25 Male Facts

I've had quite the fascination about Czar Nicholas II for a while, so I'll start with him:

Czar Nicholas II ▼

1. He encouraged Russian expansion into Manchuria
2. Czar Nicholas decided to take control of the Russian army in World War I
3. He abdicated his throne in 1917. (I always thought he died in power!)
4. Originally, he didn't even want to take control of the throne!
5. He took the throne because his dad died from liver disease.

I'm doing an essay about a picture on Thomas Nast, knowing more about him would be helpful:

Thomas Nast ▼

1. He's known as the "Father of the American Cartoon"
2. He dropped out of school
3. He's known for the modern depiction of Santa Claus!
4. He was appointed general counsel to Ecuador in 1902.
5. He died in Ecuador because he got the Yellow Fever.

Ulysses S. Grant is interesting- I like what happens to him in the Animaniac's "presidents of the US" song- here's 5 interesting facts on him:

Ulysses S. Grant ▼

1. He was President #18.
2. Ulysses S. Grant is NOT his birth name!
3. His birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant
4. President Abraham Lincoln supported him in the Civil War
5. He was a very bad farmer.

President's Day Weekend is coming up eventually- Abraham Lincoln is up next:

Abraham Lincoln ▼

1. He modernized the economy
2. He promoted Ulysses S. Grant to lieutenant general in the Civil War
3. He suspended habeas corpus
4. In order to defeat the Confederates at their capital, Richmond, he kept substituting generals until one of them succeeded.
5. He is ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents.

John Wilkes Booth- Why not? He killed Abraham Lincoln, is all I know.

John Wilkes Booth ▼

1. He was a Confederate sympathizer
2. He was a well-known actor
3. There were eight other people who helped conspire with him in regards to Lincoln's death.
4. Someone set ablaze the barn he hid in.
5. He originally planned to kidnap Lincoln.