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Wilkes Booth while at Ford 's Theater. This is a widely known fact but many of the events leading up to his death are obscure. Why was he assassinated? What was really supposed to happen that dreadful night? What made the south so mad? How did this affect the future of the United States? All of these questions have answers, the only thing you have to do is look. Let 's start by getting to know our late president. Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth President of the United States, was elected on November

General Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant was a republican and the 18th president of the United States. In the year 1865, as general, Ulysses S. Grant let the Union to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. Winning the Civil war and enforcing the civil rights laws were some of Grant’s contributions to the United States. The bombarding of soldiers at Fort Sumter by the the Confederates was the spark that triggered the civil war. On April 12, 1861,

Harry S Truman was the 33rd president of the United States. He was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. He was born into the family of Martha Ellen Truman and John Anderson Truman; his father was a mule trader as well as a farmer. Harry was named after his uncle, Harrison Young. After his parents couldn’t decide on a middle name they settled with just the letter “S”. He grew up on his father’s farm in Independence, Missouri and attended Independence High School (now William Chrisman High School)

The 1970’s in the U.S. was a period in which we saw a sever lack of confidence amongst our government, and it’s leaders. During this decade we were involved in a war, caught off guard by a Presidential, and political scandals, and was trounced by a severe economic recession. These events have left a lasting impression on citizens as the level of faith in our government continues to plummet. In the writings below I will explain the conditions in our country at the time, and how these conditions led

as impactful and important as the 2000’s in the United States of America. The United States in the 2000’s was an incredible time for fashion, sports, politics, science, technology, medicine, arts, and media. The 2000’s started a new type of fashion that consisted of much more color than any of the previous decades. They also began using a new and unique pattern that made clothes pop out more, these clothes were inspired from clothing between the 1960’s-1980’s. Women’s fashion experienced a drastic

After the Civil War, the United State began to experience an industrial growth that was unparalleled to any nation. There were new advancements among America’s transportation, manufacturing and agriculture industries. While an economic growth was occurring in the nation, the national government was inactive, almost forgotten between all the new innovations achieved during the late 19th century. Looking back at the Industrial Revolution, there are many perspectives of the events that occurred during

In the most basic definitions of economics, the United States’s Financial system is broken down into approximately five groups: the households, the firms, the market for factors of production, the market of goods and services, and the government. Within these groups, there is a constant flow that progresses in a circle through all of these groups in order to keep the economy running smoothly. This system is based on the notion that both consumers and producers need to come together to transact.

During the 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s various aspects of the United States society changed tremendously. These three decades were times of extreme evolvement amongst culture in an unusual brisk manner. Nowadays it is easy to forget that current people involved in our life actually were witness to these revolutionary events. When faced with the task of choosing a person to interview that had lived during these eras, and discovering about their personal experiences as well as the valuable long last

The 1960's in the United States To some people the 1960s were the best of times, to others it was a period where many things went wrong in society. Why do people have such different ideas about the 1960s? Many people who lived through the 60s decade feel it was revolutionary; a ‘swinging’ period after years of austerity and gloom with the young people commanding the army of change. This view however, has been challenged. Some think that the 60s have a misguided

once was. What caused this great city to collapse? And what are the issues that the city faced and still face to this day? This paper will cover several of the issues that as a combination led to the financial collapse of the 1960’s wealthiest city per capita in the United States (Mathews, 2013). I want to start out by stating that every person from every ethic group from anywhere is capable of getting an education and contributing to any society. That being said the demographics