.... Chapultepec, and Mexico City, and rose to the temporary rank of major within a year. In 1850, after the Mexican war was over he went to Florida to fight the Seminole Indians. Jackson left the army in 1850 and became a math professor at Virginia Military Institute where he taught for ten years. He was not a very good teacher of math. Many students mocked him and made fun of how religious he was. In 1853, he married Elinor Junkin, who died a year later. In 1857, he married Mary Anna Morrison. Jackson joined the Confederacy and soon made his reputation as at the First Battle of Bull Run, also called Manassas. When his men were retreating .....

.... century rationalist. “I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve�(88). Patrick Henry implies that he is going to speak without restraint, he will say what he thinks, and that no one is forcing him to say the things he is going to say. Henry knows that if he does not speak what he thinks he could be held guilty of treason. Henry shows that he is self- confident because he is going to follow through with his beliefs. Henry knows that if he is self confident he can do anything, Henry states; “I have one lamp by which my feet are guided and that is the lamp of experience�(88). What Henry is really .....

.... was twenty-one years old when he got married. His marriage almost didn't take place because Mileva, his fiance, thought he had an affair. Einstein decided to go to America to tell other scientists about his theory of relativity. He brought his wife and several freinds with him. When they got there, they were stormed with reporters and camera-men who wanted to know about his theories. He went around to different areas and gave speeches and lectures. When he appeared at Union Station to lecture, there was almost a riot because so many people wanted to see him. Einstein's most famous theory was the theory of relativity. "Einstei .....

.... and the Hugo Award(1985)(Beacham, 748). Stephen King written many great books throughout his writing career. Carrie, King's first best seller, is about a teenager who is ridiculed and harassed throughout high school(Bleiler, 1031). After she is finally pushed to the limit, her true side is finally exposed. Cujo, involves a ferocious dog that starts out so innocent and kind , and ends up a brutal man killer(Bleiler, 1031). The Shining, takes place in a motel that is haunted(Beacham, 748). Jack Torrence is a writer who is ridden by guilt and failure(Beacham, 749). After Torrence, his wife, and his five year old son are snowed in for .....

.... was necessary. Because Baltimore was then a center of the domestic slave trade in the U.S., Garrison's eloquent denunciations of the trade aroused great animosity. A slave trader sued him for libel; he was fined, and, lacking funds to pay the fine, was jailed. After his release from prison Garrison dissolved his partnership with Lundy and returned to New England. in partnership with another American abolitionist, Isaac Knapp, Garrison launched The Liberator in Boston in 1831; the newspaper became one of the most influential journals in the United States . Garrison was also a pacifist and involved in other reform movements. He was deep .....

.... in life. She was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be on the first Peace Corps advisory board. She was such an active lady while her husband was in office that she was no longer willing to stay quietly in the background of her husband. She took a job as an editor and advertising manager of a monthly publication " The Women’s Democratic News" where she became more independent towards herself and work. became very involved in women issues, being that she also joined the newly organized Women’s division of the New York State Democratic party and moved swiftly into positions of leadership. Not only was she respons .....

.... and a toy helicopters. After becoming inspired by several glider pioneers, especially Otto Lilienthal in Germany and Octave Chanute in the United States, and observing how buzzards keep their balance while in the air, Wilbur realized that to fly successfully an airplane must operate on three axes. In 1900 they built their first glider that traveled 300 feet. In 1901, using aerodynamic tables compiled by Samuel Langley and Lilienthal, they constructed new wings for a larger glider; the flight was poor so they set out to test the tables. They made 200 model wings and tested them in a small wind tunnel. The tables were proven wrong and t .....

.... 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's gallery in the Rue Lafitte and became good friends with the avant-garde poet Max Jacob. It was during this visit that he discovered Vincent Van Gogh, who inspired him to create "The absinthe Drink .....

.... goes, Glenn Warner, the coach of the Carlisle football school, made Jim try out for the football team by the means of a test. Thorpe was instructed to carry the ball from one end zone to the other end zone while the whole first-string football out to tackle him. He caught the punted ball and returned it with ease, not once but twice. Warner came up to Jim and told him it was suppose to be a tackling drill. Jim replied, "Nobody tackles Jim." 2 From this point on he led this small time school to national fame in football. He was an outstanding runner, place-kicker, and tackler, and because of his greatness in each of these .....

.... What views are put forward by Peter's contemporaries and modern historians? How did advocates and opposition portray the reign of Peter the Great? These are important questions to ask in an explanation on how Peter the Great was seen in the eyes of his contemporaries and of modern historians. In order to understand the image of Peter the Great and his significance it is necessary to know his background and the influences that shaped his life. Peter the Great was the fourteenth child of Alexei Mikhailovich, born in Moscow on May 30, 1672. Tsar Alexis died when Peter was four years old. His mother raised Peter. Tsars' Alexis .....