Springfield, Missouri

Ethical Autobiography In life everyone has a moral compass, this compass is formed by events in the formative years of my life. Some of these events encompass being raised in a christian home. Throughout the years I have been raised to believe sex before marriage is a sin, being present at a party is wrong, and drinking before twenty-one is illegal. In my essay I will be sharing my participation in each one of these topics and how I have learned a lesson from these experiences. My parents…

"Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do."(Amelia Earhart) From not being ladylike and learning to play basketball to attempting to be the first woman to fly around the world, Amelia Earhart focused on doing the impossible all her life. Amelia's courage and self-confidence make her a role model for today's women. Amelia Earhart is an admirable person because of her outlook on life in childhood, accomplishments in aviation, and the impact her…

restore the harmony and fraternal feelings between the section which existed anterior to the Missouri agitation.” (Hewitt & Lawson, p.369) This was a selection from Document 12.2 entitled On the Compromise of 1850. John Calhoun 's view on what were the principle issues between the North and the South, the greatest question was what begun the entire trial of sectionalism where he calls attention to the Missouri Compromise, which did not explain the countries position on servitude. John Calhoun…

Early on in the Civil War, George McClellan was extremely successful. Originally, he started out as the leader of a volunteer Ohio army and did a phenomenal job of training the volunteer soldiers, which resulted in his promotion to major general of the main Union army. As a major general, he won a string of small battles in the western part of Virginia. However, as the Civil War progressed, McClellan was unable to make the right decisions in crucial moments. He was simply too cautious and…

Thousands of imposters have come and gone in this little world of ours. However, only a few were given a title and known for their artistic work of manipulating others. Most imposters impersonated others, tricking their clients into truly believing something completely false. Victor Lustig, born as Robert to the Miller family on January 4, 1890, in present day Czech Republic, is one of the world’s most famous and smoothest con men ever. He was a “gifted student with a seemingly bright future…

found his perfect general in Ulysses S. Grant. Grant 's first command was as the colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry, but he was quickly promoted to brigadier general in July 1861, and in September was given command of the District of Southeast Missouri.(civilwar.org) As a soldier, Grant believed, “When in doubt, fight.” Grant was afraid of no one, not even Robert E. Lee his rival. Jefferson Finis Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, was a planter,…

Abraham Lincoln’s A House Divided Author Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America who served between the years of 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln is recognized now as the man who ended slavery but he was more than just that. He was always into politics and had an up and down run in varying elections until 1858 when the Illinois Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate and accepted with his career launching speech A House Divided. He did not win…

Large cities such as New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago will have a different overall threat than a smaller town such as Joplin, Missouri. Joplin’s biggest threat to its community was natural hazards. This was evident in May of 2011 when the town was devastated when a tornado ripped through leaving 158 dead and injuring thousands (CNN Staff, 2014). Tornadoes are always a threat throughout…

Though the issue of slavery was, for the most part, left on the political backburner from 1776 until about 1840, it remained hotly contested in the minds of a large number of Americans and would eventually intensify to the point of launching the nation into a Civil War. These economic, social, and political developments between Northern and Southern states planted the seeds of what would eventually become the single bloodiest war in American history. In 1619, a Dutch trade ship arrived at…

One never tends to take the time to think how lucky it is to live in such a wicked world. It's crazy to think that as for everyone, when we’re living our daily lives, we could be walking past a potential thief, rapist, or killer. One truly never understands what people may go through. That's why it's best to instead of adding to the wicked world, spread positivity. As for Joseph Paul Franklin, the story is different. He lived in a broken home that didn’t allow him to receive the positivity,…