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- 24791: Andrew Jackson: Indian Fighter
- ... try and cause havoc in the states by selling guns to the Indians. The Indians would then attack settlers in the western front of the United States. In the early part of the war Jackson's feats in crushing the Creek people won him national acclaim. The Creeks were British allies, who had threatened United States southwestern borders(Encarta CD). Jackson's decisive victory at Horseshoe Bend, Alabama, in March 1814, destroyed the Creeks; the harsh peace treaty he imposed deprived them of more than 8 million hectares (20 million acres) of land—an area larger than ... Georgia sought to enforce its authority over the Cherokee Nation, but its efforts had little effect until the election of President Andrew Jackson, a longtime supporter of Indian removal. Although the Supreme Court declared Congress's 1830 Indian removal bill unconstitutional ( Worcester v. Georgia, 1832), the national and state harassment continued, culminating in the rounding up of the Cherokee by troops in 1838(Encarta CD). The Cherokee were forced to ...
- 24792: Ghana
- ... located in the modern day countries of Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. Social customs were very important to follow in the Ghana Kingdom. The Soninke believed in matrilineal succession in which the king's sister's son is the heir to the throne. The Muslims in West Africa however, believed in patrilineal succession in which the king's own son is the heir to the throne. When the Arabs brought the Arab language and writing system into Ghana, some Ghanaian kings even adopted Arabic as their language and hired Arabic translators to ...
- 24793: The Beauty Myth
- ... and New College, Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Her essays have been printed in many well-known magazines and newspapers, including Esquire and the New York Times. The Beauty Myth was Wolf’s first book. She has also written two other books, Fire With Fire and Promiscuities. Wolf is a recognized feminist. She has done a lot of writing and has spoken to many audiences about issues involving feminism. In The Beauty Myth, Wolf’s basic thesis states that there is a connection between female liberation and female beauty. She writes: The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of ... Recent research consistently shows that inside the majority of the…attractive, successful working women, there is a …dark vein of self-hatred, physical obsessions, terror of aging, and dread of lost control. (Wolf 10) Wolf’s research shows that there is an attack against feminism that uses images of female beauty to keep women “in their place”. Women today are more powerful than ever before, yet they are more self- ...
- 24794: Report: Guatemaula
- Report: Guatemaula Guatemala is Central America's westernmost country, bordering Mexico to the north and north-west, Belize to the north-east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the east. Guatemala's volatile topography is a mountainous and forested jumble of volcanoes and jungle. The western highlands are home to over 30 volcanoes, which reach heights of up to 3800m and cast a red glow at night ... the tiny Caribbean coastline also lacks beaches but is culturally rich. The vast jungle lowland of El Petén fills the interior, characterized by a mix of banana plantations and soils rich in dinosaur bones. Guatemala's national bird is the quetzal - a gorgeous creature which is almost extinct, due to deforestation and poachers. Jaguar, ocelot, puma, jaguarundi and margay - and their assorted diet of deer, peccary and tapir - survive, though ...
- 24795: Norway
- ... most important natural resource is its rivers. The rivers play such a vital role in producing electricity. The rivers have a host of different hydro plants on them. These hydro plants supply most of Norway’s electricity. Roughly one fourth of Norway’s imports are food and consumer goods. The rest consist of raw materials, fuels, and capital goods. The rate of reinvestment has been very high in Norway for a number of years. This is illustrated by ... government guidelines, and this helps to control the rapidly expanding economy. Foreign trades, the form of commodities exported chiefly to western Europe or of shipping services throughout the world, accounts for nearly 50% of Norway’s national income. Located on the outskirts of Europe and with much of its inland pop almost isolated until the 20th century Norway has been able to preserve much of its old folk culture. Seafarers ...
- 24796: Australian Immigration and Its Effects
- ... made the first claim for England on the eastern part of the island. He called it New South Wales. In 1787, England started their first colony in Australia which was a penal colony since England's prisons were very overcrowded. That year, on May 13, eleven ships carrying almost 1,500 people, 800 of them convicts, left England for the new colony. The ships first landed in Botany Bay on January 18, 1788 but found it unsuitable for a colony. They then moved north to Port Jackson, one of the world's best natural harbors. The settlement was started on January 26 which is now celebrated every year as Australia day. The settlement was later named Sydney after Britain's secretary, Lord Sydney. Lord Sydney was responsible for the entire colony. The first European immigrants brought with them their livestock, plants, and traditional ways. Much of this was not suitable for Australian conditions. They ...
- 24797: Tom Sawyer
- By: Jen Mark Twain’s, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, is a story told from the eyes of the young Tom Sawyer. The story takes place in the small rustic town of St. Petersburg Missouri. Tom Sawyer is the main ... Injun Joe guilty. This is the climax of the story. After the trial ends, the man hunt for Injun Joe begins. Tom is treated like a hero, but feels bad knowing that he broke Huck’s oath. Becky and Tom soon become friends again after Tom takes Becky’s punishment at school for being careless with the teachers things. Becky finds Tom to be very noble. Summer is coming near. Injun Joe is still at large and Tom and Huck are searching for ...
- 24798: Alexander The Great And His Impact On Greek Civilization
- ... mission he had written a letter to King Darius III, King of Persia, that read, "I Alexander, consider the whole of thy treasure, and the whole of thy land to be mine" (Nardo 78). Alexander's letter proved correct. At Issus in Northeastern Syria Alexander and his troops came face to face with King Darius and his main Persian army. This battle was known as the Battle of Issus. After the ... out of respect to royalty Alexander took care of King Darius' wife and children. It is not known how many men were in King Darius army but it is believed that in most wars Alexander's men were outnumbered, yet succeeded great defeat. The end of the Battle of Issus in 333 BC was victory for Alexander. After many more battles and victories for Alexander and his people Alexander finally gained ... miles and many battles gaining more and more territory. Alexander was blessed to have such a strong army that respected him as they did his father. A short ten years after the start of Alexander's rule he had produced the largest empire that had ever been conquered. Alexander was the ruler of all land that reached from Macedonia and Greece in the west to India in the east and ...
- 24799: Great Gatsby
- By: amanda sidebottom Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby depicts the harsh corruption and quick judgement that money brings. Nick Carraway, Gatsby's neighbor, sees through all of this. Nick behaves as a good neighbor, a good friend, and an unbiased observer. He came from the West and does not have the access to the wealth and corruption ... handed to him at birth. When Gatsby tells Nick "You’ve got to get somebody for me old sport." Nick does his best to. The "friends" he contacted either wanted something they left at Gatsby's house, or were not interested in coming. He tried to be there for Gatsby, unfortunately, only Gatsby's father, Henry, Nick, and the reverend attended the funeral. “. . . Only one man who gives his name ...
- 24800: Lightning
- ... thunderstorm in 1752 the most famous kite in history flew with sparks jumping from a key tied to the bottom of damp kite string to an insulating silk ribbon tied to the knuckles of Franklin's hand. Franklin's grounded body provided a conducting path for the electrical currents responding to the strong electric field buildup in the storm clouds. In addition to showing that thunderstorms contain electricity, by measuring the sign of the ... through the kite apparatus, Franklin was able to infer that while the clouds were overhead, the lower part of the thunderstorm was generally negatively charged. Research continued at a steady pace until the late 1960's when lightning research became particularly active. This increased interest was motivated both by the danger of lightning to aerospace vehicles and solid state electronics used in computers and other devices as well as by ...
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