Francis Scott Key

Examples of Francis Scott Key in the following topics:

• The War in the Chesapeake

  • Having destroyed Washington's public buildings, including the president's mansion and the Treasury, the British Army next moved to capture Baltimore, a busy port and a key base for American privateers.
  • The defense of the fort inspired the American lawyer Francis Scott Key to write a poem that would eventually provide the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner."

• Higher Education

  • The most important educational component of Johnson's Great Society was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, designed by Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel.
  • Distinguish the key features - as well as the effects - of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Facilities Act, and the Higher Education Act.

• The Factory System

  • In 1814, Francis Cabot Lowell's Boston Manufacturing Company developed a system of labor known as the Waltham-Lowell system, in which "mill girls," as they came to be known, lived under supervision in boarding houses provided by the company and conformed to a strict schedule, working eighty hours per week.
  • Describe two key features of the factory system in early 19th-century America

• The Battles: 1863–1865

  • Winfield Scott, the commanding general of the U.S.
  • Lincoln adopted the plan, but overruled Scott's warnings that his new army was not ready for an offensive operation in order to satisfy public demand for an immediate attack.
  • The Union's key strategist and tactician in the West was Ulysses S.

• The Compromise of 1877

  • Discussions of the points in the alleged "compromise" only concerned convincing key Democrats not to acquiesce in a filibuster.
  • Key of Tennessee became Postmaster General.)
  • The construction of another transcontinental railroad using the Texas and Pacific in the South (this had been part of the "Scott Plan," proposed by Thomas A.
  • Scott, which initiated the process that led to the final compromise).

• The Roaring Twenties

  • Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein.
  • Harlem also played a key role in the development of dance styles and the popularity of dance clubs.
  • Scott Fitzgerald, a member of the Lost Generation literary movement, wrote The Great Gatsby, which epitomized Roaring Twenties culture.

• The Great Society

  • The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, designed by Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel, allotted more than $1 billion to help schools purchase materials and start special education programs at schools with high concentrations of low-income children.
  • That year, President Nixon dismantled the Office of Economic Opportunity (the agency in charge of the War on Poverty's key programs), transferring many of its programs to other agencies.

• The War in the North

  • By the middle of 1814, U.S. generals, including Major Generals Jacob Brown and Winfield Scott, had drastically improved the fighting abilities and discipline of the army, and U.S. forces scored several victories.
  • Name the key battles in the northern campaigns of the War of 1812

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • In 1953, he married Coretta Scott on the lawn of her parents' house in her hometown of Heiberger, Alabama.
  • Divisions within the black community and the canny, low-key response by local government defeated efforts.
  • Though the Albany effort proved a key lesson in tactics for Dr.

• Conclusion: Cultural Change in the Interwar Period

  • The Harlem neighborhood of New York City played a key role in the development of dance styles by serving as the location of several popular entertainment venues where people from all walks of life, races and classes came together.
  • Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, often described as the epitome of the Jazz Age in American literature.