AP US History/Literature 17 March 2014 Extra Credit Opportunity: Historical Film The Monuments Men Based on a true story of what was a “treasure hunt” in its most basic definition‚ The Monuments Men portrays a hand selected World War II platoon on a mission that sends them to all edges of Western Europe in order to retrieve artistic masterpieces stolen by the Nazis and return them to their original owners. This special force of American and British museum curators‚ directors‚ art historians
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George Washington deserve the title "Father of our country?" George Washington led America’s Revolutionary Army‚ kept peace after the war was over‚ and was our first president. He first came to notice as a soldier serving in the French-Indian war. He was a modest man and a successful Virginia farmer when he was elected the commander of the Continental Army. He united the country at the end of the fighting and kept the country together through his presidency. To the people of America Washington was
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The Washington DC metro is the main source of transportation for thousands of people in DC‚ Maryland and Virginia. Many of those people rely on the metro for getting to and from work. With all of the new construction Metro had announced that the hours would be cut. It used to be open until two o’clock in the morning‚ but now it closes at midnight. Also‚ the spokesman for metro just said last week that even after the construction is finished they might be sticking with these hours. This is something
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affected the French and Indian war. In fact‚ he basically started it. George Washington himself was the spark that ignited the fire. He created this spark by raiding a peace party‚ killing Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville‚ and signing a document proving him guilty. One of the reasons George Washington is guilty of starting the war is that he raided a peace party. In 1754‚ Virginia’s Governor Dinwiddie sent George Washington‚ then a commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in the newly created Virginia Regiment
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of General George Washington were a key factor in the outcome of the War of Independence. Washington’s foremost principle was to constantly be on the offensive‚ as America did not possess a comprehensive strategy for the conduct of the war.10 Often times‚ Washington’s aggressive military instincts were shot down by councils of war. Washington once convened a council of war to consider a strike against the British garrison in Staten Island before it was reinforced.11 Washington desired to get the
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On the night of December 25‚ 1776 George Washington planned a surprise attack on the Hessians in Trenton‚ New Jersey. His plan was to sneak up the Delaware River the following night. The plan took a full two days to create‚ but after it was made it sure was a great one. The following night Washington led a group of Army troops across the icy Delaware River. The used a very small boat with about twenty men on board. It was a hard and cold journey and least six men had to row the boat at a time.
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together. The two presidents are George Washington and John Adams. Two man that come from the same era but was one better than the other? This essay will explore both of the presidents’ lives before they became president and also contrast their lives during their presidency. George Washington was born on February 11‚ 1732‚ in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia. At the age of 11 his first major tragedy came upon him‚ which was the death of his father. Washington obtained a limited formal education‚ which
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of the most important and prevalent of these symbols is Ellison’s representation of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute. Throughout the book Ellison provides his personal views and experiences with these subjects through the college that TIM attends‚ the college Founder‚ and Dr. Bledsoe‚ the president of the college. Ellison uses these characters and other images and scenes related to Washington to show his disagreement with his backward ideals and to convey his theory that‚ "In order to
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Despite the fact that the Confederacy lost the Civil War‚ monuments that glorify its leaders and generals are still up in the United States‚ mainly in former Confederate states. The argument is‚ should these monuments be removed from public places? According to the Southern Poverty Law Center‚ the rise of Confederate monuments in the United States didn’t occur right after the Civil War. After the Civil War‚ the Southern states were at their weakest and it took many years to recover from the aftermath
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George Washington Carver (1860-1943) Agricultural Scientist Dr. George Washington Carver was born in 1860 in Diamond‚ Missouri. When he was 30 he was accepted to Simpson College in Indianola‚ Iowa. Carver was later transferred to Iowa Agricultural College which is now Iowa State University. There he got a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in bacterial botany and agriculture. Dr. Carver discovered a large amount of products. He discovered three hundred uses for a peanut
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