... also had access to rare and previously unknown information, photographs and newspaper clippings he got from scholars, tour guides and local historians like Karla Vernon, Susan Block and Lewis Leigh Jr. Even though there was not a lot of access to files owned ... sources. The CIA had a hefty amount of files on Civil War spies, which included old newspaper clippings and diaries, journals and memoirs written directly by the spies themselves. The different manuscripts, such as letters to and from Antonia Ford, Sarah Thompson's papers and other various letters and documents are found ... sepa...

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... not have died in vain. This aspect of the Gettysburg address has also been often used in major national events including the speech given by President Bush and also by Mayor Giuliani during the speeches they made at Ground Zero in downtown New York (Stow, 195 - 196). Both of these leaders called ... the nation to not cower in fear but rise up and protect the freedoms of the United States against terrorism. The use of the Gettysburg Address by leader subsequent to its original use however is not as powerful, not as cogent, and not as blunt as when first delivered. There are several ... ...

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... It would take over a year to finally enterr all the bodies that fell there that day. Gettysburg stands as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Only 272 words long, the Gettysburg Address was carefully crafted by Lincoln. The first draft was written in Washington, and revised in Gettysburg the night before ... the dedication, at the home of David Wills. The speaker who preceded him gave a two hour oration, and the crowed was stunned by Lincoln's simple two minute speech. Those two minutes transformed Gettysburg from a battlefield into a symbol, and gave an historical meaning to the sac...

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... House-adored the president on a professional level and thought he was the greatest Good Friday, April 14, 1865, was a dark day the in history of the United States of America. On that very day one of the arguably greatest presidents was assassinated by one John Wilkes Booth. Sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln was at Ford's Theatre at the time of the shooting enjoying a show ... Abraham Lincoln alive. Lincoln had close calls and many threats and for this reason he had security around him at all hours of the day, everyday. Lincoln wasn't very liked by all other government officials, but h...

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... the poet. He was a man, who in his poetry, expressed independence, interdependence with other living things, and the struggles that are dealt with by him and others in order to gain that independence. He felt and wrote that it is important to stand up for the things in which one ... words "ye", "ev"n", or any other antiquated word. This is just another way in which Walt Whitman declared his independence and encouraged others to declare their independence by reading his writing, even though they were considered unbecoming. However, a praise that inspired Whitman a great deal 3. came from ...

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... life that is overcome through education. The author's main purpose in this work is to expose the side of slavery that dehumanizes the slave person and cruelty they face each day. Douglas uses very detailed descriptions of incidents that occurred in his life to himself and others that he witnessed to show what goes on when others are not watching. The ... I like how descriptive Frederick Douglas is. The author tells a story and you can see it unfold without having to be there. The work contains a lot of historical marks and it guides the reader through the passing times as it unfolds thr...

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... extremely harder on Thomas, for him and Abraham have never seen eye to eye. Especially when it came to working and getting paid, everything Abraham would make by doing work for neighbors, Thomas took. Abraham may have not liked it, but it was the law, as long as he was a child and under ... , she continuously encouraged him to read and learn. One can tell that Abraham also felt a close attachment to Sarah, to the point that he would call her "Mama" (Gienapp 2002, p. 5). Lincoln's education was sporadic at best. I've read in different articles how Lincoln felt that as a child, he only rec...

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... wouldn"t have to pay royalties on minerals extracted from their land. Sounds good, but the press had exaggerated when they reported miners were scooping up gold by the panful. Mining was not easy, the labor was back-breaking and the equipment to do the job could get expensive. The larger minerals lay buried ... some immigrants, like myself, to strike it rich, but only a fortunate few will live that reality and make it through the tough times set forth by the challenges of success. The railroad industry provides economic opportunity as well, but the average American was not likely to suc...

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... Douglass wrote this paper "to attack slavery in all its forms and aspects; advocate Universal Emancipation promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the colored people; and to hasten the day of freedom to our three million enslaved fellow-countrymen" (Miller 59-60). "The North Star" helped Frederick Douglass to realize what problems were facing African Americans around the country. Through ... and other abolitionists made progress "in places where it made a difference" (McKissack and McKissack 94). Although the change was gradual, Frederick Douglass knew "that his vision of Amer...

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... States was a nightmare for the slaves, they had the men (young & old) changed to the left and right side rowing the boat every day without sleep and sometimes hardly any food. If one of them slacked off rowing the paddle, for their punishment they would receive from the captain an ... $4,000 or more for their capture. Apparently 300 or more slaves have escaped easily by using these methods of escape by word-of-mouth, in stories, and through songs. There wore no trains existing on the Underground Railroad, but guides were called conductors and the hiding places that they used. Runaways es...

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... the knees and their food allowance was given to their mothers or caregivers" (pg. 26). Once either was ruined or finished, they were forced to wait till the next allowance day. Unlike adults, children weren't given fish and pork to eat; instead they were made to eat boiled corn called "mush"" (pg. 43). The stronger the child, the higher the certainty ... ...

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... . Nevertheless, the son chooses to go to the war, and the father is notified that his son died. The father drives the cattle home on his own afterwards. But one day, he sees his son, with out an arm, driving the cattle home. You can see the realism and naturalism of this story. Osgood wrote the poem in a realistic view. She ... ...

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... having the right to vote. It also offered readmission to the South after they had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. Johnson vetoed the bill but Congress passed it again the same day. The first part of the Ku Klux Klan was established in Tennessee in May 1866. In 1867 another part was established in Nashville. Most of the Ku Klux Klan had ... ...

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... having the right to vote. It also offered readmission to the South after they had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. Johnson vetoed the bill but Congress passed it again the same day. The first part of the Ku Klux Klan was established in Tennessee in May 1866. In 1867 another part was established in Nashville. Most of the Ku Klux Klan had ... ...

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... in his life such as opposing slavery and winning the war to help blacks be free, because if it weren't for him then we still might have slavery to this day. In my opinion the author Don E. Fehrenbacher is very qualified to write a book on Abraham Lincoln. He is a history professor at Stanford University, and has done a great job explaining Lincoln ... Lincoln. In 1997 the same year that he passed away. he was awarded the Lincoln Prize for a lifetime of contributions to the study of the Civil War era. He is also the winner of the John H. Dunning Prize awarded by the American Historical A...

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... was the skipper of the Talisman, a Mississippi River Boat, and Kennedy was the skipper of PT 109. Abraham Lincoln held many professions, including shopkeeping and blacksmithing before he decided to study law and pursue a political career. He was then elected to Congress in 1846. Then he became the 16th president of the United States in 1860. John F. Kennedy studied law at ... thoughts in a journal. They both often used aliases. Booth used "J. Wilkes" and Oswald used "Alek J. Hidell". The two assassins planned the assassinations very well. They knew of their victim's whereabouts by readi...

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... where Abe Lincoln lived. Lincoln Log cabin is a pretty neat place to visit. There you can dress up in old fashion clothing and take part in a regular day when Abe Lincoln was around. The men get to shovel manure and feed the animals while the women get to make the meals only using what the men harvest ... can either swim or fish. It is just as clean and clear as a pool. Half of the lake is surrounded by trees while the other half is surrounded by open land where you can lay out or study. Another soothing place is the quad. With the four big trees in each corner that provides a ton of sha...

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... low social standing and little education. Life for the family was lonely and hard. There was little time for play for Abraham. Most of the day was spent hunting, farming, fishing, and doing chores. When Abraham was seven, the family moved to Spencer County, Indiana. At the age of ... on to draw up legal papers for the less literate citizens of New Salem. When Lincoln moved to Springfield in 1834 he began to study law and was admitted to the bar two years later. As a rising young lawyer, Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, and moved ... longer united. Southern militants were threaten...

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... disease was conjured in the fourth century B.C. by Hippocrates, the Greek physician. Shortly after Hippocrates described depression as a result of "black bile on the brain" (Olshan 5). Aretaeus of Cappadocia, who lived in the second century B.C., made the first complete description. He opposed Hippocrates and related depression to psychological factors. To this day the exact cause of depression is unknown. However ... and family, catalyzes an alcohol or drug problem, causes physical and psychological problems, and increases monetary costs, all of its effects are negative and plague today...

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... I were all equal. We were children just beginning the great journey of adolescence. In a sense I lived in a cave where my reality was grounded in immortality. This reality was cruelly destroyed by the death of a friend the same age as I was. She was away at summer camp when she had a heart attack and seizure during a swim lesson and drown. At her wake ... it stood for. The Declaration of Independence also declared that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were unalienable rights endowed upon is by our Creator. Lincoln thought that the Constitution framed and preserved these words....

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... The poems that Whitman wrote in response to the Civil War and to the memory of President Lincoln may be classified as "elegies". In order to study Whitman's view of death, the first thing is to analyze his great elegy "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" , which is both in ... poem. For one thing, Lincoln is never named as the subject within the context of the poem; his death becomes representative of all the war dead. By placing Lincoln's death within a timeless regenerative order of nature, Whitman's "Lilacs" also "covers over" the fact of Lincoln's unnatural and violent assassin...

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... clear: unjust laws corrupt honorable souls and make criminals of law-abiding people. Douglass relates his experience of learning the alphabet from his mistress and the subsequent cessation of this study by his master. Due to his master's explanation of why his mistress shouldn't teach him, a slave, to read, Douglass realizes exactly where white society gets its power to enslave black society ... changed from a kind, warm, hard-working soul to a tyrant under slavery's tutelage (5). Douglass shows his readers just how she went from having "heavenly qualities" (6) to having the disposition...

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... clear: unjust laws corrupt honorable souls and make criminals of law-abiding people. Douglass relates his experience of learning the alphabet from his mistress and the subsequent cessation of this study by his master. Due to his master's explanation of why his mistress shouldn't teach him, a slave, to read, Douglass realizes exactly where white society gets its power to enslave black society ... changed from a kind, warm, hard-working soul to a tyrant under slavery's tutelage (5). Douglass shows his readers just how she went from having "heavenly qualities" (6) to having the disposition...

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... of his men made him feel like a leader, which he enjoyed. When the war ended he picked up many odd jobs including postmaster, clerk and surveyor. He also began to study law. In 1834 Lincoln was elected to the Illinois state legislature. He would be reelected 6 times. Eight years later he married Mary Todd, the daughter of a Kentucky banker. Soon after ... get elected. He ran again in 1858 with the newly founded Republican Party. This time he was elected. Because of his political and leadership strengths, Lincoln was nominated for president by the Republican Party in 1860. The Democrats ...

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... a great role on our country. They have got us through many tough situations. We have studied some of the presidents throughout school, but I decided to study them some more to refresh my memory. I chose 6 presidents to research. The research includes their background and presidential accomplishments. These presidents are: George Washington, ... received. In 1830 they moved to Illinois. When he was 21 he went out on his own. He worked at various jobs. He decided to study law to pursue a political office. He educated himself and passed his exam. A couple years before that he was elected ...

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