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Booker T. Washington Imagine being an African American in the Progressive Era and not having full civil rights like the whites have. Booker T. Washington was born a slave in on April 5, 1856. Poverty ruled out regular schooling, but Booker T. was determined to get an education. He enrolled at Hampton University (at the time it was called Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute), to pay the expenses he worked as a janitor. When he finished college he joined the staff of the institute. Booker T…

9. In most wars, property belonging to the opponent is destroyed. During its colonial wars, the British Army often burnt down the houses of civilians. In the Anglo-Boer War, the first farm-burnings occurred at an early stage, shortly after the outbreak of the war, when the British destroyed the farms of rebels in the Cape Colony; and when a British force made an incursion into the south-eastern OFS on 9 January 1900, several farmhouses were destroyed and the livestock carried off. In the light…

benefit to mankind by promoting peace or by contributing to the fields of physics, chemistry, or physiology or medicine (the economics award was founded later, in 1968). After some legal wrangling by Nobel's family, the first prizes were awarded in 1901. They attracted considerable interest from their inception; in those days, such a large donation to scientific or philanthropic causes was quite…

In 1901, President William McKinley was shot and killed. This paved the way for Vice President Theodore Roosevelt to jump in, take his place, and become the 26th President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt, or as he liked to be called, TR, believed in, what most people call now, the progressive era. He believed that a Federal government could have more power and regulation in businesses. TR aimed to distinguish “good corporations” who believed in manufacturing good products and services,…

The Anzacs (Australia New Zealand Fighting Corp) landed at Gallipoli Cove in 25th of April 1915, providing assistance to Britain in World War one. In the event, volunteer soldiers have fought the Turks in the hope of winning with their “bravery” as that they were born as a “race of athletes”. However, certain evidence have shown that the Ideal characteristics mentioned in the Anzacs to be inaccurate. The information discovered supports the hypothesis that The Anzac Legend is an inaccurate…

2. Introduction Australia was a convict settlement as a result of British Colonisation which occurred in 1788 with the First Fleet. The indigenous people of Australia are the Aboriginals. The federation of Australia occurred in 1901 and Australia is a member of the Commonwealth. Australia is situated in the southern hemisphere and is the smallest continent and country in the world. The capital of Australia is Canberra. The population of Australia is approximately 24 million. The language…

My national park was Mount Rainier National Park, Mount Rainier is one of the oldest national parks in the United States, Mount Rainier itself is at about 1 million years old. Mount Rainier is also Washington’s tallest peak, and it has the 17th highest summit in the United States, its summit is about 14,410 feet; Mount Rainier National Park itself was founded in 1885. Mount Rainier is actually an active volcano, but the snow covers up the lava underpinnings. Mount Rainier also use to have life…

We all know him as Walt Disney, the man that created Mickey Mouse, and the man behind all-things-Disney, like the theme parks and movies. Walt Disney was a man that had influenced just about everyone he came into contact with and his legacy still lives on. But how did Disney start from sketching a rabbit to running a multi-billion dollar empire? We all know him as Walt Disney, the man that created Mickey Mouse, and the man behind all-things-Disney, like the theme parks and movies. Walt Disney…

I thoroughly enjoyed reading and understanding the literary work, Our Town by Thornton Wilder. The play begins in 1901 by illustrating the simple lives of ordinary people in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Wilder has created the element of purity by using small town Leria 7 characters as a universal theme. Each of his three act represents a different aspect of life staring with the simplicity of daily living through the struggles of love, marriage and then death. He opens his…

After 1872 is when soccer started gaining popularity outside of England. The very first international match ever played was in Glasgow between England and Scotland on November 30th, 1972. At the time of the international friendly, the Scottish FA didn’t exist, so it was England versus the oldest club in Scotland named Queen’s Park. Three months after the first international match, the Scottish FA was founded in 1873. Whales FA soon followed in 1875, and later the Irish FA in 1880. With this…