successful and educated. Nelson Mandela is one of the world ’s most significant statesmen‚ who led the struggle to get back apartheid of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy (mostly Africans). Nelson Mandela should be inducted into the hall of fame because he ended apartheid‚ led the African National Congress‚ and became the first Black President of South Africa. Nelson Mandela put his own life in risk or other Africans and went to jail to help end Apartheid. Apartheid is a policy or system of segregation
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How Did The Second World War Change Canada? The act of warfare has never been and will most likely never be celebrated and perceived as a beneficial act for humanity. In most instances throughout history‚ the act of war has represented loss of life‚ a loss to great for any wartime triumph to overcome. Despite the negative connotations that warfare implies‚ a nation which goes through a major war can often emerge positively transformed. The Second World War represents a colossal juncture in Canada’s
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Did slavery end with the 13th amendment? The 13th amendment abolished slavery in 1864‚ but that does not mean it’s gone for good. Modern day slavery happens right in Front of our eyes without us knowing. One way of modern day slavery is human sex trafficking. In the film “48 Hours-Live to Tell; Trafficked” a young girl named Alyssa was a victim of this type of modern day slavery. Alyssa ran away from home without knowing the streets or the
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Historians have heavily debated the causes of the First World War. Fritz Fischer‚ author of Germany’s Aims in the First World War‚ wrote that Germany was undeniably responsible for the war. Fischer argues that Germany took advantage of the Austro-Serbian conflict in order to stage a preventive war‚ and pull herself out of European isolation. His research showed that Germany had similar aims in both WWI and WWII‚ setting out to consciously to become a world power. He argued Germany’s aim to gain large
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The thought of World War 1 began with the ambitions of the Balkans in 1870. The Balkan states (Serbia‚ Romania‚ and Bulgaria) were controlled under the Ottoman Empire. A movement started in 1878 including Russia and the three Balkan States. They wanted to gain their independance and also reunite the Balkan Slav countries back under one rule. Russia agreed to help the balkan states for two reasons. One‚ they wanted to support and free the slavs from the Ottoman Empire and two‚ if they helped the Balkan
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Background: The First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842 The First Anglo-Afghan War is widely considered the worst military defeat in British Imperial history. Also known as Auckland’s Folly‚ it was a contest between the British East India Company and the tribes of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. Approximately 4‚500 British and Indian Sepoy soldiers‚ and 12‚000 camp followers died in the ruinous retreat from Kabul through the Gandamak Pass to Jalalabad. Famously (if exaggeratedly) only one British survivor
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Why did World War 2 start? People think it was because of Hitler killing all of the Jews. But that is not the whole story. There are many other reasons why. The causes of World War 2 were the Treaty of Versailles‚ Hitler’s childhood and beliefs‚ and the failure of appeasement. One of the causes of World War 2 was the Treaty of Versailles. Germany lost their land as part of the settlement of World War One. Adolf Hitler believed he was supposed to be the ruler of the world and wanted to reclaim
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Turner and John Brown were justified in their actions to end slavery‚ but they went too far with their actions. Nat Turner and John Brown had the right idea to end slavery because of it being cruel and unjust‚ but their actions to do it were disagreeable. All they did was show the people reasons and why to make it harder on the slaves with stricter rules instead of ending slavery. Nat Turner and John Brown were justified in their actions to end slavery‚ but they went too far. John Brown‚ a radical
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their hard work. Although woman couldn’t make big decisions in earlier times‚ many of them helped change the world and everybody’s perspective on the female gender. Queen Cleopatra VII helped change the view on woman in certain ways and proved to her people that she can rule Egypt as well as a male could have done it. And because these women had their minds set to prove everybody wrong‚ the world now has equality with men and women. Cleopatra VII‚ who is now known as Queen Cleopatra of Egypt‚ was born
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Why did Germany lose World War One? World War One was a war between several countries in Europe. It is called a world war because it was the first war which affected so many countries all over the world. It took place from July 1914 to November 1918. The war was mainly fought between two alliances‚ the Triple Entente (Britain‚ France and Russia) and the Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). The main reasons why Germany lost the war were: the German Army asking to end the war; The
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