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Rutherford B. Hayes
Words: 1103 - Pages: 5.... and electoral commission, which carefully decided that Hayes would receive all twenty votes. Facing the possibility that the country would be left without a president, both parties were considering taking the office by force. In spite of all the conflict, a deal was finally struck. Republicans made a secret deal with Democrats in congress, who agreed not to dispute the Hayes victory in exchange for a promise to withdraw federal troops from the south and end reconstruction . Hayes made good on the deal. He swiftly ended Reconstruction and pulled federal troops out of the last two occupied states, South Carolina and Louisiana . During .....
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Mohandas Gandhi
Words: 1437 - Pages: 6.... the Hare Krishna movement. It was here that he developed a
sense of the presence of God in his life and the lives of men.
Gandhi then returned to India and studied law in Bombay, but he quickly
denounced it, feeling that it was immoral and could not satisfy one's
conscience. Despite this, he used his schooling to help plead for Indian
settlers in South Africa that were being oppressed by the white population.
His personal experiences, including being ejected from a train in
Maritzburg, of not being allowed the same rights as others lead him to
begin a movement to help his people.
While in South Africa, Gandhi made himself poor so that he c .....
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Martin Luther
Words: 1205 - Pages: 5.... would never be able to satisfy such a judging God. Not being able to satisfy this God meant eternal damnation. After entering the religious life he later became an Augustinian monk and entered the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt in July of 1505. While in this monastery Luther became a well known theologian and Biblical scholar. In 1512 Luther earned his doctorate in theology and became a professor of Biblical literature at Wittenberg University.
Luther took his religious vocation very serious. This led him into a severe crisis in dealing with his religion. He wondered, "is it possible to reconcile the demands of God's law with human inabil .....
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Carl Gauss
Words: 1509 - Pages: 6.... out the combinations of the letters. Around the time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations.
When reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one to one hundred. While his classmates toiled over the addition, Carl sat and pondered the question. He invented the shortcut formula on the spot, and wrote down the correct answer. C .....
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Booker T. Washington
Words: 571 - Pages: 3.... its chief black exemplar and spokesman. In his advocacy of Tuskegee Institute and its educational method, Washington revealed the political proficiency and accommodational philosophy that were to characterize his career in the wider arena of race leadership. He convinced southern white employers and governors that Tuskegee offered an education that would keep blacks "down on the farm" and in the trades. To prospective northern donors and particularly the new self- made millionaires such as Rockefeller and Carnegie he promised the instillment of the Protestant work ethic. To blacks living within the limited distances of the post- Reconst .....
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Jackie Robinson 4
Words: 489 - Pages: 2.... of the year, and was only the begging for the awards he would receive. He later receive MVP, and elected into the Hall Of Fame.
He brought many kinds of fans to the game if baseball. His style of playing brought excitement back to the game. As much of the world like to watch him there were some who hated him. He received much hate mail from all kinds of people. He received letters threaten to kill him if he was to step on their hometown field with the other white players. A fellow baseball player from the opposing team slid into him putting a big gash in his knee that would take him out of the game.
He was not the first black player in th .....
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Charles Manson Aka Jesus Christ
Words: 450 - Pages: 2.... Christ and Charles Manson.
If we looked past the usual stereotype against Charles Manson, we can see that the preachings of Manson is identical to that of Jesus Christ. Hasn't Jesus spoke about the power of love? And also, isn't that what Charlie used for his motto?? Charles Manson has said "In love, you do no wrong." Wouldn't Jesus agree? In fact, would Jesus apply to that? In truth, yes!
Now, it's time to unveil the infamy of Charles Manson and Jesus Christ. Yes, both of them are wanted for influencing murder. Charles Manson has led the Tate-LaBianca murders as Jesus Christ led the city of Jericho, town of Salem murders. In both incidents, .....
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Thomas Hobbes
Words: 985 - Pages: 4.... Locke, Hobbes rejects the arguement that government must be limited by certain legal constraints.
Hobbes felt that the state or government had final control. To Hobbes the state of nature is a state of war because human beings cannot control their lust for power. So if a person keeps any power not given to government in the social contract, the person would use the power to oppress others. He felt that men must mutually consent to the contract in order to create
government giving up their powers in the state of nature to ensure peace and security from the state of war of having no social contract.
In Leviathan Hobbes does not see g .....
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Michael Jackson
Words: 828 - Pages: 4.... to be patient and read this report!
Michael Jackson is the King of Pop music. When Michael Jackson was nine
years old, he started being the lead singer of the Jackson 5. The Jackson 5
also consisted of his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon.
(Jackson: 8) The Jackson 5 had many songs. Michael Jackson's first solo album
is called "Off the Wall," and it first released in 1979. The songs on "Off The
Wall" include "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Rock With You." His
following albums include "Bad," "Thriller," and "Dangerous." Michael had a 2 CD
album called "HIStory Past, Present, and Future Book 1," and it first .....
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Kosovo And Milosevic
Words: 1462 - Pages: 6.... homes at gunpoint, and their houses looted and put to torch in front of their eyes – and they still thank God for sparing the lives of those who survived to face the next ordeal.
This story is being repeated in the Balkans for the umpteenth time. Almost a month after the most powerful military grouping in history launched air attacks on rump Yugoslavia to compel adherence to a peace accord, a human tragedy of grotesque proportions continues to unfold in Kosovo. Nearly 50 per cent of its Albanian population has been forced to flee the country under the relentless assault of the Yugoslav army and police, amid unbelievably cruel carn .....
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