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- 2491: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... began boxing lessons, took wrestling instructions, and ultimately learned jujitsu. Through physical activity he literally remade his body, becoming the muscular individual who stands out in the photographs of many history books. On October 27, 1880, Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee. This supremely happy union ended with Alice’s death on February 14, 1884, following the birth of a daughter. On the same day Theodore’s mother passed away. From 1884 to 1886, because of his loneliness, Roosevelt wrote writing history books and operated a cattle Ranch in the Dakota Territory. In 1886, Roosevelt returned home to marry his childhood sweetheart Edith Kermit Carow. Theodore and Edith had four sons and ...
- 2492: The Impact of Frederick Douglass
- The Impact of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, had a strong impact on American and African American history through his involvement with the abolitionist movement and the establishment of the abolitionist paper called the “North Star.” As a young slave growing up Frederick Douglass had help learning how ... day of his death--Feb. 20, 1895, in Washington, D.C.--Douglass attended a convention for women's suffrage. The impact that Frederick Douglass had on American and African American history is that now African Americans are treated more equally than in the past. Frederick Douglass has helped ratify three amendments the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery, the fourteenth amendment which ...
- 2493: The Presidency of Gerald Rudolph Ford
- The Presidency of Gerald Rudolph Ford On August 9,1974 Gerald Rudolph Ford became the first vice president in American history to succeed to the nation’s highest office because of the resignation of a president. Ford was also the first man to occupy the White House without being elected either president or Vice President. Both events resulted from two of the worst scandals in a American political history: the forced resignation of Vice President Spiro T AGNEW after he pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of income tax evasion, and Watergate affair, which ultimately led to the resignation ...
- 2494: Gertrude Stein
- ... best known. Under the rich French culture, Gertrude’s works flourished. “From 1906 to 1909, she wrote The Making of Americans, a novel based on her own family’s cultural history over three generations. She devised a complex narrative style that abandoned formal plotting and adopted a free prose with odd syntax and punctuation” (“Gertrude Stein” 19th Century American History 1). Leo, however, was not at all pleased with his sister’s methods. The Cubist paintings that inspired her work left Leo regarding it with scorn. Regardless of this, the ...
- 2495: Karl Marx
- ... unless Marx obtained a job. After graduating from a High School in Trier, Marx entered the university, first at Bonn and later in Berlin. There he read law, majoring in history and philosophy. He concluded his university course in 1841, by submitting a doctoral thesis. Karl's family was not wealthy, yet they were considered rather comfortable. While attending the University ... considered inflamatory and the Government later suppressed the paper. Marx had many great ideas. Some things that Marx ideas brought about are: Modern sociology, the transformation of the study of history, and the act of affecting philosophy, literature, and the arts. Marx dies at 55 years old, in bad health. His remaining ten years were less eventful. In 1871 the second ...
- 2496: Hitler's Life
- ... he hated. Even years later as Fuher, Hitler still liked his pranks and would tell them to his top generals in the midst of waging a world war. Hitler’s history teacher was the only one that kept his attention. He liked German Nationalism, art and architecture. Hitler’s dreams of becoming a great artist were still great and many teachers ... that she liked him. He got very jealous when she talked to other boys. Hitler’s view of the world began to take shape. He borrowed many books on German history and Nordic mythology. He led his friends to the top of a hill and told them in a strange voice that he would lead the people to freedom. This scene ...
- 2497: Herbert George Wells
- ... The Shape of Things to Come; each of these fantasies was made into a motion picture. Wells also wrote novels devoted to character delineation. Among these are Kipps and The History of Mr. Polly, which depict members o! f the lower middle class and their aspirations. Both recall the world of Wells's youth; the first tells the story of a ... irresponsible capitalists; and Mr. Britling Sees It Through, depicting the average Englishman's reaction to war. After World War I Wells wrote an immensely popular historical work, The Outline of History. Throughout his long life Wells was deeply concerned with and wrote voluminously about the survival of contemporary society. For a time he was a member of the Fabian Society. He ...
- 2498: Raymond Mary Kolbe
- ... 1912, after finishing preliminary studies at the junior seminary, Maximilian was sent to Rome where he studied theology and philosophy. Ordained to the priesthood in 1918, Father Maximilian taught Church History at a seminary in Cracow in 1919. Although the Whiskey priest’s history was not crimeless like Father Kolbe’s, he still taught mass proceedings and baptism. After being diagnosed with tuberculosis and surviving a near fatal heart attack, Maximilian was determined to ...
- 2499: Jackie Robinson
- ... learned that I remain a black in a white world." From this, Jackie unintentionally set a record for being hit by more pitches in one season then anyone else in history. Being the strong-minded person he was, it was very hard for Jackie to just sit there and not retaliate. He had promised Branch Ricky he would never fight back ... his social significance, Robinson would still be the greatest athlete of all time. He achieved a higher level of excellence in a wider variety of sports that any athlete in history. Jackie not only had an impact on baseball, but on other sports and American society as well. Besides being a great athlete, he was also a civil rights champion and ...
- 2500: The Beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... achieve everything that he set forth to do, but he did reach legendary status for his achievements in his quest for equal justice for everyone in America. Any individual in history who has been set apart by their leadership excellence all have in common the value of peace. Mohandas Gandhi, who is one of our greatest leaders of our time has ... He finished highschool by age 15. As mentioned, church was important. He was deliberate and patient in his endeavours, disciplined and hard working. Dr. King was well-read in the history of his people as well as in great literature, philosophies, etc. He developed his oratory skills. He lead many marches and went willingly to jail to further freedom for his ...
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