Governor of Indiana William Henry Harrison threatened, bribed and purposely intoxicated Indians to get them to move out of the land. ... This occurred as a result of the discovery of gold in territories in the West. ... The gold rushes in the Western territories devastated the Indian's land and farms, despoiled sacred sites, and led to the extermination of whole tribes, (Villarde). ...

• Word Count: 2993
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was a writer, historian, leader and one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). ...

• Word Count: 3305
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The success of the 1880s ended abruptly with the Panic of 1893, which was "caused by a run on gold and fears in the eastern financial community that the nation would go off the gold standard for the dollar" (70). ... As part of the leadership of the Senate, he managed to delay vote on the issue until he could meet with President William Taft. ...

• Word Count: 2725
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1867, for example, William H. ... The dispute was a long-standing one, but it came to a head when gold was discovered in the area. ... To reduce deaths by disease, William Gorgas, an army physician, oversaw the massive draining of swamps in order to eliminate mosquitoes that carried yellow fever and malaria. ...

• Word Count: 2823
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• Grade Level: High School

Initially attracted to California by the discovery of gold in the mid-nineteenth century, by the l860s thousands of Chinese laborers were enticed here to construct the mountainous western section of the transcontinental railroad. ... For example, in "Criticism and Fiction" (1891), William Dean Howells, a advocate of nineteenth-century American realism, warns readers to avoid sentimental or sensational novels, which he claims "hurt" by presenting "idle lies about human nature and the social fabric." ...

• Word Count: 2633
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A column by William Saletan (2006) in a newspaper expressed that the spirit of sport in highlighted through hard work and dedication towards the sport and that placing your own health on the line by using PED is showing immense perseverance to the sport. ...

• Word Count: 4945
• Approx Pages: 20
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One early English explorer to visit Africa was William Hawkins who in the 1530's made voyages to Guinea to obtain ivory and gold, commodities the area was rich in, at this stage in history it did not appear that Britain had a great interest in the trade of human slaves. ...

• Word Count: 2679
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There, he learned how to set type under Patriot's foreman printer William Hartshorne. ... Whitman tried hard to make this second edition look different from first one, so he eliminated the space of the first one, also without Emerson's permission, he printed in gold the opening words of the letter he sent: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which must yet have a long foreground somewhere, for such a start. ...

• Word Count: 3041
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree {Davidoff, 199}. American literature has been apart of our history since our settlement. Throughout our history, America has generated many great authors. These authors write works of literature that educate ...

• Word Count: 3004
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• Grade Level: High School

Despite calling for a twenty-five percent reduction in federal spending, a balanced federal budget, a stable gold currency, and the removal of government from areas where private enterprise would be best suited President Franklin Roosevelt accomplished neither. ...

• Word Count: 7038
• Approx Pages: 28
• Grade Level: Undergraduate