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- 4431: Andrew Jackson
- ... because of them. Many missions of Andrew Jackson's were self-righteous and stubborn. By his victory at the Battle of New Orleans, where he killed many Native Americans, he gained enough momentum for the American people to adore him. With this momentum as "Old Hickory," "Old Chieftain," and "Old Hero," people felt forever indebted to his military value, therefore staying aboard his zany political wagon. "The Bank, Mr. Van Buren ... rose from his painful childhood to be President of the United States and a military hero. Even though he committed some outrageous acts, such as the Bank War, he was only as corrupt as any American citizen. "Oh, do not cry," said Andrew Jackson on his deathbed, "Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven."
- 4432: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman, one of the principal leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King's challenges to segregation and racial discrimination helped convince many white Americans ... to overcome entrenched black poverty. In the spring of 1968 he went to Memphis, Tennessee, to support striking black garbage workers. King was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, prompting riots in more than 100 American cities in the following days. In 1969 James Earl Ray, a white escaped convict, pleaded guilty to King's murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Although many investigators have suspected that Ray ...
- 4433: J.P. Morgan
- ... age of 58, he signed a contract to supply gold to the United States Treasury propelling him into the headlines (Wheeler 3). The mid to late 19th century was a period of expansion in the American industry and in big business corporations. Through his leadership, Morgan salvaged America's financial systems several times during his lifetime. In the railroad industry, he was known as the great arbiter, saving several railroads with ... his successful reorganizations. In the steel industry, Morgan combined many holdings into one of the successful ventures of the time. In his lifetime, J.P. Morgan was certainly a captain of industry who saved the American financial system and numerous companies while overseeing one of the biggest ventures of the time. During his career, Morgan bailed out America's financial system several times. When Congress adjourned in 1877 without appropriating money ...
- 4434: Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist
- ... x-ray equiptment. Over a million men were x-rayed, which saved tens of thousands of lives and prevented an untold number of amputations. Between 1916 and 1918, Marie Curie trained 150 people including 20 American Expeditionary Force members in x-ray technology of radiology. After the war ended, Marie continued to train radiologists for another two years. Marie disliked reproters and kept away from journalists. One American reporter, Mrs. Marie Melaney was persistent. Marie finally gave in to her and agreed to an interview. The two quickly became friends. Mrs. Melaney understood how Marie had put aside her scientific work during the ...
- 4435: Marilyn Monroe
- ... black dress places focus on her body as a sexual asset which defies innocence. Lighting placed on Marilyn's face and emphasis on her white colouring and blonde hair, becomes a sign of the ultimate American female icon. This sign relies on the ideologies of the Aryan race where white people epitomised goodness and purity while black people were considered the dirty and inferior race. The lighting placed on Marilyn Monroe ... Hollywood as an institution to approve of and accept values associated with the Marilyn Monroe persona. Her image which served the interests of men, supported cultural ideologies endorsing her as the embodiment of the utopian American dream (ie. white, subversive, blonde haired female). Monroe's image naturalises the dominating discourse in the 1950's of females as sex objects where for a woman to be successful she had to be beautiful ...
- 4436: Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
- ... it, lived in it, worked in it and wrote in it. (Henry, Eugene O'Neill, p.157.) O'Neill is referred to as the most important twentieth century writer, not because he was the first american playwright but because of the influence of his work on the development of the american theater and on other writers. O'Neill said The theater to me is life- the substance and Interpretation of life............. [And] life is struggle, often, if not usually, unsuccessful struggle. (Henry, Eugene O'Neill, p ...
- 4437: The Ambitions of Napoleon
- ... the first time in eight years. His visit would last two years, leaving him from his regiment in France. While home in Corsica he wrote a reply to the Corsican aristocrats who had attacked the Revolution. He organized a local pro-Revolutionary militia. Then Napoleon got himself elected as second in command of a battalion of Corsican volunteers. The Revolution changed the status of Corsica, giving Corsicans all the rights of Frenchman. This change helped Napoleon think more like a Frenchman. In 1791, Napoleon was promoted to first lieutenant and sent to another regiment. But ...
- 4438: The Life and Work of Nemerov
- ... Series and is the editor of Poets on Poetry and Poetry and Criticism. In 1965 he was made a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1966 an associate of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The two main elements in Nemerov's character, poetry and fiction, are reflected in both his life and his work. Nemerov believes that these two elements are opposed and that ... Era. Detroit: Tristar Publishing, 1972. "Books by Howard Nemerov." http://www.system.missouri.edu/upress/otherbooks/nemerrea.htm upress@www.system.missouri.edu. Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 1-20-97. Donoghue, Denis, ed. Seven American Poets from MacLeish to Nemerov. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1975. "Nemerov, Howard." Compton's Encyclopedia. Compton's New Media, Inc., 1996. CD-ROM. Nemerov, Howard, ed. Poets on Poetry. New York: Basic Books, 1966 ...
- 4439: Biography of Karl Marx
- ... gone through the German philosophic school and whilst abroad they came to the same conclusions but while Marx arrived at an understanding of the struggles and the demands of the age basis of the French Revolution, Engles did so on the basis of English industry. (The Story of His life, Mehring, page 93) Friedrich Engles was born in 1820 in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia. Like Marx he ... he discussed the issues in the manifesto with Engles. It documents the objectives and principals of the Communist League, an organization of artist and intellectuals. It was published in London in 1848, shortly before the revolution in Paris. The manifesto is divided into four parts, and the beginning of the entire document reads "A specter is haunting Europe" The first part outlines his ideas on history and a prediction on what ...
- 4440: John Wilkes Booth
- ... 14, 1865 Good Friday, in Ford's Theater on the presidential balcony standing a close nine feet away using a .5 caliber gun John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln. The theater was performing "Our American Cousin,". If Lincoln had turned around, he would have known his assailant right away, for he had seen him perform. On the occasion of Booth performing, "Our American Cousin," Lincoln asked to see Booth. Though Booth being true to the south declined the offer. After Booth shot the president, he jumped off the fifteen foot balcony while yelling, "Sic semper tyrannis!" (the virginia ...
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