Their interests and conversation topics.
2007-02-23 03:52:17 · 6 answers · asked by chepi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Abraham Lincoln---slavery and states rights
John C. Calhoun---slavery
William McKinley---assassination
Teddy Roosevelt---spanish-american war and presidency
Henry Ford---inventor of the automobile, which revolutionized transportation
woodrow wilson---role in ww I
2007-02-23 04:20:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Otto von Bismarck (1815-18980 first German chancellor and responsible for the unification of Germany
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Nursing Pioneer
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American President
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of England
Frederic Chopin (1810-1949) Composer
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Painter/Artist
2007-02-23 04:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by bearbrain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln-Civil War. Woodrow Wilson-League of nations. Susna B. Anthony- Women's Civil Rights. Harriet Tubman-Undergorund Railroad. Frederick Douglas-Abolitionist Newspaper. Frida kahlo-Mexican Artist
2007-02-23 03:59:09 · answer #3 · answered by nicoleblingy2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln - the Civil War in the US, slavery abolished.
Kaiser Wilhelm - World War I.
Woodroe Wilson - the League of Nations.
Vladimir Lenin - the Russian revolution, collapse of European empires.
Sun Yat-sen - revolution in China, the last Qin dinasty is overthrown.
Queen Victoria - zenith of the British Empire.
2007-02-23 04:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by theocide84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ARTS
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) probably greatest social author. Publically his stories about poverty, child workers etc caused people to demand change. Privately he was awful, a womaniser, he ignored his family.
Robert & Elizabeth Browning - English poets - great true love story
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) - great artist painted paintings worth a fortune now but he was poor and a bit insane. He cut off his own ear. Shot himself on scene of his last painting.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) loved by rich women, wrote very feminist plays, wrote funny things about famous people, very popular until imprisoned for being homosexual died in poverty
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) American writer wrote stories showing terrible conditions of black slaves. Feisty lady who kept on when others were against her.
POLITICS /WAR
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) greatest American president, won your civil war, freed black slaves; assasinated at the theatre.
Stonewall Jackson (1824 - 18630 American, stubborn 'southern general, killed by one of his own soldiers..
Napoleon (1808-1873) short man but on behalf of France took over most of Europe.
SOCIAL PEOPLE
Karl Marx (1818-1883) great Russian thinker found solution to poverty in Communism
Lord Shaftsbury (1801-1885) English man campaigned to stop child labour, to reduce working hours of people to less tha 10 hours a day, better treatment of lunatics. Before him workers worked as much as 18 hours a day; children who were not rich worked in terrible conditions for up to 16 hours a day; and lunatics (mad people, dis-abled people) were put in chains, put in cells and were tormented by people who went to torment them.
St Bernadette (1844-1879) French girl saw vision
Sort of science and sort of social
Thomas Crapper (1836-1910) promoted the establishment of Water flushing toilets.
SCIENCE / MEDICINE
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) one of greatest scientists he discovered GERMS EXISTED. he also discovered vaccinations
Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) seemingly un-important man made the metal steel possible without which we would not have cars, food cans and our modern buildings, bridges etc.
Joseph Lister (1827-1912) VITAL scientist he discovered antiseptics, told surgeons to wash their hands etc.. The changes he caused saved trillions of lives
Alexander Graham Bell(1847-1922) created the first telephone.
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) discovered genetics -that we inherit from our parents etc. Mendel discovered it in flowers first when he was a monk
Probably the most important - Charles Darwin (1809-1862) discovered evolution
2007-02-23 05:35:38 · answer #5 · answered by teacher groovyGRANNY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
between the main crucial women human beings is Aisha (might Allah be please together with her). She became between the 1st women human beings scholars in Islam and he or she taught many scholars. She additionally became a source of hadith, different companions might ask her to substantiate hadith and he or she might superb suited them. additionally one that gets neglected is Asma ibn Abu Bakr she became the guy who save the Quran after it became compiled. She had the Quran below her supervision till this became copied and then distributed all around the Islamic kingdom.
2016-11-25 01:57:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋