... and the treaty but Rome at the time was getting too big and becoming very imperialistic. All Rome could see was that they had to have all of the Mediterranean and the only thing that stood in their way was a single General and his men. The way in which the Romans were unconsciously straying from “mos maiorum” to manipulate the course of events was disturbing. Though these actions were not entirely the “evil” work of Rome. from his earliest memories could recall nothing but hatred for Rome. ’s Father had instilled a horrifically self-destructive desire within to see the fall of Rome. This desire manifested itself during The Second Punic War, which was the ult ...
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... After the war Jackie got an honorable discharge. After the end of the war Jackie didn’t know what he wanted to do and he was very short on money. Finally Jackie decided he wanted to join the Negro Leagues. In 1944 Jackie officially was on a Negro baseball team.(Shorto,Russell p. 5-10) In 1945 Branch Rickey the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers was looking for a black player to break the serration barrier and rise above it all and join the Major League Baseball Association. Rickey said that whoever the person was to be would have to cope with taunts and insult, with name calling and abuse. Rickey heard of the success of Jackie on the Negro League and se ...
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... another student going to his college, because back then they didn’t have dormitories for students. On March 17, 1865 a fraternity called “Placet hic requiescere Musis” (May the Muses rest here) selected him as a member of their fraternity. Then on May 9 he joined a scientific society called “Natura Dux nobis et auspex” (Nature is our leader and protector). Wilhelm didn’t like keeping house so, he found a room with the family of a cabinetmaker. There he started writing his first book, called “Question for the Inorganic Part of the Chemistry Textbook”, under the pen name of Dr J. W. Gunning. As you probably figure ...
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... his mother to the end when reality and the dream-world became intertwined. The loss of many so-called loves and jobs placed him in a world where only him and his writing existed. It is no wonder that his death still be so feared. The way he wrote of it will allow him to haunt the earth forever. Ironically enough his rationalistic views still created some reality and scientific truth within his writing. For example, in The Fall of the House of Usher the main character suffers from a strange mental disorder that was actually a real proven case. No matter how much the critics lash out at Poe’s life his writing will still express the work of a true genius. Poe’s ...
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... black men raping two white women. Even though evidence proved that the young black men never raped the two white women, the jury found them all guilty. This case left a lasting impression on Lee. She used this case as a rough basis for some events that took place in To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee first attended college at Huntington College in Montgomery, Alabama from 1944-45. In 1945 Lee decided to pursue her law degree at the University of Alabama. She stayed at the University of Alabama until 1949. She also studied for a year at Oxford University in England. Lee never completed her work for her law degree. In the 1950’s she worked as a reservation clerk with East ...
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... In addition to her job she also worked with the Montgomery Voters League, an organization which helped African Americans pass the tests which had been set up to keep them from voting. She was also well known for her work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Parks was a hard-working woman and very well respected for her dedication to the African American community. However, she would kick off a national civil rights movement on December 1, 1955 on her way home from work. As she traveled home from work that day, a white man approached her isle and demanded that any African Americans sitting there had to move. However ...
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... a crushing defeat to the Indians (Brady, 219). George Custer definitely disobeyed Terry’s orders and put his men in danger. If Custer would’ve just continued on his path then there would’ve been a better chance of a success at the Little Big Horn battle. Not only did George Custer disobey his orders by going off his ordered path, but he attacked a day early. If Custer had followed Terry’s orders he would have reached the Indians on the day Gibbons men rescued Reno (Brady,221). The fact that Custer made a decision to attack early put him and his men in tremendous danger. It can only be said that no satisfactory reasons appear which justify Custer’s action (Bra ...
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... him stories that set him dreaming. But Boone was not quite ready to pursue the explorer's life. Back home on his father's farm he began courting a neighbor's daughter, Rebecca Bryan, and soon they were married. In 1767 Boone traveled into the edge of Kentucky and camped for the winter at Salt Spring near Prestonsburg. But the least explored parts were still farther west, beyond the Cumberlands, and John Finley persuaded him to go on a great adventure. On May 1, 1769, Boone, Finley, and four other men, started out. They passed Cumberland Gap and on the 7th of June, they set up camp at Station Camp creek. It was nearly two years before Boone returned home, and durin ...
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... (Lindsay Salo) (Comptons Encyclopedia). This was the beginning of an astonishing military career. He became second in command of the province Asia (Turkey) (Lindsay Salo). In two years he proved his bravery and superior skills at arms. After these years and Sulla's resignation in 78 BC, Julius decided to return to Rome. There he served as an officer in Crassus's army against Spartacus, Caesar climbed steadily in the government by serving as an official in many provinces (Internet Explorer). After the death of his wife Cornelia, Julius remarried a wealthy wife and allied with Crassus, who was the richest man in Rome at the time (Internet Explorer). Their opponent wa ...
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... you’re almost cruelly selfish. You hurt people, deceive them,” (21). Benedict defended himself by declaring that he would never deceive her. Now knowing this Hannah asked if Benedict had been a deserter (knowing that he actually was in the army, and not a farmer). To his own sister he said, “No, Hannah! No, no!” when he had in fact deserted his post. Arnold did not admit to himself that he was a cruel and selfish man. After his fight with Hannah, he confessed to himself that he was a deserter. . Even so, he did not blame himself, instead he said, “Well, if I am a deserter it isn’t my fault. They hadn’t treated me fairly in the army. They never gave me t ...
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