Papers on People and Biographies
Jackson, Andrew
Words: 503 - Pages: 2.... this in effect we went on to massive campaigns to build roads, canals, bridges, and railroads. Many new inventions improved the standards of living. Eastern states eliminated voting qualifications for white men. This all led to thousands of new voters, integrating the country in politics. Before it had just been the wealthy that could vote and run for office now all white men could participate.
These new voters wanted a President who was just like them, they wanted someone they could relate to. Van Buren would help to put Jackson in office by presenting Jackson has a people's president. He presented him as someone just like them, som .....
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Peter The Great 5
Words: 2759 - Pages: 11.... church and education.
Peter was in a position to make changes. He had the resources to institute alterations to his country for the betterment of his subjects and for Russia's own reputation in the European community. During his reign, Russia emerged as one of Europe's great powers, which was mainly because of his introduction of many Western European scientific, cultural and political practices.
Peter the Great was born on June 9, 1672, the son of Tzar Alexis I Makhailovich. 2 He succeeded the throne at the age of ten, when Tsar Theodore, Peter's half-brother, died. Even at such a young age, Peter had a great understanding of the up .....
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Niels Bohr
Words: 301 - Pages: 2.... 1939, he brought the knowledge that the German scientists were successful in splitting the uranium atom. In the winter of 1939, Bohr worked at Princeton University, were he developed the theory of atomic fission that led to the first atomic bomb, and then returned to Denmark in 1940. In 1943, he was still in Copenhagen when the Nazis occupied his country. He left Copenhagen, because of his Jewish background, and went to Los Alamos, North Mexico, were he helped scientist who were working on the first atomic bomb. Before he left, he dissolved his golden Nobel medal in acid. In 1945, after the war was over, he returned to his country, and pre .....
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Sigmund Freud
Words: 526 - Pages: 2.... he published a revised version of many of his earlier theories. That same year, he learned he had cancer of the mouth. In 1938, the Nazi’s gained control of Austria. Freud, who was Jewish, went to England with his wife and children to escape persecution. He died there of cancer in 1939. Freud’s most important writings include the Interpretation of Dreams (1900), Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905), Totem and Taboo (1913), Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1917), The Ego and the Id (1923), and Civilization and it Discontents (1930).
His Theories
Freud observed that many patients behaved according to drives and e .....
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Samuel Clemens
Words: 629 - Pages: 3.... Some of the travelers were steamboat men, circus performers, minstrel companies, and showboat actors. Since all this action was going on all the time, that opened a big door to the beginning of Samuel’s stories. It provided a huge source of literary material. Shortly after the death of his father in 1847, he ended the brief period of his schooling to become a printer’s apprentice. Like many nineteenth century authors, he was preparing for his writing career later in life. Working as a Printer’s apprentice he got practice as a typesetter and miscellaneous reading. The first thing Samuel wrote as a used piece was a few skits for his b .....
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San Martin
Words: 1182 - Pages: 5.... In 1784, when was six years old, the family returned to Spain, where he was educated at the "Seminario de Nobles" from 1785 until 1789. He started his military career early in the Murcia infantry regiment (South Eastern Spain). He served as an army officer against the forces of Napoleon between 1808 and 1811.
Even though was loyal towards his mother country (Spain) when he fought against Napoleon, he disliked the traditional absolute monarchy and the existing colonial system. In 1811, he decided to resign from Spanish service. After meeting revolutionary Spanish Americans in London, England, he sailed for Buenos Aires, and was almost imm .....
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Charles Darwin
Words: 370 - Pages: 2.... subsequently went through six editions.
Charles Darwin also contributed to the Market economy with his belief
"survival of the fittest." In a free enterprise system, it is believed that the
best will survive while the less efficient will collapse if the market is
allowed to work without government interference. In a market economy, since the
government has very little control of the businesses, the companies must work
their hardest and come out with good products that will outsell the ones of
their competition.
Social Darwinism basically means that the strong will control the weak.
Social Darwinism comes from the laws of natural selectio .....
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Benito Mussolini And His Impact On World War 2
Words: 2040 - Pages: 8.... was the anti Comntern Pact. On April 13, 1937, Benito Mussolini annexed Albania. He then told the British ambassador that not even the brief France and North Africa would keep him neutral. The British ambassador was appalled and dismayed. On May28, 1937, Mussolini strongly gave thought to declaring war. He then attacked the Rivera across the Maritime. On September13, 1937, he opened an offensive into British- garrisoned Egypt from Libya.
On October 4, 1937, while the offensive still seemed to promise success, Benito Mussolini met Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, on their joint frontier. The two of them discussed how the war in the Mediter .....
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Alexander The Great
Words: 629 - Pages: 3.... Alexander thought he had with Achilles, Alexander carried a copy of the Iliad with him wherever he went. It is also supposed that Olympia played a part in the assassination of Alexander's father Philip. Within Alexander's childhood lay the beginning's of a true warrior's career. His favorite literature, the Iliad, was an epic battle that gave Alexander insight into the eyes of past heroes. His teacher, Aristotle, made him an amazing strategist. This later helped him immensely when faced with insurmountable odds.
Aristotle also showed him that leaders must have compassion and understanding. Alexander applied this with his troops. He used .....
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The Life Of Anne Frank
Words: 647 - Pages: 3.... most horrible thing you can imagine. Leading citizens--
innocent people—are taken prisoner to await their execution. If the Gestapo
can't find the saboteur, they simply grab five hostages and line them up against
the wall. You read the announcements of their death in the paper, where they're
referred to as 'fatal accidents.'"--October 9, 1942
"All college students are being asked to sign an official statement to the
effect that they 'sympathize with the Germans and approve of the New Order."
Eighty percent have decided to obay the dictates of their conscience, but the
penalty will be severe. Any student refusing to sign will be se .....
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