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- 741: The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time for the US
- ... slave and the northerners were traditionally for freedom. The slave states of the south and the abolitionist in the north were quarreling and the government recognizing that made efforts to stop or delay the civil war. In 1819 Missouri wanted to enter the Union a slave state. At this time the 22 states of the Union were divided evenly 11 slave and 11 free. Northern states were afraid that if Missouri ... reading. He was a crazy reading fool. When Abe was the owner of the country store hired him to take a flat boat to New Orleans. This was his first chance to see the outside world. Abe traveled 1,000 miles to New Orleans, this is where Lincoln got his first taste of slavery. He didn't like the seeing the slave gangs in chains being taken to the plantations. He ... few pennies to a woman who had paid too much for groceries. People knew that they would get a fair deal when doing business with "honest Abe". In 1832 he enrolled in the Black Hawk war. Lincoln was elected as captain of his rifle company. This was an honor to him but he knew nothing of military life. During the war he never saw any action but he did experience ...
- 742: Colonial Impact On The Indian
- ... landowners; they only had the right or privilege to collect taxes from the peasants (Rothermund, page 1). A village was more or less a self-sufficient economic unit and its business contacts with the outside world were limited to payment of land revenue (generally in kind) and the purchase of a few necessary things from the town nearby. The farmer raised only those crops, which he needed for his own use ... silk from China; gold, musk and woolen cloth; metals like copper, iron and lead, and paper from Europe. The main items exported from India were cotton textiles. Besides cotton textiles, which were famous throughout the world, India also exported raw silk, indigo, opium, rice, wheat, sugar, pepper and other spices, precious stones and drugs. The lucrative and risky long-distance trade and maritime trade were well financed. Rich merchants as well ... in India's favor. India exported the items it specialized in and imported the ones it needed. As discussed above India was a land of extensive manufactures. Indian artisans were famous for their skills the world over. In fact the reason for India's favorable foreign trade was its excellence in indigenous production. India indulged in a large-scale manufacture of cotton and silk fabrics, sugar, jute, dyestuffs, mineral and ...
- 743: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... for she is convinced that her section of the country is "the refuge of genuine eccentrics." Miss Lee thinks of herself as a journeyman writer, and of writing as the most difficult work in the world. Her workday begins at noon and continues until early evening. At the end of this time, she may have completed a page or two. Before rewriting, she always allows some time to elapse, for a ... a landed aristocracy. The Negroes, though slaves, gained a measure of economic security. On the perimeter of this were the poorer white farmers who either owned small pieces of land or worked as sharecroppers. Civil War With the invention of machines like the cotton gin, that could do the work of many men, the need for slaves began to decrease. The profitability of slavery also decreased, and plantation owners often treated Negroes with less kindness. There were two extremes. A few Southerners gave their slaves freedom, while others totally disregarded them. The Civil War brought slavery to an end, but created other, worse problems. The carpetbaggers who streamed into the South for political and economic gain aggravated the wounds which the war had opened. The Negro was caught ...
- 744: Winston Churchill
- ... Winston S. Churchill It was words such as these and the certitude in which he said them that played an important role in guiding Britains people through the trials and tribulations of the Second World War. Churchill was also an accomplished writer who composed several campaign reports and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 for his six volume history of World War II. But there is much more to this noble man other than his tongue and his pen. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill is a great mind because of the everlasting impression he left on ...
- 745: Pablo Picasso
- ... and his mother, Maria Picasso, was an Andalusian of Majorcan origin. In 1896 Picasso entered the school of fine arts where his father was a professor. In 1900, Picasso visited Paris, at the time the world's centre for art and literature, and became infatuated with its street life, in particular, the area of Montmarte, Paris' bohemian district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly ... the general rhythm and construction of the picture will oblige me to show that roundness as a square." Just when Picasso's Cubism started to be recognized for its colour and imagination, the outbreak of war in 1914 arrived and caused a climate unfavourable for his work. The war also caused his separation from his friends. In 1917, a young writer, Jean Cocteau, persuaded Picasso to leave Paris and travel to Rome, after the sudden death of Marcelle Humbert. Following a phase of ...
- 746: The Tuskegee Airmen
- The Tuskegee Airmen In 1939, many nations of the world were engaged in the Second World War, and the United States was on the brink of entering the war. It was a time of hostility and belligerence between many countries. However amidst the warfare, such hostility was also evident within the ...
- 747: Eisenhower
- ... Infantry, at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio, Texas. Shortly after his arrival, he met Mamie Geneva Doud, and later on July 1st of 1916, they got married. In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, he was promoted to captain, and he was assigned to training duty at Fort Oglethorpe and also Fort Leavenworth as an instructor in officer courses. In 1918 he commanded 6,000 men at Tank ... promoted to temporary major and then lieutenant colonel when he commanded the Tank Brigade at Camp Meade. Even though he never went overseas, he was given the Distinguished Service Medal for his work. After the war he was reverted to rank of captain and soon after, he advanced to major and commanded the 301st Tank Battalion. In 1922 he was again reverted to rank of captain and was again promoted ...
- 748: Imperialism 2
- ... return for the goods. Although it was illegal, many of the money hungry merchants excepted the opium in return for the things that were valuable to the English. Because of this, the first Anglo-Chinese war erupted. China underestimated the power of England and was defeated. At the end of the war, they were forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing (1842). The treaty was one of the first treaties known as the Unfair Treaties. Under this treaty, china gave up the island of Hong Kong, abolished ... During the imperialism of Africa, many of the same things occurred. The English took control of the African countries in different ways, but they still got control. With the Africans, the English just went to war with the countries or tribes. They would either defeat them or force them to give up partial or all control of the government. Either way, the English gained control and power because of their ...
- 749: Adolf Hitlers Life And Times
- ... Even in March of 1945, I have seen Hitler stand for endless periods in front of a wood model representing the rebuilding and extension of the city of Linz. In such moments Hitler forgot the war; he lost the marks of tiredness, and for hours he told us of the detailed changes that he planned to make in his home city". Even though Alois Sr. was now quite happy it did ... follow in his footsteps and become a civil student, while Hitler wanted to become an artist or painter. Perhaps if Hitler had been allowed to become an artist or painter there would have been no war, no holocaust, no 52 million dead people. Alois was strongly against the idea of Adolf becoming an artist and forced Adolf to go to Realschule where Adolf was miserable. Young Adolf's marks began to ... he was there and he even stated in Mein Kampf that he was not an anti-Semite at that time. After Hitler's father died, Adolf became more polite and quiet, sinking into a dream world more and more often. He continued to do poorly at school, but finally made it past the third term. He was only allowed to pass on one condition, that he did not return to ...
- 750: The Lord Of The Flies
- ... three important areas: objects that have symbolic value as references to ideas, characters that symbolize important historical and religious people, and the setting which frames the conflicts on the island in comparison to the whole world. Objects are the first part of the story that are symbolic. Many objects in The Lord of the Flies have important symbolic value. The conch shell represents power and authority, and Ralph uses it to ... The pigs head, or Lord of the Flies, is an important object. To Jack it is a sacrifice for the beast. This object shows that people will make religions and rituals to control their world, even when what they think is not true. The Lord of the Flies is also a symbol of Satan, or the Devil. When Simon talked with the Lord of the Flies, he learned what the ... luck instead of hard work. The objects in the story are used by characters that also have symbolism. The many different characters on the island are symbols of important people. They show how the real world is made up of people. Ralph is a good leader who cannot control bad people like Jack. Ralph is like Franklin Roosevelt before World War II who could not stop the war from breaking ...
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