... their people. In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in thewestern plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided intoseven tribes: Oglala's, Brule', Minneconjou, Hunkpapa, No Bow,Two Kettle, and the Blackfoot. Of these tribes they had differentband. The Hunkpatila was one band of the Oglala's . One of the greatest war chiefs of all times came from thisband. His name was . was not given this name, on his birth date inthe fall of 1841. He was born of his father, anOglala holy man, and his mother a sister of a Brule' warrior,Spotted Tail. As the boy grew older his hair was wavy so his people gave him the nickname of Curly . He was togo by Cur ...
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... be great for Russia. At the beginning of the first Five Year Plan, Stalin set high goals for the industry, almost doubling the amount of production.Accordin to Joseph Stalin agricultural production can only be increased by eliminating the kulaks, the wealthy farmers, and create collective farms. Collective farms is when the land is split and many people work on them instead of just one owner.Stalin’s Five Year Plans created a huge drop in the number of livestock and wheat production also decreased. This created a famine of food in Russia, starving most of the people. Stalin killed many people for no reason, thinking that someone was always out to get him ...
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... boycott in Montgomery. It had been formed after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white passenger. Throughout the 381 days which the boycott lasted, he was arrested and jailed, repeatedly threatened, and his home was bombed. The boycott ended later that year when the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public transportation. This was his first victory and alone made Dr. King a highly respected leader. When he went to India in 1959, he studied Gandhi's principle of "Satyagraha" or nonviolent persuasion, which he planned to use for his social protests. In the following year he decided to move back to Atlanta to become copastor with his fat ...
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... and violinist" in a court orchestra in Weimar; soon after, he took the job of organist at a church in Arnstadt. Here, as in later posts, his perfectionist tendencies and high expectations of other musicians - for example, the church choir - rubbed his colleagues the wrong way, and he was embroiled in a number of hot disputes during his short tenure. In 1707, at the age of 22, Bach became fed up with the lousy musical standards of Arnstadt (and the working conditions) and moved on to another organist job, this time at the St. Blasius Church in Muhlhausen. The same year, he married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach. Again caught up in a running conflict between factions ...
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... with Diphtheria and almost died! He was an average student at his school, in the playground he realized that his amazing talent in sports made him stand made him stand out. More than once he came home with a pocket full of change or an extra lunch, because the kids bribed him into playing on their team. But his childhood wasn’t all-good, because all of his friendships ended after each game. Lucky for him he had four siblings to spend time with, who were all great athletes, including Willa Mae who was amazing at basketball. He also had some immigrant friends who called themselves "The Pepper Street Gang". Together they challenged white groups in sports fo ...
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... a master of the Wing Chun system of Kung-Fu. Lee Hoi Chuen, ’s father did not want Bruce to wander the streets, so he made him take Cha-Cha dancing. For four years Bruce was dancing and taking Kung-Fu lessons. “At the same time he entered the 1958 Boxing Championships and defeated the reigning three year champion, Gary Elms.”(1-2) Bruce was involved in many street fights because of his experience in boxing. His parents decided to have him move back to San Francisco. In 1959 Bruce returned to America and lived with an old friend of his fathers. Bruce worked on some odd jobs around the Chinese community. He lived there for two years then decided to move to Seat ...
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... However, he was unable to tell what his public wanted with regards to the Vietnam War, leading the public to feel that he was out of touch; this many feel ultimately cost him his presidency. When Lyndon Johnson entered office in 1963, he had an extraordinary position to fill; the young JFK seemed to have done no wrong, and the nation was still in shock from his untimely death. Johnson, like any good leader, used this opportunity to introduce social legislation in “the memory of Kennedy”, namely the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Kennedy had not been able to get passed. This was one instance in which LBJ was able to accurately read the emotions of the people, an ...
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... study of the vegetation would have revieled that the fruits, vegetables, and herbs present did not come close to resembling those found in India. The Indian region was well known for it's unique spices. These spices were not to be found in the Americas. Perhaps that mental error could be overlooked when studying Columbus' persona. Others may not be so easy. He got off his boats and started to explore. He encountered natives of these new lands. He figures since this is India, these must be Indians. These so called "Indians" were not Indians at all. They were Native Americans. People belonging to local tribes of Iroquois, Cheyenne, Aztec, and Mayans. They resembled ...
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... the American people" (Schnickel 39) . Disney was a true genius for innovation. He became one of the entertainment industry's most prominent and influential figures. "Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody." Replied Disney when a little boy asked him about his job. "I guess that is what I do." At the age of sixteen, Disney left school and briefly started studying at art schools in Chicago, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri. By that time he really knew what he wanted to do after he was done with school. In 1923, at the age of twenty two, Walter began to prod ...
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... and beat Stalin frequently. At the age of fourteen Stalin’s father died and Stalin was sent to a seminary to join the priesthood. He was later kicked out for revolutionary activity. After being expelled he joined the Russian Social Democrat Party. Stalin then organized a force to revolt against the Czar. Stalin was arrested six times from 1902 to 1913. Stalin frequently attended Bolshevik party secret meetings. At these meetings is where Stalin befriended Lenin and they each had high regard for each other. Because of this friendship Lenin had Stalin workon the Revolution of 1917. Stalin was responsible for the murder of many in the bloody October 1917 r ...
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