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History Term Papers and Reports
Manet Painting
2849 Words - 11 Pages

.... Manet, who constantly aspired throughout his adult life, to gain the same level of reverence as that which his father possessed. In fact so intrinsic is Manet¹s personal background to the analysis of the artists treatment of gender within his work, that any substantial theory concerning this subject must, be founded upon a detailed study of the artists formative years. Such a personal focus as this, allows the particularities found within Manet¹s relationships with women to become apparent, and therefore, in part, aids the understanding of the complex interactionalism found between the characters within his painted scenes. However, it is the actions of the artists youth wh ....


Portraits Of Ingres And Reynolds
1746 Words - 7 Pages

.... you the impression of something very down to earth. The background of the painting is basically one solid brown. Bertin occupies the whole bottom section of the painting, with nothing of his body going above three-fourths of the canvas. He is the ground, below even the earth tones of the background. He has on a black suit, brown vest, and white shirt, as well. These colors working together allow you to make certain assumptions about him. He looks like a working man, which he was. “Louis-Francois Bertin (1766-1841), was one of the great leaders of the French upper middle class, a businessman and a journalist” (Rosenblum, 134). This would explain the one striki ....


President Jackson And The Removal Of The Cherokee Indians
1393 Words - 6 Pages

.... sought help from the Congress that body only allotted lands in the West and urged them to move. The Supreme Court, however, in Worcester vs. Georgia, ruled that they constituted a "domestic dependent nation" not subject to the laws of Georgia. Jackson, who sympathized with the frontiersman, was so outraged that he refused to enforce the decision. Instead he persuaded the tribe to give up it's Georgia lands for a reservation west of the Mississippi. According to Document A, the map shows eloquently, the relationship between time and policies which effected the Indians. From the Colonial and Confederation treaties, a significant amount of land had been acquired from ....


The Native Americans Had All Rights To Their Lands
355 Words - 2 Pages

.... As not only to try and teach them the so called “right way”, but they separated families . In the movie the “Were The Spirit Lives”, there was two young Indian children that were fooled into a plane, and then taking to a place completely new to them. They were expected to learn the “right way” and to never speak their Native language. I don't know what I personally would do, I cant imagine what to think. The Two children were soon separated and all they had were memories. They slowly started the program that the were obtained against the will to take. It was clear that they dident want to do what was planed for them. They stayed with it trying only o ....


Hitler And The Nazi Party
795 Words - 3 Pages

.... reason being was the corruption and mismanagement, which characterised the Weimar Republic (inflation). The Democrats were reasonable and well-meaning men, representing the inflation impoverished middle class and business. They relied on chronic credit inflation (which put them more and more into debt. The Germans were also upset by the loss of World War 1, but the thing that made them the maddest, is the punishment enforced on them as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. Such as redistribution of territory, reduction of Germany's fighting power and imposition of harsh conditions, which meant Germany had to pay 6600 million-pound to the Allies in 1921. Germany thought ....


Jazz Movement In The 1960s
2304 Words - 9 Pages

.... of this "free jazz" period. In the 1960's the country saw a sweeping change in the social system. The strong family values of the 1950's began to become very "loose". The country was taking major strides in its development. It was said that "The 1960's was a decade where old values went up in smoke and new sounds symbolized a new state of mind (Time Video)." As the country changed so rapidly, there were both high and low spots in history. For example, the country came together and watched as Neil Armstrong landed an American space craft on the moon, and his words "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" still can bring chills to those who watched live a ....


Ancient Egyptians And The Norsemen: Creating The Past
3075 Words - 12 Pages

.... stories to answer curious questions. Ancient Egyptian and Norse creation mythologies and deities yield logical evidence of the cultures from which they came. The Ancient Egyptians had a very interesting background and culture which led to very interesting myths. In Ancient Egypt the father was the head of the family, and upon his death the son stepped into the head position. Due to a loose culture the women had almost as many rights as men. Women could own land, buy and sell goods, make a will, and obtain a divorce. In Egypt like in most other places only a small percentage of boys and girls attended school, and they were from upper class families. Most boys took on t ....


Andrew Carnegie 2
1286 Words - 5 Pages

.... a month, which was considered a phenomenal amount of money at this time. At age 17, Carnegie had a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad. This job involved sending and receiving telegrams to benefit each train’s safety; he was now earning thirty-five dollars a month. In the 1850’s the major form of transportation used was the railroad. People would take the train for traveling to different areas around the country. Unfortunately, the ride to these distant destinations was quite uncomfortable. The passengers’ complaints increased. Theodore Woodruff developed sleeping cars that introduced passengers to more comfortable rides. Through the persuasion of his ....



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