… courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself. "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." - Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt journeyed…

… Turner's plantation in Southampton County, Virginia on October 2, 1800 (www.encarta.com), five days before the execution of African American revolutionary Gabriel Prosser, who had planned a slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia. Turner's father also…

… had many leaders. These leaders achieved the great feat of booming the growth of the economy and industry of the United States and its citizens to become the leading industrial power in the world. As historians have reviewed their great achievements…

… Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, who was the slave himself, this was used to serve as a historical document and as anti-slavery propaganda in many important discussions and debates of slavery. Frederick Douglass was the first…

… Marshall was born in Fauquier County, Virginia on September 4, 1755. He was the first son of Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith. His role in American history is undoubtedly a very important one. As a boy, Marshall was educated by his…

… public schools (to the secondary school level.) 1790 Pennsylvania state constitution calls for free public education but only for poor children. It is expected that rich people will pay for their children's schooling. 1805 New York Public School…

… not simply one event. War resulted from a combination of happenings that built up a rebellious spirit inside the colonists. To be brief, the overall cause of the War for American independence was the fact that the British constantly enforced upon the…

… order to grow and become fitting wives. After a woman's homemaker education, she was ready for courtship. This took place at about 16 years of age. During this courtship, the woman did have full decision on which she was to marry. While it was ultimately…

… to fly almost all the way around the world. No one knows what happened to her or her plane. Everyone that has tried to find evidence of where she might be has had no luck. Her fate has become a great mystery. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24,…

… it is today. Evolving from a young country, Canada today is viewed as a democratic and proud nation. After Canada received its independency from Britain in 1867 it has progressed into a wise nation that has slowly related it self to the United States…