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Who Was Adolf Hitler?
Number of words: 819 - Number of pages: 3.... authorities, in the course of which he attended a meeting of the tiny German Workers Party in 1919. He later joined the party, became its leader and changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, later called the Nazi Party. In 1920, the 25 Points of the Nazi Party were proclaimed, one of which called for the removal of the Jews from German society.
The Nazis tried to seize power by force in November 1923 (called the Beer Hall Putsch), but were thwarted by the Munich police. Hitler was
Convicted of high treason and sentenced to prison, where he served about a year. Du .....
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Frederick Douglass' Life And His Work
Number of words: 418 - Number of pages: 2.... Douglass learned on the eve of the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, that Brown planned to seize the federal arsenal and armory there. He objected. Warning Brown that an attack on federal property would be equal to an assault on the U.S. government, and would prove disastrous. Douglass withdrew from further participation.
He campaigned for Abraham Lincoln during the presidential election of 1860, and helped raise two regiments of black soldier, the Massachusetts 54th and 55th. After the Civil War, Douglass, as a recognized leader of and spokesman for the black slaves, fought for enactment of th .....
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Abigail Adams
Number of words: 758 - Number of pages: 3.... planting corn and potatoes, gathering hay, sowing barley, or making sure that his sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the help of her family grew a very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship. Abigail never went to a real school because of poor health. So, she learned at home. Her father’s library was not big, but she still went to it to read books. Abigail’s favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson. Abigail’s father knew John Adams by working with him and she grew rather close to him starting a wedding. This now made her name . Their .....
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Number of words: 384 - Number of pages: 2.... his reading enabled him to stay near the top of his class.
Napoleons career was one metoric rise from poverty to power, and then almost equally swift decline. When he was defeated by the English at WaterLoo in 1815, Napoleon was made prisoner and taken to St. Helena, an isolated island in the south atlantic. WIth him were his jailers from Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and France, four companions to keep him company, a doctor to keep him well, and twelve servants.
At first, Napoleon tried to make the best of things, but in time he became bored and irratated. When he was called general, not .....
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Zeno Of Elea
Number of words: 427 - Number of pages: 2.... as it would be infinitely long, much as the
semester would be infinitely long if we completed half, and then half the
remainder, ad infinitum. This interval will shrink infinitely, but never quite
disappear. This type of argument may be called the antinonomy of infinite
divisibilty, and was part of the dialectic which Zeno invented.
These are only a small part of Zeno's arguments, however. He is believed
to have devised at least forty arguments, eight of which have survived until the
present. While these arguments seems simple, they have managed to raise a
number of profound philoso .....
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Book Report On Thomas Jefferso
Number of words: 1062 - Number of pages: 4.... edge. The narrative continues on to show Jefferson graduating from William and Mary College, then entering politics in Virginians House of Burgesses in 1769. Jefferson married Martha Skelton on New Year's Day, 1772. With the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1779, Jefferson formed the groundwork for abolition of entail and primogeniture, for the establishment of religious freedom, and not for the public school system. Jefferson was of course the author of the Declaration of Independence, and because he had set this document in motion, he waited out the Revolutionary War to see if the colonies .....
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Queen Elizabeth I
Number of words: 979 - Number of pages: 4.... needed to divorce his Queen at that time but the Catholic Church doesn’t allow this. He separated from the church and brought England with him. He turned England into a protestant nation. Needless to say people were confused and had to make huge adjustments. At the beginning of Elizabeth's reign there was confusion. She was a firm Catholic however she made a compromise between the two religions. Queen Elizabeth's decision was due largely from the consent of her people (Upshur, 465). However, Elizabeth knew that two religions would cause problems. "As reestablished, the Anglican Church .....
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Jimi Hendrix
Number of words: 306 - Number of pages: 2.... formed "The Jimi
Hendrix Experience" Jimi went back to America and toured with the monkeys. But
unfortunatley, this was not a good idea because both bands styles were TOTALLY
diffrerent. When Jimi returned to England, he joined up with "Band of Gypsies"
and recorded one album. On september 18, 1970, James Marshal Hendrix was
pronounced dead at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital in Kennsington England. His cause
of death was: He took an offbrand of sleeping pills to get some rest, but they
were not his usual brand, and he overdosed, although he overdosed, he was really
killed by choking on his own v .....
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Antonin Scalia
Number of words: 641 - Number of pages: 3.... Conference of the US. Scalia was then appointed the assistant attorney general of the Office of Legal Counsel for the Department of Justice. In 1977, Scalia returned to teaching after 6 months serving as the resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in DC. Him and his family picked up and moved again to Chicago, Illinois. While In Chicago, Scalia taught at the University of Chicago’s law school (he was also a visiting professor of law at his alma mater, Georgetown University, and also at Stanford University during that time) until President Ronald Reagan appointed him .....
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Booker T. Washington
Number of words: 1239 - Number of pages: 5.... society. Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Franklin County, Virginia, on a small tobacco plantation. His only true relative was his mother, Jane, who was the plantation's cook. His father was probably the white son of one of the neighbors, though it is not known for sure. Washington spent his childhood years on the plantation, but since he was so young he never had to do the heavy work. He did the small jobs, such as carrying water to the field hands and taking corn to the local mill for grinding. This hard work at an early age instilled in him the values he would te .....
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