People always say that Thomas Alva Edison was a genius. He answered‚ ‘genius is hard work‚ stick-to-it-iveness and common sense’. Thomas Edison was an inventor that created such innovation as the electric light bulb and phonograph. He was born on 11 February 1874 in Milan‚ Ohio and the youngest in his family. Thomas’s father was an exiled political activist from Canada and mother wan an accomplished school teacher. His mother was the major influence in Thomas’s life as well. Thomas had hearing difficulties
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Primitive Japanese and European social orders were based on an arrangement of genetic classes. The nobles were at the top‚ took after by warriors‚ with sharecroppers or serfs beneath. There was next to no social portability; the offspring of ranchers got to be agriculturists‚ while the offspring of rulers got to be masters and women. In both medieval Japan and Europe‚ steady fighting made warriors the most paramount class. Called "knights" in Europe and "samurai" in Japan‚ the warriors served nearby
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during the 1960s and 1970s saw many feminist artists liberating women as they began to explore the female body and use it as a site of resistance in their art‚ leaving behind a legacy that many contemporary feminist artists still follow today. The 1960s was a time of great change for women as everything began to change socially‚ politically and culturally. The Pill had been approved and the sexual revolution had begun. Women began to fight for many things in their art‚ taking back the male gaze‚ reclaiming
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you know how many slaves Harriet Tubman saved throughout her whole life? Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County‚ Maryland in the year of 1822. Harriet Tubman grew up with a very loving mother‚ but the first years of her life were pretty tough‚ though. She lived with a fear of getting separated from her family‚ like many other slaves. Harriet’s real name was Armanitia Ross‚ but she changed it. Harriet was a humanitarian to all slaves by taking care of them; being a nurse‚ and helping them reach
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What was the purpose for the Mexican American war? Well many people have their sides to what happened and if the U.S was justified or unjustified with going to war with Mexico.What was the war about? Who did it involve? The war was against the U.S and Mexico for disputed territory which is now Texas and the Western part of the United States.Who fired the first shots to start the war? It was Mexico‚ but why did they do it? I think it was unjustified to go to war with Mexico‚ for many reasons. Slavery
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Civil Rights of 1871 In March of 1871 was a big change for history and for African Americans that was the day when the pass of the Constitution. The violence was so bad That even the Congress could not control it. In the year of 1871 on April 20‚ the legislative had to respond this Act of violence. The Ku Klux Klan had to do with a part of the violence that was happening at the time.The Act of Enforcement also was called the Ku Klux Klan Act or the Civil Rights Act of 1871(thefreedictionary.com/)
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The Geography of the Cold War: What Was Containment? It was a glorious meeting. On April 25‚ 1945‚ at the Elbe River in Germany‚ two powerful armies met. Coming from opposite ends of Europe‚ the Americans and Russians had cut Hitler’s Germany in two. Now at the Elbe‚ soldiers from the Red Army of the Soviet Union reached out their hands to their American counterparts. It was a time for great happiness. World War II‚ the deadliest war in all of human history‚ was nearly over. Unfortunately
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James P. Collins What Was at Stake? Analyzing the Significance of the Scopes Monkey Trial for American Education Analytical Introduction This article was written to remind students and teachers of the past historical events which served to shape current American education trends‚ standards‚ policies‚ and norms. In writing this piece‚ I hope to highlight a pivotal point in American education history when the right to think and question and status quo was threatened. I carefully contemplated
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The United States has no history that is separate from European history. Many of our domestic policies were derived from occurrences with Europe. The foreign policy that George Washington proposed in his Farewell address was one of these. He wanted the U.S. to trade with other countries‚ but he did not want us to get politically involved with those countries. He wanted to have the benefits of being able to get goods from these countries that we would not normally be able to obtain. However
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Jacob Mehlman 11-23-14 U.S. History The Cause of the Mexican-American War The Mexican-American war was a very controversial war in U.S. history. Many people say that the U.S. provoked Mexico by stationing troops on the Rio Grande River while the two countries were negotiating boundary issues. Others conclude that the coveted land at stake was the true cause for war. This conclusion is clearly supported by the main outcome of the war‚ which was the seizure of almost half of Mexico’s land. This captured
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