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- 1531: Billy Sunday
- ... product of his times and an example of the culture and morals of middle America. On the other hand, Sunday took many stands against popular beliefs, and he persuaded multitudes to join him in a war against many of the modernistic ideas of the time that he saw as evil. As he once summarized his opinion so well, “What this world needs is a tidal wave of reform” (Sunday “Satan” 24 ... 1872, Mrs. Sunday and her parents were so impoverished that they could not feed and clothe all the children. Thanks to a state senator, they re assigned to one of Iowa’s three well-run Civil War Soldiers’ Homes located in Glenwood, about a hundred and fifty miles from the Sunday homestead. Billy remembered the departure this way: When we climbed into the wagon to go to town I called out, “ ...
- 1532: Lincoln
- ... not until the 13th amendment that slavery was abolished nationally. In his second inaugural address Lincoln set an example that all Presidents are still measure by for eloquence and brevity. During Lincoln s presidency, the Civil War broke out. For Lincoln the country was out of control. Falling into a depression that would plague him throughout his life. Lincoln underwent endless crises that would have shattered a weaker man. Lincoln was a president that lacked administrative experience, suffered from depression, and was thrust into the middle of the Civil War. Lincoln became a tough wartime President. He flexed his powers whenever necessity demanded. He became a warrior for the American dream . Putting aside he hate for bloodshed and violence, Lincoln derived a plan ...
- 1533: Before 1640, Parliament Was No
- ... did not contain opposition and was not powerful has many followers with many of the recent historians, such as Loades, Sharpe and Russell. Their argument stands on shaky ground. The three reigns prior to the Civil war (greatest power struggle of all time) were littered with Parliamentary opposition and power struggle. The more viable Whig argument states that Parliament was indeed powerful and contained vast opposition against the Crown. With two contradicting ... by Parliament, due to its high churchness an approach too similar to the Catholic doctrine. This was attacked with attempted impeachment of Montague who Charles had to protect. Foreign policy, Charles followed a policy of war, to protect his sister in the Palatinate and failed raids to Spain led by the much disliked Buckingham. Buckingham upto his death was continuously attacked because of his close relationship to the King, as ...
- 1534: William Faulkner
- ... jail, town square, old houses, and Old Frenchman's Place, even a railroad. Faulkner's "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County, and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is where most of his stories take place. He pondered the family history and his own personal history; and he used both in writing his stories. (American Writers; 54) Faulkner born in New Albany ... of his life have shown up in Faulkner's writings. He was twice acquitted of murder charges. He was a believer in severe discipline and was a colonel of a group of raiders of the Civil War. He began as a poor youngster trying to take care of his widowed mother, but ending his career as the owner of a railroad and a member of the state legislature. He was ...
- 1535: Reconstuction
- Reconstuction The reconstruction period was a time of recovery for the country as a whole. To heal the deep wounds of the civil war. The loss of cities, towns, homes, and family members. Whole cities were burned level, and widows were left scattered all over the country with a small pile of smoking rubble left as their houses. The ... beginning", may all have been true. It was a "new beginning" wasn’t it? Yes, it was, but was it a good one? The answer to that question is no. A large cause for the civil war was to free the African-American slaves, to allow them to have equal rights to the white race. But after the war was over, and the slaves were supposedly free, did they still ...
- 1536: Battle On March 9th
- ... one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history. Up until that point, all battles had been waged between wooden ships. This was the first battle in maritime history that two ironclad ships waged war. The USS Merrimack was a Union frigate throughout most of its existence, up until the Union Navy abandoned the Norfolk Naval Yard. To prevent the Confederate Navy from using her against them, the Union Navy ... the strongest ship built by the Northern Navy. Wooden ships were now obsolete. Ironclad ships began to roll out of ship yards more often than their wooden counterparts. The invention of the ironclads in the Civil War set examples for the future of ship building in the United States. The ironclads were at an advantage over the wooden ships of the two Navies because of their superior technology. Ironclads could withstand ...
- 1537: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... the U.S. and France. Also, North Vietnam attacked U.S. Battleships in the Gulf of Tanken. A major event in Johnson's first year as president was Congressional passage of one of the largest civil rights bills in the nation's history. The bill had been show to Congress in June 1963 during the large civil rights demonstrations being healed during the time. It was originally Kennedy s bill, but Johnson firmly stood behind it. The bill passed the House of Representatives in February, but Southern opponents tried to stop it ... Johnson made his plan called the Great Society. This plan is an expanded continuation of Kennedy s New Frontier. The dealt with antipoverty, health, education, conservation, and urban planning measures. Johnson was deeply involved in civil rights. Johnson pressed Congress for a bill that would assure voting rights for blacks. Legislation passed in July raised social security payments and taxes, which made Medicare available for most people 65 and over. ...
- 1538: Battle Of Vicksburg
- Battle of vicksburg The Vicksburg Campaign was one of the most decisive campaigns of the Civil War and also one of the greatest campaigns in history. Vicksburg, Mississippi, perched upon a steep bluff along the east bank of the Mississippi River was of strategic importance to the north and south. The opening ... Union, the year of 1862 having been one of disasters caused by the Union and coinciding with the defeat of the Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, marked the turning point of the war. The first serious attempt to take control of Vicksburg was an expedition commanded by General W. T. Sherman who went down to Mississippi and attacked Confederacy positions immediately north of town, while another army ...
- 1539: A Rose For Emily
- ... her father's strict mentality. After being the only man in her life Emily's father dies and she finds it hard to let go. Emily was raised in the ante-bellum period before the Civil War. This story takes place in the Reconstruction Era after the war when the North takes control of the South. Like her father, Miss Emily possesses a stubborn outlook towards life and refuses to change. This short story explains Emily, her mystified ways and the townsfolk' ...
- 1540: The Vote to Breakup Quebec and Canada
- ... States. The last kind of difference to consider would be the stability of Canada, with the loss of one of its large provinces. There are a lot of possibilities here. Some people believe that a civil war would occur. This is the type of consequence that would involve the United States more than anything. We would have known choice but to take action in the war. Our only choice would be, which side do we help? The possibility of civil war is far fetched to say the least, though. There would probably be some political unrest in the beginning, but ...
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