65 résultats pour "illinois"
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Illinois - geography.
the state before joining the Mississippi River at Grafton. The Illinois has been deepened and straightened and forms part of the Illinois Waterway. The watershed between rivers that flow into the Mississippi river system and rivers that flow into the Great Lakes is low and in many places is not easily discernible. Inwhat is now the Chicago area, explorers had little difficulty portaging, or carrying, their canoes over the low watershed between the Des Plaines River, which flows intothe Illinois,...
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Illinois - USA History.
the state before joining the Mississippi River at Grafton. The Illinois has been deepened and straightened and forms part of the Illinois Waterway. The watershed between rivers that flow into the Mississippi river system and rivers that flow into the Great Lakes is low and in many places is not easily discernible. Inwhat is now the Chicago area, explorers had little difficulty portaging, or carrying, their canoes over the low watershed between the Des Plaines River, which flows intothe Illinois,...
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Lincoln: "A House Divided"
At the 1858 state Republican convention in Springfield, Illinois, the Republican Party's United States Senate candidate for Illinois and future president Abraham Lincoln
delivered his famous "House Divided" speech.
First, That no negro slave, imported as such from Africa, and no descendant of such slave can ever be a citizen of any state in the sense of that term as used in theConstitution of the United States. This point is made in order to deprive the negro, in every possible event, of the benefit of that provision of the United StatesConstitution which declares that 'The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.' Secondly, That, 'sub...
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Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.
VI EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Chicago has one of the largest public school systems in the United States. The Chicago Board of Education administers the system in a centralized fashion; in recentyears it has been experimenting with local school councils as a means of partial devolution of authority. These councils, established in 1989, have authority in severalareas, including the ability to approve budgets and curriculum. In addition, Chicago has many private schools, including larg...
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Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.
The Chicago River divides the city into three broad sections, known traditionally as the North, West, and South sides. The North Side is largely residential, interspersed withindustry. The West Side generally is a lower-income residential area and contains numerous industrial, railroad, and wholesale-produce facilities. The South Side occupiesalmost half the city and contains diverse residential neighborhoods, ranging from decayed tenement districts to areas of modest detached houses. The South...
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Lincoln: "The Monstrous Injustice of Slavery"
Abraham Lincoln had settled into his Illinois law practice in 1854 when the United States Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
slavery from its claims of 'moral right,' back upon its existing legal rights, and its arguments of 'necessity.' Let us return it to the position our fathers gave it; and therelet it rest in peace. Let us readopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it the practices and policy which harmonize with it. Let North and South—let allAmericans—let all lovers of liberty everywhere—join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved ita...
- Chicago 1 PRÉSENTATION Chicago, ville du nord des États-Unis, située à l'est du Mississippi, dans l'Illinois.
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Barack Obama of Illinois
Pre -Election Career 1988: Obama is a summer associate in a the Chicago law firm 1992: Obama graduates from Harvard and returns to Chicago . 1996: H e is elected to the Illinois Senate , which is controlled by Republicans. 1999: Obama begins running for Congress . 2000: Obama loses his challenge for the congressional seat held by Rep. Bobby Rush. 2003 -2004: Obama amasses his legislative record and serves as chair of the Health and Hu...
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Davis Miles Dewey, 1926-1991, né à Alton (Illinois), trompettiste et chef d'orchestre
américain.
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)\HDLN0000100128 \LINK0031800323PE_0756T \LINK0060200609PE_0215T \LINK0062300629PE_0437T Davis Miles Dewey Trompettiste et chef d'orchestre américain * 25.5.1926, Alton, Illinois + 28.9.1991, Santa Monica, Californie L'initiateur du modern jazz doit sa célébrité à ses talents de trompettiste virtuose. Après des études en 1944-1945 à la Juilliard School of Music de New York, il joue aux côtés de Charlie Parker et transforme le be-bop dans le sens du cool jazz. Il dé...
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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States (1861-1865) and one of the great leaders in American history.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln - USA History.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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American Civil War.
free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...
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American Civil War - U.
free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
yearly visited a book written in a hieroglyphic script on golden plates buried in a nearby hill; the book’s location, he said, had been disclosed to him by an angel. In 1830he completed the translation of these plates, “by the gift and power of God,” and published the Book of Mormon, which he believed to be a religious record of theancient inhabitants of North America. On April 6, 1830, he organized the Church of Christ, soon known by its present title, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySa...
- Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Illinois - Facts and Figures.
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 7.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 12.3 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 74.9 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 367 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 370 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 14 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.5...
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RÉGION DES ÉTATS-UNIS: Illinois
IlliNois Entre le fleuve Mississippi et le lac Michigan A 90% recouvert par les glaces au cours du quaternaire , l ' État de l'Illinois en a tiré une grande richesse dans ses sols et une grande variété de paysages. B ordé au nord par le Wis consin , à l'e s t par le lac Michigan et l'Indiana , l'illi nois est délimité au sud -ouest et au sud par la rivière Ohio qui le s épare du Kentucky et à l 'ouest par le fleuve...
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Robie House
The Frederick C.
Hills/DeCaro HouseAmerican architect Frank Lloyd Wright, a pioneer of modern architecture, lived and worked in the Chicago area during thelate 19th and early 20th centuries. He designed many single-family houses, known as prairie houses. The Hills/DeCarohouse in Oak Park, west of Chicago, is one of more than 20 houses Wright designed while living in the town between 1890and 1910.© 2007 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Photo: Mary Ann Hemphill/Photo Researc...
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Abraham Lincoln
LE PLU~ POPULAIRE DES PRr::SIDENTS Jusqu'à aujourd 'hui, aucun autre président de l'histoire des États-Unis ne peut prétendre occuper la place qu'AltnrN• U.Col• a prise dans le cœur des Américains . Le père de l'abolition de l 'esclavage , l'homme qui a su rétablir l'intégrité de l'Union menacée par les États confédérés entre 1861 et 1865, représente à l'évidence le type même de ceux que les Américains appellent les • self made men » . Issu d...
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- Tobin James, né en 1918 à Champaign (Illinois), économiste américain.
- Minnelli Vincente , 1910-1986, né à Chicago (Illinois), cinéaste américain.
- Konitz Lee , né en 1927 à Chicago (Illinois), saxophoniste alto américain.
- Bradbury Ray Douglas, né en 1920 à Waukegan (Illinois), écrivain américain.
- Schrieffer John Robert, né en 1931 à Oak Park (Illinois), physicien américain.
- Millikan Robert Andrews , 1868-1953, né à Morrison (Illinois), physicien américain.
- Lindsay Nicolas Vachel , 1879-1931, né à Springfield (Illinois), poète américain.
- Reagan Ronald Wilson, né en 1911 à Tampico (Illinois), homme d'État américain.
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- Doisy Edward Adelbert, 1893-1986, né à Hume (Illinois), biochimiste américain.
- Burnett William Riley, 1899-1982, né à Springfield (Illinois), écrivain américain.
- Shepard Sam, né en 1943 à Fort Sheridan (Illinois), auteur et acteur américain.
- Davisson Clinton Joseph , 1881-1958, né à Bloomington (Illinois), physicien américain.
- Holley Robert William , 1922-1993, né à Urbana (Illinois), biologiste américain.
- Siegel ( Donald, dit Don), 1912-1991, né à Chicago (Illinois), cinéaste américain.
- MacLeish Archibald , 1892-1982, né à Glencoe (Illinois), écrivain et homme politique américain.
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Chicago.
gratte-ciel house-music Illinois jazz - Une musique de couleur nuancée Michigan (lac) negro-spiritual Oliver (Joe, dit King) rotary clubs Sears, Roebuck and Co. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Les natifs de ce lieu Bloch Robert Bloomfield Leonard Burroughs Edgar Rice Chandler Raymond Cooke Sam Disney (Walter Elias, dit Walt) Dos Passos John Roderigo Endrèze (Arthur Kraeckmann, dit Arthur) Farrell James Thomas Fischer (Robert James, dit Bobby) Ford Harrison Fosse (Robert Louis,...
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- Fuller ( Marie Louise, dite Loïe), 1862-1928, née à Fullersburg (Illinois), danseuse américaine.
- Hemingway Ernest Miller, 1899-1961, né à Oak Park (Illinois), écrivain américain.
- Fischer (Robert James , dit Bobby), né en 1943 à Chicago (Illinois), joueur d'échecs américain.
- Corn Belt (« Ceinture du maïs »), région du centre-ouest des États-Unis (Iowa, Illinois et États voisins), où la culture dominante est celle du maïs.
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College Football Bowl Games.
1995 Alabama 24Ohio State 17 1996 Tennessee 20Ohio State 14 1997 Tennessee 48Northwestern 28 1998 Florida 21Penn State 6 1999 Michigan 45Arkansas 31 2000 Michigan 37Florida 34 2001 1 Michigan 31Auburn 28 2002 Tennessee 45Michigan 17 2003 Auburn 13Penn State 9 2004 Georgia 34Purdue 27 2005 Iowa 30Louisiana State 25 2006 Wisconsin 24Auburn 10 2007 Wisconsin 17Arkansas 14 2008 Michigan 41Florida 35 1. In 2001 its name was changed from Citrus Bowl to Capital One Bowl. . Champs Sports Bowl.Year Winn...
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Indiana - geography.
Michigan in Michigan. There are about 1,000 small natural lakes in Indiana, chiefly in the northern part of the state. The largest is Lake Wawasee, which covers almost 13 sq km (5 sq mi). Inthe central part of the state there are several lakes that were created behind dams on a number of smaller streams. They include Monroe Lake, near Bloomington; Geistand Eagle Creek reservoirs, northeast and northwest of Indianapolis; and Mississinewa and Huntington reservoirs, north of Marion. C Climate Most...
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Indiana - USA History.
Michigan in Michigan. There are about 1,000 small natural lakes in Indiana, chiefly in the northern part of the state. The largest is Lake Wawasee, which covers almost 13 sq km (5 sq mi). Inthe central part of the state there are several lakes that were created behind dams on a number of smaller streams. They include Monroe Lake, near Bloomington; Geistand Eagle Creek reservoirs, northeast and northwest of Indianapolis; and Mississinewa and Huntington reservoirs, north of Marion. C Climate Most...
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American Westward Movement - U.
British expansion. However, Native Americans of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley lashed out against the English in an attempt to preserve their independence, theirland, and their way of life. With the Ottawa chief Pontiac as their most visible leader, the tribes waged a bloody and costly war. As a result, the British governmentdecided to keep the white settlers apart from the Native Americans. It issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, banning all white settlement beyond the Appalachians andstatin...
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St. Louis (city) - geography.
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St. Louis (city) or Saint Louis,
Between 1940 and 1990 the black population in metropolitan St. Louis nearly tripled. Blacks are most heavily concentrated in three areas in the St. Louis metropolitanregion: East Saint Louis, the North Side close to downtown, and an east-west belt extending from the waterfront to beyond Forest Park. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, areas to the north and south of the central business district were settled by immigrant working families from Germany, Ireland,and many Eastern European countrie...
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Précocement indépendants, nés des courants migratoires les
plus variés fondus grâce au melting-pot, épris de libertés
démocratiques, persuadés de la supériorité du capitalisme libéral,
dotés de ressources abondantes, les États-Unis conservent leur
rôle de superpuissance.
suprême s'appelle la « Court of Appeals », les cours d'appel prennent le nom de « Appelate Courts » et les tribunaux de première instance, celui de « Supreme Courts ». Il n'existe pas de vraie hiérarchie entre les tribunaux fédéraux et les tribunaux des États de l'Union. Toutefois, en cas de divergence profonde sur un point de droit important entre les différents États, la Cour suprême des États-Unis peut accepter de juger une affaire sur pourvoi contre une décision de Cour suprême d'un...