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    On February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan, Charles Lindbergh grew up and began his journey. Throughout the eighty years since Lindbergh’s life, he was a known leader in aviation. Charles Lindbergh made a transatlantic solo flight in 1927; showing people the endless possibility of the aviation. Because of his actions, at the end of 1928, 48 airlines were serving 355 American cities. However, it was not like this when everything he did had just started; for it created fear. Citizens in 1927, still…

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    Ernest Rutherford was born on August 30, 1871, in Spring Grove, New Zealand. He was the fourth child out of twelve children, as well as the second son in the family. Ernest’s father struggled with education and supporting the family, while Ernest’s mother, a schoolteacher, pushed him to obtain an education. During Rutherford’s early life, he did household and farm work. His family referred to him as “Ern.” Due to lack of financial funds in the Rutherford family, Ernest believed that he had to…

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    Gustav Klimt’s ornate, sensual, and decadent style made him not only the most prominent of the Vienna Secessionists but one of the most beloved artists of all time. In his own time, Kilmt was well known for creating paintings, murals, and sketches. One painting that he was most notable for is called the The Kiss. In this painting, his aesthetic sensibilities are not compared with any other artists because he created art that portrayed themes that include love and feminine beauty of the body. He…

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    Freud’s major contributions was to stimulate the work of other theorists and researchers (Roazen, 1976). Erik Erikson was one of the most talented and imaginative of these theorists (Roazen, 1976). A neo-Freudian psychoanalyst from Denmark, Erikson (1902–1994) came to the United States in 1933 (Roazen, 1976). While acknowledging Freud’s genius and monumental contributions, Erikson moved away from the fatalism implicit in Freudian theory, challenging Freud’s notion that the personality is…

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    Ansel Adams was born on February 20th, 1902 in San Francisco, California. Ansel Adams was a very sickly child and did not have very many friends. He was kicked out of a lot of schools because of his bad behavior. This caused him to be taught by private tutors and his family members from the age of twelve. He then taught himself how to play piano. When he was fourteen he took a trip to Yosemite National Park and began picking up photography techniques. He learned as much as he could about…

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    Genus Dysteria (Huxley, 1857) Synonyms: Aegyria Ehrenberg, 1838; Ervilia Dujardin, 1841 This genus was first reported by Huxley in 1857. It is a member of class Phyllopharyngea shows characters such as ciliated stage with somatic kineties mostly as monokinetids that each have a lateral kinetodesmal fibril, a reduced or absent, transverse microtubular ribbon. This genus belongs to subclass Phyllopharyngia show characters such as trophonts free-swimming, may be sessile but usually not…

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    The Chinese Exclusion Act

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    Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act (Lee 1882-1924). Which this document stated as the Chinese immigrants would be banned, and looking for work for 10 years (Lee 1882-1924). The Chinese Exclusion Acts were federal laws passed in 1882, 1892, and 1902 to prevent Chinese immigration to the United States(Glory 1900-1906) . Some of the rights of Chinese to immigrate to the United States received formal protection. In 1879, Congress passed an act stating Chinese immigration, but the act was…

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    The Life of Josef Stalin It is the middle of the 1910’s and World War One is ravaging Europe. Germany is on the brink, and they need a way to take Russia out of the war. They load a weapon on a train that’s headed to Moscow. His name is Josef Stalin. Josef Stalin, one of the best dictators of all time; and it all started December, 1878. Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili was born on December 18, 1878 in the small village of Gori, Georgia. At the age of seven Josef contracted the smallpox disease…

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    The Fathers of Modern Aviation were born in the heart of the American Midwest in 1867 and 1871. Their names were Orville and Wilbur Wright, two brothers that would go on to build and fly the first airplane. Their parents, Milton and Susan, were of English and German ancestry. Orville and Wilbur were just two of the seven children born into the Wright family. Orville was the second youngest and Wilbur was born just before him. Orville was quite mischievous in school and often got in trouble,…

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    Dr Harvey Wiley Essay

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    To bring his cause to the public, and with a budget of $5,000, in 1902 Wiley organized a volunteer group of healthy young men, called the Poison Squad, who tested the effects of chemicals and adulterated foods on themselves. The battle was won on June 30, 1906, when President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and…

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