president under Dwight Eisenhower. He decided to run for President for the first time in 1960. Although he was not successful against JFK‚ he was not discouraged and tried again in 1968. He carried the majority vote‚ winning the election in ‘68. He upheld his values of tradition‚ peace‚ and economic stability‚ which appealed to American voters. Continuing these same ideals in his campaign in 1972‚ he won by a landslide‚ theoretically gaining him another 4 years. During his administration‚ Nixon had many
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How did Napoleon come to power in France‚1796-1804? • Napoleon was born in 1769‚ 20 years before the revolution. He came from Corsica. Napoleon was sent to Brienne 1799-84. Artilerry officer at the age f 16. Ambitious young man. He supported the revolution. He battled against Austrians it had won him a great reputation as a military leader. Personal confidence‚ ambition and scornful attitude. • Napoleon`s brother would be elected President of the Council of 500 in 1799. This placed Napoleon in
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World War II. Adolf Hitler censored everything coming through Germany. The Newspaper Cinemas radio and all forms of media depicted What Adolf Hitler wanted the people to hear and see. His use of propaganda played an important role in what The people of Germany heard through the media. the messages he passed on through media held his beliefs and goals. Adolf Hitler became interested in the way propaganda molded the public thoughts and believe after war war one. He set up the Reich Chamber
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Darwin born? What were his parents named and how many siblings did he have? He had been born in Shrewsbury‚ Shropshire England on February 12‚1809. 2. Briefly describe Darwin’s schooling and why he did not become a doctor like his father wanted. Charles Darwin couldn’t stand to look at the sight blood at his University in Edinburgh so since he couldn’t handle seeing blood he started had to study something so he studied natural history and his Father was not happy. 3. How did Darwin get selected to
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Jefferson and His Slaves Thomas Jefferson our President‚ put in the Constitution that "all men are created equal." Before‚ while‚ and after he wrote this‚ he owned more than 400 slaves. He said he wanted slavery to be abolished‚ but he has put no action into his words. He believes slavery is the biggest threat to the new America‚ and that slavery contradicts the laws of nature. Receiving 175 slaves from his inheritance‚ Jefferson has only freed seven of his slaves. Although he has bought
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Did you know that six million jews were killed during the holocaust. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany‚ He would kill people if he thought they weren’t as good as the Nazis. During the Holocaust‚ millions Jews were killed because of the Germans hatred for them. Adolf Hitler created concentration camps to put Jews under harsh conditions so they could die. Hitler was a man who at any time possible would discriminate Jews. Any Jew‚ he would find that to be in hiding‚ he would send them to concentration
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How did Hitler and Mussolini gain and maintain power? Hitler and Mussolini both came in to power in the early days when their countries‚ Germany and Italy were facing problems after the Great War. Even then‚ both Hitler and Mussolini successfully gain and maintain power and control the country. In order to gain full control of the country they had to remove or eliminate their political rivals. Hitler used excuses to blame and imprison his political rivals. One good example would be when he
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information is shared pertaining to not only to his own life‚ but to the society and culture of Ancient Greece as well. He was born around 460-455 BC and through his life he wrote one of the most in depth recordings of the Peloponnesian War entitled‚ History of the Peloponnesian War. Not only did Thucydides live within the wartime period‚ he also fought in this war as well as a military general. The efforts that Thucydides contributed during his life‚ make his works‚ even now so important in order to understand
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ironic due to the fact that Gatsby made his wealth through bootleg businesses and never was approved by the traditional upper class. As a result‚ he never truly achieve his ultimate dream because of social corruption. First of all‚ Tom who represent the “old money” never approved Gatsby’s wealth by saying “who is this Gatsby anyhow?” and his accusation of Gatsby did not made his money through a legitimate way.(Fitzgerald 107) Other upper class elite also did not approve Gatsby because they don’t truly
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well-known figure in Europe and his works are being read and seen by everyone. He is a source of inspiration‚ so of course‚ you would want to use his work as an inspiration for your own artwork. Like you‚ many other artists used Shakespeare and his works as inspiration for their own works of art(paintings‚ sculptures‚ etc.). As you can see‚ Shakespeare’s works influenced visual arts created by artists in Europe during the 1600’s to 1900’s. Shakespeare is known for his well written plays and poems filled
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