... , that identified specific subjects. Some chap- ters dealt with areas such as chemistry that were unknown in Bacon's time. Jefferson saw this elaborate arrangement not as a rigid system but as a flexible model adaptable to the exigencies of time and circumstance. Since during his own life he was deeply involved in political and legal matters, these sections in his classification scheme were necessarily very ... precious to Jefferson be- cause it reclaimed the results of an important undertaking that had nearly been lost-his painstaking and distinctive ordering of the books in his magnifi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Franklin was the leader of his day in the study of electricity. As an inventor, he was unequaled in the United States until the time of Thomas A. Edison. People still quote from Franklin's Sayings of Poor Richard and read his Autobiography. Franklin helped establish Pennsylvania's first university ... a founder of the Democratic Party. Jefferson's interests and talents covered an amazing range. He became one of the leading American architects of his time and designed the Virginia Capitol, the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. He greatly appreciated art and music and tr...

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• Grade Level: High School

... from slavery, when the slaves were using a harmonica and singing with low voices about their struggles in the Plantation fields during slavery. The life style the African Americas movement began to rise in New York City. The Great Migration and prominent African American figures sparked this movement. This ... movement became known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance became the rebirth for many African Americans. It marked the first time that mainstream publishers were looking at the work of African Americans. Although the renaissance focused primarily on literature, many o...

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• Grade Level: High School

... newspaper that Denmark is the least religious country in the world. When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. Furthermore, my notion of being "highly ... historical roots of Christianity and the Anglican religion in colonial America set the tone for religious debate. Pennsylvania and New York, at the time of Independence, both lacked established churches, whereas Virginia had an established church. In 1689, Great Britain had passed a religious Act of...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate