Lincoln is known as one of America’s greatest presidents in history. He rose from humble beginnings to the President of the United States and bounced back from many shortcomings in that span. He is credited with preserving the Union during the U.S. civil war and beginning the process of freeing the slaves with the emancipation proclamation. His belief in freedom and the rights of all men still influences the country and its people to this day. During his childhood‚ Lincoln and his family were forced
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Did you know George Washington was well known for his dancing skills? What are your thoughts on our first president? How much do you know about him? I’ll be going over his beginning life‚ some of his accomplishments‚ his failures‚ and finally his death. “George Washington was born at Bridges Creek (later known as Wakefield) in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia‚ on February 22‚ 1732. His father died when he was eleven years old‚ and the boy spent the next few years living in different households throughout
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<b>HISTORY</b><br>The Library of congress was established by an act of congress on April 24‚ 1800. It was originally housed in the United States capitol. The collection‚ which stared out small at 740 volumes‚ slowly increased to over 3‚000 volumes by 1814. That year‚ though‚ the British along with the capitol burned those books during the assault on Washington.<br><br>To rapidly replace the collection‚ Thomas Jefferson offered his personal library to congress at no cost‚ describing the nature of his books like so:
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His Excellency: George Washington Joseph Ellis sets out to make George Washington‚ the person we think of as an icon‚ into a real person. He wants to show us what makes him tick. He wants to turn the marble into the man. So many students today see George Washington as a memorial‚ a monument‚ a face on a dollar bill‚ and the man who could not lie when he cut down the cherry tree. He wants to show us the man George Washington was in his day. Ellis’s method was to divide George Washington’s
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The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America‚ consisting of two houses‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election. As provided by the United States Constitution‚ each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents a district and serves a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. The 100 Senators serve staggered
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JOY G. SILVA BEED-1B POWERS OF THE CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OF THE POWERS OF CONGRESS * Enumerated Powers – refer to those specifically or expressly conferred to the Congress by the Constitution. The enumerated powers of the Congress includes: * Power to impose taxes * Power of appropriations * Declare the existence of state of war * Power to meet as board of canvassers in the election of President and Vice President * Power of impeachment
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"Is AIDS Mainly in Homosexuals?" AIDS‚ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome‚ has been around for a decade. A disease that over time shuts down a person’s immune system causing the white blood cells to weaken‚ making them unable to protect the body from outside germs and infections. Since the first case of AIDS was reported in medical literature in the late 1970’s‚ people have been wondering what is the origin of this foreign disease? Lisa Law stated in 2000’s Sex Work in Asia that there are
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Dewey Vs. Freire Although they are from different times and places both John Dewey and Paolo Freire have very similar theories on education. These men believed that there is more to teaching than simply lecturing to students while the students take notes to later memorize. Freire refers to this as the “banking concept” and Dewey categorizes it under a “traditional education.” Both men expressed that in order for students to fully grasp what they were being taught‚ teachers would have to find
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Edwars Said was born a Palestinian Arab in Jerusalem in 1935‚ and was American through his father‚ Wadie Saïd‚ who was a U.S. Citizen. Wadie Saïd‚ his father moved to Cairo‚ before the birth of his son . He spent much of his childhood travelling back and forth from Cairo to Jerusalem‚ visiting relatives. Saïd said that in his childhood he lived “between worlds” — like Cairo (Egypt) and in Jerusalem (Palestine). Here are some of his words from this period of life: "I was an uncomfortably anomalous
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In White’s essay‚ Once More to the Lake‚ he conveys his attitudes towards the week spent at the camp by giving concrete and specific languae. The personal and autobiographical source of the essay is authenticated by these methods. These fundamental ideas emerge as White compares his memories of the lake with his experience upon revisiting it with his son. The multiple points of comparison and the language he uses to describe them is‚ once again‚ concrete and specific. White’s description of the
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