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- 3481: Wyatt Earp
- ... the Lamar Police Force in 1870. Wyatt won the election by 35 votes. Newton, being the half brother of the other Earps, is hardly mentioned in any reference. We know that he fought in the Civil War and died just a short time before Wyatt. He farmed for several year near Garden City, Kansas and died in December of 1928. Newton most likely ran against Wyatt to keep others from running against ...
- 3482: Lord Of The Flies - Analyzing Ralph
- ... control to form savages. Ralph represents the civilization, and Jack represents the primitive society. Moreover, Ralph is Goldings symbolic method of democracy. To the audience, Ralph seems like Franklin D. Roosevelt during the World War IIhe was certainly capable of stopping the World War II from breaking out, but he could not force anybody thus letting the War break out. Similar comparison is used for Ralph; he is certainly capable of stopping the kids from acting irresponsibly, however, he forces nothing into happening. At first, Ralph gives power to Jack; this is ...
- 3483: The Blackfoot Indians
- ... causing the golden heads of grass to sway in a synchronized motion. On the horizon stands a herd of buffalo with bowed heads silhouetted by the slowly sinking sun. In the east stands an Indian war party mounted on horseback, each individual in different multicolored attire, all with either bows or spears in hand. As they move in for the attack, the mystical scene slowly fades from vision.... This dreamlike scene ... of hair over the bridge of the nose, cutting it square. The Blackfoot were responsible for some of the most impressive costume on the Plains. They frequently used ermine in their clothing and decorated their war costumes with paint, beads, etc. These costumes were considered to have spiritual powers, and hence were rarely worn. However, such costumes were worn at certain special events as the "war parade", which was held to impress guests. The people formed lines or circles while featuring headdresses, shields, lances, painted ponies, and ermine fringes on clothing. They also wore animal skins from the animal they ...
- 3484: Frederick Douglass - The Man
- ... government would hold him responsible for what had happened. He stayed for six months, until finally returning to America to campaign for Abraham Lincoln during the Presidential election of 1860. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Frederick helped raise the regiment of the Massachusetts 54th. This group of soldiers fought hard, and Douglass was respected as a leader of ex-slaves. Frederick soon fought for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ...
- 3485: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- ... a wide-ranging economic and social program, the New Deal, designed to counter the Great Depression of the 1930s. He also led the nation through most of its participation in the global struggle of World War II. Roosevelt attended a high-class high school and later graduated from Harvard in 1903. He quickly gained recognition by his leadership of upstate New York Democrats in a fight against Tammany Hall's nominee ... On that evening, Roosevelt told Americans that, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." His New Deal established programs like the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Works Progress Administration, and theTennessee Valley War II, Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, Great Britain's prime minister, personally determined Allied military and naval strategy in the West. But, under the pressures of wartime leadership, his health deteriorated. After the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt ... In the face of the potential collapse of the capitalist system, Roosevelt ushered in the interventionist state, which managed the economy to achieve publicly determined ends. In coming to the aid of Britain in World War II he decided that the preservation of Western liberal democratic institutions was a legitimate concern of the United States. In the process he converted the Democratic party to majority status through its appeal to ...
- 3486: Odysseus' Journey
- ... no hurt, but gave them to of the lotus, which was so delicious that those who ate of it left and did not care of going home, but just wanted to stay and sleep. Trojan War The Trojan War was the nine-year war between Troy and Greece, in which Greece finally won thanks to Odysseus and his wooden horse. The Greek army left while a select few men hid in the horse, which the Trojans drug into ...
- 3487: Francisco Pizarro
- ... of his new government. Manco escaped and headed an unsuccessful uprising. Two or three years later Pizarro and Almagro quarreled about the territory each was to govern. This contest soon assumed the proportions of a civil war. Pizarro's supporters captured and executed Almagro. The embittered and discontented followers of Almagro then conspired against Pizarro. They assassinated him in Lima on June 26, 1541.
- 3488: The Senegal Tribe
- ... by Samori Toure when the Europeans started coming. Samori Toure signed an agreement with the French in an effort to keep the land they had owned for centuries. Unfortunately, the French broke the agreement and war broke out for 7 years. The people of Senegal were defeated in 1898. This war was one of the few examples of overt resistance during the colonization of Africa. The geographical situation of the people of Senegal was one of the reasons that lost the war. First of all, Senegal is located on the North Western coast of Africa, making it easily accessible for the Europeans. Also, one very negative feature was the flatness of the land, which made the ...
- 3489: Slavery
- ... States. Initially, the wealth of the New World was in the form of raw materials and agricultural goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco. Slavery, without a doubt, had its profitable aspects prior to the Civil War. However, this postulation began to change as abolitionists claimed the land of the Southern Plantations was overworked and the potential income of slaves was lower than that of white people who had a vested interest ...
- 3490: The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher
- ... artist Maurits C. Escher (1898-1972) was a draftsman, book illustrator, tapestry designer, and muralist, but his primary work was as a printmaker. He was born in Leeuwarden, Holland and was the son of a civil engineer. He spent most of his childhood in Arnhem. He wanted to be an architect so he enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. He stared studying there in 1919. But ... Jetta Umiker, and they moved to Rome and had a family. After that they went to Italy until 1935, but political issues forced them to move first to Switzerland, then to Belgium. In 1941when World War II started and German troops occupying Brussels, Escher returned to Holland and settled in Baarn, where he lived and worked until shortly before his death. His work mostly unnoticed until the 1950's. Among his ...
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