George S. Patton

George E. Pickett Kallee Hinton George Pickett was born on January 25, 1825 in Richmond, Virginia. When George was born he was the oldest child of Robert and Mary Pickett. At the age of 17 George received an invitation to the United States Military Academy and graduated last in his class. After graduation Pickett was immediately asked to go into the Mexican-American War. After the war Pickett continued to serve in the US Military, and he was assigned to the Washington Territory. During the…

Throughout the nation, people are going crazy for a Chocolate and Peanut Butter candy. For over 80 years people have been favoring Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Although many people did not know, Reese’s Cups has a long and very interesting history. It all started with the dreams of a man named Harry Burnett Reese, Aka: H.B. Reese. Reese’s dream all got started when H.B. Reese decided to run a candy store. He was struggling to find a job in around the 1930s. After looking for jobs, he found…

Steve: considers soda and pony his kid brothers and works at the gas station with soda Ponyboy: 14, the youngest greaser and loves to read which sets him apart from the others and lives with soda and darry Johnny: he’s 16 and considers the greasers as his real family and he is nervous and sensitive. Soda: Everyone thinks he’s good looking he works at the gas station Darry: nickname is superman, he’s the leader of the greasers he’s twenty-two and works two jobs and is pony and sodas older brother…

What was the idea of the New South and how successful was it? Cheyenne (Varner) Richardson The New South was a reconstruction to get the South back on its feet, economically speaking. Much of the area had been damaged in the war, down to whole cities being wiped out. There was also the problem of freeing African-Americans from slavery. After the Civil War ended, the United States had to reintegrate both a formerly slave population and a formerly rebellious population back…

Inspired by a combination of nationalistic fervor and glorified expectations of a short war, thousands of soldiers from multiple countries enlisted to fight in the devastating conflict known as World War I. These men were quickly met with disillusionment when they discovered the truly nightmarish conditions of this war characterized by attrition. Much of the war’s combat took place in trenches where soldiers fought in filth and watched helplessly as comrades were massacred by bombshells, machine…

Reconstruction is an era in United States history that can be defined by the period of time immediately following the Civil war when the Government decided that the defiant southern states could be apart the Union again. In the south, this period can be characterized by freedom for the slaves, but it unfortunately came at a cost. These slaves were subjected to terrible prejudice, unfair laws, and struggled for the right to vote. Abraham Lincoln, the president during the civil war was…

So many proud men have held the office of the United Sates of America but who is considered the best president of all time?Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States and by most is considered the best president ever in office.Abe had many acomplisments while in office he defeated the south in the american civil war, by doing that he ended slavery, and he started and made the plans for reconstruction.There has been may presidents with great acomplishments but Abes Stands out as the…

A fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis is coming home from the movies alone. Where Ponyboy lives, is a dangerous place where the Socials (the rich kids from the West) are the bullies. Ponyboy is a Greaser and Greasers are the targets for the Socials to bully. Next, Ponyboy gets attacked by a whole car full of Socials. Luckily, his two older brothers: Darry and Sodapop – and the rest of his gang: Steve, Two-bit, Johnny and Dallas comes to rescue him and chase away the Socials. After this…

As gunfire was blazing and sirens blaring, Dally was running from the cops. After Johnny died, Dally lost it. He lost his mind. Dally robbed the convenience store next to the hospital and was being chased by the cops. Near the park, Dally was shot. Right before my eyes, I saw him go down. My feet collapsed out from under me and I checked his pulse. ¨Heś still alive! Heś still breathing!¨ I shout as Darry and the rest of the gang come darting towards us. The ambulance pulled up and took Dally…

Miles Goodyear was born in 1817 on February 24th. He was a mountain man during the last few years of the fur trade. Both of his parents died when he was young. So he was bound out to a farmer in Connecticut until 1834. Then he joined the whiteman spaulding missionary party. He traveled with them to fort hall along the snake river. Then he left to find his fortune in he mountains. He then married a daughter of the Ute chief pe-teet-neet named Pomona. Then is 1845 he decided to make a home along…