is in my home town and I would like to know more about the college and its history. The Franklin College was a hotbed of teaching during the years leading up to the Civil War. The college was named the Alma College‚ then later renamed to Franklin College. The college allowed white‚ African Americans‚ and women to enroll. In fact‚ one of the first African Americans to graduate from college graduated from Franklin College with a bachelor’s degree. Later the college buildings were converted into a high
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Benjamin Franklin Was Known for Many Things... Benjamin Franklin was known for many things. Most people know him from his famous kite flying experiment‚ but he was mostly famous for helping writing the draft for the Declaration of Independence. Ben was also known for being a printer‚ writer‚ scientist‚ inventor‚statesman‚ civic leader‚ and diplomat.(America’s Library) By the end of his life he was elected for governor of Pennsylvania and lived a happy life.(Great Life of Benjamin Franklin) When
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Born on Jan 30‚ 1882‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt became the 32nd president of the United States. He was elected in March of 1932‚ during the Great Depression and was the only president to be elected four times. Franklin Roosevelt was a very successful president. He not only led the Americans through the Great Depression and World War II‚ he also gave people the hope to carry on. The Great Depression started in 1929 and lasted ten years. It was the longest deterioration of the economy in history of the
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Compare Jonathan Edwards’ “Personal Narrative” and Benjamin Franklin’s “Autobiography‚ Part II.” Both Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin are major and important American writers. A vast number of people were influenced by their writings. They illustrated early American themes in their personal points of view. Although they lived in similar times during the early development of America‚ they mostly wrote for different purposes. However‚ a reader can still find some similarities and common themes
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Fig. 1) was born on January 30th of 1882 around Hyde Park‚ New York. He was born and raised into a life of prosperity and pleasure. His father was James Roosevelt‚ an entrepreneur on the side and a nobleman on the other. Roosevelt’s mother‚ Sara Delano‚ was a very determined mother. Franklin was their only child and grew up to be very successful and had the equal attention from both his parents. Around the age of 14‚ Roosevelt was tutored at home. After that‚ he was an
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John Hope Franklin an African-American Scholar who wrote a story that impacted people emotionally with his different claims of value‚ consequence and policy. Franklin’s parents decided to name him after a prominent educator‚ John Hope‚ who was the first African-American president of Atlanta University. Franklin presents many arguable content throughout the short story. Many of those include how racial segregation has affected the people. Racial segregation was one of the biggest cases tried in a
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As Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in the 1932 presidential election‚ “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes) When he said that‚ he was trying to tell people that all the fear they have is only making things worse. Not only did Roosevelt say those words‚ he showed those words and encouraged the Americans by giving them hope and relief. Franklin D. Roosevelt was a great hero during the Great Depression and helped the Americans get through it with the New Deal
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Benjamin Franklin and The Wright Brothers PHL458 What is a famous thinker? A famous thinker is some one who thought of something that change the world in which we live in. There are a lot of famous thinkers in the world like: Martin Luther King Jr‚ Steve Jobs‚ Bill Gates‚ and Michael Jackson. I will be discussing Benjamin Franklin and The Wright Brothers for my famous thinkers. Benjamin Franklin and The Wright Brothers are famous thinkers that showed the world new Idea ’s
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Franklin bell experiment Report Introduction After much thought as to what experiment to do‚ I decided to do an electrostatic experiment using the Franklin bell. I had to try and find different energy sources that would work for me. Any electronic instrument would give off enough electricity‚ but I eventually settled on using a electric bug zapper because it was easy to set up the crocodile clips with it. Afterwards I tried the same experiment with a television set‚ using tinfoil which gave static
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the reader interprets it. For instance‚ Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography appears to be written for a very particular individual. This is made explicit by the first two words of the book: “Dear son.” Immediately‚ one becomes aware of the fact that Franklin is not engaged directly in a dialogue with the reader‚ but rather‚ that he is addressing his own son. At first‚ it may seem rather peculiar for him to address his audience in a way so closely akin to a personal letter to his son; however‚ it is precisely
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