him. Byron contracted a fever and died on April 19th, 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece.
Lord Byron's p .....
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Louis Sullivan An American Arc
.... Adler oversaw the engineering. Louis had two main protegees over the course of his career. Frank Lloyd Wright was his chief draftsman until 1893, when George Grant Elmslie took over the position until 1909. Infact, Elmslie had an influential hand in Sullivan’s work during the last years of the operation. After the turn of the century however, Sullivan became destitute with few commissions. Prior to his death in 1924, he wrote A System of Architectural Ornament. In the book, he illustrates “natural w .....
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Love Canal
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France. He appointed James Monroe minister
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to serve with
Livingston. Congress granted the envoys $2 million
to secure their object. The international situation
favored the American diplomats. Louisiana was of
diminishing importance to France. The costly revolt
in Haiti forced the French emperor Napoleon I to
reconsider his plan to make Hispaniolia the keystone
of his colonial empire, and impending war with Great
Britain made him ques .....
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Lowell Mills Girls
.... were from, and how old they were. The life of the mill also helped to bind the women together in a strong community.
The strikes were a result of the threatening of the workers independence from the factory. The mill agents undermined the workers sense of dignity and social equality, which was very important to them. The strike was against “enslavement” by the wage cuts. The strong bonds in the community helped both the first and second strikes to happen. The turn-out was collective, if it had not been .....
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Luther And The Reformation
.... the German Church. During Luther's time, congregational chorales were performed in the service without accompaniment. They were most often sung with the choir in unison, and occasionally the congregation would sing the melody while the choir sang a simple polyphonic harmonization. However, the pipe organ was never used to accompany hymns. The general view of Luther toward the organ was not at all enthusiastic because of its "primitive" nature (mean-tone tuning). The pipe organ was used to preludize to g .....
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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In 1948 he ran for the U.S. Senate, winning the Democratic Party primary by only 87 votes. In 1953 he won the job of Senate Democratic leader. The next year he was easily re-elected as senator and returned to Washington as majority leader, a post he held for the next 6 years despite a serious heart attack in 1955. In the late 1950s, Johnson began to think seriously of running for the presidency in 1960. His record had been fairly conservative, however. The presidential nomination of 1960 went .....
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“how Important Was The Role Of
.... conditions of real danger to life and limb, and what some of them dreaded still more, of grotesque disfigurement some of the pearls of the shell filling factories was toxic jaundice resulting from TNT poisoning. This turned their faces a bright repulsive yellow. The poor girls were nicknamed “canaries”. They were quite proud of this designation as they had earned it in the path of duty.” From the war memoirs of Lloyd George.
The crisis caused by the second U-boat campaign lead to the creation of the w .....
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Articles Of Confederation 2
.... and near-anarchy and that the five year period after 1783 was the most critical time in American History.” Robert Morris, secretary of finance, resorted to desperate measures with the Newburgh conspiracy in an attempt to raise funds for a depleted military; but it took an impassioned plea from General Washington himself to put down the rebellion. Furthermore, the Articles allowed for personal rights abuses such as unsubstantiated foreclosures on farms and ill advised loans to certain “ smal .....
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China In The 20th Century
.... areas of
China, and these would be controlled by the Communist government. All of the people
would work for the common goal of the country. As a result, Chinese socialism was born.
The pre-communist history of modern China has been essentially one of
weakness, humiliation and failure. This is the atmosphere in which the Communist Party
developed its leadership and early growth. This resulted in strong determination by
chairman Mao to eliminate foreign influence within Chin .....
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Women In Western Society
.... and 17th century. Lots of women were burned at the stake for being accused of being a witch. Most witchcraft trials women of the lower classes were most likely to be accused of witchcraft. But by the mid 17th century this witchcraft craze was starting to vanish.
The Enlightenment questioned the role of women. For centuries men have dominated what the role of women should be. Many male writers believed that that women were lower intellectually value to men. But there were some philosophies, which sho .....
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Hitler - The Life Story
.... him "You will never be painter." The rejection really crushed him as he now reached a dead end. He could not apply to the school of architecture as he had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years of his live the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the dean's office that day. Many Historians like to speculate what would have happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would have had a bit more talent....or IF the Dean had been a little less critical, the world might have been spared t .....
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The Invasion Of Poland 1939
.... against in Germany due to Nazi influence.
Before the war there were many different people
living in the boundaries of Poland. There were 750,000
Germans living in Poland prior to 1939. Natural Poles
discriminated against the German's living in Poland. The
Poles made it hard for them to get job and pushed them
away from elections, they received little help from the
government. It is easy for people to discriminate against
people who are different from you. During this time
many immig .....
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