benefit not only the people living in the present but must also positively affect the men and women of the near and distant future. Anyone who accomplishes this task should be named the most influential person of the Twentieth Century. Because of Andrew Carnegie’s stand against harsh labor‚ expansion of the steel industry‚ and extreme generosity with ongoing philanthropic work‚ history will record him as the most influential person of the Twentieth Century. Carnegie is most widely known for his
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are for and against the use of marijuana in medicine have been heated and in recent years‚ referendums have been brought up in at least three states to make it available for medical treatment. Personally‚ I think that marijuana has the power to be a significant help with certain aliments‚ however‚ I think that more research is needed to prove its medical potential. The first people to introduce the healing properties of marijuana‚ were the Chinese. About five thousand years ago‚ the people of
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Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. From South Carolina‚ he was a bold man‚ fighting in the U.S Revolutionary War at age 12. His ambition later led him to politics‚ where he eventually became the president of the United States. As president‚ Jackson did many controversial things‚ but was admired by many of the common citizens of the country. While his morals are questionable‚ overall Jackson was an effective president‚ and benefited the country with his ideas of the Union
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Andrew Jackson DBQ Sean Clinton Jacksonian Democrats were not the "Guardians of Democracy" that they claimed to be‚ rather‚ they were much more guardians of their own sectional interests‚ and arguably Andrew Jackson’s inflated ego. Jacksonians were skilled at emotionalizing issues and rallying the support of the South and West. Their primary goals were not Constitutional justice and individual liberty‚ but instead they strived to suppress New England‚ the Whig party‚ and business interests and
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In 1868‚ Andrew Johnson was the first U.S. president to be impeached. The level of distrust and hatred during his presidency was extremely high. Ross and several others faced criticism‚ ridicule‚ political suicide‚ and even the threat of assassination due to their unwavering determination to do what was right. The actions of Edmund Ross during the impeachment of Johnson were highly influential in the history of the United States. February 24‚ 1868‚ for the first time in U.S. history congress impeached
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Throughout my time in high school I had never really given much thought into what I wanted to do once I graduated. I knew I was going to be going to some university to pursue a degree‚ but I didn’t know what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. It wasn’t until I took AP Computer Science in 11th grade that I decided that pursing a degree in Computer Science was the right thing for me. This type of work was something that I greatly enjoyed and through computer science I would be able to solve problems
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Influence of Art I was fortunate enough to spend the first 11 years of my life in Grand Rapids‚ Michigan: home of streetcars‚ freezing winters‚ and humid summers. My family and I lived in a standard sized cobblestone house surrounded by thick bristled green fir trees that stood so tall‚ and wide that my father was able to build my younger sister‚ Erinn and I a pint-sized tree house that was pink with lime green shutters that he managed to somehow wedge in between two of the giants. I went to an elementary
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I have been shaped by many experiences and accomplishments throughout my life‚ but one in particular has done the most to define who I am today. When I was thirteen‚ I spent four weeks at an overnight camp in western Massachusetts. It was the second overnight camp I had gone to‚ and the only camp where I found a supportive community which fostered my social growth. The friends that I made and counselors I had at this camp encouraged me to take risks in several ways‚ and my love for the camp led to
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all the information. In the long run‚ it was worth it and I enjoyed doing it. Whenever I was asked‚ “What do you want to be?” I always responded “I want to be a nurse.” Then I would get all this praise for how that is such a good career‚ and I agree. Never knew what to answer what kind of nervous‚ I knew I wanted to work in the hospital. As time went on I did some thinking on what kind of nurse I want to be and some ideas came to mind. I either would like to be an emergency room nurse for the constant
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Ironically—I’m the definition of undefinable. Normally people would say something like‚ “If you look up freakish in the dictionary‚ you’ll see my picture underneath”—but that is not the point to me. I am not word‚ I am not line‚ and I am not a girl that can ever be defined. It’s like trying to find a needle in a hay stack‚ or finding Waldo in a crowd of people; I’m definitely hard to decipher. You can say‚ compared to a Ballerina in a mosh pit—I’m as scantly as a hen’s teeth. As brave as a child
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