Lafayette

My Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose was a math grade. What? A math grade? How would a math grade greatly affect someone? Coming from someone who has gotten straight “A’s” in all her classes, a math grade - a low “C” - would probably cause lots of commotion. Friday, one more day until the weekend and my birthday. After first period’s geometry test, I can relax and just patiently wait for Mr. Keem to post the grades tonight. My classmates and I all frantically pulled out our notes and began reviewing…

through the neighborhood, Calpurnia called Atticus to tell him to come home. Atticus got a rifle and reluctantly shot the wild dog in one shot. School slowly crept by for Jem and Scout. When the duo walked to school, they had to pass Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose’s house. She was a mean older woman who was ill. Jem dug up Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes because she said something unkind about Atticus. For his punishment, Scout and he were required to read to Mrs. Dubose for a month. Mrs. Dubose died…

malfunctioned and it took him 13 minutes to die. Flames reportedly shot out of his head. After Jesse 's execution, Rhodes confessed he had fired the fatal shots confirming both Jesse 's and Sunny 's long-maintained innocence.” (Qureshi 2013) Marquis de Lafayette…

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Medina, Deserie Period:3 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis left an everlasting legacy on not only the White House but women, the 60s era, a presidential widow widely known for her fashion symbol and elegance. Jacqueline Bouvier was born in South Hampton New York July 28, 1929. Her parents divorce at the age of 10. Early age Jacqueline…

Behind each war, there is a cause. A reason that people finally decide to stand up and fight for what it is they deserve, and this is the same with every revolution. For the Americans in 1780-1800, it was the high taxation pushed upon them by the British, the same people who were unfairly awarded more natural rights than the Americans, and ravished through the streets of their homeland, killing 5, in what is now known as the Boston Massacre. Of course the Americans were outraged by all of this,…

Killing Lincoln is a vivid retelling of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. They detail the assassination from multiple viewpoints, including that of the president and his assassin. It could serve as a useful tool for scholars because the information is presented in a clear, chronological format, collected from multiple resources, and addresses some of the speculation and conspiracies surrounding this heinous act. It is written by two authors: Bill…

There were many different ways women contributed during the time of the American Revolution, one of the more prominent ways were direct involvement in the war. Most women contributed with the skills they had on hand which included cooking, cleaning, seamstressing, nursing, and even spying. Because of the need for more men on the field, women did the supporting work that were usually done by the men of low rank. But for some, contribution meant disguising themselves as men to fight in the…

The French played a key role in aiding the American colonies break away from their monarchy in England. At the time, Great Britain was one of the biggest military powers and they had a big advantage over America with war experience, size of army, and also naval power. America needed all the help they could get to beat Great Britain, so they needed France to become an ally. France was a big help in the end of the war. They gave America the extra push they needed to break away and become…

It is no surprise that the first time a black man played with a white baseball team, also known as the great experiment, it was heavily covered in the press, because of the fact it was the first time a black man participated in the most popular pastime in America, previously deemed a sport for whites only. Jackie Robinson 's participation in the sport caught the attention of American 's everywhere, and drew large crowds to the stadiums, with fans curious to see how a black man playing on a…