During World War I conscription put a lot of strife between the French and English of Canada, so during World War II for obvious reasons, William Lyon Mackenzie King tries to prevent conscription at all costs. ... From the strife conscription had put on French-English relations in Canada, it made sense for William Lyon Mackenzie King to try and prevent conscription during World War II at all costs. ... He kept pushing for this, while Mackenzie King was still opposed to conscription. ... To Mackenzie King's disappointment MacNaughton could not produce as many volunteers as hoped. So Ma...

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MACKENZIE KING The tenth prime minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King, loved luxury and comfort but most of all power, a fact reflected by him holding office longer than any other politician in the English-speaking world. (1) During the 21 years that he served as Prime Minister, Mackenzie faced many hard decisions. ... Not only did King focus on the unity of his country, but of the unity of North America as a whole. ... The conscription crises, which had caused uproar in Quebec during the First World War, was at the base of it all. ... (movie) Canada walked away from the war as...

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Now most of you know the story of King Midas and the Golden Touch? King Midas was a foolish and greedy man and said to be the richest in the world. ... Instead of sending him away, King Midas invited him to stay and enjoyed his hospitality. ... Without any thought, King Midas wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. ... He found that he couldn't eat or drink as all his food and wine tuned to gold. ...

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One case that seems to precedent the precepts of imperialistic conquest is King Leopold's journey to the Belgium Congo to stop the slave trades. As history soon would repeat itself the king used his army to coerce labor from Belgium's indigenous people to fuel his rubber fortune. ... King Leopold walked away with 1.2 billion from the rubber trade, making natural resources another driving mechanism in imperialism. ... Pseudo-scientists Francis Galton, Lyell, Knox, and Howinson all used biological sciences to justify the elimination of undesirable races. ... Lindqvist's "Extermina...

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At the young age of 15, she was married to Louis VII who was the King of France. ... One of her sons turned out to be King Richard I "the Lionheart". ... Eleanor was tired of his infidelities, the decisions he made, and most of all, having authority without power. ... Important royal regencies, who were women, rose when the king was away crusading. ... She became regent while her son, King Louis IX, engaged in the crusade. ...

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All of these people and things are examples of how the world dramatically changed just through each nations leaders and ideas. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of our countries most elite men before a racist white male gunned him down. Throughout his time Martin Luther King practiced the same theory as Gandhi, Non-Violent Resistance. ... If it weren't for the violent activists no one would have listened to King and his ideas to solve segregation and racism. ... All of these factors were because of people and there wrong decisions during this time. ...

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After they do this, all they want to do is go to war with them. ... One war that is well known is the American Revolution where the British and Rebel Americans fought over each other for the right of separation from England and the king. ... The rebellion fought for separ-ation toward the king of England. ...

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Always means at all times, all the time, constantly and continuously. ... For example at the beginning of the last century in America there were slaves who rebelled and have obtained equal rights, for example Martin Luther king, who didn't want to bend into what generations before him had lived, changed the event and prevented a repetition in history. Now in the western world all people have equal rights. ...

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America is a land made by many diverse faces all with the similar history of segregation and discrimination that cannot by forgotten. ... The stories of the English, African, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Japanese, and Jews are all intertwined in this book for a nonjudgmental view of the neglected truth. ... Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were two important African-American figures that were highly educated and fought for civil rights and liberties during the 1960's. ... Coming back to the Giddy Multitude, they represented all of the peoples who were not "the lovely whites." Soon after ...

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During World War 1, Vimy ridge was a defining moment for Canadians. Vimy ridge made Canada an independent nation. In February 1917, in France, both the British and the French had failed attempts to remove German troops from high grounds. During Vimy ridge Canadians had a lot of firsts. Such as, the ...

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He traces Churchill's personal development and political career and explores how a "politician who had a one time or another offended every party and faction became the embodiment of national unity, an uncrowned king whose charisma threatened to eclipse the monarchy. " (4) Addison develops the theme of "the epic struggle between Churchill and his critics " (1) over the years, declaring that "Churchill won two great victories in the Second World War. ... The second was a victory over the many sceptics who, for decades, had derided his judgement, denied his claims to greatness and excluded ...

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However after Germany invasion of Holland and Belgium Chamberlain resigned as Prime Minister and Churchill was asked by King George VI to step in and fill the position. ... Churchill was national commander in chief and also had direct control over all military action and the formulation of all policies. ...

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However after Germany invasion of Holland and Belgium Chamberlain resigned as Prime Minister and Churchill was asked by King George VI to step in and fill the position. ... Churchill was national commander in chief and also had direct control over all military action and the formulation of all policies. ...

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Throughout the 20th century many great leaders have emerged; from the evil Adolph Hitler to the motivational Martin Luther King JR. However it is my opinion, and the opinion of many others, that the most influential and successful leader of the last century was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The four ...

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Communists, perhaps above all other groups, were looked on with the most suspicion and were eventually the main target of the U.S. attack on these groups. ... The creation of the Soviet Union and its communist government led to a fear in the U.S. that communism could spread in America and the U.S. government would be overthrown just as the Russian government and its Tsar (the Russian King) had been replaced (Tsar Nicholas II was eventually murdered by the Communists along with his entire family). ... This was done all in the mane of protecting the country and preventing threats by the communis...

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Macbeth kind of expects to become king after hearing the three witches' prophecies and their predictions for Macbeth. ... He would make a good tragic hero because he worked for years to come so far, and then ends it all by killing himself and giving up. ...

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All sorts of events happened from the war to the great scientifically inventions that changed the world for ever, last year. ... While most of people just protested others tried to find a way how to do more damage to our streets and they all should be ashamed of it, because its tax payers money who will go on cleaning of all that. ... Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther...

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Appointed editor of the official socialist newspaper Avanti, he established himself as the most forceful of all labor leaders of Italian socialism (Smith). ... In October 1922 he was invited by the king to form a government. ... Mussolini attempted to control all parts of government; even going as far as to rewrite laws. All workers were hand picked by him and no one was allowed to practice journalism that did not possess a certificate of approval from the Fascist party. ... Their bodies were strung upside down the next day for all to see. ...

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Out of this came the first German empire, or, the first Reich, with a reigning king known as Kaiser Wilhelm I, and his powerful military chancellor Otto Von Bismarck. ... Here is where all elections are held and the overall representation of the 16 regions of Germany are conducted. ... The German Supreme Court is in charge of all judicial reviews, and anything in regards to the constitution. The Supreme Court counterpart is head of all criminal cases and civil law cases. ... There is a great abundance of efficiency within all aspects of their society, it appears. ...

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When Joe Louis began his career John Roxborough sponsored him, who was the king of illegal betting in Detroit's black ghettos. ... -2 As Louis kept fighting and wining all of his fights he become more popular. ... Sportswriters rarely talked about Louis and all the great nicknames had disappeared now he was seen as a beloved patriot. ... After fighting three fights wining all of them he retired for the first time. ...

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Nuclear Warfare: A Total Disaster "We have genuflected before the gods of science only to find that is has given us the atomic bomb, producing fear and anxieties that science can never mitigate" (Martin Luther King qtd. in The Columbia World of Quotations). ... When she climbed out of all the rubble, she noticed her neighbor standing there naked. ... The rapid growth and proliferation of nuclear weapons has all gotten started because of this message sent from North Korea: "Build a nuclear weapon, and not even a superpower can tell you what to do" (Koff 2 of 2). ...

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These were all from the result of the "roaring 20s"- a period of rapid growth and modernization in America... During the decade of the 20s, the automobile spurred 6 million people to new jobs and took over the railroad as king of transportation. ... Sexual mores, gender roles, hair styles, and dress all changed profoundly during the 1920s. ...

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Mazzini Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy; the first person that tried to unify all of Italy. 9. ... Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon used any means to make France stronger from becoming a true Machiavellian ruler to incorporating Romanticism into his Napoleonic code; Napoleon nearly conquered all of Europe. 12. ... King Charles V As the first monarch to reign alone, Charles is best known for his role in opposing the Protestant Reformation. 20. ...

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