John Quincy Adams John Adams Among all the founders of the American republic in the first rank of importance, John Adams enjoyed the fewest moments of popularity during his lifetime and, until recently, has had the least public attention and acclaim. Except by sufferance of being second on the roll of Presidents, his has never been a household name in the United States. A tally wou

Johnd D.Rockefeller: Captain Of Industry John D. Rockefeller: Captain of Industry or Predatory Thief' In a time when computer technology still did not exist the most powerful men in the world did not owe their fortunes to software development; their riches were made through commodities such as gold, diamonds, and oil. John D. Rockefeller was just one of these many men, yet the accomplis

Lincoln Vs. Kennedy Late presidents John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln are always in the top ten of America’s favorite presidents. So what was the reason for their assassination' Maybe society today does not have knowledge enough about the two late presidents to judge them on how great they actually were. Is Lincoln really the “Great Emancipator”, was Kennedy rea

Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was always known as a good and honest man. There are many other opinions that refute this statement. Many theories say that Lincoln was far from good and honest. Throughout his life he tried to do good then as president he tried to hold a nation together by tactics that could be looked at as unpleasant. Abraham Lincoln is considered a hero to

Loss Of Innocence Loss of Innocence September 11, a normal Tuesday morning in the United States, American innocence was ripped away as hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania. The crimes these people had committed against America was the worst act of terrorism the world has ever seen. Today the United States and Britain are launching missi

Keenedys Life John F. Kennedy Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. When he was a student at Harvard College and having a difficult time fitting in as an Irish Catholic, he swore to himself he would make a million dollars by the age of thirty-five. Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sun

George Kennan George Keenan first appeared on the political scene in a big in February of 1946. He was an ambassador for the United States to countries in Eastern Europe and Moscow. Keenan was in a position where he was able to see the true happenings in the Soviet Union and was the first person to alert officials in the United States that the plans for a Soviet, U.S. alliance was idea

Kennedy Kennedy came to office with flair. He offered a new vision and a new frontier for America. He also inherited a secret war in Cuba, a Cold War with the Soviet Union and China, and an emerging crisis in Southeast Asia. He preferred a flexible security strategy over Eisenhower's heavy-handed nuclear threats. Flexible Response was no highly explicit theory nor written in a single a

Kennedy Assassination The doctors who performed the autopsy and the Warren Commission which had to reach conclusions based on the medical evidence, blundered in substantial ways. These blunders can be presented as evidence of some sinister conspiracy, rather than the result of haste and an excessive concern for the feelings of the Kennedy Family. The Warren Commission published two inacc

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., The first African American voted to congress from New York, he combined a flair for militant speech ethics that drew crowds of African Americans and his social protest was a resemblance some of his political ambitions; Powell career was a symbol of black posterity, strength, and most of all black protest Bor

King Philip American History King Philip’s War: An Exercise In Failure In 1675, the Algonquian Indians rose up in fury against the Puritan Colonists, sparking a violent conflict that engulfed all of Southern New England. From this conflict ensued the most merciless and blood stricken war in American history, tearing flesh from the Puritan doctrine, revealing deep down the bright and

King Vs. X King vs. X Martin Luther King and Malcom X are two African Americans fighting for the same cause but believe in fighting in two totally different ways. King believes the non-violence approach is the best way to fight discrimination and Malcom believes to do whatever it takes. In Kings speech to the public, he wants everyone to take a stand but do it silently. He tries to make

Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is one of America's oldest and most feared groups. Driven by the dream of a world with only one master race, the KKK often uses violence and moves above the law to promote their cause. They didn't start of violent, or to promote white supremacy. They have been in the shadows for over 130 years and continue to thrive in America's s

Late American History Roaring into Trouble During America in the twenties lifestyles were very fun and exciting. As we rolled into the next decade of the thirties things started to change drastically. Life in the twenties was very different social, economically, and politically. The era of the twenties was very free. People loved to have a good time and spend money. Which differs drast

League Of Nations Propaganda, idealism, and nationalism as well as the insistent preaching of President Wilson had transformed the first World War into "an end to all wars". The brutal and controversial termination of the war was the Versailles Treaty. In reality, the treaty contradicted many of Wilson's beliefs. The treaty also went against the intensely popular feelings of sympathy and

Leonard Peltier Since the arrival of Columbus in San Salvador during the year of 1492 the native peoples of the country now recognized as the United States of America have been forced to change their way of living through massive culture dumping, oppression, and execution reaching levels that can be considered genocidal. By herding these people onto reservations and forcing them to assi

Lusitania Lusitania The Lusitania was designed by Leonard Peskett.The Lusitania was designed with lots of rooms, and dining rooms which one was for the rich peolpe and there was another dining room for the poor. The Lusitania was divided into two sections which are the front and the stern.The front was done before the stern had started.So this allowed the designers to

Malcolm X Early Life On May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm Little was born to Reverend Earl and Louise Little. Rev. Little, who believed in self-determination and worked for the unity of black people. Malcolm was raised in a background of ethnic awareness and dignity, but violence was sparked by white racists trying to stop black people such as Rev. Little from preaching the black

Malcolm X Throughout the years one can see that the construction of black identity has changed due to white political and social conditions. It is true that white racism has had great influence on the identity of blacks through especially through segregation. Blacks have used this development of identity to resist, defend, and adapt to the ways of the white political and social conditi

Malcom X A book can be the window to a whole new world. Books can correct the slant that people see on certain things in their life. Books can correct misconceptions and ill conceived notions of other people, religions, and ideas. Books help people to understand something they have never understood before. The Autobiography of Malcom X has accomplished that with some of my ideas and

Lewis Meriwether Lewis LEWIS, Meriwether, explorer, born near Charlottesville, Virginia, 18 August, 1774; died near Nashville, Tennessee, 8 October; 1809. He was a great-nephew of Fielding Lewis, noticed above, and inherited a fortune frown his father, who died when the son was a child. Meriwether, who was of a bold and adventurous disposition, left school at eighteen years of age,

Lincoln The Election of 1860 By the election of 1860 profound divisions existed among Americans over the future course of their country, and especially over the South's "peculiar institution," slavery. During the presidency of James K. Polk (1841-1849), the United States had confirmed the annexation of Texas to the Union, negotiated a treaty with Great Britain for the Oregon territ

Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty was the idea of two frenchmen who admired America's freedoms, and although Lady Liberty was their brainchild, it was, in fact, really a gift from the people of France who funded it by through private donations. Lady Liberty has welcomed millions of immigrants from around the globe. She was give with the hopes of celebrating universal freedom and s

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase In the last part of the eighteenth century the Louisiana Territory was owned by Spain. This meant that the Spanish government controlled access to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi. Farmers on the Western frontier needed the Mississippi River to get their goods to markets on the East Coast. The problem here being that American goods had

Making Men Moral Making Men Moral: Social Engineering during the Great War is a well organized and thoroughly researched book that deals with gender during the First World War. Nancy Bristow, who wrote Making Men Moral in 1996, questions the impact of the Great War on masculinity. The Great War was an event in which male identity and morality, along with physical well being, became is

Malcolm X Malcolm Little, also known as Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louise Little was born in Grenada, a city in the British West Indies. His father, Earl Little was a very dark skinned man from Reynolds, Georgia who married Louise just after the birth of young Malcolm. Earl Little was a Baptist minister and organizer for Marcus Garvey. Marcus G

Malcolm X Humans are shaped through interactions and experiences with other individuals. What happened to us in the childhood directly forms our identity, character and morality. Malcolm Little, also known as Malcolm X experienced childhood full of hurdles. He had to face them only because of the dark color of his skin. One of those hurdles was the murder of his father, who as Baptist

Malcom X A black militant, Malcolm X championed the rights of African Americans and urged them to develop racial unity. He was known for his association first with the Nation of Islam, sometimes known as the Black Muslims, and later with the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which he founded after breaking with the Nation of Islam. Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Neb., on May 19, 19

Malcom X Vs. Martin Luther King In The Racial Ring The 1960's represent a turbulent time in American history. After nearly two centuries of discrimination, African Americans took their first steps in achieving racial equality through the Civil Rights movement of the mid 50's and early 60's. Revolutionary incidents like the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the march on Washington were just a f

Martin Luther And Malcom X Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Different Men With the Same Goal Martin Luther King jr. and Malcolm X are still highly controversial African-American leaders. Martin, a Christian integrationist, and Malcolm, a Muslim nationalist have been a powerful force against racial injustice. Each man sacrificed his life for the freedom of his people; however, Mar