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The Presidency Of Woodrow Wilson
... In this light he recognized
the fact that there was a need to institute more national parks. He also
recognized the fact that city dwellers as well as farmers have the needed
for water. Big business was a problem with monopolizing; especially J. P.
Morgan was a steal company that had a monopoly. This monopoly was in
violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1902. A Supreme Court ruling
found 5-4 that the Northern Security Company was in violation. Protection
the consumer was a big subject as well The Jungle was a book about the meat
inspections of 1906. The Meat Inspections Act of 1906 was to outlaw
incorrectl ...
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George Washington Carver
... doing house chores he was always roaming the nearby woods and streams. He explored anything unusual such as reptile and insects. George kept his own frog collection and geological finds in a place where nobody could find as he would watch them progress. He had his own nursery in the woods and learned how to turn sick plants to healthy plants. This helped him be friendly with his neighbors and gained him the name "plant doctor."
George had his own playmates to play childhood games with. Though his parents and playmates were white, he developed a strong friendship with most everybody and continued contact with t ...
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Emile Durkheim
... collective conscience is something entirely separate from the individual consciences that together form it (Hess, est. al; 1996; 12). He studied various aspects of this conscience in his book. In Suicide, Durkheim studied the reasons why individual commit suicide and how the rate of such suicides indicates whether or not there are problems in the society in question (Hess, est. Al; 1996; 8). Due to his contribution sociology is today consider part of science.
Durkheim was born ‹pinal, France, he was an outgrowth of a distinguished line of rabbinical scholar (Rothschild; 1999). He graduated from the ‹cole Nor ...
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Charles Manson: Orgins Of A Madman
... often neglected Charles after her husband left her. She
tried to put him into a foster home, but the arrangements fell through. As a
last resort she sent Charles to school in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mrs. Manson
failed to make the payments for the school and once again Charles was sent back
to his mother's abuse. At only fourteen, Manson left his mother and rented a
room for himself. He supported himself with odd jobs and petty theft. His
mother turned him into the juvenile authorities, who had him sent to "Boys
Town," a juvenile detention center, near Omaha, Nebraska. Charles spent a total
of three days in ...
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Oral Roberts
... Holiness church. He was against such things as infidelity, evolutionism, sexual recreation, drinking alcohol and dancing. Tobacco, jewelry, tea, coffee, transparent female garments, polygamy and theological liberalism were also amongst the vices of his father. Oral believes that his upbringing prepared him for the moment of his healing.
There were several events surrounding the birth of Oral that became part of his ministry’s hagiography. Oral’s mother, Claudius, went to a sick child while she was pregnant with Oral to try and heal the child. She promised God that she would give her child to him if he w ...
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President Millard Fillmore
... setting up a law office in East Aurora near Buffalo, he married Miss Powers in1826. As his legal business expanded he took on a student clerk in his office, his future law partner and political associate, Nathan Kelsey Hall.
In 1830 the Fillmors moved to Buffalo, where a year or two later they joined the Unitarian Church. Fillmore formed a law partnership with Hall and developed a thriving practice. His massive frame, benign air, dignified mien, and conciliatory temper commanded respect and admiration. His popularity in Erie County marked him as one of the outstanding political leaders in western New York, and in ...
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Who The Book Is About: Hans Christian Andersen
... into more than 80 languages and have inspired plays, ballets, films, and works of sculpture and painting. There he worked for Jonas Collin, director of the Royal Theater, until Collin raised money to who provide him with an education.
Hans got a grant from the King of Denmark in 1833-1835, for travel in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy. He also got a Swedish Order of the Knight of the Palar Star, White Falcon of Weimar, Red Eagle of Prussia, order of the lady of Guadeloupe, and honored Danish Councillor of State.
Hans Christian Andersen collected fairy tales. Reitzal was the first of several collec ...
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Robert E. Lee
... of his life. He was a very serious boy and spent many hours in his father's library reading as many books as he could get his hands on. He loved to play with his friends, swim and hunt. Lee looked up to his father and always wanted to know what he was doing. George Washington and his father, "Light-Horse Harry Lee," were his two heroes and he wanted to be just like them when he grew up. In 1811 the Lee family moved to a larger home in Alexandria, Virginia. The next year his father received injuries in a Baltimore riot from which he never fully recovered and that also caused his leaving of Alexandria for a warmer cl ...
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The John Scopes Trial
... passed, the American Civil Liberties Union agreed to help teachers. Once the ACLU heard of Scopes' trouble, they decided to pursue this as a test case. A local engineer recommended that the ACLU help Scopes.
Scopes was arrested in school and sent to a appear before a grand jury. Three-time Democratic Presidential candidate and religious fundamentalist, William Jennings Bryan, was sent to work for the prosecution with A.T. Stewart. Clarence Seward Darrow, a well-known attorney, in fact, the most famous in the country at the time, was the defense attorney. He was only interested in the case after he learned of Bryan' ...
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Martha Graham
... in 1908 (Harmon et al. 182). This was where she started studying modern dance in her earlier years.
Martha's father played a big role in her life. Dr. Graham inspired his daughter to search for the meaning behind people's actions. As she sat in her father's office, she would look at the patients in bewilderment. The patients would blurt out words and move their arms and legs in a wild manner, making her even more curious about people's actions (Pratt 13). Dr. Graham then took his daughter to a performance of Ruth St. Denis in 1911 where she was mesmerized by the dancers (Harmon et al. 182).
Martha entered Cumn ...
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