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    Here are twenty things that you can do to change people’s lives‚ yourself‚ and the world. These are in no particular order. 1 – Adopt – Adopting someone is one of the greatest things you can do. You’ll change your life and someone else’s. Adopt a baby‚ a child‚ or a teen. By being adopted they’ll always know that there is truly kind people in the world and they’ll pay it back to society. 2 – Just Be Nice – This is something EVERYONE can do‚ you don’t need any money or any talent. Hold the door

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    Cornelius Vanderbilt was well known for how he reached the top from how low he started at. His parents worked real hard to earn money. His dad worked as ferrying cargo and passengers between Staten Island and Manhattan. At the age of 11 Cornelius quit school to work with his dad doing ferrying cargo and passengers between Staten Island and Manhattan. The beginning of his business started off in 1817 when he saw potential in a new technology so he partnered with Thomas Gibbons in a steamship business

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    is‚ and what he did to change the world for the people? If you don’t‚ then let me start all from the beginning. A boy named Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809‚ in Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. At the age of seven‚ his family moved to Indiana‚ and he grew up on the edge of a frontier. He had very little education‚ but he read a great deal and self-taught himself when he wasn’t working on his father’s farm. Let me introduce his family‚ Nancy and Thomas were Abraham parents and he had two siblings

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    People always say that Thomas Alva Edison was a genius. He answered‚ ‘genius is hard work‚ stick-to-it-iveness and common sense’. Thomas Edison was an inventor that created such innovation as the electric light bulb and phonograph. He was born on 11 February 1874 in Milan‚ Ohio and the youngest in his family. Thomas’s father was an exiled political activist from Canada and mother wan an accomplished school teacher. His mother was the major influence in Thomas’s life as well. Thomas had hearing difficulties

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    The Second World War changed the history of the world forever.  Super powers emerged and other countries crumbled.  Economies changed and new ways of life were becoming present.  The United States emerged from the war as a world leader in government‚ economy and industry.  Most credit is deservingly given to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the success and victory for the United States in the war.  But in April of 1945‚ Roosevelt’s term came to an end with his unexpected death‚ and the weight

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    everyone in the world. Tensions continued to rise in Europe until everything exploded. World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Serbia. After Austria-Hungary decided Serbia was responsible for the assassination rather than the Black Hand members‚ other countries began to get involved‚ and eventually the Great War began. This was supposed to be a short war‚ however it lasted longer than most countries thought it would‚ and it changed the world forever.

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    lifetime as a president‚ he change the world a lot. His father‚ John Adams Sr.‚ was a councilman(1). However John’s mother‚Susanna Adams was a Boylston of Brookline of descendant(1). John is the oldest child. His father hired someone to help John with his school work (3). In high school‚he study religion and math. He went to Harvard College at age fifteen. After he was done with college‚ John became a teacher for along time and also studied law. John was a leader to everyone In 1755‚he started his law career

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    World war one was one of the major wars that changed the world forever. World war one started in 1914‚ after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The participants were Russia‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Allied powers‚ Britain‚ Japan‚ Romania‚ Italy‚ France‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Bulgaria.1 Australia’s involvement in ww1 began with Britain and Germany went to war on August‚ 4‚1914.2 On August‚4‚1914‚ German troops crossed the border into Belgium. In the first battle of ww1‚ the Germans attacked

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    one man‚ Thomas Edison‚ we can have all of these luxuries‚ and many‚ many more. Thomas Edison lived from‚ 1847 to 1931‚ and in those years‚ he forever changed the world. Edison was quoted saying‚ “My desire‚ is to do everything within my power to further free the people from drudgery‚ and create the largest possible measure of happiness‚ and prosperity” (Edison qtd. In Venable 9). Edison created the lightbulb‚ the phonograph‚ the motion picture‚ and countless other modern commodities (Edison qtd. in

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    of poverty changed the world. It’s true. The uprising of communism and states of war to become equal never came without a price. War was what the people thought would solve everything. But it only made more disagreements. More deaths and despair to grow throughout the countries‚ and the situations to become more difficult. World War I only started because of the unfairness of others. The need to be the one of almighty power. This power consumed the mind and took over the world. And if you look at the

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