George Washington Carver George Washington Carver was born during the civil war years on a Missouri farm near Diamond Grove‚ Newton Country in Marion‚ Township Missouri. Even Carver himself was uncertain of his own birth date. In early manhood he thought that he was born in the year of 1865. On other occasions Carver noted that his birth came "near the end of the civil war" or "just as freedom was declared ". Carver was a brilliant man who received a bachelors and a masters degree
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successes that they did. I believe that George Washington‚ our very first President‚ had the biggest of successes. He had to figure out how to run a country. He had no one to look up to. He did everything on his own. Being the first‚ and not having experience‚ I think he didn’t do that bad of a job. Another one of Washington’s successes was that he led the Continental Army. He led the army into victory. Winning a war is a major success. Not only did Washington participate in the war‚ he led the army
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Do you know about a man who was killed in a theater during the Civil War? This man was born on February 12‚ 1809. This man was Abraham Lincoln. He was 10 or 9 years old when his mom died. Before that‚ he and his parents moved to Indiana. Abraham was known as being a honest‚ smart‚ and hard working man. To get the ball rolling‚ Abraham Lincoln was known as Honest Abe. The future president was first called “Honest Abe” when he was working as a young store clerk in New Salem lll… whenever he realized
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political leader‚ George Washington‚ has been the subject of memory through the many narratives recorded about him. Let’s be honest‚ we do not have concrete evidence of the man’s character. All we have are portrayals documented by writers and artists. Yet‚ we regard him so highly. It is due to historical memory that the nation possesses this exceptionally positive collective memory of Washington. Many elites‚ like biographers and orators made sure that material they cover about Washington reflected
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George Washington Carver was a chemist with an extraordinary mind and an extraordinary life. With the mentality he grew up having‚ this chemist amazed everybody of how to take one little thing and transform it into quite a few useful things. Earning the name “The Plant Doctor.” As a child‚ born around 1864 George grew up to an enslaved couple known as Mary and Giles‚ owned by Moses Caver. Then suddenly George followed by his mom and sister were kidnapped by raiders and sold in kentucky. Only then
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George Washington was a very important person in history... Some of the important things he did effected the outcome of Present Day United States. President Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732 in Westmoreland. He served as a Commander in the colonies during the American Revolution. Most people didn’t know but in George Washington’s time he was a spy. He found ways to use secrets codes‚ use invisible ink and find ways to decode them. How they used invisible ink‚ or known as lemon juice is
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George Washington and James Monroe believed that the United States should not become involved in European affairs. Is it still possible to follow that same policy today? Why or why not? In the early 1800’s Monroe wrote a document called the Monroe Doctrine‚ stating many things about new settlement in the United States and things saying that Europe should not be involved. Washington also had some similar views in his Farewell Address‚ about the Union as a whole. All in all‚ the both of them didn’t
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Address Analysis Thomas Webb GOVT 200-S02 Professor Edward Sotto September 14‚ 2008 Farewell Address George Washington Farewell Address was a message written to the American people. George Washington wrote this Farewell Address doing his exiting term as the President. This address was basically an outline of what he believed the Nation should follow. George Washington started off his address by letting people know that he would not be running for a third term. "I should now apprise
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best interest of America. From 1791 to 1813‚ American presidents put forth their best effort running the country to its greatest potential. Two president that clearly did this and acted in the interests of America were George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. George Washington acted in the best interests of America. He was revolutionary war hero who was elected unanimously for president (O.K.). As the president he needed to set precedents that first made the office respected. He took others’ advice
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George Washington I. Background- Birth-February 22‚ 1723 Death- December 14‚ 1799 II. Quote- "The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves. . . . The fate of unborn millions will now depend‚ under God‚ on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us no choice but a brave resistance or the most abject submission. We have therefore to resolve to conquer
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