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- 601: Abraham Lincoln 4
- ... but the upper South seceded. As commander in chief, Lincoln encountered great difficulties in the search for capable generals. After the defeat of Irvin McDowell at the First Battle of Bull Run, the president appointed George B. McClellan to lead the eastern army but found him excessively cautious. His Peninsular campaign against Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital, failed, and Lincoln, whose own strategy had not succeeded in trapping Stonewall Jackson in ... to remove him. The president's next choice, Ambrose Burnside, was also unfortunate. Decisively beaten at Fredericksburg, Virginia, Burnside gave way to Joseph Hooker, who in turn was routed at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Then Lincoln appointed George G. Meade, who triumphed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but failed to follow up his victory. Persisting in his determination to discover a general who could defeat the Confederates, the president in 1864 entrusted overall command to ... had long been plotting against the president. Aroused by the prospect of votes for blacks, he determined to carry out his assassination scheme and on April 14, 1865, shot Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The president died the next day. The subject of numerous myths, Lincoln ranks with the greatest of American statesmen. His humanitarian instincts, brilliant speeches, and unusual political skill ensured his hold on ...
- 602: Capital Punishment: Against
- ... Ecumenical Council, Unitarian/Universalist Association, United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church (Death Penalty Focus). Those that argue that the death penalty is ethical state that former great leaders and thinkers such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Kant, Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Mill all supported it (Koch 324). However, Washington and Jefferson, two former presidents and admired men, both supported slavery as well. Surely, the advice of someone who clearly demonstrated a total disregard for the value of human life cannot be considered in ...
- 603: An American Shame
- ... protect us from. Yet they have subtly taken over all positions of power in this country and are rapidly redefining what our Founders said to serve their own vile purposes. If they were alive today, George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams and even Liberal Thomas Jefferson would declare the News Media a greater threat to the freedom and future of this nation than King George and would declare war on them and not stop till every last infectious reporter, editor and announcer was burning in Hell. Some brain-dead, TV polluted, mushy-gushy Christian will piously say, "But for ...
- 604: John F. Kennedy In Vietnam
- ... government wanted to establish the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), which extended protection to South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in case of Communist "subversion." SEATO, which came into force in 1955, became the way which Washington justified its support for South Vietnam; this support eventually became direct involvement of U.S. troops. In 1955, the United States picked Ngo Dinh Diem to replace Bao Dai as head of the anti-Communist ... scale bombings of North Vietnam and accelerate modernization in South Vietnam. General Maxwell Taylor criticized Eisenhower’s conventional training efforts. McGeorge Bundy, the NSC advisor wanted to attack the Vietcong and North Vietnam if necessary. George Ball believed that Diem regime was corrupt and to create democracy in Vietnam was impossible. Kennedy first role as president was to focus on issue involving the dangerous crisis over Berlin, on Cuba, and on ... 1997. Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: The War Nobody Won. New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Kimball, Jeffery. To Reason Why. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. Lomperis, Timothy. The War Everybody Lost and Won. 2nd ed. revised. Washington: D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1993. McNamera, Robert. In Retrospect , The Tragedy in Vietnam. New York: Dell Publishing Group, 1996. Olson, James S. The Vietnam War. London: Greenwood Press, 1993. Rowe, John, and Rick ...
- 605: Global Warming
- ... HIRDL” http://eos.acd.ucar.edu/hirdls/home.html Logon November 1, 1996 Newton, David. Global Warming A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1993 Silver, Cheryl. One Earth, One Future, Our Changing Global Environment. Washington D.C., National Academy Press, 1990 Woodwell, George. The Rising Tide Global Warming and World Sea Levels. Washington D.C., Island Press, 1991
- 606: Turn Of The Screw- Henry James
- Henry James was born at two Washington Place in New York City on April 15,1843. He was the second son to Henry James, Sr., an independently wealthy intellectual, and Mary Robertson James. From 1843 to 1845, James took his first trip ... novella), An International Episode; the critical biography, Hawthorne; and The Madonna of the Future and Other Tales. The following year, he wrote the novel, Confidence, while traveling in Italy. In 1881, James wrote the novels, Washington Square and The Portrait of a Lady. He traveled back to the United States due to his mother s weakening health. James s mother died in February of 1882. His father died shortly after in ... and hospital work during the war. In 1915, James became a citizen of Great Britain. On December 2nd of the same year, James suffered from a stroke. After receiving the Order of Merit from King George V, the following year, James died in Chelsea on the 28th of February. His ashes are buried with his family s in Cambridge Massachusetts. In 1917, an unfinished autobiography was published entitled, The Middle ...
- 607: Amelia Earhart
- ... make her first flight across the Atlantic ocean on June 3rd 1928. Because she had the courage to be one of the only women pilots at the time, she was invited by her future husband, George Putnam, to make the 20 hour 14 minute journey across the Atlantic. Although she was just a passenger on the flight, she was still promoted to celebrity status for being the first woman to cross ... flying with writing her first book, "20 hours, 40 minutes" on her first flight, became assistant to the general traffic manager of TWA and served as vice president for public relations of the New York, Washington, and Philadelphia Airways. Amelia enjoyed public relations, but missed flying greatly during her four year sabatical. In 1932, no one else had ever flown solo over the Atlantic since Charles Lindberg, and Amelia set out ... she toured Europe and America giving speeches to various groups and promoting aviation. In autumn of 1934, her ambitious nature and love for flying caught up with her again, and she announced to her husband, George Putnam that her next venture would be a trans-Pacific flight flight from Hawaii to California. This was her most courageous flight yet, as ten pilots had already lost their lives trying to fly ...
- 608: Treatment And The Sex Offender
- ... States like California has the offenders names on CD-Rom so any person can find out about a sex offender based on certain characteristics, such as hair color, current county location, age, and so on. Washington state actually puts names of offenders determined as having the highest risk for recidivism in local newspapers. The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) does not support or oppose community notification. But they ... L; Holmberg, Jennifer K; Orts, Karen A; McCrady, Fara E; et al “Factors influencing sexual offenders’ modus operandi: An examination of victim-offender relatedness and age,” Child Maltreatment, v3n4, pp.349-361, Nov. 1998 Keiser, George M. (Feb. 1998) “Sex Offender Management,” Corrections Today, v60n1, pp.65 Konopasky, Robert J; Cann, Steve S.; curry, Daniel T.; “The Nova Scotia sexual Behaviour Clinic Evaluation, 1 September 1990-31 March 1991,” See http ... Specia Issues in Corrections, Oct. 1997. US Dept. of Justice. National Institute of Corrections Prison Div. NIC FOCUS: High Risk Offenders in the Community, by Eduardo Barajas, Jr., Correctional Program Specialist NIC Community Corrections Devision, Washington, D.C. Pallone, Nathaniel J. (Summer 1995) “Megan’s Law: A view from the front line,” Criminal Justice Ethics, v14n2, pp.9-11. Pithers, William D. Ph.D. (1990) “Relapse Prevention with Sexual Aggressors,” ...
- 609: American Republican Ideology
- ... fight using an army existed, but at the same time the suspicions of an army lingered. The Continental Army would need a special form of discipline, as well as a unique individual to lead it. George Washington became the man for this job. Having past military experience in the French and Indian War, as well as political experience in the Virginia House of Burgesses, he was to make an ideal general for ... his military duties in the Revolutionary War, he was always under the command of Congress. This insured that there would be no way for him or his army to grow beyond the smallest size necessary. Washington was faced with many difficulties, however, in his term of military service during the Revolution. He had to respect the personal liberties his soldiers possessed as Americans, as well as keep some form of ...
- 610: History Guidelines
- ... the school year wouldn’t be extended because we could take out the not son important facts and replace them with the hidden facts. Altouth the standards for United States history neglect to mention that George Washington was out first president, or that James Maddison was the father of the constituion, they do manage to include a great deal about the Klu-Klux-Klan (wich appears 17 times), and the Great Depression ... a few hell raisers and let each child generate their own idea about history? When the children eventually learn these facts about the past won’t they become even more rebellious against us? After all George Orwell once wrote, “Who controls the present controls the future, and who controls the present controls the past” (Hullot 04) By presenting the youth with these hidden facts we will be able to see ...
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