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Assign Blog #4 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs:

(February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011)

Steve Jobs was the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Cheif Executive Officer of Apple Inc. He also co-founded and was the Cheif Executive Officer of Pixar Annimation Studios.  Through the years Steve Jobs intro

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William M. Tweed, more known as Boss Tweed, was an American politician. He was born on April 3, 1823. He had many jobs as a boy ranging from saddle making to bookkeeping. He also joined as a volunteer firefighter. There was a rivalry between the fire

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James Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, England. Paul McCartney is known for being in a band called the Beatles. The Beatles are and will always be considered one of the best bands of all time. Paul got married today, October 8th

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Assigned Blog #4... Family History.

  So for my family history I could find some stuff about the family on my dads side.  Im from Luxembourg. Its a small little country that is borderd by Germany, Belgium, and France.

Heres the Lexembourg flag :

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 Kinda neat. The colors are even red, whi

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Assigned Blog #4 Family History

3310288583?profile=originalMy family has recorded our family's history back to the early 1800's. My great great great Grandmother and Grandfather are Ove and Anna Olsen. Ove's parents Christen Olsen and Ane Andreasen came to the United States in 1888 from Bjerager Denmark. Ann

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A cuban spy was released from prison after being in there for 13 years and 26 days, his name was Rene Gonzalez. He was one of te 5 convicted spies called "The Cuban Five", they were arrested in 1998. They were charged for spying on U.S. military base

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Assigned Blog #4-Family History

I'm going to start with my dad's side of the family. My dad, James, has one younger brother Jeff, and one younger sister Jane. Their parents are Joyce White and Joesph Fah. Grandma Joyce's parents were Earl White and Inez Clinton. They were both from

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Fighters loyal to Libya's new leaders say they have "reached the final stages of the fight" to take control of former leader Moammar Gadhafi's hometown. About 10 people were killed and more than 100 were injured overnight. Troops loyal to the Nationa

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The Invention of  Steel

Steel Making is a complicated process. It is composed of mostly iron and from 0.2% to 2.1% carbon. Iron is an ore found in the earths crust. Its ground and melted into liquid iron. Then oxygen is pumped into it which gets rid o

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Assigned Blog #4 - Teddy Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858. He was the 26th president of the United States and noted for his personality, range of intrest and acheivments, and leaderships. He was the leader of the republican party and founded the shor

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Dads side of Family.

Great great great grandmother Anna and grandfather Bernard were both born in Germany.

Great great grandmother Margareta was born in Winsconsin. Grandfather was Peter and born in Germany.

Great grandmother Elizabeth and grandfather J

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Pepper spray used on demonstrators at Air and Space Museum

People say that police used pepper spray on a group of protesters trying to enter the National Air and Space Museum on Saturday. The reason why is becase the were trying to force the Museum to

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Skyscrapers:

At the end of the 19th century, very tall buildings were starting to be built. Building structures high instead of wide save space, because they didn't take up as much ground. Skyscrapers could be built because the internal skeleton that

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Assigned Blog #4: Family History

This is my mother's side of the family:

Great Great Grandparents-

Marvin Gear and Dolly Gear (maiden name unknown)

Both born in U.S.

 

Chauncey West and Victoria West (maiden name unknown)

Both born in Denmark.  Came several decades before Ellis Island was

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My choice of this is a section of presentations.

Why did immigrants come to the United States?

They came to the United States to find better jobs and higher wages.  If it was not for them we could be living in a low wage area and noone could fight agai

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Family History

 

Dad's Side:

Grandpa's Side

My great-great-grandpa and grandma came through Ellis Island. My great-great grandpa, Holger Andersen, came to America on April 21, 1906, from Godthaab, Greenland. He was 18 years old. He came over on a ship ca

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Assigned Blog 4:Ku Klux Klan

The way the Ku Klux Klan came to be was by people who were frustrated by their loss of political power, and formed vigilante groups and used violence to intimidate African Americas. The Ku Klux Klan wanted to get rid of the republican party, throw ou

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Chester Alan Arthur

 

Information

 

January 3, 1996

Born in Fairfield, Vermont in 1829 Arthur grew up by graduating from Union college in 1848 and eventually serving in New York as a Quartermaster General. 

 

chester-a-arthur-sm.jpg In 1878 Arthur was accepted as vice-president. 

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