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- 5111: Robert Edward Lee
- ... century. After the war Lee accepted the Presidency of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University in the fall of 1865. He died there on October 12, 1870. Lee is arguably the greatest General in American Warfare history. He has been called a hero by many Americans. He was a great soldier and commander on the battlefield. The Robert Lee memorial is now a national memorial.
- 5112: The Lexus And The Olive Trees
- ... for more exotic bets with larger pools of cash. The cold war system that had dominated international affairs since 1945 had been replaced by a new interconnected system called globalization. World War 1, the Russian Revolution and the Great Depression broke the first era of globalization and global finance capitalism apart. The Cold War was also an international system and it lasted from 1945 to 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell ...
- 5113: Lyndon Johnson
- ... of Yonkin. Johnson ordered U.S. planes to bomb North Vietnam's torpedo boat bases. In the spring and summer of 1965, he ordered the first U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam to protect American bases there and to stop the Communists from overrunning the country. America stepped up the bombing of North Vietnam. Casualties and the cost of the war increased sporadically. By 1968 the United States had more ...
- 5114: Horace Mann
- Horace Mann was the father of the American School System. Horace Manns had many reforms on education. He was born in 1796. Mann determined what the purpose of education should be based on his own experience and observation. Mann also had many ...
- 5115: Computer Crime In The 1990's
- ... intensive, convictions are hard to obtain when laws are not written with electronic theft in mind. Software Piracy According to estimates by U.S. Software Publisher's Association, as much as $7.5 billion of American software may be illegally copied and distributed worldwide. These copies work as well as the originals, and sell for significantly less money. Piracy is relatively easy, and only the largest rings of distributors are usually ...
- 5116: Isaac Newton
- ... school to prepare for college. When he finished grammar school and attended Trinity College, University of Cambridge, at age 18. He started college in 1661 and while he was there he learned of the scientific revolution that had been going on in Europe. After abandoning college because of the style of teaching, he went on to study natural philosophy. He became intrigued by atomists and the theory that all things in ...
- 5117: Abraham Lincoln: Biography
- Abraham Lincoln: Biography Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was very important to the past history of our country. He helped to abolish slavery in this country and kept the American Union from splitting apart during the Civil War. At 22, he moved to New Salem, Illinois. With his gift for swapping stories and making friends, he became quite popular and was elected to the Illinois ...
- 5118: Assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar
- ... from there out Rome declined. Bibliography: [1] Funk & Wagnalls Corp. (1994). "Caesar, Gaius Julius", Microsoft ฎ Encarta. [2] Perry, Marvin. (1988) "A History of the World", Houghton Mifflin Company. [3] Concord Reference Books, Inc. "The New American Desk Encyclocpedia", Signet Classics & Nal Books
- 5119: The Native Americans Had All Rights to Their Lands
- The Native Americans Had All Rights to Their Lands I believe that the Native American had all the rights to their land that the settlers took from them. I don't know what was going though the minds of the settlers that leteraly kick them off their land. I'm ...
- 5120: The Natural 2
- ... Roy was an athlete born with many talents and abilities. He was taught by his father to pitch and played baseball with his high school team. However, he struck out the leading hitter in the American League, Walter "the Whammer" Wambold. Walter was a three-time winner of the Most Valuable Player award and Roy struck him out, when he was just 19 years old. Another instance in which his talent ...
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