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Benjamin Franklin Lightning Rod
478 words
Benjamin Franklin was born in the year 1706, in
the city of Boston Mass. Ben was a great
scientist, inventor and politician. With all of
this going on Ben somehow also found time to be a
father to his illegitimate son William, who he
brought everywhere with him. The world today owes
a lot to Benjamin Franklin. Science was one of
Benjamins many interests. He was the one who first
linked lightning and electricity. He did this in
1752 by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. The kite
was being flown wit...
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York Franklin Watts Fifty Fourth
1,224 words
... er of an all Negro regiment was to be taken
prisoner, and be put to death or otherwise
punished (Cox, 11 - 12). Being the leader of those
regiments required much courage and discipline.
When Captain Robert Gould Shaw, who was the leader
of the Massachusetts fifty-fourth Volunteers, was
buried, he was stripped of all his belongings and
clothes, then buried with the other men in his
regiment who died with him on the battlefield of
Fort Wagner. The Confederate soldiers buried him
with as much d...
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Industrial Recovery Act Franklin D Roosevelt
1,640 words
The New Deal picked people up when the Great
Depression sent them down. It restored faith in
the American people. The New Deal helped bring
businesses and unemployment from out of the
cellar. It got the economy back on its feet after
it looked like nothing could help. All this was
possible because of one man. Why did they put so
much faith into one person? Even though the New
Deal was a great success, why did they expect this
one person to save them? You can't put your future
into the hands of o...
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World War Ii Presidential Nomination
1,268 words
Franklin D. Roosevelt served longer than any other
president of the United States. He held office
from 1933 until his death in 1945 at the beginning
of his fourth term. During his presidency he led
the United States through two great crises -- the
Great Depression of the 1930 's and World War II.
Roosevelt was a man of unusual charm and great
optimism which he was able to communicate to
others. He had a broad smile and an easygoing way
of nodding agreement to whatever proposals were
made to him....
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Rewriting History Pearl Harbor And World War Ii
1,015 words
Tora, tora, tora! What if these words were never
said? In the history of the United States of
America, there have been many situations that have
changed, or turned this countrys history around.
One of these being World War II and Pearl Harbor.
What if Pearl Harbor was never attacked by the
Japanese, would we have thrown ourselves into the
second World War? If not, would this have changed
the political, economic, national, and
governmental issues of the United States? The
answer, more likely, is ...
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York Franklin Watts Peoples Lives
846 words
Content Area: Persuasive Speaking, and writing
components Integrated Area: Art / drama , science,
and social studies -that technology affects
peoples lives-past, present, and future. -that as
technology changes, peoples lives change.
Objectives: The students will be able to:
-evaluate the change of a certain invention from
the past to the future; -work as a group to
complete a task or assignment. Ben censored , J.
(1978). The first book of automobiles. New York:
Franklin Watts. Ben censored , J....
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Warm Springs Georgia Eleanor Roosevelt
1,653 words
Roosevelt was born at his family's estate at Hyde
Park, in Dutchess County, New York on January 30,
1882. He was the only child of James Roosevelt and
Sara Delano Roosevelt. James Roosevelt was a
moderately successful businessman, with a variety
of investments and a special interest in coal. He
was also a conservative Democrat who was
interested in politics. His home overlooking the
Hudson River was comfortable without being
ostentatious, and the family occupied a prominent
position among the so...
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Franklin And Theodore Roosevelt
1,816 words
Throughout the ages there have been many great
leaders. These leaders are powerful in many ways,
with a strong control over the people, and a place
in history. But who would have guessed that two
cousins would be some of the greatest government
figures ever? Franklin Delano Roosevelt and
Theodore Roosevelt, both American presidents, both
American Heroes. Without these dignitaries, the
American advancement into the present day would be
incomplete and / or impossible. They gave people
hope through...
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Hester Prynne Reverend Dimmesdale
995 words
Author's Background: Nathaniel Hawthorne was born
in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4 th, 1804.
Hawthorne lived poor due to his father's death
when he was four, but he was helped by relatives
and enrolled in college where he displayed an
interest in writing. In college, he met a friend
who would prove to be an invaluable help Franklin
Pierce, future President of the United States. In
1825 he graduated and lived with his uncle in
Salem for 12 years, devoting his time to reading,
writing, and scrapp...
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John Adams America Second President
1,576 words
Adams was born in the village of Braintree
(Quincy), Massachusetts, on Oct. 30, 1735. His
father, also named John Adams, was a farmer, a
deacon of the First Parish of Braintree, and a
militia officer. His mother, Susanna Boylston
Adams, came from a family of Brookline and Boston
merchants and physicians. Adams attended dame and
Latin school. Besides wanting to become a farmer,
his school prepared him for college and a career
in the ministry. With some tutoring in Latin from
Joseph Marsh, John pa...
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San Francisco Bay Correctional Officers
1,087 words
Alcatraz was a famous federal prison on Alcatraz
Island in San Francisco Bay. The island stands on
12 acres of solid rock, and Alcatraz was often
called The Rock. More than one mile of water
separates it from the mainland. The Island
received its name in 1775 when Spanish explorer
Juan Manuel de Ayala charted the San Francisco Bay
and named it La Isla de Los Alcatraces, which
translated to "Island of the Pelicans. " The
small-uninhabited island had little going for it
with its swift currents, mi...
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Literature Resource Center Emily Dickinson
1,305 words
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly
stopped for me; The carriage held but just
ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he
knew no haste 5 And I had put away My labor, and
my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the
school where children played Their lessons
scarcely done; 10 We passed the fields of gazing
grain, We passed the setting sun. We paused before
a house that seemed A swelling of the ground; The
roof was scarcely visible, 15 The cornice but a
mound. Since then t is cen...
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British Prime Minister Declaration Of Independence
690 words
Benjamin Franklin said at the signing of the
Declaration of Independence, We must all hand
together, or most assuredly we shall all hang
separately. There could have been many possible
outcomes to the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. One of the ways that it could have
been avoided was if it was never fought at all,
therefore Franklin would not have needed to worry
about being killed. So what if the American
Revolution was never fought? One of the ways the
War could have been avoided i...
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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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Idiot Savant Tularecito Society
708 words
Tularecito is a myth about truth. Tularecito, just
a character of that myth, is the focus for this
glossed over fable. Steinbeck draws on this form
of genre to present the idea that we are all a
part of what happens to others, based upon our
nature. The image presented of Tularecito is that
of a demon, an idiot savant, a boy with a gift
from God, and that gifts cost. He is a freak, a
dangerous misfit, an innocent who does not need
the constraints of reality. Tularecito its. The
test is one of mo...
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Age Of Reason Puritans Believed
1,928 words
In America, as in any civilization, societies will
certainly go through numerous changes. Common
customs, beliefs, and traditions evolved even in
the period between now and the Colonial Period.
One very significant turn of religious or
philosophical direction came about during the
early years of the New World. The great change in
ideology during the transition between the Puritan
Period and the Age of Reason came about as
Americans began putting their faith in their
capabilities to reason, rathe...
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Warm Springs Georgia Commander In Chief
1,754 words
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New
York on January 30, 1882. He was the son of James
Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His parents
and private tutors provided him with almost all
his education. At a young age, he became
interested in birds. For his eleventh birthday, he
asked his parents for a gun to began a collection
of all the birds that were native to Dutchess
County. By the time he entered college, he had
collected and identified about 300 different kinds
of birds. Today, h...
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Play A Role Chemical Reactions
1,867 words
PROBLEM: BATTERIES TEND TO FAIL AT EXTREME
TEMPERATURES. TESTABLE QUESTION: HOW AND WHY DO
DIFFERENT BATTERY TYPES FAIL AT EXTREME
TEMPERATURES? ELECTRO CHEMISTY BATTERY FAILURE
HONORS CHEMISTY RESEARCH PROJECT HISTORY OF THE
BATTERY The battery s origins may be followed back
to very ancient times. We know that many of the
wise men could have been exploring and testing
electricity. For example, a clay vase, thought to
be several thousand years old, was discovered in
1932 near Baghdad. It contain...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt World War Ii
1,650 words
In Franklin Delano Roosevelt's message to the
congress on January 6, 1941, he spoke of many new
ideas to deal with the controversial issues that
were occurring in the world. In his address, F. D.
R. spoke of a new order to deal with the actions
that were occurring in other continents of the
world. The moral order that he proposed to these
men and women was his way of dealing with the
dictators in foreign countries. The foreign
dictators had their new order and Roosevelt was
coming back with his ...
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Positive And Negative Positively Charged
1,073 words
Static Static Electricity Static Electricity
Static electricity is electricity at rest, which
is an accumulation of electric charge. This source
of energy is the opposite of moving electric
charge, known as electric current. It is part of
the study of phenomena resulting from electric
charge, called electrostatics. Electrostatics is
actually one of the foundations of knowledge about
electricity. Static electricity is clearly the
oldest known form of electricity. The earliest
understandings of st...
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