Short Essay 2: Biographical Sketch

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Instructions: Using writings—letters, speeches, decisions, or other documents, inclusing contemporary sources, write a brief account of the accomplishments of the person or persons you select. For this project a written biography may be used as a source. You would not necessarily have to read an entire biography.

The Robber Barons: Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Carnegie, and others.
Historic Homes. Museums
Native American Leaders: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph
National Museum American Indian
Theodore Roosevelt: Progressive
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Woodrow Wilson, Scholar in the White House
Wilson Library, Staunton, Virginia
Labor Leaders: Haywood, Debs, Gompers  
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

FDR Memorial

The Generals: Eisenhower and MacArthur  
Harry Truman
Truman Library
John F. Kennedy

 

Lyndon Baines Johnson  
Richard M. Nixon  
Women Leaders: Alice Paul  
Writing Projects History 122 | Updated February 14, 2008