Chief Superintendent

From 1852 to 1855, Lee served as superintendent of West Point, and was therefore responsible for educating many of the men who would later serve under him - and those who would oppose him - on the battlefields of the Civil War. In 1855 he left the academy to take a position in the cavalry and in 1859 was called upon to put down abolitionist John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry. Because of his reputation as one of the finest officers in the United States Army, Abraham Lincoln offered Lee the…

construction. The Hoover Dam is located in the Black Canyon on the border between Arizona and Nevada and was built with the effective use of resources. The Hoover Dam was built by Six-Companies, Inc. with Francis Crowe (Civil Engineer) as their superintendent. And it is now operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the US Dept. of the Interior. Lake Mead is the reservoir constructed behind the dam. [1] 2. PROBLEMS REGARDING THE HOOVER DAM AND RESOURCES UTILISED…

Council in 1856 and 1857. He was also a member of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention in 1857, where he helped frame our state constitution. In 1860, he was a presidential elector with the republican ticket. Then president Lincoln appointed him superintendent of the Indian affairs in the northwest in 1861, a position he held until he resigned in 1865 in order to take charge of construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad. In 1869, he was among the few pioneers who staked out the village…

Justice for the 96 A cliché often heard in history classes is that “history is written by the victors.” This notion that the truth behind historical events is influenced by those left to record them is one that is emphasized on events in the more distant past. Events that occurred more recently are less often given this scrutiny, and many times the first version of the truth, the “winner’s” version, becomes widely accepted. Furthermore, because this truth is distributed by people in positions of…

Carrie Chapman Catt was an extraordinary woman and activist promoting the rights of women for their political freedoms. Moreover, Catt’s background as a teacher, superintendent of schools, and women’s activist gave credibility to her being a well-educated and refined woman, providing the ethos of her claim. (History.com) For this reason, she was more than capable of advocating for all women of our great country in the fight to allow women the right to a say in their government by giving them the…

compensate the footage, there was a technical error. The manager of Burger King believes that the police wiped away an hour of the footage. She reported that the police were in the video room for over an hour doing God knows what. According to the head chief of police, there is no evidence that the footage was ever tampered with. Therefore, there is no evidence that the footage was even there. Police believe that technical difficulties were to blame for the disappearance of the evidence. This…

She appointed Mazarin as Chief Minister so that he could do most of the leading and administrative work. She did not give up all of her power, however. Wanting to gain popularity for herself and her son, she often handed out governorships, favors, and honors to anyone who could…

Organization in the Workplace SirLinda A. Smith Argosy University As an Industrial Organizational psychologist it is extremely important to have a through understanding of how the workplace is structured and the responsibilities of the departments within. Depending on the size of the company the number of departments will vary, larger companies will have more departments than a smaller company. The size of the family would contribute to whether the senior level…

usually part-time. Their duties at the time were to serve and protect the quickly increasing city. Within the next couple years was when the City of Chicago elected its first City Marshall who was, Orson Smith. Around 1855 Chicago appointed its first Chief of Police Cyrus Bradley, within the next three years the department would have then established uniforms. October 8th, 1871 there was a fire that we now call the Great Chicago Fire because it destroyed three and one half square miles including…

because he donated his own money to help special causes, like his support towards the troops at Valley Forge and the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Robert Morris came up with a plan in 1781 that became the Bank of North America and was the Superintendent of Finance under the Articles of Confederation. Morris was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, he was offered a position of secretary of the treasury under the authority of George Washington. He declined the job instead giving it to…