94 résultats pour "lincoln"
- Marriner Neville , né en 1924 à Lincoln, chef d'orchestre et violoniste britannique.
- Boole George, 1815-1864, né à Lincoln, mathématicien anglais, un des fondateurs de la logique symbolique.
- Cronología: Abraham Lincoln AÑO ACONTECIMIENTO 1809 Nace el 12 de febrero, en Kentucky, hijo de colonos.
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L’évolution juridique de la démocratie en France
Selon Abraham Lincoln la démocratie c’est « le pouvoir du peuple, par le peuple, pour le peuple ».
B. Une représentation contestée - Point négatif de la démocratie : tyrannie douce de la majorité (Tocqueville). A qui peut s’adresser un citoyen qui a le sentiment que la majorité porte atteinte à sa liberté, puisque la loi est celle de la majorité, tout comme l’exécutif… - D’autant plus que le peuple n’est que très peu politisé et ne sait pas toujours bien choisir son représentant (pouvoir des sophistes critiqué par Platon). Ex : Trump pro-life, Brexit, montée des populismes en Europe ou m...
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New York (ville)
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PRÉSENTATION
New York (ville), en anglais New York City, ville du sud-est de l'État de New York, située dans le nord-est des États-Unis, à l'embouchure de l'Hudson, sur l'océan
Atlantique.
Les différents districts de New York sont reliés entre eux par de nombreux ponts et tunnels : Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel entre Manhattanet Brooklyn ; Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, l’un des plus longs ponts suspendus du monde, entre Brooklyn et Staten Island ; Queensboro Bridge entre Manhattan et leQueens ; Triborough Bridge entre Manhattan, le Queens et le Bronx ; enfin, le George Washington Bridge, les tunnels Holland et Lincoln, et la voie Port Authority Trans-Hudso...
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Millard Fillmore.
B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...
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Millard Fillmore
B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...
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Toys.
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Toys, objects that serve as playthings for children. Although the
clay. These readily available elements were also used to make more elaborate toys as human society advanced. Archaeologists have found primitive, handmade toys such as wooden or cloth dolls, clay marbles, and terracotta figures that date back thousands of years. In ancientEgypt, Greece, and Rome, people placed dolls or clay figures in the graves or tombs of children for them to play with in the afterlife. The yo-yo may seem like a 20th-century fad, but it actually dates back at least 2,500 years...
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Les Présidents des États-Unis
dat du tout jeune parti républicain et abolition niste convaincu, il fut élu, en 1860, alors que les États du Sud venaient de faire sécession et s'étaient regroupés en confédération. La guerre civile éclata presqu'aussitôt (1861). Malgré de médiocres capacités de chef militaire, Lincoln sut faire preuve d'une ténacité et d'une obstination à toute épreuve et contribua au triomphe du Nord. Il proclama l'abolition de l'esclavage en 1863, et p...
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Sécession (guerre de).
États-Unis - la Bataille de Gettysburg (1er-3 juillet 1863), page 1758, volume 4 Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats abolitionniste Alabama Amérique du Nord - Histoire - L'Amérique du Nord, du XIXe siècle à nos jours Autant en emporte le vent carpetbagger Davis Jefferson esclavage États-Unis - Histoire - De l'indépendance à la guerre de Sécession Gettysburg Grant Ulysses Simpson Ku Klux Klan Lee Robert Edward Lincoln Abraham Little Rock nord...
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La guerre de Sécession
Commandés par le général Joseph E. Johnston, 40 000 sudistes attaquent par surprise 37 000 soldats de l'Union qui campent au bord de la rivière Tennessee , le 6 avril 1862 au matin. Des combats d'une rare férocrté font rage toute la journée . Après l'arrivée des renforts nordistes du général Don Carlos Bluell, les confédérés battent enfin en retrarte le soir. la victoire est amère : la bataille a lait 13 000 morts dans leurs rangs et 10 000 da...
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Nebraska - geography.
by natural resource districts to limit the rate of pumping for irrigation. C Climate Nebraska has a typical continental climate with wide seasonal variations in temperature. C1 Temperature Winter temperatures below -20°C (0° F) and summer temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) are common. The average January temperature varies from about -7° C (about 20° F) in the northeast to about -2° C (about 29° F) in the southwest. The average for July, thehottest month, ranges from about 26° C...
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Nebraska - USA History.
by natural resource districts to limit the rate of pumping for irrigation. C Climate Nebraska has a typical continental climate with wide seasonal variations in temperature. C1 Temperature Winter temperatures below -20°C (0° F) and summer temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) are common. The average January temperature varies from about -7° C (about 20° F) in the northeast to about -2° C (about 29° F) in the southwest. The average for July, thehottest month, ranges from about 26° C...
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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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Etats-Unis : chefs d'Etat
L'ÉLECTION DU PRESIDENT AMERICAIN • Les États-Uni s comptent à ce jour 43 présidents , élus au suffrage universel indirect pour quatre ans et rééligibles une seule fois. Ainsi , les Américains n'élisent pas le candidat (démocrate ou républicain ) de leur choi x, mais des grands électeurs censés refléter leur préférence . Cette pratique s'explique en partie par le fait que le pays est une fédération de 50 États , dotés chacun de pouvoirs importants . •...
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Reconstruction (U.
Instead, Congress began a lengthy debate over Reconstruction policy. The program eventually enacted resulted from a series of compromises among Republicanfactions; the Radicals were never powerful enough to gain everything they sought. Still, fueled by anger at the president's refusal to compromise and at the appearanceof former Confederates returning to power throughout the South, members of Congress moved increasingly toward the Radicals. The key Reconstruction measuresenacted aimed to produce...
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Segregation in the United States - U.
acts of discrimination. Writing for the court, Justice Joseph Bradley declared: “When a man has emerged from slavery, and by the aid of beneficent legislation ... theremust be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the rank of a mere citizen, and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws, and when his rights as acitizen, or a man, are to be protected in the ordinary modes by which other men’s rights are protected.” Rather than being the “special favorites” of the law, blac...
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LA RECONSTRUCTION DES ETATS-UNIS (LA GUERRE DE SÉCESSION)
construction » qui fixait les conditions de réintégration pour les Etats : pour être reconnu, un Gouvernement d'Etat de vait être établi par des citoyens grâciés après avoir prêté le serment d'allégeance ; le nombre de ces électeurs devait être égal au dixième du total des votes recueillis dans cet Etat aux élections de 1860. Les Républicains radicaux critiquèrent cette mesure, désavantageuse pour les Noirs (auxquels le droit de vote n'avait p...
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nietzsche
Hello everybody! I’m going to tell you about MLK. You know that he is dead, he has been assassinated. It’s horrible news. MLK was a pastor. He was a good citizen. He fought against segregation. He wanted that all blacks had the same rights as the whites. He led the Civil Rights Movement, a black non violent movement defending the rights of this community. In 1963, there was a march in Washington on Lincoln memorial. There were black and white supporters who claimed the end of segregati...
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Chapitre 7
Une baleine d'espèce inconnue
Bien que j'eusse été surpris par cette chute inattendue, je n'en conservai pas moins une
impression très nette de mes sensations.
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Weissmuller, le « vrai » Tarzan
Les trois premiers films de Tarzan avec Weiss muller-Ta rzan l'homme singe (1932), Tarza n et sa com pagne (1 934) et Tarza n s'évade (1936) - sont de grands spectacles, mais à la mor t du producteur Irving Thal berg en 1936, on réduit les bud gets. Dans Tarzan trouve un fils (1939), We issm uller et D'Sulli van sont accompag nés d'un enfant, Boy (J ohnn y She ffield). En 1942, D' Sulli van quitte la série après six fil ms, et Weiss muller change de...
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Fondée au XVIIe siècle sur la côte atlantique, symbole de
Enfin, les habitants en provenance de l'Amérique latine représentent 11 % de la population de l'agglomération et le nombre des Chinois est en augmentation sensible. Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Hudson Hudson Henry Indépendance américaine (guerre de l') Iroquois Verrazano (Giovanni da) Les livres New York - la Liberté éclairant le monde, page 3422, volume 6 New York - l'Empire State Building, page 3423, volume 6 La configuration...
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Frederick Douglass.
proslavery document. In Britain and later in Rochester, however, Douglass met political abolitionists, who believed that it was possible to use the political system to fightslavery. They organized the antislavery Liberty Party, and called for the election of abolitionists to public office. Garrison believed the North should secede, if necessary,to free itself from the moral stain of slavery. In contrast, Douglass became convinced that this course of action would only abandon slaves to their mast...
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Frederick Douglass - USA History.
proslavery document. In Britain and later in Rochester, however, Douglass met political abolitionists, who believed that it was possible to use the political system to fightslavery. They organized the antislavery Liberty Party, and called for the election of abolitionists to public office. Garrison believed the North should secede, if necessary,to free itself from the moral stain of slavery. In contrast, Douglass became convinced that this course of action would only abandon slaves to their mast...
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gothique, art - peinture.
tendent vers une certaine rigueur formelle et un équilibre des proportions. Par exemple, les différents types de voûtements sont abandonnés pour ne retenir, à quelques exceptions près, que la voûte quadripartite sur travée barlongue. En plan, un transept saillant sépare la nef et le chevet d’égale importance, alors qu’en élévation les grandes arcades possèdent la même hauteur que les fenêtres hautes. L’élévation est à trois niveaux : grandes arcades, triforium et fenêtres hautes. Les supports so...
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gothique, art - sculpture.
tendent vers une certaine rigueur formelle et un équilibre des proportions. Par exemple, les différents types de voûtements sont abandonnés pour ne retenir, à quelques exceptions près, que la voûte quadripartite sur travée barlongue. En plan, un transept saillant sépare la nef et le chevet d’égale importance, alors qu’en élévation les grandes arcades possèdent la même hauteur que les fenêtres hautes. L’élévation est à trois niveaux : grandes arcades, triforium et fenêtres hautes. Les supports so...
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Coins and Coin Collecting.
U.S. coins dates from 1909, when the first Lincoln Cents appeared during the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. George Washington’s profile was used on thequarter-dollar of 1932, a coin originally intended as a one-year commemorative to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth. The design quickly became so popular thatit was retained for regular-issue quarters and is still being used today. Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower are theother Americ...
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abraham lincoln
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democratie
nombreuse, afin que les citoyens disposent de temps pour s’informer, discuter, et gouverner. C’est pourquoi l’esclavage était une condition nécessaire à Athènes afin que les hommes libres puissent s’adonner à ce luxe de la démocratie. Cependant, la démocratie directe reprend du poil de la bête avec internet, qui permet à tous de s’informer, et de voter .Le nombre ne compte plus, et l’abondance est de fait (au moins dans les pays dits « riches »). Ne manqueraient que la sagesse et l...
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Balanchine (Gueorgui Melitonovitch Balanchivadze - encyclopédie.
monta en 1946 les Quatre Tempéraments sur une musique de Paul Hindemith. En 1947, Balanchine fut invité à l'Opéra de Paris. Il y remonta Serenade , Apollon musagète et le Baiser de la fée . Mais ce n'est qu'en 1948 qu'il créa le New York City Ballet, troupe avec laquelle il monta en particulier Agon en 1957, œuvre d'abstraction pure sur une musique d'Igor Stravinski. Il engagea comme danseur un jeune chorégraphe à l'avenir prometteur, Jerome Robbins. En 1964, le New York City Ballet...
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James Buchanan.
John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...
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James Buchanan
John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...
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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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President of the United States.
Democrats and Republicans—select delegates to attend their party conventions. Primary voters and caucus participants choose delegates who will support their favoredcandidate at the convention. The party conventions, held in the summer before the November general election, formally nominate the winner of the primaries andcaucuses. Would-be candidates crisscross the states that hold the earliest primaries, especially New Hampshire, which holds the country’s first primary, usually in mid-February....
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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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Political Parties in the United States.
quickly enabled the Republican Party to overpower the Know-Nothings. Although the Republicans lost their first campaign for the presidency in 1856, they triumphed in1860 with former congressman Abraham Lincoln. The Republican victory resulted in part from the division of the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions,each of which ran its own presidential candidate, and in part from their success at attracting Whigs and Know-Nothings who had opposed the Republicans in 1856.During the C...
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Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania) - geography.
national trend of migration from eastern cities to the warmer climate of the Sun Belt. Whereas in 1950 Philadelphia contained more than 2 million people and ranked as the third largest city in America, the city's population plunged to 1,517,550 by 2000.In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 1,448,394. While the city proper was decreasing in population, the metropolitan area centered on Philadelphia grew. In 2006 the region had 6.2 million inhabitants. Philadelphiaranked as the nation’s...
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San Francisco - geography.
recognized symbol of the city, opened in 1937. It connects San Francisco to Marin County to the north, one of the wealthiest suburban areas in the nation. With the construction of the Bay and Golden Gate bridges and other links from the city to its suburbs, the San Francisco Bay area has become one large metropolitanregion. San Francisco itself is only 122 sq km (47 sq mi) of land area, but the city’s Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (defined by the Census Bureau as SanFrancisco, San Mateo,...
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United States History - U.
and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...
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United States History - U.
and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...