Liberty State Park

Martha Dandridge, who changed her name to Martha Washington. National Park Service claims that “Born in 1781, George Washington Parke Custis was the grandson of Martha Washington through her first marriage” (nps.gov, 1). Mary Randolph Custis, a relative to Martha, married herself to Robert E. Lee, a war general. Lee and Mary left the Arlington House because the Union soldiers were ready to seize their home, according to National Park Service. They also had a lawsuit against Robert Lee for not paying

level. They caused Africans social, educational, and economic hardships and endeavors. The Jim Crow laws were very similar to the Black Codes passed in 1800-1866. The Black Codes and the Jim Crow Laws were similar which restrict civil rights and liberties. The slogan adopted for the Jim Crow laws was, ‘Separate but equal.” This was rarely the case though in many places the facilities were not equal. Public buses were segregated due to the Jim Crow Laws. Usually the African Americans had to perch

economic collapse that had numerous catastrophic effects on American society. Throughout the course of American history, many distinct presidents have made significant decisions regarding the progression of the United States and the American people. However, according to Give Me Liberty by Eric Foner, Herbert Hoover was to blame for the “excessive government spending,” and was known for his attempts to be weak and futile. During the largest economic crisis our country has

She states, “If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one.” The last expectation that Brady has for a wife is that once she finds a job, her wife should leave the job and remain a housewife. “I Have a Wife”, brings forth many expectations of a husband for a wife. The expectation that I agree with is that as a wife, she should take care of her husband when he falls ill. Brady states in the

Taking Risks”, the author states that “we evolved to experience and appraise physical and emotional danger in the same part of the brain (the limbic system).” People who don’t experience risks as a child are less likely to develop the ability that lets them discern emotional fear from physical danger. While this by no means says that a mother should throw her three-year-old into a burning building to diminish his fear of fire, sliding down a ten feet tall slide at a park could be the difference between

Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."(King). Born on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King and he was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. They lived in Atlanta, Georgia when he was born. He had an older sister named Willie Christine

New York City is a very busy part of America. My Aunt Trisha and I had fun roaming its streets. We also learned about 9/11 a horrible tragedy. The day I went to the city with my Aunt Trisha is a day that still feels like it was yesterday. It was a long drive to get to Penn Station and it was full of people rushing around and going about their business. Luckily we got on our first train successfully. Once we got off we then waited for our second train to Manhattan. We then got

how this is incorporated into our American Democracy. US Constitution Our U.S. Constitution was put together by the Framers to help provide the government the laws to help provide civil right and liberties to our American citizens. The Framers came from England where they did not have the rights, liberties and freedoms we have today and they wanted to make sure their

just to name a few. State legislators have acted upon immunizations, and have made laws regarding them: “In all 50 states, the requirements cover diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, and rubella vaccines; 47 states require vaccination for mumps, 44 for pertussis, and 41 for hepatitis B. 49 states require a second dose of measles vaccine, 21 require varicella vaccine, and only 6 require hepatitis A vaccine. All 50 states require the Hib vaccine for

about how even after a hundred years the negros were not free.It talks about how they aare findding themselves exile in their own land. The Emancipation Proclamation is a document signed by President Lincoln in 1863,during the civil war,declaring all states still at war with the union were free. In Martin Luther King's speech goes on to say "America has given us negros a bad check".That statement can be interpreted as America treated the negros as if they were garbage and had no use.Like many people