|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 1461 - 1470 of 4904 matching essays
- 1461: Malcom X
- ... the Nation of Islam had become well known and Malcolm was their most known and popular speaker. In 1963, however, the Black Muslims silenced Malcolm for his remark that the assination of United States President John F. Kennedy was like "the chickens coming home to roost." In the following year, Malcolm broke with the Nation of Islam and formed a secular black nationalist group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU). In 1964 ...
- 1462: Hate Crimes
- ... the pickup. Byrd, handicapped in one leg, didn’t hesitate to accept the apparently kind gesture; little did he suspect his fate that was to follow. Angered, one of the passengers by the name of John King grabbed the wheel and drove to a dark deserted road outside of town. What happened thereafter undoubtedly has to be one of the most gruesome and horrifying crimes this country has seen since the ... the racist environment that Byrd’s perpetrators were forced to grow up in contributed greatly to their bigoted ideology. Reporters say Byrd’s perpetrators were three troubled men riding and drinking on a Saturday night. John William King, 23, was the trio’s unofficial leader, a foul-mouthed convicted burglar whose prison nickname was “Possum.” Shawn Allen Berry, also 23, was King’s former high school classmate and partner in crime ... the culture of hate; some have enough self-control to stop themselves from behaving in a deviant or violent manner, no matter how great the appeal. Still for some individuals, as in the case of John King, Shawn Berry, and Lawrence Brewer, the desire to commit a hate crime is overpowering. A recent study indicated that the number of white supremacists in America consist of just under fifty thousand people; ...
- 1463: Benedict Arnold
- ... right outside of West Point. (Macks 119) American forces captured the man. He was turned over to the American Army where his true identity was revealed. (Macks 119) The "traveler" turned out to be Major John André, who was part of the British Army. (Macks 119) He was Benedict Arnold’s connection with the British. (BA’s Leg) The scandalous scheme was quickly detected. (BA’s Leg) The American’s found ... pounds. Now a British officer, he led his new men on expeditions that burned Richmond, Virginia and New London, Connecticut, his native state. (BA’s Leg) Thankfully, West Point was saved. The British agent, Major John André, was soon hanged by the American Army. (Macks 120 and BA’s Leg) The British lost the battle and Arnold became dismayed at the mistake of switching sides. (BA’s Leg) The once great ... s betrayal. (B Arnold) People believed that Peggy indeed played an extremely important role in knowing what was going on with her husband and the British. (B Arnold) Peggy had been close friends with Major John André before she met Arnold. (B Arnold) It was said that during the winter of 1777 and 1778, the young woman held many parties in her Philadelphia home. (B Arnold) By this time, Peggy ...
- 1464: George Washington: Summoned By A Country; One Man Stood Strong
- ... disciplinarian, so stern in fact that a deserter was put to death in front of new draftees (Callahan 14). Soldiers would get lashings for swearing and drunkenness. Washington's last battle took place under General John Forbes, who taking Braddock's defeat in consideration, made a successful campaign against Fort Duquesne. The fort, after the victory, was renamed Fort Pitt. After this successful battle, Washington resigned his commission in late 1758 ... but was later to move. Washington's task was enormous, the creation of a new government. His military actions “had changed American history, what he was about to do could change World history” (Meltzer 143). John Adams was elected the first Vice-president of the United States. Adams and Washington's views differed greatly, preventing a close working relationship between them. Congress established the department of the executive government and the ... Vernon. George had a new capital built, the White House, but he died before it was finished. “Washington is the only President to never occupy the White House” (Sumner 7). In 1797 Washington retired and John Adams became President. “Washington's second term was stormy, partly the reason he relished returning to his beloved Mount Vernon” (Smith 366). Washington's chapter of history was, according to Commager: was assuredly the ...
- 1465: Runaways and the Abolition Movement: The Underground Railroad
- ... the Carolinas and Georgia customarily sought asylum with the Seminoles and freed African communities such as the Garcia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort Mose) and the Negro Fort (Fort Gadsden). According to historian John Blassingame, "by 1836 there were more than 1,200 maroons living in Seminole towns" (Buckmaster 1992: 18; Thompson 1987: 284-85; Gara 1961: 28-29; Preston 1933: 150; Deagan 1991: 5; Blassingame 1979: 211). In ... Liberator, and North Star newspapers. In the other extreme, abolitionism took form in slave insurrections that were usually planned and/or led by radicals and bondsmen such as Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, and John Brown. Inspired in part by the success of the Haitian Revolution, the number of revolts that occurred in the United States from 1790 to 1865 was small compared to other slave societies in the Western ... coupled with legendary flights of certain runaways introduced the name for the underground movement. Supposedly, the term Underground Railroad originated when an enslaved runaway, Tice Davids, fled from Kentucky and may have taken refuge with John Rankin, a White abolitionist, in Ripley, Ohio. Determined to retrieve his property, the owner chased Davids to the Ohio River, but Davids suddenly disappeared without a trace, leaving his owner bewildered and wondering if ...
- 1466: Lockes Influences On Education
- Locke s Influences on Education John Locke had a number of major influences on society in general, but his influences on education have stood the taste of time. His idea of Tabula Rasa, his introduction of empiricism, and idea of the ... the impressions made on it; either through the senses by outward objects; or by its own operations when it reflects on them. This is the first step a man makes towards the discovery of anything... -John Locke (On Ideas as the Materials of All Our Knowledge) Locke considers the new mind as white paper or wax. It is to be moulded and formed as one pleases. It is up to the ... appeal to all learning styles. Some students learn better visually, others orally and so on, so we have to hit all area in order to give all students an equal chance to learn. In closing, John Locke was a very significant figure on how we educate children today. He gave us the idea of starting students with a clean slate, the use of the scientific method, and the essential use ...
- 1467: The Watergate Scandal
- ... G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, were indicted in September of 1972. They were charged with burglary, wire-tapping, and conspiracy. They were subsequently convicted of these charges four months later. (Watergate 1). Judge John Sirica, who convicted these men, was lenient on their sentencing because he felt there was not enough hard evidence and details. He did not feel that the evidence revealed were pertinent enough to the specific ... appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate the possibility of involvement of higher officials in the government hierarchy. Archibald Cox was sworn in as the Special Prosecutor in May of 1973. (Watergate Scandal 1). Shortly thereafter, John W. Dean III told Cox and the Ervin Committee that the President had known of the cover-up and deliberately denied any knowledge of the break-in. Later, a former White House staff member, Alexander ... Nixon presented his resignation to the American people on national television. (Hartman 3). Several political reforms resulted from the Watergate Scandal. An important area of subsequent reform was political campaign finance regulations. During the investigations, John Dean stated that he had discussed with Nixon the cover-up many times during meetings at the White House. Dean claimed that in one of these meetings, Nixon suggested that 1 million dollars should ...
- 1468: The First Amendment
- ... the government when he printed up a copy of the colony's charter. He was charged with seditious libel and spent more than a year in prison. A more famous incident was the trial of John Peter Zenger which established the principle of a free press. In his newspaper he published satirical ballads regarding William Cosby, the unpopular governor, and his council. His media was described "as having in them many ... immediately pardoned. The next attack on the First Amendment occurred in 1835. President Andrew Jackson proposed a law that would prohibit the use of mail for "incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection." John C. Calhoun of South Carolina led a special committee that opposed the proposal on grounds that it conflicted with the First Amendment. The proposal was defeated because it was a form of censorship. The next ... librarians to resign and the closing of libraries. On the morning of December 16, 1965, thirteen year old Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines, Iowa. She and her fifteen year old brother, John, had decided to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. In advance to their arrival, the principal had decided that any student wearing an arm- band would be told to remove ...
- 1469: Biography: Jefferson, Thomas
- ... government. Jefferson's intellectual prowess led some political opponents to dismiss him as a visionary, but he was remarkably successful in politics. As leader of the opposition to the Federalist policies of Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, Jefferson was put forward by his supporters to run against Adams in the election of 1796 to succeed George Washington as president. He lost that contest but four years later defeated Adams to preside ... Peterson, Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography (1970). Jefferson Memorial Monument in Washington, D.C., honoring Thomas Jefferson. Dedicated in 1943, the domed white marble structure was designed by the American neoclassical architect John Russell Pope; it houses a 19-ft (5.8-m) statue of Jefferson by Rudulph Evans. Jeffersonian Democracy Looking back on the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson described it as being "as real a revolution ... true republican principles, as he judged it, had begun with the economic policies of Alexander Hamilton favoring financial and manufacturing interests and the strengthening of the national government at the expense of the states. During John Adams's presidency, Jefferson was further alarmed by the threats to civil liberties posed by the Alien and Sedition Laws restricting freedom of speech, assembly, and the press. Under the administrations of both George ...
- 1470: Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
- ... were, at the time ascribed, to most people belonging to the United States. The main author, James Madison, transported the previous ideas of f undamental liberties from the great libertarians around the world, such as John Lilburne, John Locke, William Walwyn and John Milton. Madison and other previous libertarians of his time were transposed into seventeen different rights which were to be secured to all those in the United States. These seventeen civil liberties were compressed into ...
Search results 1461 - 1470 of 4904 matching essays
|
