.... of free blacks from throughout the north, particularly Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Amongst its recruits was Lewis N. Douglass, son of the famous ex-slave and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. After a period of recruiting and training, the unit proceeded to the Department of the South, arriving at Hilton Head, South Carolina, on June 3, 1863. The regiment earned its greatest fame on July 18, 1863, when it led the unsuccessful and controversial assault on the Confederate positions at Battery Wagner. In this desperate attack, the Fifty-fourth was placed in the vanguard and over 250 men of the regiment became casualties. Shaw, the regiment's young colonel, .....

.... brought about the Treaty of Chaumont, restoring the Bourbon Dynasty from France's past. It was then decided for all allies to remain at peace until there was a reorganization of land that was to be laid out during a Congress of Vienna, to be held on September of 1814. Much of the organizing in the Congress of Vienna was not difficult. The Kingdom of Netherlands was established, adding Belgium and Genoa. Prussia received land along the Rhine river(a protection against a future French threat). Austria was given much of Northern Italy. The only conflict came when the control of Eastern Europe came to the table. Alexander I of Russia was firm in th .....

.... Salem girls began to demonstrate similar behavior. Physicians were not able to determine any physical cause for their symptoms and behavior so they concluded they were being influenced by the devil. In late February prayer services and community fasting were being conducted by Reverend Samuel Parris to get rid of the evil forces that were plaguing them. Pressured to identify the witches, the girls named three women. On Feb 29 warrants were issued for Tibuba, an Indian Slave, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. These women were the first three to be accused. Tituba confessed to practicing witchcraft and to seeing the devil. She claimed the devil would app .....

.... help rulers maintain domestic order, preserve tradition, and maintain a constant standard of living for the tax paying peasants. It trained its followers in generous giving, traditional rituals, family order, loyalty, respect for superiors and for the aged, and principled flexibility in advising rulers. Confucius was China's first and most famous philosopher. He had a traditional personal name (Qiu) and a formal name (Zhoghi). Confucius's father died shortly after Confucius's birth. His family fell into relative poverty, and Confucius joined a growing class of impoverished descendants of aristocrats who made their careers by acquiring knowledge of feudal ri .....

.... Dakotas to California, could make no substantial contribution to Union strength. Every year Union regiments were sent to the West to fight Indians. Hundreds of thousands of Americans in loyal border states and in southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois worked or fought for southern independence. Though, every state furnished men for the other side, there was little doubt that more Federalize than Confederates “crossed over.” The South had superior officer personnel. For twenty years before Lincoln’s inauguration, southern officers had dominated the US Army. Another source of southern confidence was cotton. Secession leaders expected to exchange that staple for .....

.... hairstyle is very singular and easy to notice. Hair was neat, well- styled for men. It was often parted on the side. Young men hardly left the house without a comb. Many copied the style of the Beatles “mop- top”. By the late 1960s, men wore their hair long. Young black men and women wore full Afro cuts. Hair for the women of the early sixties was supposed to be full. They would spend many hours with hair lacquer, combs and curlers to help reach its desired height and body. Girls used to use false hair or even wigs to make their hair look with more volume. The popular styles for women were the “Beehive” and “Bouffant”. The clothes of the 60s had so much influe .....

.... of the nineteenth century. The Germans naturally hated Jews. They blamed them for the declining of the German economy and whatever was going wrong in Germany, the Jews were held responsible. From this basis set, the Germans branched out a new form of anti-Semitism. It was the use of propaganda to rid Germany and the rest of the world of Jews and what they represented. They would take any measure to execute this task. To execute this task, the Nazi’s used new forms of publicity to receive the recognition that they thought would be beneficial. The Nazi’s held Mass meetings usually associated with brainwashing the Germans of anti-Semitic views. They dist .....

.... time the United States was settled by Europeans, it was abundantly populated by dozens of separate nations with diverse civilizations and cultures. Like other colonized regions, the indigenous people suffered first from the introduction of diseases that were common in the regions that the settlers were from, to which the Indians had no immunity. It is believed that millions died of smallpox, measles, whooping cough, and influenza. Some estimate that such epidemics were responsible for more than 80 million deaths during the early colonial period alone. Although The Indians numbers were never accurately recorded (estimates have ranged from in the low millions to .....