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- 3771: Hiram Ulysses Grant
- ... Military Academy at West Point in 1843 where he had enrolled under the name of Ulysses Simpson Grant. He was assigned to Jefferson Barracks, MO, where he met Julia Dent. They married after the Mexican War in 1848. Grant served in the Mexican War under the name of Gen. Zachary Taylor and Gen. Winfield Scott. In 1854 while stationed at Fort Humboldt, California, Grant resigned his commission because of loneliness and drinking problems. He spent the following years in ... He moved to Galena, Illinois, in 1860 where he worked in his fathers leather shop. Grant was appointed colonel and soon afterward brigadier general of the Illinois volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War. Grant wanted to fight for the Union. He was an officer of dogged determination and won a series of brilliant victories. On one occasion, the commander of a Confederate fort asked on what terms ...
- 3772: Essay on Romanticism in Frankenstein
- Essay on Romanticism in Frankenstein All literature is influenced by the time period in which it was written; whether it be war, poverty, or any other social trends. People tend to write commentaries of political events, or just describe the time period. Whether it is intentional or subconscious, an author can not help to include some aspects ... of great change. The populace was moving into cities, and people were disillusioned by the destruction of nature and the living conditions in the cities. In response to this disillusionment, people started to envision the world differently than they had before. They saw nature as all beautiful, powerful, and perfect. Previously, the inspiration for literature was law, order, and religion; now, it is in the writers imagination and powerful emotions. This ... His life degenerates from here on. Victor is a product of the Industrial Revolution. In reaction to people with Victor's characteristics, the Romantic Period is born. His beliefs are in science and the known world, which is the opposite of the Romantic ideal. He believes that he can conquer nature, and tries to be a god, but discovers that he cannot conquer nature and knows nothing on how to ...
- 3773: The European Union
- The European Union While the European continent has remained stable since the Second World War, it has failed to see a huge amount of continent-wide growth since then. However, the world has seen European nations increase their influence in the world economy. This trend will continue for the next decade into the next millenium and increase the quality of life for the majority of European ...
- 3774: A Comparison of Islam and Christianity
- A Comparison of Islam and Christianity Grade: A (90%) There are hundreds of religions in this world. Of them two are the most prominent. Islam and Christianity. It is averaged that there are 750 million people practicing Islam, and another 1 billion practicing Christianity. The start of Islam is actually derived form ... of Christianity). The message Muhammad received told him that there was but one God (Identical to the inception of the Ten Commandments), not many gods, as most Arabs believed. This God was creator of the world (In Christianity, it's documented in Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth), and He would one day judge mankind (This is also true in Christianity: "The ... with the mission to "enjoin good and forbid evil." Within the community, Muslims are expected to establish social and economic justice. They are also expected to carry their message out to the rest of the world. In the early Islamic community, this meant the use of force in the form of jihad, or holy war. This also happened in the Christian faith, it was known as "Crusades", where missionaries would ...
- 3775: Animal Farm
- ... Orwell." He was a political writer of his time, and usually wrote from his intense feelings and fierce hates. He hated government having complete control, and served in the Loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War. He contradicted himself in many ways. He was a socialist while hating communism and was a literary critic while distrusting intellectuals. He hated how the world was cruel and how lies were way of life. When he died in 1950 from a neglected lung ailment he left his work and ideas to us and we grow trying to fulfill his demands ... community of their own and different animals represented members of today's society. The pigs were the smartest and most innovative and so they played the part that government take's care of in our world, and along with government comes leaders, followers, crooks, and even the odd good honest politician. As unfortunate as it is these "honest politicians" don't last long and usually don't make it to ...
- 3776: Fighting For Our Love Ones
- In todays world, most families have a love one struggling to live with cancer, HIV, glaucoma, or multiple sclerosis. Most of us, here in the United States, have watched a love one endure the pain of chemotherapy, uncontrollable muscle spasms, or blindness. Our love ones not only suffer physical pain, but mental anguish as well. Our dying loves ones are at war with our Federal Government. They are fighting for a chance at a better quality of life. They are fighting for the legalization of marijuana for medical use. Until marijuana is legalized for medical use, our ... Honestly, would people fake having deadly diseases such as cancer or AIDS to obtain marijuana? If so, our competent doctors can detect these things. Do they think it would be a backward step for the "War on Drugs?" How can a medical breakthrough be a backward step for the "War of Drugs?" If anything, it would be showing the American public that drugs can serve a good purpose. It would ...
- 3777: ALIEN EXISTENCE
- ... ago people believed that the earth was still flat, 50 years ago people doubted the existence of an alien life, 5 min ago the people of earth believe that aliens existed. Many individuals around the world have reportedly been contacted by extra terrestrial beings. They allege that Earth is currently being visited by several different species of extra terrestrial. These individuals report that extra terrestrials are visiting the Earth because they ... be created after he had been questioned about the CIA's involvement with UFOs. The report explains that the both the CIA and the United States Airforce conducted the UFO cover-up. During the Cold War, both agencies hid their interest in UFOs because they feared public knowledge of the agency's interest would make the UFO problem worse. Both the CIA and the US Air Force felt the UFO problem ... a B29 to the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. On July 8, 1947, Colonel Blanchard ordered Second Lieutenant Walter Haut (public information officer of the 509th) to issue a press release telling the world that the military had recovered a crashed a flying saucer. The press release was issued and it caused a worldwide sensation. The military converged on the Brazel ranch and Mr. Brazel was placed under ...
- 3778: Milestones In Communication
- ... Queen Isabella to hear of Columbus' discovery, or that it took two weeks for Europe to learn of Lincoln's assassination? We take for granted immediate news of everything that is going on in the world, but it was not always so. Modern technology and future predictions are easier to comprehend when we view them in terms of our past. What follows next is a list of what we consider some ... built the line in less than three months for $500,000, then sold $6 million worth of public stock. Profits continued to pour in. The going rate was about $1 per word. During the Civil War, Lincoln was informed that a telegraph had been installed for communicating information to and from the battlefield and that he would be "able to make decisions at the speed of light!" Lincoln is said to ... s radio address on July 4, 1919. In 1920, Pittsburgh's station KDKA launched a new era in popular communications by broadcasting the Harding-Cox presidential election. Sputnik In 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the world (and jolted the United States into accelerating its own space program) when it launched Sputnik, the first manufactured object to orbit the earth. From this dramatic beginning, modern satellite communications have evolved to enable ...
- 3779: Animal Farm
- ... death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the most ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later that the world found out about the many deaths that Stalin created in Russia during the Revolution. For almost 50 years the world thought that the Nazis had done the killing in Russia, when in fact it was Stalin. (Imse 2). The last characters that are symbolic of each other are the animal Snowball with the Russian leader ... In Russia the growth of factory and industry was very depressing but depended on the obligatory labor of serfs. Russia hoped that by keeping the serfs working all the time and promising them a better world that they would not realize how bad their living conditions were. The Industrialists were pressing their own constitutional demands. (Clarkson 352). None of the social classes were fighting each other because there were no ...
- 3780: Germany 2
- ... The start of WW1 in 1914 came from the build up of many shifting attitudes in Europe, particularly in Germany whose unstable society and old fashioned political order made Germany ripe for involvement in the war. This along with the Kaiser's unusual personality and prejudices set the stage for conflict. The years 1880-1914, was one of the most explosive periods of industrial growth. Cities mushroomed. For example, Berlin went ... s regime and dedicated to its overthrow. Kaiser Wilhelm II had absolute power over the army. He alone presided over the nation's foreign affairs. It was his decision to say if Germany went to war. He felt that since Germany had the best steel mills, were the leaders during the machine age, had the most powerful engineering industry, the best chemists, and the mighty German Army, superior to any other army, that Germany should share in world affairs by expanding abroad, and become more imperialistic. He felt economic power should be reflected in political power. He ordered the build up of the Navy, which poisoned his relations with England. The Kaiser ...
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