... William H. Seward. They managed to only kill Lincoln after shooting Lincoln Booth jump 15 feet down to the stage shouting what some understood as sic semper tyrannis (Thus always tyrants) the Virginia state motto. Booth broke his leg in the jump nonetheless, he escaped to the south where early the next morning he had his leg attend to my Dr. Samuel H. Mudd. On April 15 a small federal troop set out in pursuit. For 11 days he was protected by sympathetic southerners. Finally on the night of April 25 he was cornered in a barn near Bowling Green, VA. Booth refused to be taken alive and was shot by one of the soldie ...

... Several videotapes, sapeanas, and cigar jokes later, the American public found out that he did, indeed, had sex with that woman. Many were outraged, many thought it was his personal business, and many just didn’t care. The nation became divided on what actions should be taken against a popular president that had just admitted to lying to his public and possibly lying under oath. Every constitutional scholar had an opinion about what constituted high crimes and misdemeanors. The 146th congress had to determine that for themselves, and in early January of 1999, William Jefferson Clinton was im ...

... it all and in the midst of his presidency a second term seemed to be a sure thing for him. However, the 1992 election marked the end of his reign; he lost by a great margin to democrat William J. Clinton who may I add was later impeached! George Bush was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Prescott Bush worked in an investing firm, but ended up moving his family to Connecticut where he later on developed a strong interest in politics which led to his position as Senator of Connecticut. Bush had three brothers and one sister who were all brought up s ...

... came up with many of his major insights and hypotheses from another and very different source: introspection, of a kind quite unlike that practiced by Wundt and his students. In James's opinion, any effort to seize and isolate individual elements of a thought process by means of Wundtian introspection would fail. But he felt that a naturalistic kind of introspection, to observe our own thoughts and feelings as they actually seem to us, could tell us alot about our mental life. This was for him, the most important of the investigative methods. Introspection required both concentration and practice, because inner stat ...

... street life, in particular, the area of Montmarte, Paris' bohemian district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly, it was here that he discovered the posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, which inspired him into creating one of his great paintings, the "Mouilin de la Galette". It was here, in Paris, that most of his success was accomplished. Three months later, Picasso returned to Spain and co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first issue March 31, 1901 - "Young Art"), in Paris. On a second trip to Paris, in the summer of 1901, he exhibited his works at Ambroise Vollard' ...

... in mathematics. Charles was isolated for most of his childhood, so he made up games to amuse himself, and his brothers and sisters. His father educated Charles up to the age of twelve. Then he was sent to school. Here he earned good grades in classical languages and mathematics as well as a good reputation for defending himself. He was once called “a boy who knew how to use his fists in a righteous case.� His teacher called home many times to explain how good he was doing academically. Throughout his juvenile years he received an endless series of excellent marks, prizes, and congratulations. When he was ...

... and speak. Twain writes with single-minded use of words, which is understood to be plain and simple, yet still intelligent, which enhances American literature. He writes what comes into his mind without fear. This is an example from Huckleberry Finn: ... "then comes a h-wack! bum! bum! bumble-umble-um-bum-bum-bum-bum - and the thunder would go rumbling and grumbling away" ... (Twain 45). This enriches American literature, because it is a clever way, and the only way to make the reader actually seem to hear and feel the sounds the writer is trying to convey. This is an example from Tom Sawyer : "Set her back ...

... in the Spanish-American War. He spent a long eight months in Puerto Rico. After the war, he went to Lombard College. Afterwards , he went on to work as an organizer for the Social-Democratic Party in Wisconsin, during 1907 through 1908. That was also the year he got married. He also wrote for the Leader, a newspaper in Milwaukee. He then went on to the city of Chicago. There, he wrote for the two newspapers, the Daily News and the Daybook. He liked writing for newspapers some, but his true passion was poetry. Some of his early poems were published in the Chicago newspapers he worked for. With his lov ...

... putting him through grammar school. His father intended for the knowledge learned in grammar school to be used in his future life of services for the church. Franklin progressed quickly and was transferred to a school for writing and arithmetic. Due to his progress in writing but failure in arithmetic, Franklin was withdrawn and engaged in his father's business as a tallow chandler and soap boiler. Disliking the business and loving the nature of the sea, Franklin spent his leisure time in association with it, on the contrary to his father's wishes. His leadership among the boys on boats was a foretelling of his ...

... moved to New York and began his artistic career as a commercial artist and illustrator for magazines and newspapers. Although extremely shy and clad in old jeans and sneakers, Warhol attempted to intermingle with anyone at all who might be able to assist him in the art world. His portfolio secure in a brown paper bag, Warhol introduced himself and showed his work to anyone that could help him out. Eventually, he got a job with Glamour magazine, doing illustrations for an article called "Success is a Job in New York," along with doing a spread showing women’s shoes. Proving his reliability and skills, ...