1902

and even the Turpie-Foraker bill, which were meant to acknowledge the Cuban government in exile. The McKinley administration carried on with the war and even negotiated peace without informing the Cubans. The US occupied and ruled Cuba from 1898 to 1902 and left just because the Cubans had settled for the inclusion of the Platt Amendment into their constitution (Keen & Haynes, 2013). This amendment implied that the island was a protectorate and a virtual US colony that after the American…

I chose The Legend of the Teddy Bear by Frank Murphy as the book I authenticated. According to the application “Epic” this book is an eight to ten year old reading level for students reading by themselves. This picture book tells the story of our 26th president and how his trip to hunt bears in Mississippi turned out to become the starting point of making teddy bears for children. I focused on some of the five main points that the authors of “Authenticating Historical Fiction: Rationale and…

European nations desperately wanted a claim of the copious amounts of raw materials found in Africa, regardless of the native population that called these lands their home. Many European nations had invaded and conquered parts of Africa in the early nineteenth century. Addressing concerns from many countries, the Berlin Conference was held in 1884-1885 to lay down rules for the annexation of Africa. The verdict of this meeting: if you could control the land that you lay claim to, the other…

Erik Erikson was born in 1902 in Frankfurt, Germany to two Danish parents. When he was in school, Erikson studied a variety of languages as opposed to science oriented courses, biology and chemistry to name a few. He did not like the atmosphere that was produced by formal education. Because of this, in approximately 1920, instead of going to college, he decided to travel Europe and instead document his experiences in a diary. He enrolled into art school just an year later after returning to…

The Organic Act of 1902 gave the government power to dispose the lands. With the Organic Act, the US sought to improve the land system between landowners and sharecroppers. The US played significant role in developing education system in the Philippines during the occupation…

In 1846, the Viennese physician Ferdinand von Hebra (1816–1880) presented the butterfly metaphor to describe the malar rash. Lupus was first documented as a systemic ailment with visceral manifestations by Moriz Kaposi (1837–1902) (Bertsias, G. et al., 2012). However, Cazenave (1802-1877) was the first physician to use the term lupus erythematosus (Lahita, Robert G. et al., 2010). Other vital milestones include the description of the false positive test for syphilis in SLE…

was amended to read that Germany would support Italian colonial ambitions in North Africa. Austria-Hungary however had to be persuaded by the Chancellor of Germany into accepting these rules. Five months after the treaty was renewed on November 1, 1902, Italy reached an understanding with France that they would remain neutral if there happened to be an attack on eachother(“Triple Alliance.”). Although the alliance was renewed in 1907 and 1912, Italy entered World War 1 in May of 1915, but…

As far back as 1500, the Saud dynasty established its hegemony over a small area surrounding the settlement of Diriyah close to what is now Riyadh. By the mid-sixteenth century, almost all Arab lands had come under the rule of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, which reached its zenith under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-66). Arab countries formed a principal part of the empire, and many prominent Ottoman administrators were themselves Arab. But the interior (though not the coasts) of…

Langston Hughes was a famous African-American literary figure born in 1902. Although Hughes was primarily recognized by his many poems, he also had different types of writings in his literary career that portrayed him as a novelist, playwright, and children’s books author. Hughes was a strong and inspiring person who had faced obstacles throughout his lifetime; many of which ended in saddening disappointments. One major shift in his point of view that impacted his life was the dreadful…

Keller attended the Cambridge School for Young Ladies, a preparatory school for women. As her story became known to the general public. Keller would like to encourage more people by her way. Then she became writing, Three Days To See published in 1902, This is known as "the world history of literature incomparable masterpiece”. In the book, Helen Keller fully describes his legendary life and warn able-bodied people should cherish life, cherish everything things of a creator. 5. In…