… Life: Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 at her grandparents' home in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia and her sister Muriel were to know privilege and wealth through their grandparents. They attended private schools and they enjoyed many of the comfo…

… States of America is one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world. An abundant amount of natural resources and the energetic, inventive people have created a society that has become a model for much of the rest of the world. The…

… always drawn to the military. He knew he wanted to serve his country and when he got the chance he welcomed it. Washington served as a commander but never considered himself anything more than a citizen. He never thought he was better than anyone…

… by Thaddeus Stevens. He had practiced law before starting doing political affairs. Himself, and some other citizens of America strongly counteracted polices given by Southern Reconstruction Lincoln or Andrew Johnson. He was one of those who powerfully…

… an unbelievable and almost impossible event must occur. For some, that task takes a few years, for others, a lifetime, sometimes without success. However, some people decide not to discover a new formula, vaccine, or cure for a disease,…

… some things will never change. Dictators have always been around, hopefully though, this will not continue forever. Most of the worst dictators are dead now, like Stalin and Hitler, but there are still many modern day dictators who exist.…

… War on February 15,1898. The Americans came into this war because a naval boat of ours called the Maine was blown up. On that boat, 327of our sailors were killed in the explosion. With this explosion, the navy used it by having a slogan ,"Remember…

… in Central and South America. Ruins from the Mayan civilization remain even today in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. The Aztecs, who conquered most of Mexico, built a highly developed civilization in the 1400's. At the same time, the Incas…

… originally lived to the north of the Valley of Mexico, partially under the control of the Toltec empire.[1] Driven to leave by the pressure of their Toltec oppressors, who demanded huge tributes from the farming Aztecs, the Aztecs fled from their…

… skills of our primate cousins suggest that we may owe our great intelligence to an inherited need to deceive." Machiavellian Monkeys, James Shreeve, Discover, June 1991. Fraud. Deception. Infidelity. Theft. When these words are spoken,…