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undertook for 45 years. Wundt had a longing to teach experimental psychology at Leipzig in 1875, but due to the lack of space for his equipment, his request was declined. He ended up teaching courses in anthropology, logic, and language. However in 1876, he obtained enough space to begin teaching experimental psychology. By 1879, Wundt possessed a fully functional laboratory where along with conducting research he was able to supervise student's research. The laboratory was given the name…

American politics. Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States and he was ideally exceptional at his profession. He was born on October 27, 1858, and raised in New York City. Roosevelt was home schooled during his adolescent years, and by 1876 he started attending Harvard University where he studied a mixture of subjects. Those subjects included German, zoology, forensics, and composition. While attending Harvard, he fell in love with a young lady named Alice Hathaway Lee, and in…

In 1876, the Philadelphia International Centennial Exhibition had “living museums” that represented the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Egypt, Persia, and Tunisia. The exhibits included replicas of buildings from Cairo and Jerusalem. The “living museums” not only…

For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House through the Electoral votes, while apparently losing the popular vote. It just so happened that Hilary won the popular votes having 65,435,318 and Trump having 62,788,630 total popular votes. While, Hilary had 232 votes in the Electoral College, Trump, who had a total of 306 votes, is the president elect of the United States. In order to understand the above subject as it…

In 1876, he organized what appeared to be an international philanthropic association...“The International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of the Congo”...It did not turn out to be for the betterment of the natives...He sought to reap the land…

A man could not sell land a woman brought to the marriage without her consent. Many great women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were Woman’s Rights reformers who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. On July 4th 1876, Susan B. Anthony presented a document entitled “Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States” to the senator, Thomas Ferry at the 4th of July celebration in Philadelphia. These woman’s intention was to maintain equality and eventually…

The history of a country is significant to the country because it has shaped it to be what it is today. Not only is it important to the country but to the society, as a famous quote went; "people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots". One significant historical event to not only a country and society but to a whole continent was the colonization of almost all the African countries by the European countries. In the 19th and 20th century the…

The story of “Hands” by Sherwood Anderson is about an old man named Wing Biddlebaum who used to be a school teacher. However, due to one of the boys claiming to be touched by him inappropriately, he was run out of the town. Therefore, this makes him feel like he must force himself into a self-imposed isolation. The story is centralized around Wing Biddlebaums hands and the mystery they hold. There are hints of touching and hands scattered throughout the story. As stated above, the overall…

People have always needed to communicate with each other, and the invention of the telephone has changed the human life. Today we have a very advanced telephone but it all started 140 years ago with a simple microphone. Year 1876 Alexander G. Bell received his patent on the telephone. This was a revolutionary invention that awed the general public. Only three days after filing the patent Bell called his assistant Mr. Watson from a nearby room and said the famous first message on the telephone…

Prairie Terms The Metis: The Metis are indigenous people of North America. They are mixed-race descendants of First Nation women and French or British men. The Metis people believed they were being treated unfairly and they fled west and began to settle across the prairies. They settled in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba Act of 1870: The Manitoba act is an act that created the province of Manitoba. The act stated that Metis lands would be protected but all other lands were the property of…