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- 2031: Ulysses S. Grant
- ... Grant won five victories, including the capture of Jackson and Champion Hill. Then, after two unsuccessful assaults on Vicksburg, Grant placed Vicksburg under siege from May 19 to July 4. On July 4, Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered Vicksburg. This marked the largest capture of men and arms in history up to that point: 30,000 troops, including 15 generals, and 172 cannon were surrendered. (Scaturro 2) Throughout the entire ... Grant died in 1902 and was buried at his side. Works Cited Porter, Horace. Campaigning With Grant. New York: Mallard Press, 1991 Scaturro, Frank. "Grant History." 9/25/96 "Battle Statistics American Civil War." Simon, John Y. World Book Encyclopedia. "Grant, Ulysses S." Chicago: World Book Inc, 1990
- 2032: George Orwell
- ... was like so he could maybe write a story or book about it in the future. Also around this time Orwell took a liking to the Socialist party, and started becoming a follower, or as John Atkins puts it a socialist with unsocialist beliefs. (37) His undertaking of the Socialist beliefs influenced many of his books in the later 30's and 40's, which can really be seen in his ... and is large and clear and good. (Rovere 9) Orwells English background and his life experiences definitely make him one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century. Works Cited Atkins, John. George Orwell. New York: Fredrick Ungar Publishing Co, 1954. Buddicom, Jocintha. Eric and US: A remembrance of George Orwell. London: Leslie Frewin, 1974. Gardner, Averil. George Orwell. New York: Simon and Schuster MacMillan, 1995. Orwell ...
- 2033: Life and Work of Shirley Jackson
- ... influence upon character or a reflection of character... The house not only reflects the insanities of its occupants, but serves as a fitting microcosm of the madnesses of the world"(Park, 22). In "The Sundial", John G. Park explains that "it is a nicely woven novel, where imagery and technique work together well. Through the use of various motifs, such as the house imagery, references to time, Jackson is able to ... Context in 'The Lottery'." Essays in Literature. No. 2, Fall, 1988. p. 259, 261. Oppenheimer, Judy. Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson. G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1988. p. 45, 60. Park, John G. "Waiting for the End: Shirley jackson's 'The Sundial'." Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction, No. 3., 1978
- 2034: B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology
- ... organisms. Skinner was a well-published writer. His work has been published in many journals. He also has written many books on behaviorism. His most important work was the study of behaviorism. First began by John B. Watson, behaviorism is one of the most widely studied theories today. B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology B.F. Skinner was one of the most famous of the American psychologists. He was ... how he did all of that. Skinner read some of the works of some famous psychologists. He read some books on Pavlov and the work that he did with the dogs and the work of John B. Watson, a famous behaviorist. He really became interested in behaviorism when he met two men, Fred Keller and Charles Trueblood. Keller was a strict behaviorist. Skinner saw Trueblood carrying caged rats that he was ...
- 2035: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... Reagan that he advised her not to have any more children. So Ronald whose brother wouldn't look at him because he was a boy, became the second and last of the Reagan's children. John Edward Reagan, who was of Irish-American ancestry, earned his living as a shoe salesman. Alcoholism cursed the life of Jack Reagan. His older son Neil said bluntly that it prevented him form becoming a ... who had been held hostage for than fourteen months. The release had been negotiated by the Carter administration. "Just a few weeks into my fathers presidency he was wounded by a would be assassin's (John Hickley Jr.) bullet on a street in Washington D.C. The bullet lodged about a quarter of an inch from his heart."9 Reagan survived the attempt on his life. He quickly recovered. Despite many ...
- 2036: Halberstam
- ... he inevitably drew the interest of very talented writers," Halberstam offers as the reason for the special Ali material. The writers are an equally impressive bunch, the list including Red Smith, Bill Heinz, Norman Mailer, John Updike, Tom Wolfe, Frank Deford, Dick Schaap, George Plimpton, Jimmy Cannon, David Remnick, John Krakauer, Hunter S. Thompson and Jimmy Breslin. 'A window on society' Halberstam says the book is more than a sports fan's guide to the century; it's a reflection of ourselves as we grew ...
- 2037: Important African American Figures
- ... Association for the Advancement of Colored People, earning its highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, in 1949. He participated in several civil rights demonstrations, including the 1963 March on Washington. That same year, U.S. President John F. Kennedy awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, born into slavery in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, and originally ... raise money for her missions into the South. She spoke at abolitionist meetings and at women's rights assemblies, often concealing her name for protection from slave hunters. Her forceful leadership led the white abolitionist John Brown to refer to her admiringly as "General" Tubman. She helped Brown plan his October 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and promised that many of the slaves she had ...
- 2038: "Out Of Empire: Edward Gough Whitlam"
- ... Whitlam was perhaps Australia's most controversial Prime Minister ever, and the Australian with arguably the most reason to resent our country's ties with Britain. For on Remembrance Day, 1975, the Governor General, Sir John Kerr, invoked his reserve powers to dismiss Whitlam as Prime Minister, something he could only do because he was supposedly acting on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. Thus, it is to be expected that out ... is almost certainly laced with personal feelings of injustice at his own treatment, Whitlam resented the way the Head of State had no real power in times of crisis, to wit, his dismissal by Sir John Kerr. Whitlam regrets that the Queen "has to be represented by persons of lesser experience and competence. She is at the mercy of fallible deputies." (Whitlam, 1985) There can be no doubt at to which ...
- 2039: Frederick Douglass' Life and His Work
- ... agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. His speeches that followed in the past did a lot to help the cause of the abolitionists. During his years as an agent he met with American abolitionist, John Brown. He learned of John's strategy of destroying" the money value of slave property" by training a group of men to help large numbers of slaves escape to freedom in the North via the Underground Railroad. When Douglass learned ...
- 2040: Burr, Aaron
- ... the conspiracy. On Nov. 27, 1806 Jefferson issued a proclamation that led to the collapse of the plot and Burr's arrest. The subsequent trial, held in Richmond, Va., was presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall. He defined the law of treason so narrowly that the jury took a mere 25 minutes to acquit Burr. Marked as a traitor and threatened by angry mobs in Baltimore, Burr gathered some money ... however. He supported a defiant posture toward France during the XYZ AFFAIR (1798), and as inspector general of the army (1798-1800) he took charge of organizing the nation's defenses. Bitterly disappointed in President John ADAMS's erratic leadership, Hamilton openly opposed Adams's reelection in 1800. When it appeared, however, that Aaron Burr might win the presidency over Jefferson, Hamilton unhesitatingly threw his support to Jefferson, whose policies he ...
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