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- 2241: Harriet Tubman
- ... servant on a Maryland plantation. In 1844 she married John Tubman, who was a free black. In 1849 she escaped to the North, where slaves could be free before the outbreak of the American Civil war. In 1861 she made 19 trips back to help lead other slaves. She led them to freedom along the clandestine route known as the Underground Railroad. She also led an estimated 300 slaves to freedom ... to her birthday and also sent her 2 boxes filled with a black silk shawl, and a medal which showed the queenˇ¦s family. It was her Diamond Jubilee Medal. Towards the end of the war Harriet went to the hospital at Fort Monroe. She cleaned up the hospital, got them supplied, and trained a hospital staff. As Lee surrendered to General Grant, Harriet reorganized the entire hospital kitchen. She was ... wrote a letter to congress saying, ˇ§My claim against the United States is for the three years as a nurse and cook in hospitals and as commander of several men as scouts during the late War of Rebellion, under directions and orders of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and of several generalsˇ¨. ˇ§I claim for my services above named the sum of eighteen hundred dollarsˇ¨. The first government money ...
- 2242: Thomas Jefferson
- ... United States owned the land, farmers west of the Appalachian Mountains could use the land strictly for agricultural purposes. If the Treaty of 1795 had not been signed, the United States would have gone to war with France to gain control of the territory. Initially, Jefferson, through his minister of France, Robert R. Livingston, offered Napoleon $2 million for a small stretch of land on the lower Mississippi River (internet). There ... event of this mission depends the future destinies of this republic. If we cannot by a purchase of the country insure to ourselves a course of perpetual peace and friendship with all nations, then, as war cannot be distant, it behooves us immediately to be preparing for that course, without, however, hastening it, and it may be necessary (on your failure on the continent) to cross the channel.” “We shall get ... 30, 1803, the United States negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million (internet). By signing this document, America doubled in size, making it one of the largest nations in the world. However, Thomas Jefferson was publicly criticized for buying what some called “worthless land (internet).” Jefferson believed that the annexation and government of so vast a territory was unconstitutional. He wanted an amendment to the ...
- 2243: Flappers Such As Clara Bow And Zelda Sayre Represented The Popular And Devilish Women Of The 1920's
- ... as being, "High necked jumpers of all tints and textures."1 This peaceful figure didn't exist for too long. Eventually, teenagers got bored and wanted to have fun. "It is the effect of the war,"2 was also a frequently used excuse. Since wars influencing the parents distracted them from their maturing children, more and more girls turned to flapperhood. Lack of attention caused the youth to be eccentric. Any ... it seemed that this would've been a ceaseless trend, it somehow ended, or at least decreased. How exactly did this happen? That is one question left to be answered. Bibliography Bliven, Bruce. Flapper Jane. [World Wide Web] Available http://www.pandorasbox.com/jane.html, September 9, 1925. Brooks, Louise. Flapper Culture and Style. [World Wide Web] Available http://www.pandorasbox.com/flapper.html, March 3, 1999. "The Flaming Youth," World Book Encyclopedia, vol. XX, pp. 175-76, USA, World Book, Inc., 1992. Herald, Jacqueline, Fashion of a Decade ...
- 2244: J.P. Morgan
- ... But Robert LaFollette, the Wisconsin progressive, saw him as "a beefy, red-faced thick-necked financial bully, drunk with wealth and power." Despite conflicting opinion on his persona, his influence and character shaped the business world more so than any other person at the turn of the century. Morgan was a banker, railroad czar, industrialist, financier, philanthropist, yachtsman, and ladies' man. He was king to a handful of millionaire barons who ... the fact that his son had "many admirable qualities for a worker" To the company, J.P brought an energetic and enterprising spirit, mathematical wisdom, great confidence and a useful tie with the English banking world. In less than three years Morgan went from clerk to cashier in the company. Although, he was denied a promotion when his father requested one, he did receive a promotion in the firm later in ... was now at the head of houses in New York, Philadelphia, London and Paris. He was the commanding figure in international finance. Pierpont Morgan was an imposing figure on Wall Street and in the financing world but was virtually unknown to many until 1869. That year a war over railroads began including Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, both famous financiers. Gould already had dominant control over the Erie railroad and ...
- 2245: The Reasons for Walter Mitty's Daydream
- ... the chains for him, and he was embarrassed. Carl Sundell believes that this story shows that Mitty has a low level of mechanical ability (1285). Sundell explains that "if a man cannot reach the real world through his hands. . . his center of activity would become mental. . . rather than physical" (1286-7). While Mitty's lack of mechanical ability is clearly shown and may be one cause of his daydreams, he is ... in which he is on trial for murder. These switches from real life to daydreams lead the critic, Charles S. Holmes, to the conclusion that the . . . theme of the story is the conflict between the world of fantasy and the world of reality, the world in the mind and the world "out there". The primary frame of reference in which this conflict emerges is in Mitty's relationship with his wife. When he begins to ...
- 2246: The Assassination of John F Kennedy
- ... questions still remain. "Who did it?" "Why did they do it?" "How was it done?" "Was there a cover up" The official answers complied by the Warren Commission have never satisfied the majority of the world's population. In this following essay I will try to show who was responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I believe the only way to prove that there was a cover up, is ... CIA. Some high-ranking CIA officials have attempted to frustrate presidential policies and have initiated or sanctioned illegal operations, to include working with organized crime. JFK and the CIA were in a virtual state of war from the moment of the Bay of Pigs disaster until the day he died. JFK did not trust the CIA and he reportedly intended to dismantle it after the 1964 election. In Vietnam, the CIA ... have had in the assassination. Why would the Mafia have wanted JFK dead? Quite simply, because the Kennedy administration was threatening the very existence of organized crime in America. Robert Kennedy was waging an unprecedented war on the Mafia, a war that targeted not just Mafia operations but also Mafia leaders themselves. Soon after Lyndon Johnson took over, the war on organized crime came to a virtual halt. Sam Giancana ( ...
- 2247: Oppression (native Son)
- ... but handle it in different ways. Some of these people include his mother, his girlfriend, and Max his lawyer. All of these people have a certain amount of oppression given to them by the outside world. The only difference is the way each one of them handle it. Ever since Bigger was a little boy he has felt very oppressed by the world because he was black. Bigger feels that he has nothing to be proud of so he takes this oppression to the heart and turns it into fear. The only way that he could express himself was to show the world that they should not oppress what they don t know the power of. Bigger demonstrated that he should be feared and acknowledged by murdering the daughter of a very rich family. At one point ...
- 2248: Shadow And Custodial President
- Shadow and Custodial Presidents Grant (1868) – Cleveland (1892) Throughout the history of the world there have been many people remembered for their actions and a great deal more forgotten for no real reason. This does not exempt more recent history. After the American Civil War, six lesser-known Presidents, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison, have been given titles of either shadow or custodial presidents. A shadow, is a section of darkness, or a part that follows behind. Some ... began to have public disagreements about the state of the Union. Due to these quarrels Grant aligned himself with the Radical Republican political party. Grant was already well known for his triumphs during the Civil War and was thus, the popular choice for Presidential Nominee. Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He was educated at West Point, where he graduated 21st out of 39. Grant fought in both ...
- 2249: How To Make A Movie
- Making A Movie Imagine a young child, eye level with a floor full of miniature toys, concentrating intently on building a make-believe world. To the child, the toys are not miniature figures made of plastic or wood. They are real characters with real adventures. The child frames the action, crafting scenes that unfold in a world of imagination. Looking through the lens of a camera as actors bring to life a writer's story, the filmmaker is also peering into a world of imagination. The director, producer, actors, screenwriter, and film editor are all essential players in the journey from concept to finished film. In this remarkable process, thousands of small details-and often hundreds of ...
- 2250: Religion Through The Ages Has
- The role religion plays in world history is, at best, tremendous. Through the ages, religion has both unified and divided civilizations often bringing extreme human casualty, in the case of division, or creating interesting new cultures, in the case of the ... and Protestants in Ireland and the continuing conflict between Muslims and Hebrews in the Middle East. The Crusades serve as an example of how two religiously unified societies become fierce competitors in the conquest for world domination, in this sense, religion is divisive. The dynamics in determining whether religion unites or divides people are extremely complex especially when discussing civilizations from the Egyptians to the English dynasties. However, three distinctions can ... Re Monges explains in her book entitled Kush: The Jewel of Nubia. The ka was "used as a term for the creative and sustaining power of life" which every human being shared by entering the world. Another important factor in explaining how religion within homogeneous societies serves as a bonding force is the Kushite custom of regicide. In Meroe as well as other Kushite kingdoms, the killing of the king ...
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