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Forced To Move Hunger Strike
1,442 words
Bobby Sands was born in 1954 in Rathcoole, a
loyalist community in North Belfast as the first
child of John and Rosaleen Sands. He was followed
by two sisters, Marcella and Burnadette, and a
brother, Sean. The first years of Bobby's life
were spent qui ly at Abbots Cross in the
Newtonabbey area of North Belfast. However, the
anti-Catholic attitudes raised their heads and the
Sands family was forced to move in 1962 to another
predominately Protestant ghetto in Belfast.
Growing up in these areas l...
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Anglo Saxon Invasion Force
1,326 words
For the English people, King Cnut's reign from
1017 to 1035 was much like the month of March, "in
like a lion and out like a lamb." 1 Crowned in the
turmoil of war and conquest, Cnut quickly
established an era of peace and prosperity.
England became so secure that Cnut could
frequently leave the country to settle affairs
elsewhere in his empire. It was especially
important to a people weary from thirty years of
war that all of the fighting during his reign was
on foreign soil. By the time of his...
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Otto Frank Older Sister
555 words
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929. She was the
second daughter of Otto and Edith Frank. Both of
Annes parents were from respected German-Jewish
families. Anne and her older sister Margot were
raised in Germany in an atmosphere of tolerance.
The Franks had friends of many faiths and
nationalities. Otto Frank served honorably as an
officer in the German army during World War I.
However, the circumstances of the early 1930 s
dramatically altered the situation of the Frank
family. In the summer o...
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Beer Hall Putsch World War Ii
1,057 words
The Nazi party affected many people around the
world through both the Holocaust and World War II.
Hitler had a plan to exterminate all the Jews, and
propelled this idea through the Holocaust putting
Jews in concentration camps and killing them.
Hitler's evil plan caused one of the world's
biggest tragedies, World War II. Adolf Hitler, who
was the leader of the Nazis, was born in Austria
just across the border from German Bavaria. Hitler
would begin to read his fathers history books
about Native ...
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Russian Social Democratic Social Democratic Party
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ter> Modern Russia and The Soviet Union: Stalin's
character was the main reason for his rise to
power Stalin was born as Iosif
Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879
in Gori, Georgia. He grew up in a mountain town of
about 5, 000 people. He was the third and only
surviving child of Vissarion Dzhugashvili and
Catherine Geladze. His father used to drink and
beat him and his mother; this made Stalin very
cold hearted. A friend commented on his behaviour,
Those undeserved and fea...
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Franklin D Roosevelt Upper Class Society
1,690 words
Although Eleanor Roosevelt served as first lady
from 1932 to 1945, her influence lasted much
longer than expected. Eleanor became her husbands
ears and eyes during her husbands presidency and
aided human rights during her entire life. She did
what no other First Lady, or woman had dared to do
before; she challenged society's wrong doings.
Many respected her; President Truman had called
her the First Lady of the World (Freedman, 168).
Eleanor Roosevelt was an amazing first lady who
helped her hus...
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William Jennings Bryan Man Has Evolved
1,759 words
The Scopes Monkey Trial is considered to be one of
the biggest trials in the history of the United
States. The trial took place in the 1920 s, in a
small town of Tennessee called Dayton. The trial
was of a twenty four year old science teacher and
a football coach named John T. Scopes. He was
accused of opposing the Butler Act, which forbade
the teaching of evolution in public schools and
universities (Encarta). The trial was famous
worldwide as it divided the United States in the
opinion of Darw...
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Antony And Cleopatra Julius Caesar
473 words
Marc Antony, Military Leader Born: 83 B. C.
Birthplace: Rome Died: 30 B. C. (suicide) Best
Known As Cleopatra's ill-fated lover Latin name:
Marcus Antonius Marc Antony was a general in the
army that Julius Caesar ruled. Mark Antony was a
part of an old aristocratic family in Rome. When
he was 25 he joined the army and served honourably
in Palestine and Egypt. After he joined Julius
Caesar in Gaul and became one of his lieutenants.
Because Marc was close to Julius he was appointed
to different ty...
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Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chief Of Staff
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My Written Report is a Short Biography of Colin
Luther Powell. He was born on May 5, 1937 in
Presbyterian Hospital. He was born, and grew up,
in the South Bronx, New York. There was a big
influence of drugs and gangs where Powell lived
but, he seemed to steer away from all of that
(source 1, page 23). Powells parents were
immigrants from Jamaica. His mothers name is Muad
Ariel Mckoy. In Jamaica the Mckoy family watched
over sugar plantations. She came to America with
her mother (Colin's grandmot...
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Viet Cong Machine Gun
3,574 words
Creative Writing: Instant Ill always remember
Instant. That was the nickname the men had tacked
onto the muscled giant that wielded the M 60 in my
unit. Instant was short for Instant Death. And Ill
always remember the first time I saw Instant in
action. I was a new Lieutenant assigned to
Vietnam. Back then, the Army didnt try to develop
any team spirit within the corps; men were rotated
frequently before any friendships developed.
Consequently, my men were a group of strangers
united only by the...
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Amount Of Time Cult Members
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A cult is a system of religious worship. These
groups can vary in size. One cult may have a
leader with a few followers, yet another may have
a complex chain of command. They may use secret
signals that cannot be understood by outsiders.
Most use signs that do not require speech, such as
their own version of sign language. This is to
keep outsiders from knowing what they are up to.
It actually works quite well, and is hard to
decode. Cults reject the term, and prefer to call
themselves new relig...
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Uncle Toms Cabin Anti Slavery Society
2,426 words
Famous People of the Civil War Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant served effectively with
Zachary Taylors army at Monterey during the
Mexican war. Right when the war began Grant
obtained a position on the staff of General George
McClellan. During the war he showed courage in
both physically and morally manners. In February
1862 Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
with help from the Federal navy. In October he was
appointed commander of the Department of
Tennessee, and told to take Vi...
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World War Ii University Of California
1,703 words
Harold Clayton Urey Papers Background Harold
Clayton Urey was a scientist of considerable scope
whose discovery of deuterium helped him win the
Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1934. Urey also made
fundamental contributions to the production of the
atomic bomb through his development of the isotope
separation processes for the Manhattan Project. In
the period following World War II, Urey played an
active part in advocating nuclear arms control, in
promoting space exploration and in the development
o...
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World War Ii Adolf Hitler
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Index of /members / papers /Psychology Indian land
rights Tribal Affiliations Index of /members /
papers /Psychology Indian land rights Tribal
Affiliations The injustices that happened long ago
are still not fixed and need to be, because they
are visible everyday through the hardships these
people face. Introduction Ever since Europeans
discovered America Native Americans began losing
their land progress If The United States Had
Entered Early Into World War II What if the United
States had enter...
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King Of England Back To England
2,626 words
For the English people, King Cnut's reign from
1017 to 1035 was much like the month of March, in
like a lion and out like a lamb. 1 Crowned in the
turmoil of war and conquest, Cnut quickly
established an era of peace and prosperity.
England became so secure that Cnut could
frequently leave the country to settle affairs
elsewhere in his empire. It was especially
important to a people weary from thirty years of
war that all of the fighting during his reign was
on foreign soil. By the time of his d...
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Ku Klux Klan Confederate Soldiers
2,571 words
Over the years many people have created groups to
support their beliefs. These groups allow people
with the same ideas to gather together and work
out plans to advance their ideas. All of the
groups that have been established have not
necessarily gained a positive image from the
public. One example is the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku
Klux Klan originated over one hundred years ago
and has gone through many eras and changes since
its beginning. Although many people know the Ku
Klux Klan exists, they do n...
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Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan
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Literature and Warfare of Great Britain Great
Britain was the home of many famous people during
the early part of the twentieth century. Many of
these famous people were associated with
literature. Great Britain was also the setting of
a few tragedies during that time period. One of
these tragic occurrences was World War I. Sir
Winston Churchill, World War I, and Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle helped shape the British landscape,
both figuratively and literally, during the early
years of the twentieth ce...
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Mahatma Gandhi Karamchand Gandhi
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The future generations will scarcely believe that
such a man in flesh and blood, had tread this
earth. Said Albert Einstein Mahatma Gandhi's real
name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born
in 1869 at Porbandar in the state of Gujarat in
INDIA. His fathers name was Karamchand Gandhi and
his mothers name was Putlibai. He was the youngest
in the family of one sister and three brothers.
His father belonged to the family of grocers but
himself was a minister in the court of a local
ruler. He wa...
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Russian Social Democratic Social Democratic Party
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Modern Russia and The Soviet Union: Stalin? s
character was the main reason for his rise to
power Stalin was born as Iosif Vissarionovich
Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879 in Gori,
Georgia. He grew up in a mountain town of about 5,
000 people. He was the third and only surviving
child of Vissarion Dzhugashvili and Catherine
Geladze. His father used to drink and beat him and
his mother; this made Stalin very cold hearted. A
friend commented on his behaviour, ? Those
undeserved and fearful beating...
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War With Britain Rest Of Europe
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N A P O L E O Name book, Napoleon by Felix
Markham, is a biography about Napoleon Bonaparte,
one of the greatest historical figures and legends
of all time. He was born on August 15, 1769 at
Ajaccio in Corsica, which is an island in the
Mediterranean Sea. In 1779, when Napoleon was nine
years old, he began his schooling in France. He
went to a church school at Brienne-le-Chataeu
because his father, Carlo, wanted him to gathered.
It had been noted that Napoleon had excelled at
math during his tim...
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