Reactions to the Lincoln Assassination Washington‚ DC‚ April 14‚ 1865‚ 10:45 p.m.‚ the President of the United States was shot with a Philadelphia Deringer pistol at Ford’s Theatre while attending the play Our American Cousin. He was carried across the street where he died early the next morning. The assassin‚ John Wilkes Booth‚ made his escape by horse and rode to the house of Doctor Mudd‚ a resident of Maryland who repaired his leg. The next day Booth was found hiding in a barn and was killed
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“I can’t bring myself to believe that anyone has shot at me or will deliberately shoot at me with the deliberate purpose of killing me.”(Abraham Lincoln Was) Lincoln’s own words‚ everyone loved Lincoln‚ well after he was dead‚ after America was finally done with that scythian‚ dictator‚ idiotic‚ squeaking‚ gorilla-like‚ lame excuse for a president. There were so many people deliberately shooting at Lincoln literally and figuratively‚ that one day‚ the Surratts‚ Herold‚ Powell‚ Booth‚ and Atzerodt
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The Fall of Republicanism and Rome Why did Rome fall? Some say Rome fell because Roman Empire was just too big‚ making it collapse. Others say the empire spent too much of its resources on the poor‚ drawing away much needed funds from the empire. Another theory was that plagues reduced the population to the point it could not sustain itself‚ and another was that the citizens of Rome became too satisfied and lazy‚ allowing the empire to crumble due to neglect. The list goes on and on;
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"The Romans are often characterized as loving violent and cruel entertainment in the amphitheatre. It has been suggested that the games served the dual purpose of providing entertainment for the people and maintaining the political status quo." In today’s society‚ the killing of humans and animals usually means a jail term‚ and seeing someone die is not something people go and see for fun. Violence was glorified in Rome hundreds of years ago. All the crimes they committed were condoned‚ accepted
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Gladiator: The Roman Fighter’s [Unofficial] Manual By Philip Matyszak Background: Philip Matyszak Academic training and employment Historian‚ professor‚ and archeologist‚ Philip Matyszak has gone to great lengths to thoroughly exhaust the avenues that would gain him the knowledge and understanding he sought. His life and studies have taken him to various places‚ including England‚ Italy‚ parts of Africa‚ and Canada where he presently resides. Although his time in Africa was spent primarily as
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John Pierpont Morgan: The turn of the century in American‚ when E.L. Doctorow’s novel Ragtime is set‚ was a time marked by rapid technological developments and industrialization. These years also brought a heavy flood of immigrants as well as an increasingly urban American landscape. Technological advancements enabled increased efficiency and mass production. However‚ Doctorow clearly brings into question the consequences of this new technology for the average American worker. J.P. Morgan’s discussion
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movie will not seem neither phony nor cartoonish. The reason Gladiator can not be considered historically accurate is because of the glaring errors in the characters and the emotions and actions of the characters. Firstly‚ Crowe’s General Maximus Decimus Meridus is a total fake. He is not a real person nor is he very similar to any one else in history. Maximus is instead a hodgepodge of many other people. The one true person who is totally shown incorrectly is Commodus. Commodus is shown as a grownup
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strong land forces and there were a famine and an epidemic. Cassius finally wanted to prevent that Cleopatra would bring a strong fleet as reinforcement for Antony and Octavian. But he could not execute the invasion of Egypt because at the end of 43 BC Brutus summoned him back to Smyrna. Cassius tried to blockade Cleopatra’s way to the Caesarians. For this purpose Lucius Statius Murcus moved with 60 ships and a legion of elite troops into position at Cape Matapan in the south of the Peloponnese. Nevertheless
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with Springfield. Finally he became one of the founders of the Aetna Fire Insurance Company. Joseph’s first son was Junius Spencer Morgan‚ also destined for the life of a businessman. He spent a number of years as a dry-goods merchant before moving to Boston and into the foreign trade business. Junius was invited to join the firm of George Peabody & Co. in 1854. In 1864 Junius took over the Peabody Company and changed the name to J.S. Morgan & Co. John Pierpont Morgan was born on April
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Killed by disease and starvation‚ angered by English intrusion upon their land‚ and enraged by the English’s heavy-handed diplomacy‚ New England’s Indians struck back. Mary Rowlandson was the wife of a Puritan minister when‚ in February‚ the village was attacked by the Wampanoags. The Indians burnt down the village and killed or kidnapped its residents. Rowlandson spent nearly three months in captivity before being ransomed. Mrs. Rowlandson was able to persevere the hardships because she openly welcomed
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