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Walter Dean Myers born August 12, 1937, in Martinsburg, WV And Died July 1, 2014, Manhattan, New York City, NY. Walter Dean Myer Was a good man that started out struggling in life. Walter Dean Myers was about Two years old when his mother died and then Walter Dean Myers was inexplicably Given to Florence and Herbert Dean. Walter dean Myers was raised in Harlem by Herbert. Herbert and Florence loved Walter Dean Myers a lot and Walter Dean Myers Knew that Harlem was not his true home but grew…

as well. This fame strongly influenced his life and the American’s response to individualistic characteristics in people. Before Charles’s big break, Charles was raised on a farm in Minnesota and initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin before he decided to take up flying and learning about aircrafts. Charles made…

The United States faced many challenges in becoming an independent and new country and along the way those challenges included fighting other countries. As soon as we became our own country we faced another challenged with the British in the war of 1812. Contrary to how we functioned over the years and even in modern times this was a time where as a country, America banded together fighting for this new freedom and demanding it stay that way. And It was done with passion and love for our country…

Missouri Compromise (1820) A Free State: (before the Civil War) A state in the United States in which slavery was illegal (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20state). A Slave State: Any of the 15 states of the Union in which slavery was legal before the Civil War. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/slave+state) In 1819, a huge debate grew in Congress as to whether or not to make the new state of Missouri and free state or a slave state. Missouri wanted to become part of the union…

James Monroe Patriot and President, written by Harriet Clement Marble an author who has published stores and poetry in several magazines depicts the life of James Monroe from birth to death in a chronological order. The book was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons New York in 1970. Harriet Marble does an excellent job of depicting and portraying Monroe’s life from, “Student to Soldier” to his most impactful action on the world, The Monroe Doctrine. This book is contains several dozen sources and…

hardships. Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory in 1803 by France, planning to enlarge the U.S territory, and to also, National Archives stated, ”Jefferson hoped that Lewis and Clark would find a water route linking the Columbia and Missouri rivers. This water link would connect the Pacific Ocean with the Mississippi River system, thus giving the new western land access to port markets out of the Gulf of Mexico and to eastern cities along the Ohio River and its minor tributaries.”…

Clara Hughes was born August 27, 1972 (age 42) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Clara Hughes is a now a world renown hero and role model, Clara is a Olympic cyclist, speed skater and now a humanitarian. Clara Hughes is on a short list of athletes to win olympic medals in both olympics and the Canadian athlete to have won medals at both the Olympic Summer and Olympic Winter Games. Clara didn't win them by chance or luck. She was fierce competitor in whatever she wanted, she won four medals in speedskating…

Nearly all my life I have lived in Saint Charles, Illinois. To most people, the name Saint Charles is just a random city in a large world with no personal value, but for me, it is far more than just that. On the scale of the Earth, this 15 square miles town seems infinitesimally small, but this small piece of land holds nearly all of my most beloved memories, my dearest friends, and my loving family. My achievements through school, music, and sports all took place in this wonderful town that I'm…

beginning to arise between slave and free states. At this time, The United States of America was divided on whether or not the Missouri territory would allow slavery once they achieved statehood. Before Missouri came about, there was an equal amount of free and slave states, and Congress’ decision could have tipped the balance of the Senate to favor either side. At first, Missouri was deemed to become a free state in the near future due to the Tallmadge amendment, which prohibited any additional…

The first reported sighting of Mount Shasta by a European or American was by Peter Skene Ogden, who was leading a Hudson's Bay Company trapping brigade, in 1826. Years later, in August of 1854, Elias Pierce led a group of eight men in the first attempt to reach the summit of the mountain. When they struck out, they did not know how tall the mountain was or even which route to take. They made it to the summit and raised a U.S. flag. Their story was published in the San Francisco Daily Herald…