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Abraham Lincoln knew he didnt want to be a farmer like his father. But he didnt know what he did want to do. So when he was twenty-one, he decided to leave home and find out. He was hired to help sail flatboats loaded with supplies down the Sangamon
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Once again Lincoln asked Douglas to debate him. This time, Douglas had to accept. In 1858, seven debates were held in different towns all over Illinois. The main issue was slavery. People poured in from neighboring states to listen. The whole country
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Finally, Lincoln found a brilliant general to lead his army: Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was willing to fight. He had already won important victories, such as the Battle of Vicksburg, which gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. But Grant reali
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Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, on a cold snowy night in Milan, Ohio. His parents, Nancy and Samuel, named him Thomas after his great-uncle and Alva after Captain Alva Bradley, a good friend of his father. The family didnt call him
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Al was twelve when his father helped him get a job on the Grand Trunk Railroad. The train traveled back and forth between Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan, every day. Al was a newsboy. Along with other boys, he sold newspapers, magazines, and snacks
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In June of 2005, pharaoh fever struck California. In just one month, half a million people streamed into the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They wanted to see the dazzling jewelry and household items that once belonged to a king of Egypt. For hour
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The Presidential election of 1800 was bitterly fought. Adams and Jefferson had become enemies. Aaron Burr also sought the Presidency and made backroom deals trying to win. In the end, Thomas Jefferson won, and Aaron Burr was elected Vice President. J
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What was it like to live in the hideoutor the Secret Annex as it was called? First of all, the hideout was small. Although on two floors, the entire space was only fifty square yards. Behind the secret door were two rooms, one with a stove and sink,
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Anne Franks life was short. She was only fifteen years old when she died in 1945. She was born in Germany, where her fathers family had lived for a very long time. Her father was very proud of being German. He expected his children to live in Germany
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It was the summer of 1878. Tom had been working hard for a long time. He was thinking about taking a vacation. Then a friend invited him to join a group of scientists. They were traveling by train to Wyoming to see an eclipse of the sun. Tom decided
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MANY BLIND PEOPLE READ BY TOUCH INSTEAD OF SIGHT. THEY RUN THEIR FINGERS OVER PAGES THAT ARE PRINTED IN RAISED DOTS. DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF DOTS STAND FOR DIFFERENT LETTERS. LOUIS BRAILLE INVENTED THIS SPECIAL KIND OF WRITING. LOUIS BRAILLE WAS BO
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Confucius 孔子 Zhuangzi once characterized Confucius as saying, You may forget me as I once was, but there is something unforgettable about me that will still live on. This prediction remains accurate as Confucius' words still live on today and hav
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Jim Carrey 金凯利 Jim Carrey has become one of the most recognized faces in the world and it is precisely because of his face that he has achieved such fame. His rubbery look, and penchant for wild and extreme behavior has given him a notoriety he
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In the early 1800s, shiploads of new immigrants arrived on Americas East Coast every week. They came from Germany, Ireland, Scandinavia, and other areas. Thousands of them moved west, taking over Native American hunting grounds. The pioneers chopped
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Johnny Appleseeds real name was John Chapman. He earned his nickname by planting thousands of apple seeds in Americas Midwest. For this, he became a legend during his own lifetime. Johnny Appleseed was best known as an apple lover, but he was many ot
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Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, 1911. It was a snowy day, and his father left the general store where he worked and made his way home through the snowdrifts. Jack Reagan ran up the stairs to his familys apartment, a
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Ronald Reagan arrived in Hollywood with a great idea for a movie: It was the story of the famous college football coach Knute Rockne and his star running back, George Gipp. After scoring eighty-three touchdowns for Notre Dame, Gipp died in his senior
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THE KOREAN PENINSULA JUTS OUT INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. NORTH KOREA HAS A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT, WHILE SOUTH KOREA IS A DEMOCRACY. THE WAR BEGAN IN 1950 AFTER NORTH KOREA INVADED SOUTH KOREA. RIGHT AWAY, AMERICAN TROOPS WENT TO SOUTH KOREAS AID. MANY OT
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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, ORVILLE AND WILBUR, GREW UP IN DAYTON, OHIO, NEAR WHERE NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS BORN. LIKE NEIL, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING THAT FLEW FROM THE TIME THEY WERE KIDS. THEY MADE PAPER TOYS THAT THEY CALLED BATS, WHICH COULD GLIDE ON
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Nine months after the Mozart family returned to Salzburg, Leopold and Wolfie were off again, back to Vienna. Wolfie was growing up. His father saw that he and Nannerl could no longer make a living as child geniuses. Nannerl was a good musician, but s
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