John D. Rockefeller went into business when he was 20, and he picked up his first oil well as a sideline. He soon saw that that was the right horse to ride. Even before automobiles and airplanes laid their heavy claim on oil, it'd begun replacing coal in the power industries.
Andrew Carnegie makes the better hero. He, after all, was part and parcel of the emerging technologies that made our country. And his giving sprang from some deep-seated core of principle. Yet the Rockefeller clan assumed the mantle of public service. They've become political leaders and professional givers -- one died doing anthropological research in New Guinea.
The position of Speaker of the House of representatives immediately follows the position of the Vice President, because he is the 2nd in order in the presidency line, right after the Vice President. After him, the next in line is a temporary president appointed by the Senate. This situation is in accordance with what the framers intended because after the Vice President choice (which means that he is appointed by the President), the next choice is selected by the representatives of the people in the lower chamber of the Congress.
writing the "Star-Spangled Banner," and fighting the Battle of New Orleans
It is not called, the Star-Spangled Banner. The star spangled banner is the name given to the flag of the United States that has fifteen stars and fifteen stripes. A giant flag flew in the face of the British during the bombardment of fort McHenry at the Battle of Baltimore. Francis Scott key, who was a lawyer negotiating a prison trade on board one of the ships in the harbor, was stuck when the blockade formed. Witnessing the bombardment, he then wrote "Defense of Fort McHenry" not "Star-Spangled Banner".
The Battle of New Orleans was a failed attempted by the British to capture the New Orleans and control travel on the Mississippi river. Which would devastate the American Colonies. A colonel at the time, Andrew Jackson lead a force of Militia and Military against the British, devastated the assault and is recalled as one of the greatest American Victory of all time.
