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    10.) Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14‚1865‚ by a man named John Wilkes Booth. President Lincoln was shot and killed while at a showing at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth(Abraham killer) was a man from Maryland and remained in the North. Himself and six conspirators originally planned a kidnapping with President Lincoln but he failed to show up. This made Mr.Booth take actions to his own hands by sneaking behind him at a play and tragically

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    Abraham Maslow was a highly influential psychologist who developed the ‘hierarchy of needs’ model in the 1940s. Maslow’s model featured 5 key psychological needs‚ which are believed to be central to everyone’s human life. The first stage starts with the most basic and fundamental need‚ during each stage‚ a person works their way up the hierarchy by sequentially fulfilling the demands of their current stage. Obviously‚ if a person continues to work towards higher levels of the model‚ their quality

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    The coming of the railroads‚ especially after 1850‚ made travel easier and practice more remunerative. Lincoln served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad‚ assisting it in getting a charter from the state‚ and thereafter he was retained as a regular attorney for that railroad. After successfully defending the company against the efforts of McLean county to tax its property‚ he received the largest single fee of his legal career—$5‚000. (He had to sue the Illinois Central in order to collect

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    In my opinion‚ I believe Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was most relevant to my study of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Coming into the course I had previously learned about the Hierarchy of Needs. In that course we took an in-depth look at Maslow’s Theory‚ and applied it to several real life scenarios. One scenario that caught my eye was when we studied a group of plane crash survivors. I do not remember the exact details of the story‚ but I remember that their hunger drove

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    Abe Lincoln Abraham Lincoln had many accomplishments throughout his life and during the civil war. One of those was his role in preserving the union and protecting it from confederate rule .He endured great pressure during the war but was brave and persevered. He also signed the emancipation proclamation which freed many slaves. But He made sure that all slaves would be freed by making the 13th amendment. He also made himself a role model for future citizens. And as his nickname Honest Abe was

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    experienced and have deeper insight. It would be pointless to have a role model who knows less than me. For me‚ that person was the one and only‚ Bruce Lee. His skills and abilities made up part of who

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    But right as I; the actor of John Wilkes Booth pointed the .44 caliber pistol at Griffin; the actor of Abraham Lincoln‚ it went awry. When I pulled the trigger it shot a real bullet into the back of Griffin’s head. Now all you could hear was silence like a dead heartbeat. Silence‚ the shrieking of the soul. Silence‚ where you could even hear a pen

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    In 1828‚ Andrew Jackson was elected for president because he was a common‚ well-known man who was involved in the world and has acted profoundly throughout the years. In 1829 Andre Jackson became the seventh president of the United States until his term ended in 1837. During his presidency‚ President Andrew Jackson had several accomplishments. To begin with‚ Jackson was the first to introduce the Spoils System to the national government. This gave him a chance to fire everyone in congress and just

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    COLLAPSE Lincoln decided to issue the Proclamation at this particular time because he wanted to stop the European powers from officially acknowledging the Confederacy. He issues it at this time so it wouldnt look like an desperate act‚ it was a good time‚ after victoryHe claimed to to steer away from slavery. I believe this was a great step to some what abolish slavery‚ but again slaves always got the short end of the stick‚ basically it was a setup and then they are always allowed to do something

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    of desertion. During his trial‚ he was unable to prove his innocence and so was sentenced to death.Coming to his senses and realising how grave his mistake was‚ the young soldier‚ wrote a letter of repentance and appealed to the then President – Abraham Lincoln!On reading this letter and realising that the soldier was truly sorry for his mistake‚ the President granted him mercy and pardon. The soldier returned to service‚ fought bravely the war during its entirety‚ but was killed in the last battle

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