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- 1881: Panama Canal
- ... a Commission where the chief engineer's requests would be confirmed through the Commission (Jones). During the US construction there was three chief engineers who made a major impact on the canal. The first was John F. Wallace, an American civilian engineer (Jones). He was elected and arrived at the isthmus by June 1904 (Considine). Before much of the work could be done Wallace began on fixing the problems of the ... up in a major yellow-fever epidemic. After a few months Wallace gave vice President William Taft his resignation. Second Panama Canal Chief Engineer was hired in less then a day of Wallace's resignation. John Stevens was selected to replace Wallace by the Commission in July of 1905. Stevens, another American civilian engineer, wanted a lock canal. He informed all men to start working on the machinery left by the ...
- 1882: Civil War-54th Massachusettes
- ... Before gaining his position as the colonel of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts, Shaw served in the Seventh New York National guard and the Second Massachusetts infantry. In February 1863, Shaw was apointed by Massachusetts govoner John A. Andrew to lead the first all black Union regiment, the Fighting Fifty-Fourth, into the Civil War. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1. Within weeks, on January 26, the Secretary of War authorized Governor John Andrew of Massachusetts to raise the first African American corps in the North. Prejudicial beliefs that blacks would lack military discipline and fight badly set a negative attitude, but Andrew, a strong abolitionist, supported enlistment ...
- 1883: Poussin And Roman Influences I
- ... Poussin who brought Baroque Classicism and other aspects of Roman art of that time to France. Works Cited Blunt, Anthony. Nicolas Poussin: The A.W. Lectures in the Fine Arts. Bollingen Foundation, NY 1967. Martin, John Rupert. Baroque. Harper & Row, NY 1977 Russel, John. The World of Poussin. Time Life, NY 1969
- 1884: Similarities And Differences Between The Romantic Age And The Victorian Period
- ... literature (Pfordresher, 426). Robert Burns was a Scottish writer who wrote about characters, sometimes with a Scottish dialect (Pfordresher, 319) Another writer of the Romantic Age was Percy Bysshe Shelley, and idealist and social reformer. John Keats wrote intense and vivid poems. Many deal with beauty and it's inevitable passing (Pfordresher, 320). William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were the first important English romantic poets (Merritt, 320). In 1798 Wordsworth ... codes in the retelling of King Works Cited Fuller, Edmond. "English Literature." The New Book of Knowledge. volume 5. Danbury, Connecticut: 1995. Merritt, James Douglas. "English Literature." World Book Encyclopedia. volume 6. Chicago: 1996. Pfordresher, John. England in Literature. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company; 1991.
- 1885: Ezekial
- ... Concise Commentary: http://christiansunite.com/resources/mhcc.cgi?b=Eze&c=37 Jamieson, Fausset, Brown, http://biblestudttools.net/comme
/jfb.cgi?book= eze&chapter=37 Newadvent, http://www.newadvent.org/cathenhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen John Wesley, John Wesleys Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible http://biblestudytools.net/comme
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- 1886: 1775-1900: The History of the Buffalo Soldier
- ... Caesar Ferritt, Samuel Craft, Lemuel Haynes, and Pomp Blackman. One of the most distinguished heroes o the Battle of Bunker Hill was Peter Salem who, according to some sources, fired the shot that killed Major John Pitcairn of the Royal Marines. But Peter Salem wasn't the only Black hero during the Revolutionary War. Another Black man, Salem Poor, also made a hero of himself at Bunker Hill. Because of his ... in that battle, thirteen Black soldiers received Congressional Medals of Honor in one day. "In all, twenty Negroes received the medal in recognition of gallantry and intrepidity in combat during the Civil War." (Mullen 23) "John Hope Franklin estimates that the Black mortality rate in the Army was nearly 40 percent higher than among white soldiers. This was partially due to unfavorable conditions, poor equipment, bad medical care, and the rapidity ...
- 1887: Women In The Fabliaux
- ... gifts of the women and the countess actions. In The Miller s Prologue and Tale the female character Alison is also very interested in sex. She works in cohorts with Nicholas to fool her husband John so she can engage in sexual intimacy with Nicholas: Doun of the ladder stalketh Nicholay, And Alisoun, ful softe adoun she spedde Ther-as the carpenter wont to lye And thus lyth Alison and Nicholas ... The Chevalier Who Made Cunts Talk , the Chevalier later says that they must be nymphs and not really human. Alison in The Miller s Prologue and Tale might have sex with Nicholas because her husband John is old and unable and she needs to replenish her dry body. Whatever the reason behind these women s sexual desires, they are still presented in the three Fabliaux. Women are also represented as being ...
- 1888: The Minor Characters In Romeo And Juliet Have A Great Deal Of Influence Of The Destinies Of The Major Characters
- ... plan goes horribly wrong, perhaps causing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Paris had not wished to be with Juliet, none of the following would have occurred. Friar Laurence gives a letter to Friar John to send to Romeo about Juliet's plans. But Friar John was unable to find Romeo. "Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, So fearful were they of infection". This is another example of a minor character playing an important role. Balthasar brings Romeo the ...
- 1889: Call of the Wild
- ... the unnecessary baggage was discarded, and the trip was barely completed because of harsh weather, wrong supplies, and poor management skills of the dog handlers. All except a man that went by the name of John Thornton, perhaps the only sane one in the group. After one of the men repeatedly beat on a dog, Thornton became enraged. He threatened to kill the man. A few minutes later, the rest of ... Buck and Thornton to fend for themselves. The time of this book is in the great gold rush era in the Yukon and Alaska. The rest of the book concludes what happens to Buck and John Thornton and some of the great and strange times they have together. I enjoyed this book because it tells about the goods and bads of wilderness life. It doesn't just lean to one side ...
- 1890: Ronald Wilson Reagan
- ... years before he became involved with politics and starred in more than 50 movies. Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Early Life Reagan was raised by his traveling shoe salesman father John Reagan, and his mother Nelle. John was an alcoholic and was saved from the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration. Reagan was strongly influenced by his mother, who taught him to read at an early age. After High School, Ronald ...
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