… education for all citizens, but in the culture in which he wrote, black slaves were not considered citizens. Jefferson saw the institution of slavery as an evil, even though he continued the practice of slave ownership. Jefferson's own contradictory…

… gave his life for what he believed. He knew that the Americans were a tremendous threat to all Indian tribes, and realized that the Indians would be destroyed one by one if not united. Tecumseh created a confederation of thirty-two tribes in hopes that…

… was born in 1689 to a French noble family. "His family tree could be traced 350 years, which in his view made its name neither good nor bad." (The Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, p. 68) Montesquieu's views started to be shaped at a very early…

… on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He taught himself how to play the piano and guitar and liked writing poems. He grew up listening to the music of Elvis, Little Richard, Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie. While he was in college he changed…

… among women and has the highest fatality rate of all cancers affecting this sex. It is the leading cause of death among women aged 35-54. In 1999 an estimated 175,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. That is one woman every three minutes.…

… a strange sense of humor but in truth Ed Gein was far from normal. His long, twisted tale of cannibalism, necrophilia, and murder was kept hidden from everyone. the grisly things he did astounded this whole world and intrigued almost anyone who heard…

… had no anti-gun laws, and gun crime was insignificant. Since then, as one anti-gun law after another had sailed through parliment, gun crime has steadily grown worse"(american rifleman 23). That quote by Charlton Heston makes a lot of sense,…

… Ajaccio, Corsica. He was the son of Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte. He had 7brothers and sisters. They were a noble family. As a child, Napoleon was quick tempered, had a mind of his own, and had a large head. From his earliest childhood he wanted…

… spiritual and political leaders of the twentieth century. Throughout history most national heroes have been warriors, but Gandhi was different. Gandhi helped free the Indian people from British rule through nonviolent resistance, and is honored…

… the New World, opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore. But for some unknown reason, the Vikings only made a few voyages to the New World after Leif. Unfortunately, this caused his discovery to remain unknown to nearly all of…