.... 1861. Jackson married a woman named Elinor Junkin in 1853, but she died the next year. He then married Mary Anna Morrison in 1857. His notoriety became known when he was a General at the Battle of Bull Run. Jackson’s men formed such a strong line that another southern general said, “There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!�. That is where he earned the name Stonewall. He was an amazing general. In the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, he conquered the North of 60,000 soldiers with his 17,000 men. Jackson fought under Lee in the Seven Days’ Battles, the Second Battle of Run, Antietam, Cedar Mountain and Frederic .....

.... game; he was also named rookie of the year and made the first of his eight All-Star game appearances. Jordan finished the 1986-1987 season as the second player, after Wilt Chamberlain, to score more than 3000 points in a single season. He led the NBA in scoring for seven consecutive seasons (1987-1993), tying Chamberlain's record, and averaged more than 30 points per game in each season. He became the Chicago Bulls' all-time leading scorer, with 21,541 points, and his NBA scoring records include: highest career scoring average (32.2 points per game); highest career playoff scoring average (34.4 points per game); most points in a playoff game (63 poi .....

.... (Freedman, p.13) It was at Groton, where Roosevelt would learn about manners, etiquette, as well as how to be successful later in life, which he soon would be on his way to political fame. After leaving Groton, Roosevelt would go on to attend Harvard, in the fall of 1900. He would excel, and eventually graduate in 1904. Groton as well as Harvard would pave the way for the future of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was 1932, when Roosevelt, would acquire the renowned title of President of the United States by winning the election. It was sort of a platform for his campaign, as he said in Chicago Stadium, “I pledge you, I pledge myself, t .....

.... lack of power, and the feelings of resentment harbored towards him looked to Roosevelt. He asked the president-elect to join in economic planning, support policies, and most importantly to reassure the nation. While both authors note Roosevelt's unwillingness to cooperate with Hoover they site different reasons for it. Burns talks of Roosevelt's belief that the nation was not yet his domain, and that Hoover had the authority to handle the situation. In addition, Burns excuses Roosevelt by maintaining "Roosevelt did not foresee that the banking situation would reach a dramatic climax on Inauguration day. No man could have." (P. 148) This position is an .....

.... rebellion, …shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” This proclamation was the main cause of creating the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This was important because now there was a bigger sense of peace between the slaves, and the people that once owned them. This proclamation plays a big part of the peace that we have among the different people of the world today. Lincoln also designed a plan known as the reconstruction. This construction plan would bring peace to the seceded states and Union, and would bring them back together in unity. This plan of reconstruction brought peace to the Confederacy and Unio .....

.... Hunan Province. He was the son of a poor man who had become affluent as a farmer and grain dealer,(McHenry 1992). He grew up in a time and place where education was only considererd necessary for keeping records and accounts. He was educated at a primary school and there he learned the basic knowledge of the classics of Confusous. Continuing with his education, he then went to a secondaryschool , and later graduated from the first provincial school in Chang-Sha (McHenry 1992). Mayo’s goals were formed in the matrix of the May Fourth Period. Along with many of the young Chinese of his generation he was concerned with how to maintain China’s int .....

.... as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the Mongol Empire stretched all the way from China to Russia and the Levant. The Mongol hordes also threatened other parts of Europe, particularly Poland and Hungary, inspiring fear everywhere by their bloodthirsty advances. Yet the ruthless methods brought a measure of stability to the lands they controlled, opening up trade routes such as the famous Silk Road. Eventually ,the Mongols discovered that it was more profitable to collect tribute from people than to kill them outright, and this policy too stimulated trade(Hull 23). Into this .....

.... after fighting a forest fire with his neighbors, and died. His widow was left with four children--James, the youngest, not quite two; Thomas, ten years old; Mehitabel (Hitty), seven; and Mary, four. Mrs. Garfield courageously decided to run the farm and keep her family together. Thomas and Uncle Amos helped Mrs. Garfield with the farm work. She herself also sewed for the neighbors, and her girls learned to card wool and weave cloth. James early showed a love for books and his mother determined that he should have an education. When he was four years old, a log schoolhouse was built on the Garfields' lot. The Boy on the Towpath When he was 15, Jame .....

.... he had the time. Capone grew up in a loving family. His father never hit the kids, he only talked to them. There were no disturbances, violence, or dishonesty about this family. The killer in Capone was thought to have come from when he had gotten his first job. Capone was a role model to many of the boys in the community. He worked for a man named Johnny Torrio. He ran errands, and got paid for it, so he had pocket change. Torrio was a new type of gangster. He was one of the first of this new breed and helped with the development of a newly found criminal enterprise. There were other Capone children, not just Al. James Capone was the old .....

.... from a large number of gang members. He decided to join Martial Arts.�(1-2) He was trained under Sifu Yip Man, a master of the Wing Chun system of Kung-Fu. Lee Hoi Chuen, ’s father did not want Bruce to wander the streets, so he made him take Cha-Cha dancing. For four years Bruce was dancing and taking Kung-Fu lessons. “At the same time he entered the 1958 Boxing Championships and defeated the reigning three year champion, Gary Elms.�(1-2) Bruce was involved in many street fights because of his experience in boxing. His parents decided to have him move back to San Francisco. In 1959 Bruce returned to America and lived with an old frien .....