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- 1111: Green Grass Running Water
- Coming Home In many Native American cultures, ceremonies of sacrifice and renewal are an annual activity used to promote community and individual well being. In the novel Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King suggests that when one is able to fully accept one's own self and/or cultural traditions, a renewal celebration or regeneration of the spirit may give the individual's life direction or guidance in previously misguided areas. The Native American Sun Dance is a celebration where the sacrifice of past difficulties and misdirected ideals and/or paths may cause the participants to gain strength and understanding in their lives . This is also a time to celebrate how the world was once created and to insure harmony between all living things. Thomas King proves this thesis using the characters Alberta, and Lionel. Alberta Frank is a Native American woman teaching native studies to a small group of "white" students at the University of Calgary. This Native American woman is lecturing on the "destruction aimed at . . . reservations," a topic integral to her life, ...
- 1112: The American Colonies
- The American Colonies The New England and Southern Colonies were both settled largely by the English. By 1700, the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The southern colonies have characteristics that are the antithesis of the ...
- 1113: The Effects Of The Industrial
- The Effects of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was absolutely beneficial to the progress of the world from the 1800s all the way to present day. Sacrifices were made which allowed technological advancements during the Industrial Revolution, which in turn, created happiness, life opportunities, and an over-all, definite amelioration of life. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, many hardships had to be overcome, causing great grief to most of ...
- 1114: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... Colonel of the Rough Riders, all by the age of 42, at which time he became the youngest man ever to hold the office of President. * He was one of the original members of the American Institute of Arts and Letters, and he was one of the first fifteen elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was a founder of the Boone and Crocket Club, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Long Island Bird Club. He also established himself as a historian (he was President of the American Historical Association) and as a naturalist (he was considered the world's authority on large American mammals and he led two major scientific expeditions for prominent American Museums, one in South America and one ...
- 1115: Woodrow Wilson and The Presidency
- ... s New Nationalism called for the continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions, paralleled by the growth of powerful regulatory agencies. Roosevelt's ideas were founded in the Herbert Croly's novel, The Promise Of American Life written in 1910. Although both Wilson and Roosevelt favored a more active government role in economic and social affairs, Wilson's favored small enterprise, entrepreneurship, and the free functioning of unregulated and unmonopolized markets ... providing for highway construction and the estab-lishment of agricultural extension work in the state colleges. In 1915, Wilson passed the La Follette Seamen's Act which required decent treatment and a living wage on American merchant ships. Wilson further helped the workers with the Workingmen's Compensation Act of 1916, granting assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of dis-ability. In the same year the president approved an ... ability to achieve greatness when dealing with foreign policy. Wilson stopped dollar diplomacy immediately after entering office. Then in 1914, Wilson persuaded Congress to repeal the Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1912, which had exempted American shipping tolls which provoked major protests from Britain. Wilson also signed the Jones Act in 1916 granting the Philippines independence as soon they could operate a stable governmental system. Wilson also partially defused a ...
- 1116: The Theme of Nature in the Works of Plato, Bryant, Twain, and Thoreau
- ... literature, is an aesthetic representation of real objects and ideas that is used to better understand their "ideals." In theory, as an object becomes closer ideal it also becomes a better subject for the artist. American artists in particular have been given an invaluable opportunity to explore this realm of the Platonic ideal. Because the American continent and its wilderness was primarily unsullied by the ravages of civilization, the natural world found there by early settlers was much closer to being "ideal" than anywhere else on Earth. For this reason, nature has become one of the most important subjects of American art, especially Literature. Specific examples from American literature including the works Moby Dick, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Walden, and "To a Waterfowl" can show how American authors explore the ideals of human existence ...
- 1117: African and Native American Slavery
- African and Native American Slavery 11-12-96 period 2 The 1500's, a time of discovery, was when the Europeans came to dominate most of the New World. The Europeans traveled to Africa and captured Africans to help ...
- 1118: Dr. Seuss: The Great American Children's Poet
- Dr. Seuss: The Great American Children's Poet Dr. Seuss is the pseudonym for Theodor Seuss Geisel III, Ted Geisel to his friends. He originally thought of his pen name being pronounced zo-oice which is the German pronunciation. He ...
- 1119: Glenn Theodore Seaborg
- ... and have become a cornerstone of modern nuclear chemistry. Honours include: in 1947 named as one of America's 10 outstanding young men by the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce; 1947 recipient of the American Chemical Society's Award in Pure Chemistry; 1948 John Ericsson Gold Medal by the American Society of Swedish Engineers; 1948 Nichols Medal of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society; 1953 John Scott Award and Medal of the City of Philadelphia; 1957 Perkin Medal of the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry; 1959 Atomic Energy Commission's Enrico Fermi Award ...
- 1120: History of Public Schools
- ... nation. In order to make the education for all possible, leaders need to find some source of financing. They decided that since education was beneficial to the nation, the funding for it should come from American citizens. It was then decided that public schools would be supported by taxes but when this news became public knowledge, many people were outraged. Citizens who did not personally benefit from the public schools did ... much of their time to convincing citizens of the importance of education. The insight and dedication of colonial leaders to the movement for tax-supported public schools has lead to the triumph over opposition from American citizens and has resulted in the expansion of public education. As time progressed, the need for free public education became more evident. A law was passed giving all adult white males the right to vote ... especially notable for their contribution to the movement for tax-supported public schools. Noah Webster was an active contributor to the public school cause. He wrote many articles on the importance of education while the American identity was still being established. His most famous essay was called On the Education of Youth. He states,
it is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued ...
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