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- 2601: Ulysses S. Grant
- ... his request was ignored. On June 17, 1861, Grant was appointed colonel of the 21st Illinois Regiment of Volunteers by the governor of Illinois, Richard Yates. Steadily, Grant began to show the qualities of a great military commander. On September 4, 1861 he established his headquarters in Cairo, Illinois, in command of the District of Southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri. Two days later Grant's regiment occupied Paducah, Kentucky, giving the ... former slaves. Grant opposed Johnson's policies and decided to give his full support to the Republicans. The Republicans needed a popular hero for their presidential candidate in 1868, and Grant's victories won him great popularity in the North, and Southerners were grateful for his generous terms to Lee. This popularity led to Grant being elected president in 1868. (Simon 315) In Grant's inaugural address on March 4, 1869 ... leaders and limiting the use of federal troops in the South. Besides establishing many rights for blacks and reuniting the North and South, Grant also managed to reduce the national debt and settle disputes with Great Britain over war claims during his first Administration. This led to Grant's election to a second term in 1872. After Grant left office, he and his family traveled in Europe and the Far ...
- 2602: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... kinds to speak out for the equal rights that men have too. She had changed the thoughts of people and what they thought the role of a woman was all about. This accomplishment was a great benefit to the women of society. Eleanor s awareness of the treatment of the Jewish during the holocaust helped to save numerous lives because of what she was able to do. She rescued people from the horror of concentration camps by getting them to safety. The infinite amount of refugees she helped mattered a great deal when it came to saving lives of mankind. This shows how she was such a notable humanitarian to all people alike, and proved that Eleanor was a kind woman who wanted to help everybody ... strength and courage motivated her to do what is right. Because of her attentiveness of the world around her, Eleanor could achieve her goals and accomplish her tasks. To sum it all up, Eleanor made great contributions to the society of humankind. She succeeded in life as a person and as a role model to many. Everything that she has done came from her heart, and it made the human ...
- 2603: Jaguars 2
- ... very interesting. Jaguars like to stalk their prey by getting as close to it as possible without being noticed then they attack it. They usually hunt during the night because it's fur gives it great camouflage. Their great camouflage also makes them hard to find and hard to study. They are really good at hiding, making them hard to find, even during the day. They're good climbers, and when they get into the trees they can become great prowlers, hunting their prey. One of the jaguar's main specialties is fihing. They can use their tail as a lure for fish, once the fish sees the so-called lure the jaguar uses ...
- 2604: Career As A Military Officer
- ... Army s Signal Corps and in 1907 a separate Aeronautical Division was created. The U.S. showed its true military prowess in World War I. Air power had proven itself extremely important and brought about great strategic changes. The Army Air Service was established in 1918 as a separate service though it remained under the Army s direction. The National Defense Act of 1920 made an order far as standing army ... do not have to wear their uniforms and participate in family and recreational activities like most civilians. At some points in time military service requires weekend, night, or 24-hour call work. Multiple relocations and great deals of travel are quite common for the military also. Depending on the branch of service, assignments could be extended periods at sea in cramped quarters or overseas assignments in undeveloped countries with few amenities ... important factor. Noncombatants may face danger during war if their duties bring them close to the front. Even in peacetime, hazardous training exercises present a risk to military personnel. Air and ship crews travel a great deal, as others are stations on bases around the world. Most personnel are reassigned anew place of operations ever few years. (Occupational Outlook, 1998-1999, 483) Earnings: The base pay of a 2nd Lieutenant ...
- 2605: Jackie Robinson
- ... I’m afraid that many fans may be hostile. We’ll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I am doing this because you’re a great ballplayer, and a fine gentleman,” said Ricky. Jackie Robinson had become a great leader for the African American community and essentially passed the torch for other black players. Teams saw how successful other teams were with black players so they picked up the pace and started to sign ... higher level of excellence in a wider variety of sports that any athlete in history. Jackie not only had an impact on baseball, but on other sports and American society as well. Besides being a great athlete, he was also a civil rights champion and community activist. Jackie Robinson had the courage to stand alone in a very tough situation where a lot of other people would most likely need ...
- 2606: America 2
- ... colonies. The Stamp Act required all legal documents, licenses, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards to carry a tax stamp. The act extended to the colonies the system of stamp duties then employed in Great Britain and was intended to raise money to defray the cost of maintaining the military defenses of the colonies. Passed without debate, it aroused widespread opposition among the colonists, who argued that because they were ... cooperation among the colonies, but Benjamin Franklin's Plan of Union (Document A) for the colonies, though voted upon favorably at Albany, was refused by the colonial legislatures (and by the crown) as demanding too great a surrender of their powers. This congress showed Americans could represent themselves and did not need to be virtually represented in parliament. Colonist despised virtual representation, as evident in document "B". Edmund Burke writes "Govern ... and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced...Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and posterity will on day cause great changes in the world...." Maybe Hector really knew what he was talking about. The Americans were beginning the end of judging of their brothers and sisters from other countries. The colonies were becoming one. ...
- 2607: Life of Charles Robert Darwin
- ... attending school. The school was very strict, and Charles found the lessons mindless and boring. No Science was taught, and perhaps the only thing he felt joy in was famous literature. He read all the great works of Shakespeare, enjoying them immensely. When Charles was 16 he was sent off to Edinburgh University in Scotland. Like the rest of the men in his family, his family he was to become a ... went alone. Erasmus had successfully completed his studies. Charles made several more friends. One was Dr. Robert Grant, perhaps twice as old as Charles, but they never the less enjoyed each other’s company a great deal. Charles father began to realize that Charles was not going to be a doctor. He pondered the idea of his son being a minister, or priest. He suggested the idea to his son who ... with the idea of the Bible, which upset many people. Charles and Emma moved into a very large house. They called it Down House. Eventually they had ten children. Over the years Charles discovered a great interest in Barnacles. He studied them and often let his children help him with his experiments. In the year 1859, Charles published a book about the discoveries he had made while traveling around the ...
- 2608: Alexander Hamilton
- Alexander Hamilton I support the fact that Alexander Hamilton was a brilliant Secretary of Treasury, but a failure as a politician. He was brilliant as a Treasurer basically because he was a great strategist that was very skilled and had a great intellect in economics. Hamilton's plan for centralizing and reinvigorating the national economy was integrally related to his philosophy. He believed that an energetic American government should actively encourage manufacturing, assume responsibility for the country ... imports and by proposing an excise tax on American whiskey. He argued that as long as the states owed money to other nations, it could not be truly an independent nation. Hamilton's program had great success in restoring the credit of the United States. His vision of a centralized economy provided the basic model for a system that has survived to the present day. Yet, in the implementation of ...
- 2609: Brett Favre
- ... my biography paper. The name of the biography was Brett Favre and it was written by Martin Mooney. If you love football you should read this book. I chose Brett Favre because he is a great quarterback and role model to children everywhere. I also chose him because he is a football legend Brett was born in a small town called Kiln, Mississippi, on October 10, 1969. He was given the ... longest pass completion (a 99 yard pass for a touchdown on September 11, 1995, at Chicago). In both 1995 and 1996 seasons he was the league leader in touchdowns. I think Brett Favre is a great hero for all children who would like to have a sporting career or any career. This is because of his great attitude towards the game and never would give up, even after his first season in the NFL playing for the Falcons on the bench. He is a great role model because he could teach ...
- 2610: The Life and Times of Peter Straub
- ... 3 Because of his exceptional learning abilities, Peter Straub went on a scholarship to Milwaukee County Day School and was loved by all his English teachers. During this period of his life, he discovered many great writers and also jazz music. Straub said this about jazz; “Probably, the way I heard jazz, the impact it had on me, informed my notion of art and expression, of the possibilities within expression. It ... rate as others in his field. “Anybody who writes all day long, has a life that is largely filled with fiction, and it’s fiction – if you spend that much time with it and take great care with it – that has the feel of the real world, that has the feeling of life. It feels that it’s growing, developing and changing on it’s own.”10 Peter Straub, though, does ... s true for anybody who’s doing a task sufficiently absorbing as to be worthy of real attention: At some moments, you are the task. And those moments, I think everybody knows that those are great, great moments that amount to a sort of transcendence, a transcendence into what is real, instead of a transcendence that leaves the real behind.”13 Bibliography Event Horizon Web Productions Inc. “Transcript of Chat ...
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