Cesar Estrada Chavez was an American farm worker‚ labor leader‚ and civil rights activist. He is the best known Latino civil rights activist. He was born on March 31‚ 1927 in Yuma‚ Arizona to a poor Mexican American family. He grew up in an adobe home with four other siblings. His family owned a grocery store and a ranch‚ but their land got taken away during the Great Depression in 1938. His family’s home was taken away too after his father had agreed to eighty acres of land in exchange for the deed
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To start off‚ one of Henry Ford’s greatest accomplishment was his first vehicle‚ the Quadricycle in 1896. This Quadricycle only had a “four-horsepower engine” (Ford Motor Company Timeline‚ 2017). His Quadricycle was a very simple vehicle that had two gears and no reverse (Ford Motor Company Timeline
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the Nobel Peace Prize. Another accomplishment Obama had was defeating Hillary Clinton in the primaries and also defeated Republican Candidate Mitt Romney. January 20‚ 2009 Barack Obama won the presidential election. After becoming the president Obama made “Obama Care” a law in 2010‚ The next year‚ on May 11‚ 2011 Obama captured and killed Osama Bin Laden‚ but before he captured Osama he returned the U.S troops from Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Another accomplishment obama had to deal with the U.S economy
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My most significant accomplishment was being first chair trumpet. When I first started playing trumpet in fifth grade‚ I was terrible at it. I started practicing more in middle school‚ but I still wasn’t progressing much. I then started taking lessons during sixth grade and learned that my mouth position was very wrong. My lesson teacher was able to help me fix that problem but then I got braces. When I got braces‚ I took a huge step back. I had to relearn how to play the trumpet. I eventually got
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from Benjamin Franklin. One of our founding fathers‚ the man on the one-hundred-dollar bill. Ben was known as an author‚ doplomat‚ postmaster‚ scientist‚ even an inventor‚ and many other important titles. During Benjamin’s 84 years‚ he had many accomplishments and inventions. Many have even called him the President of the United States who was never elected as the U.S President. Benjamin Franklin was born January 17‚ 1706. He was the youngest child of Josiah and Abiah Franklin. He had 16 brothers and
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back yet another letter that was asking if the publisher would publish all of his poems‚ and she said yes. So that’s how Jack Prelutsky became a world-wide famous poet. Jack Prelutsky has made many accomplishments‚ but some of his most treasured ones are not as well known as his other accomplishments. In 2006‚ Jack was named
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Emeril Lagasse’s top accomplishments are that he is the chef of 13 restaurants which he has 3 in New Orleans‚ 4 in Las Vegas‚ 2 in Orlando‚ 3 at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Pennsylvania and his most recent is in Charlotte‚ North Carolina. Emeril Lagasse has hosted over 2‚000 shows on Food Network. Emeril is the best-selling author of 17 cookbooks and the host of Emeril’s Florida‚ Fresh Food Fast and The Originals with Emeril. One of Emeril’s important accomplishments was in 2002 which he made
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biggest accomplishment they are proud of. Some of them are relieved that they were able to get it over with. Except Alan‚ he was pretty neutral about the entire situation‚ he is not overjoyed about completing a task he knew he would accomplish. No‚ he is best pleased over the weaknesses he was able to overcome during his high school career. Throughout the story you can see‚ feel‚ hear‚ taste‚ and smell many stimulating factors that led to what Alan believes are his greatest accomplishments so far
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Brahe‚ Kepler‚ and Einstein made many major contributions to society‚ changing the way we viewed our universe forever. Many of these men’s accomplishments are still used to this day. Tycho Brahe was conceived on December 16‚ 1546 in Knudstrup‚ which presently is in southern Sweden yet was a piece of Denmark at the time. While going to the colleges of Copenhagen and Leipzig to study law and reasoning‚ he got to be keen on Astronomy and spent most nighttimes mulling over the stars. One of Tycho Brahe’s
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Maxine’s accomplishments were many awards and recognition from other upcoming authors. Maxine has some really interesting facts about her life and being an author. Maxine’s background information on her life is very interesting. Maxine Hong Kingston was born on October 27‚1940 in Stockton‚ California. She has been married to Earll Kingston since 1962 and has one son. She earned her bachelors degree in 1962 from the university of California‚ Berkley. Some of Maxine’s accomplishments were
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