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There are many ways that showed how World War 1 started, but there are three main reasons. The causes that started World War 1 was by the assassination of Archduke and his wife, the development of alliances, and imperialism. Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States fought against Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. In World War 1 the countries spent millions of dollars on the war for food, clothes, weapons, and safety. A reason that caused world war 1 was the…

Who can write books with huge roadblocks in their life? Robert Louis Stevenson was able to do this and become a famous author. His struggles were illness and fighting with friends and family. Stevenson had a lot of struggles but overcame them to write fantastic books. This started in his early life. Stevenson was born in Scotland in the year 1850 to a poor family (Britannica 1).When he was a kid, he would spend the holidays with his grandfather and ministers (Poet 1). Every winter, he was…

georg cantor was born on march 3, 1845 in St.Petersburg, Russia. he was raised by both his father, Georg and his mother maria. Georg’s was the oldest of six children and was regarded as an amazing violinist. Frantz BOhm was his grandfathered and a well know musician and soloist in a russian imperial orchestra. Georg’s family background was a bit confusing. his parents were both of the german-jewish sock but both were christian; his father was a protestant and his mother was catholic. when…

The amendment was proposed to provide voting rights to the Black. A few supporters of the suffrage movement like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton denied any support to the amendment because it did not have any clause for women’s right to vote. The movement gained momentum during World War I (WWI). When WWI was declared as the war for democracy by President Woodrow Wilson, women took the streets claiming that the US was not a democracy. In 1918, the President gave a pro-suffrage speech…

decreased. Gonorrhea symptoms were observed when the crusaders lay siege of Acre. “After the Pope Boniface secularized the practice of medicine, the doctors began to treat common men as well as prostitutes for this infection” (Gonorrhea History). “In 1879 Neisser discovered the gonococcus or Neisseria gonorrhoeae…

Coming in many different shapes, sizes and even colors, the light bulb has emerged the world from darkness. Being in almost every house in the United States, the light bulb has become an everyday necessity for most human beings. A creation from Thomas Edison, dated back to 1878 and 79, has affected our society so much, that it'd be impossible to imagine the world without it. By Letting families eat at later times, and allowing women to do chores at any time of the day. Enabling men to work…

Jackie Robinson reminds us how far we’ve progressed in the world of sports. Given the frequency with which we see African-American superstars like NBA player LeBron James or NFLer Adrian Peterson light up the sports highlight reels, it's easy to forget that they wouldn't have been given the same opportunities a lifetime ago without Robinson, even though Jackie was not the first african american on a professional team. Who do you think was the very first african american to play on a professional…

Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in the small farming town of Richland Center, Wisconsin. Even before he was born, his mother Anna Lloyd Jones knew he would be a great architect. His mother was very fond of her first born son. This was not the case for Frank’s younger sisters, Jane and Magnial whom she often neglected. Frank soon saw his mother as the single most important figure in his early life. In 1876 Anna went to the Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition and was educated…

Before the mid 1800’s Native Americans were peripatetic. They would travel from place to place without a government, or rules. They covered most of the western United States, then in 1820 the land they lived on was started to disappear from them. By 1879, most of the land they lived on was taken gone and the percentage of Native Americans living on the land decreased significantly. The U.S. government created reservations…

Harmsen Ms. Bromley October 2, 2016 Artist Essay Paul Klee Paul Klee was a German and Swiss artist best known for his amount of art influenced by expressionism, surrealism, and cubism. Paul Klee was born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland, on December 18, 1879. He was involved and influenced by many artistic movements, including cubism, surrealism, and expressionism. He taught in Germany until 1933. His family then fled to Switzerland, where he died on June 29, 1940. In his early life he loved to…