died in 1943. He was buried next to Booker T. Washington. The George Washington Carver Monument was dedicated to him at his birth site. This monument was the first to be dedicated to an African American. I chose George Washington Carver because he did a great deal to help southern agriculture and helped chefs around the world dearly. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm http://www.black-collegian.com/african/aaprofil.shtml#carver Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) Mathematician
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The war for independence was a war many colonies fought and lost. For those few who won their fight received the great reward of freedom to choose their path in history. For one nation in particular it was the first step in establishing what will later become one of the world’s greatest power. A nation that would survive a civil war and two world wars and later mastered the power of the atom and explore space. All of these great achievements would not have happened without the ideas of a few that
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The United States‚ when it was first starting out as a country was prosperous. It was known as "the land of opportunity”‚ this meant that anyone from anywhere that wanted to make a better life for their family could come to America and do it. But‚ in 1929 Americas stock markets had crashed and led the country into a Great Depression. The Great Depression made it hard for everyone to live let alone the “American Dream” The stock markets are the main reason that America went into a Great Depression
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Pope Leo X was originally Cardinal de’ Medici. He was the second son of Lorenzo de’ Medici. He made Rome a cultural centre and strong in political power.but he depleted the papal treasury‚ and‚ by failing to take the developing Reformation seriously‚ he contributed to the downfall of the Western church. He was put on a religious life so he received the tonsure. This was a ceremony involving the cutting of hair from his head that indicates a change of status. Leo X was not only the head of the Christian
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The Aztecs rise from the 14th century can be linked to the military strength. In 1430 the aztecs made an alliance with two other city states to form a triple alliance. The alliance went into wars of conquest and expanded. The alliance was able to dominate most of central Mexico and distant lands. When the Aztecs conquered cities‚ they left their rulers in power under the condition that they payed tribute to the Alliance and supply military forces when needed. In return‚ the aztecs offered political
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Alaska Airline & Corporate Culture A unique cultural characteristic of Alaska Airline would be the benefits they allot their employees. After 90 days of working with Alaska Airline‚ an employee earns benefits which allows him or her to fly anywhere at anytime with 1 other individual. In addition to this‚ the employee is given 6 “buddy passes” each year which allows the employee to give 6 roundtrip tickets to people other than himself or the 1 person he chooses to travel with. The best part
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give African Americans what they once believed was unattainable. Womenshistory.org supports‚ “She would wander the streets under Confederate control and learn from the enslaved population about Confederate troop placements and supply lines”. Harriet did not stop at just freeing those who worked on her plantation freedom‚ she also worked to free all African Americans. As a Union spy‚ she acquired the information needed in order to break the manacles confining African Americans at work‚ giving them their
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1853 in Holland‚ he rose despite the odds he faced in his life which brought transformations and made him create improvising unique styles. Since his formative years and later in his middle years‚ Van Gogh maintained immense interest in artwork and did not fail to help others and engage in different forms of art available at the time. Later in his life‚ Van Gogh’s mental health deteriorated making him unstable and even attempting to take his own life. It was not until Van Gogh died that most of
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1854‚ he figured that asymmetry was a sign of life among molecules of plants and animals. The topic of fermentation was very misunderstood during his time‚ Pasteur wanted to know the exact science behind fermentation. He asked himself‚ why did it work‚ why did it not work and the biggest question or debate was whether fermentation and putrefaction occurred spontaneously or happened some other way. He hypothesized that it happened from some other way than from occurring spontaneously. He believed
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companies. A trend was that these group companies penetrated each other further. Why did they do that? The reason was that this kind of complicated structure could give great influences on themselves in several ways. There are three major influences on its accounting and commerce exerted by the company’s complex structure. The first was on balance sheet. While Adsteam owned only less-majority shares of its associates‚ it did not need to consolidate these associates
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