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- 661: Sinclair Lewis
- ... in New York for a while. After working on some temporary jobs, he graduated Yale in 1908. After he got his degree, he worked for publishing houses and various magazines in Iowa, Carmel, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York City. During his time in Greenville Village, he associated with some radicals like John Reed and Floyd Dell, and he became, for a while, member of the socialist party. In ... his adventures. In 1914, Lewis got married to Grace Livingston Hegger, and editor at Vogue. For the next 2 years two years he worked as an editor and advertising manager at the book publishing firm George H. Doran Company. But in 1916, Lewis abandoned his job and decided to travel around the country with his wife. In 1917 he published The Job and The Innocents and his son, Wells, was born ... It showed a devastatingly keen portrait of the life of a Mid-western businessman. This book captures the decieving qualities of society very well and skillfully shows it to us. It is about the protagonist, George Babbit, who searches for freedom but after a while of rebellious behavior, he returns to his circle of friends. He is unimaginative, self-important, and hopelessly middle class. He tries to alter his life ...
- 662: Abraham Lincoln
- ... upper South seceded. Military Leadership 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 ...
- 663: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... Distinguished Service Medal following the submission of German forces. After gaining much respect in the military field for his accomplishments during World War I, Eisenhower was assigned to many posts, where he became acquainted with George Patton and Douglas MacArthur, both prominent military figures. Becoming familiar with these men proved to be an asset in Eisenhowers military career. Before the entrance of America into World War II, he found himself promoted to the rank of brigadier general. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called him to Washington for a war plans assignment. Eisenhower impressed both the general as well as The President (Theodore Roosevelt) with his well thought out plan to focus on weakening Germany before assaulting the Japanese. Because of ...
- 664: The Bill of Rights
- ... the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ESTABLISHING RELIGION: While campaigning for his first term, George Bush said "I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." Bush has not retracted, commented on, or clarified this statement, in spite of requests to do ... honest Census answers. According to the General Accounting Office, one of the most frequent ways city governments use census information is to detect illegal two-family dwellings. This has happened in Montgomery County, Maryland; Pullman, Washington; and Long Island, New York. The August 8, 1989, Wall Street Journal reports this and other ways Census answers have been used against the answerers. COMPELLED TO BE A WITNESS AGAINST HIMSELF: Drug tests are ... for his defence. THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Surprisingly, the right to a public trial is under attack. When Marion Barry was being tried, the prosecution attempted to bar Louis Farrakhan and George Stallings from the gallery. This request was based on an allegation that they would send silent and "impermissible messages" to the jurors. The judge initially granted this request. One might argue that the whole ...
- 665: The Paparazzi And The Legislat
- ... of money offered by the tabloid press. They try to catch the rich and famous in unflattering situations. The new breed of journalism grew by leaps and bounds after the Watergate scandal first broke in Washington, DC (Petersen s, 57). At first the paparazzi were an annoying group of photographers who were persistent when trying to get the perfect shot of a celebrity so they could sell the image for large ... 98, have a positive and negative side to them. All laws are being made to protect against "commercially motivated invasions of privacy". However, some lawyers fear that these laws could do more harm than good. Washington DC media lawyer Lee Levine said that if the paparazzi legislation passed he could "envision almost anyone who did not like a story that included a picture of him suing under this new law". Because ... pursuit of a story. Earlier last year two British photographers were convicted in a California court and sentenced to jail terms for their attempts to photograph actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver. Actor George Clooney led a boycott of tabloid TV shows for what he considered intrusive and unfair coverage. He was joined by his colleagues on the cast of ER, ass well as other stars, including Whoopi ...
- 666: The American Revolution
- ... they attempted to settle their colonial grievances on their own, without England's help. And when they sent the Declaratory Act to England to ask for reasonable rights, such as more hospitals and schools, King George III refused to recognize the document. This only fueled the colonists' fire of growing resistance. In 1775, colonial militia met the British troops at Concord and Lexington, and after the shot heard round the world ... These battles began the American Revolution, when the colonists finally took their stand. They were rebelling against the controlling British and for a country of their own, with individual rights and representation. After the battles, George Washington was appointed commander of the army, and a year later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. This document was not the end of the war, but rather the beginning of the end. England ...
- 667: Margaret Sanger
- ... believed that the law could be interpreted to include women who were susceptible to disease and death from too much childbearing. She was in desperate need of money and turned to rich women like Mrs. George Rubilee and Mrs. Charles Tiffany, who responded by forming the "Committee of 100" to help fund Margaret's movement (Miller 221). The trial, which had been postponed several times, opened in January of 1917. Margaret ... birth control movement. The gem of the Committee was a "Doctor's Bill" that had been written from the ground up, starting on a local level and gaining support until it was introduced by Senator George Norris in 1931. In the years between 1931 and 1935, the bill was killed in Congress more than 5 times, each time by the direct influence of the Roman Catholic Church. At one hearing for ... majority of the population (who, by that time, was in the midst of the Great Depression). It became apparent to Margaret that the movement would go no further if it depended on what happened in Washington D.C., and so, when a package from Japan containing contraceptives was confiscated and not delivered to her, she saw another golden opportunity. Margaret quickly wrote to Japan and had another package with the ...
- 668: U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939
- ... near future". No reply ever came and on the eve of the conference the British were unaware of U.S. refugee policy4, a practice that would recur throughout the refugee crisis. Assistant Secretary of State George Messersmith, in briefing the President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees (PACPR) before Evian, expressed the U.S. desire to "create some permanent apparatus to deal with the refugee problem," but they, "envisioned no plan ... Jewry yet took place in what came to be known as Kristallnacht. Thirty thousand Jews were arrested and anti-Jewish violence peaked. In protest, President Roosevelt ordered the American ambassador, Hugh Wilson, to return to Washington, but refused to impose diplomatic or economic sanctions on the Nazi government8. Roosevelt publicly denounced Nazi brutality, saying that he could scarcely believe the Nazi barbarism. But when asked about getting masses of Jews out ... It was no secret, though, that the Nazis viewed the Jewish Question as central in their ideological quest toward world domination. As early as February 1939, this was brought to the President's attention by George Rublee at the White House. This occurred during negotiations by Rublee for the emigration of 150,000 Jews from Germany. The President asked why only Jews, so Rublee explained to him that "Berlin only ...
- 669: Martin Luther King
- Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr. was a fine and strong man and should be viewed as such, along with other American heroes, such as Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. He truly believed in his philosophy till his death. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 19, 1929, to Albert and Martin Luther King Sr. He was the second child in the family, with ... The Lord created us all equal , and I'm going to see to that." Over the years King was involved in many famous boycotts and marches, but none of them matched his famous march in Washington. He gave a speech that showed bigotry in the government. Now, just 20 years later, our country is changing, and helping to change South Africa. The key to all this success was Martin Luther ...
- 670: America A Country Made By Afri
- ... in the three essays of Countryman's book " How Did American Slavery Begin?" The three essays, which support Countryman's bold statement, are "Ancestry of Inferiority" by A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. "Gullah Roots" by Margaret Washington "Slavery and Freedom" by Edmund Morgan These essays specifically explain how the African Americans helped our founding fathers build this country physically economically and politically When the first African American set foot on this land ... would have such as Robert 'King' Carter (pg.19). People such as Carter used this because it was economical for him also it was economically successful for the political leaders of the country such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe (pg.122). The idea of the Declaration of Independence is somewhat controversial stating that, "all men are created equal
right to life, liberty and the pursuit of ...
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