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- 3681: Slave Ownership In The Southern United States
- ... that facts were often distorted in the past and still are today in an attempt to promote a negative view of slavery. He lists several other studies by prominent historical figures such as Karl Marx, John Elliott Cairnes, and Woodrow Wilson in which facts were distorted for the sake of antislavery sentiment. Olsen begins to construct one of his main topics of debate when he challenges a statement made by Civil ...
- 3682: Roaring Twenties
- ... important aspect of the economy in the 1920's. As the economy was flourishing, many Americans found it a practical investment to put money into the Stock Exchange as the return could be quite large. John J. Rascob, the vice-president of General Motors Corporation during the Twenties, declared that anyone that put $15 dollars a month in the stock-market could make $80,000 dollars in twenty years. It was ...
- 3683: Richard M. Nixon
- ... role. In 1958, he faced down hostile demonstrations in Peru and Venezuela, and in 1959 he had his famous "kitchen debate" with Khrushchev at an American exhibit in Moscow. After narrowly losing the presidency to Kennedy in 1960, Nixon lost a bid for governor of California in 1962, a loss which appeared to be the end of his political career. Accomplishments of his Presidency Some of Nixons most acclaimed achievements ...
- 3684: RedScare
- ... Boston on January 19, 1809, his parents, regular members of Federal street theater, named him Edgar Poe. Shortly before his mother's death in Richmond, Virginia on December 8, 1811, his father abandoned the family. John Allen, a wealthy tobacco merchant in Richmond, brought Poe into the family (at his wife's request), and gave him the middle name Allen as a baptismal name, though he never formally adopted him. Even ...
- 3685: Preparing The Educational Syst
- ... of national stress situations on children were, mainly, diagnosed by Anna Freud and Dorothy Birlingham (1942), at the time of the Blitz in England, by Kleiman (1968) and Kleiman (1975) regarding the murder of President Kennedy in the United States of America. In Israel it was executed by Ziv et al (Ziv, Krogalensky and Shulman, 1972; Ziv and Israeli 1973), who examined the level of stress with children of bombarded settlements ...
- 3686: Oregon Trail
- ... trail shifted as settlement spread. The mountain men were chiefly responsible for making the route known, and Thomas Fitzpatrick and James Bridger were renowned as guides. The first genuine emigrant train was that led by John Bidwell in 1841, half of which went to California, the rest proceeding from Fort Hall to Oregon. The first train of emigrants to reach Oregon was that led by Elijah White in 1842. In 1843 ...
- 3687: Oppressed Slaves To Champion Soldiers
- ... black could be a US citizen. The ruling aroused anger in the North and showed that the conflict over slavery was beyond judicial solutions. Another situation was the raid at Harpers Ferry. An abolitionist named John Brown and his followers attempted to start a slave rebellion by seizing the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Va. Brown, however, was captured 28 hours later by troops under the command of Colonel Robert E ...
- 3688: New Orleans - Before The Civil War
- ... Thomas Foster of Natchez, Mississippi. Abdur Rahman came through the Port of New Orleans, was sold at auction and became a man of renown on the Foster Plantation. He eventually petitioned his freedom via President John Quincy Adams and returned to Africa after 46 years of enslavement. Free People of Color (f.p.c.) were Africans, Creoles of Color (New World-Born People of African descent), and persons of mixed African ...
- 3689: Program Of Excellence
- ... Centre of Excellence (WCOE) .The Centre evolved around International Hockey and Canadian hockey as a whole. The WCOE is presently one of five Centres of Excellence located across Canada. The four other Centres in Saint John, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver are Canadian Hockey's links to the grassroots levels of hockey. The WCOE acts as a resource facility for coaches and players at all levels of hockey to come in and ...
- 3690: Psalm 23
- ... not wanted, but that he is not in want. The New Testament calls Jesus the good shepherd. There Jesus says, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep" (John 10:11). Next the psalmist says, "He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters" (Psalms 23:2). This beautiful verse expresses the contentment and security the sheep are enjoying ...
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