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    Roosevelt vs Wilson Who Do You Prefer? In the early years of this great nation we find to amazing men that wanted to preside over the United States in ways no others had attempted to do as of yet. They both had great ideas and in some ways were similar and yet others miles apart. They believed their way was gospel and this country would perish under the other so to speak. President Roosevelt was out to be our great Nationalist with a campaign based on a human welfare goal.

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    Harriet Tubman was one of these women. Harriet was asked to help the Union army so she did. She went to South Carolina where she helped blacks escape and also went behind the lines to be a scout and spy. She often wore disguises and dressed up as a man to help fight in the war. She also pretended to be a old women sometimes when needed. Harriet was never paid to work but lived by “ wits” buying and selling vegetables‚ baking

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    saw. In today’s society‚ we are often opposed to reliving the harsh realities of our past‚ rape‚ enslavement‚ and war for a few examples. What makes the man who I chose to do this paper about different is that he strives to highlight these times in history that we are told to forget and make sensitive topics. This man is the “Genius”‚ Mr. Fred Wilson. His art goes

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    freedom and of your heroism wrote Fredrick Douglas in a letter to Harriet Tubman on August 29‚ 1869. In a letter to Harriet Tubman Frederick Douglass talks about his opinion of Harriet. Fredrik Douglas highly regarded Harriet Tubman‚ and they dedicated their lives to the abolitionist movement. Frederick says that Accepting John Brown - of sacred memory - I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than you have. He also says “especially where

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    “Strangers to Ourselves” Wilson explains why we sometimes feel like we do not really know ourselves. As the title states‚ the book discusses the topic of people alienat-ing themselves from themselves. The adaptive unconscious is first described as a complex topic that can hardly be explained. In situations where our adaptive unconscious takes over we often cannot explain our behaviour. Not handling a situation consciously‚ can make us feel unfamiliar with ourselves. Wilson assigns a much more important

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    The Heroes of our Society All people make an impact in their life‚ however small it may be. Some certain indivuals stand out. They leave a lasting mark on the world and will be remembered long after they have passed away. Cesar Chavez and Harriet Tubman have both left an imprint on this world. They fought for equality‚ human rights‚ inspired other to resist maltreatment‚ and put themselves in danger to protect others. Cesar Chavez was a prodigious leader that gave farm workers the will to resist

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    English Literature (Classic & Modern) Harriet Jacobs and Fredrick Douglass In the excerpts in the text “Harriet Jacobs From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” and Fred Douglass in” The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” published in 2007 and 2001 respectively in Selections from American Literature‚ Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs(under pseudonym‚ ‘Linda Brent’) present themselves as teenagers. How their typical

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    Thought out this year we have focused on the theme of confinement. Harriet Jacobs in her autobiographical account of slavery emphasizes this theme not just by discussing the hardships of being a slave‚ but the hardships of being a woman as a slave. Not only did she have no choice as to where she would live or work‚ but even with what she did with her body. She lived the majority of her life with no control in a way that many women could never dream of in their worst nightmares. Being owned by

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    Roosevelt‚ Taft and Wilson were all viewed in the public eye as trust busters. This was the first group of presidents who believed that the federal government should play a role in protecting consumers and workers from big business. These three were progressive presidents implemented reform and new ideas such as government intervention and conservation methods. However‚ their policies and approaches to achieve tor work towards these goals differed. Roosevelt believed that as the president it was

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    The strength and effort of opposition forces as well as the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. The opposing senators wanted to add reservations onto the treaty‚ but Wilson’s would not have it. This caused Wilson to kill his own treaty with some help from opposing senators. Opposing forces killed the Treaty of Versailles in many different ways. They believed the treaty did not satisfy pre-war hopes for peace (Doc B). One political

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