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Secretary Of State Whig Party
585 words
Born January 18, 1782, in Salisbury, New
Hampshire, Daniel Webster was a central figure in
the nations history. He successfully combined his
political and legal career and played a role as
lawyer, congressman, orator, secretary of state,
leader of two parties, and a presidential
candidate. His father, recognizing that his son
was more suited for scholastics than for farm
life, ensured that Daniel received an education.
Webster studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy
before enrolling at Dartmouth ...
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Jean Jacques Rousseau Law Of Nature
957 words
As the Human Race enters the new millenium we have
created a somewhat organized and affective
society. This society consists of many states that
govern their people by allowing them to go about
their daily activities and providing them services
without a large amount of chaos interfering in
their lives Human beings usually do not venture
out of their caves (or the modern counterpart)
unless there is a reasonable probability that they
can return safely. (Low 038; Ginsberg, 12)
Whether a partic...
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Men And Women Great Britain
1,066 words
The 1940 s Drafted Drafted The 1940 s brought
forth a huge battle, otherwise known as World War
II. Millions of men were killed because they
risked their lives fighting for their country.
Many families were extremely affected by the
outcome of this war. While millions of people were
being drafted to fight, there were many who
opposed. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded
Poland, and within days England and France
declared a war on Germany. Throughout the next
couple of weeks, Great Britain, Can...
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Allan Poe Foster Father
1,070 words
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, grew up in
Richmond, Virginia, and lived in six Eastern
cities. His father was David Poe, a Baltimore
actor. His actress mother, Elizabeth came to the
United States as a kid. The parents were not that
talented; they played small roles in rather
third-rate theatrical companies. Because they both
had small parts they barely managed to make a
living. Edgar was the second of their three
children. When the third child was born, the
father died, or disappeared, and ...
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Ernest Hemingway Hemingway Ability Life
433 words
World War One. The first great tragedy of
humanity. That is of course excluding love and
life. Combine all three and you find one of the
most masterfully written novels about life, love,
and war that could only be written by Ernest
Hemingway. Born July 21, 1899 in Oak Park,
Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Hemingway started
his literary career when he was hired as a
reporter for the Kansas City Star. During the war
he joined the volunteer American Red Cross as a
ambulance driver in 1918. After bei...
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Female Genital Mutilation Rite Of Passage
1,167 words
ital Mutilation in Sudan In the country of Sudan,
in Northern Africa, there is a procedure that is
tradition and is performed on most women called
female genital mutilation, or FGM, which used to
be known as female circumcision. It has been a
normal practice for generations, but is now the
subject for international controversy on the
morality and safety of this procedure. It is now
known that 82 percent of Sudanese woman have an
extreme form of genital mutilation done on them,
normally at a youn...
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United States Olympic United States Olympic Team Florence
515 words
Florence D. Griffith nicknamed Dee Dee, Was born
on December 21 195. She grew up in a project in
Watts, a poor section in Los Angeles California.
Florence had 11 brothers and sisters. She would
often ask why there were so poor? Her mother would
tell her that they were rich as a family Florence
was stubborn as a child. Sometimes she would go
for days without speaking to anyone. She just read
her books. She loved poems. Florence always wanted
to stand out and be her own self. She had her own
ideas...
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Theodore Roosevelt Hyde Park
922 words
Roosevelt served longer than any other president.
His unprecedented election to four terms in office
will probably never be repeated; the 22 nd
Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, passed after his death, denies the right
of any person to be elected president more than
twice. Roosevelt held office during two of the
greatest crises ever faced by the United States:
the Great Depression of the 1930 s, followed by
World War II. His domestic program, known as the
New Deal, introduced f...
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Committee Of Public Safety Constituent Assembly
1,134 words
French Revolution, cataclysmic political and
social upheaval, extending from 1789 to 1799. The
revolution resulted, among other things, in the
overthrow of the monarchy in France and in the
establishment of the First Republic. It was
generated by a vast complex of causes and produced
an equally vast complex of consequences. For more
than a century before the accession of King Louis
XVI in 1774, the French government experienced
periodic economic crises resulting from wars,
royal mismanagement, a...
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Doesn T Didn T
641 words
Civilization and Its
DiscontentsCriticismsUninformed. Freud is
uninformed as to the coming events of the
twentieth century, especially the Second World War
and the Holocaust. This work was published in
1930. In 1931 when they published a second
edition, Freud added a final sentence speculating
whether Eros or Death would come out as stronger
in the coming years. This was as Hitler was coming
to power, and it was becoming clear to Freud and
to others what a menace they were in for. But even
Freud...
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California Gold Rush 19 Th Century
1,099 words
The California Gold Rush was one of the most
important events in the 19 th century. Without it
America would not be as populated and economically
strong as it is today. The California Gold Rush
brought many foreigners into the United States and
triggered migration to the Western Coast. The
California Gold Rush taught people that failure
was okay and made people take risks. The
California Gold Rush was the Las Vegas of the 19
th century. The California Gold Rush blew the
United States economy sky...
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Sing Sing Ive Heard
1,048 words
b. March 15, 1916, Albany, Georgia, USA. d. July
5, 1983, Las Vegas. Harry James father Everette
James, was a trumpeter and led a circus band with
the Mighty Haag Circus. His mother Maybelle, was a
trapeze artist with the circus. Harry began
playing the drums when he was four and began
playing trumpet when he was eight. He joined the
circus band the next year and was leading it by
the time he was twelve. Then their family moved to
Beaumont Texas, and at 15 Harry James began
playing in local danc...
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Concentration Camps Mass Murder
895 words
Heinrich Himmler was Reich leader of the SS, head
of the Gestapo and the Waffen SS, minister of the
interior from 1943 to 1945 and thought to be the
most powerful man in Nazi Germany, second only to
Adolf Hitler. Himmler was born in Munich in the
year 1900. He was born into a middle class
Catholic family. Educated at a secondary school in
Landshut. Heinrich joined the army as an officer
cadet at the age of 17 to fight in the First World
War. He was enthusiastic to fight for Germany as
most boys ...
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Adolf Hitler Mackenzie King
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Historical Time Line 1910 Prime Minister Wilfred
Laurier? s Naval Bill to create a small Canadian
Navy is passed. The Montreal Canadians play their
first hockey game. The first man-made fibre,
rayon, is introduced in the North American market.
Author Stephen Leacock publishes Literary Lapses.
Toronto had 376, 588 citizens. 1911 Robert Borden
becomes Canada? s new PM. Canada? s population is
7, 204, 838. 1912 Ontario government restricts the
use of French in Ontario schools. The Manitoba,
Ontario...
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World War Ii League Of Nations
937 words
History of the League of Nations- Through my
studies and research I have come to the following
conclusion about the League of Nations: despite
all of President Woodrow Wilsons efforts, the
League was doomed to fail. I feel this was so for
many reasons, some of which I hope to convey in
the following report. From the day when Congress
voted on the Fourteen Points, it was obvious that
the League had a very slim chance of being passed
in Congress, and without all of the World powers,
the League had...
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Wadsworth Longfellow Poem Quot
900 words
Paul Revere was an American patriot who, in 1775,
carried news to Lexington of the approach of the
British. He warned the patriot leaders, Samuel
Adams and John Hancock of their danger and called
the citizens of the countryside to arms. This was
the inspirations of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's
poem " Paul Reveres Ride" . (Martin 266
- 267) In 1175, King George III instructed General
Thomas Gage, the British commander in chief in
Massachusetts, to enforce order among the
rebellious colo...
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President Clinton B C
881 words
The Ring of Gyges The story of the Ring of Gyges
is an excerpt from book two of Plato's The
Republic, in which Glaucon disagrees with Socrates
and insists that people act moral because they
lack the power to behave otherwise. In an effort
to support his claim, Glaucon recites the tale of
Gyges. In this paper, I will include a brief
history of Plato, a description of the Ring of
Gyges, and discuss how the story may affect our
present lives. Plato was born in 429 B. C. in
Athens, Greece, to Aristo...
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Today Society Number Of Days
773 words
In today? s modern society, the entertainment
industry plays a vital role in people? s everyday
life. From movies to Broadway, music to
television, or even NASCAR to lawn mower racing,
everyone has some form of entertainment that grabs
their attention. In case of the hunger artist, he
was trying to set a record number of days for
fasting. However in the end, there was no good
reason why he chose to do so, except that he didn?
t find the foods he liked. The Hunger Artist? s
talent, in a way, desc...
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Jesse Jackson Civil Rights
499 words
Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Jesse Louis Jackson
is one of Americas foremost political figures.
Over the past three decades he has played a major
role in virtually every movement for empowerment,
peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic
and social justice. Jackson has been called the
conscience of the nation and the great unifier. He
is the best-known living American leader in the
United States. Jesse Louis Jackson was born on
October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. A
woman who ...
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Robert E Lee Confederate Soldiers
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Great Military Leaders-Robert E. Lee I chose the
biography, Great American Generals Robert E. Lee,
by Ian Hogg, because I have always been fascinated
about the Civil War and especially about one of
the greatest heroes of American history General
Robert E. Lee. I also chose this particular book
because I feel that the author Ian Hogg is a very
credible source for this paper because he is a
prolific writer in the field of defense and
military technology. He is a weapons expert,
having written many...
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