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- 801: Frederick Douglass - The Man
- ... regiment of the Massachusetts 54th. This group of soldiers fought hard, and Douglass was respected as a leader of ex-slaves. Frederick soon fought for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments for the U.S. Constitution, which gave rights to everyone. He became U.S marshal for the District of Columbia (1877-81), recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia (1881-86) and U.S. minister to the Republic of ...
- 802: Emersons Self-reliance
- ... the moment when our interests tempt us to wound them (53). Through the over-soul, the importance of the ideals of justice, love, freedom, and power, are seen. The general laws in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, concerning the justice and freedom of men, all carry hints of moral, or nearly religious attributes. There are many similar laws in other free countries that carry nearly the same ...
- 803: Dwight Eisenhower
- ... his presidency, many things occurred during his two terms including a revolution in the space age and the Cuban missile crisis (149, Richardson). Eisenhower was also the first president whose term was limited by the Constitution. Eisenhower left office in January 1961. On March 28, 1969, after a series of heart attacks, Eisenhower died of heart failure. He was buried in Abilene where a library with his papers opened to researchers ...
- 804: Calvin Coolidge
- ... presidency. Praying by candlelight, Coolidge descended the stairs to the plain living room of his father's house, lighted only by two kerosene lamps. Upon an old wooden business desk, a copy of the US Constitution was found and Coolidge took the oath of office, as his father administered him as the next president of the United States on the family Bible. In his six years as president of the United ...
- 805: Biography Of Karl Marx
- ... sent a representative to Marx to ask him to join the league; Marx overcame his doubts and, with Engels, joined the organization, which thereupon changed its name to the Communist League and enacted a democratic constitution. Entrusted with the task of composing their program, Marx and Engels worked from the middle of December 1847 to the end of January 1848. The London Communists were already impatiently threatening Marx with disciplinary action ...
- 806: Betty Friedan
- ... 1971, the International Feminist Congress in 1973, and the First Women's Bank in that same year. The idea of NOW came about during a conversation, and was finalized at a Women's conference. Its constitution was written on a paper napkin. It's purpose was "to take action to bring women into the full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly ...
- 807: Benjamin Franklin 2
- ... Society, and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1787 at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Benjamin Franklin, age 81, was too weak to stand, but he used his life's knowledge to bring compromise to the Constitution of the United States of America. Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790 at the age of 84 years. He did a lot in those 84 years to bring "peace, liberty and the pursuit of ...
- 808: Benjamin Franklin
- ... of the future. At age 79, Franklin arrived back in the United States on September 14, 1785 and was later elected President of Pennsylvania and member of Constitutional Convention. At age 81, Franklin signed the Constitution of the United States of America. At this late time in this life, Franklin suffering from many ailments of old age. He often had to be literally carried to the meetings. He was later elected ...
- 809: Ben Franklin 2
- ... helped to create the United States: The Declaration of Independence (1776), the Treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce with France (1778), the Treaty of Peace between England, France, and the United States (1782), and the Constitution (1787)." Ben Franklin was never President but was very involved with the men who became President. He outshone John Adams as a diplomat in Europe during the Revolutionary War. Also, he beat John Adams to ...
- 810: Australia
- ... Maritime Museum, Sydney; Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; Ballarat Art Gallery; National Gallery of Victoria; Art Gallery of New South Wales. GOVERNMENT Form of Government. Federal parliamentary state. Constitution. Took effect Jan. 1, 1901. Sovereign. British monarch represented by governor-general. Governor-General. Appointed by British monarch on advice of local government ministers; acts on advice of Federal Executive Council. Prime Minister. Leader of ...
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