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- 571: Crazy Horse
- ... land from these savage Indians. But we need to put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Oglala. In turn, forcing Crazy Horse, the great war chief, and many other leaders to surrender their nation in order to save the lives of their own people. In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in the western plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided into seven tribes: Oglala s, Brule , Minneconjou, Hunkpapa, No Bow, Two Kettle, and the Blackfoot. Of these seven tribes each had different bands. Crazy Horse, one of the greatest war chiefs of all times, came from the Hunkpatila. The Hunkpatila was a band of the Oglala s (Guttmacher 12). Crazy Horse was not given this name, on his birth date in the fall of 1841 ... Conquering Bears camp, he was given another offer. This time they could choose five ponies from five herds among the tribes. Grattan refused and began to open fire (Guttmacher 14-19). This outrageous act of war was not called for. The Mormons would have surely been satisfied with the ponies or the money the ponies would have bought. The government just did not want to keep the Indian-White relationship ...
- 572: George Meade
- ... George Meade had many accomplishments during wartime. First of all, he defeated General Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Why would not General Meade crush General Lee at this battle and end the war there? Facts say that heavy fog and rain forced Meade to stop. Likewise, on June 1, !863 a surprise encounter forced his troops into the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest battle on American soil. This ... Lee's army needed shoes. The two forces met here on accident and fought to a victory for the North. Lee acknowledged his defeat and retreated to Virginia. Not only did Meade serve in the Civil War, but also served in the Mexican War. He served in the battles of Palo Alto, Monterey, and Veracruz. During these he served under General Zachory Taylor. To sum up, General George Meade accomplished many ...
- 573: Violence Between Blacks and Whites
- ... country judges on the basis of gender, sexual preference and race. Enduring political and social prejudices about blacks in particular, created the environment in which this epidemic flourished. To date, the animosity has survived a civil war, lynchings, riots and countless protests. Events such as the brutal murder of …… make many wonder if this long violent history will ever stop. Violence between the blacks and whites is built on two basic principles ... government ignored and suppressed the black community's need for assistance. This avoidance made white supremacists fell justified in their actions. By looking the other way the American government silently condoned racial violence. After the Civil War, many abloitionsists believed that racial relations would imporve. Optimism amongst the aboltionists quickly gave way to traditional segregist beliefs. Despite the end of the war on the battlefield, the war at home witihin ...
- 574: US Intervention In Haiti
- ... and they were willing to sacrifice long term interests in the pursuit of these goals. The US would be far better served by a democratic, stable and prosperous Haiti than one that is mired in civil unrest and abject poverty. This was not the first time the US had attempted to impress its will upon the tiny nation and undoubtably it will not be the last. The US called in international ... the class structure are at the roots of the current crisis in Haiti. In August, 1791, the slaves of the French colony of Saint-Domingue revolted against their enslavers and after twelve bloody years of war they created the world's first black republic. This was the only successful slave insurrection in history.(3) The new Haitian elites, composed primarily of the grown children of mixed marriages between French plantation owners ... a mere class colony of the urban elites. It took almost sixty years for the US to recognize the new country of Haiti and only then because the North required cotton to help support their war against the South (1862 US Civil War), and of course the Southern slave owners ceased to have a say in the White House and Congress. Haiti was also important to the US as a ...
- 575: 1984
- ... He served the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927. In sick health, he returned to Europe to live in poverty as a struggling writer. Orwell joined the Republican forces in the Spanish civil war, and wrote a chilling account of this experience. He went on to write many books, mostly autobiographical, and achieved successes as a brilliant writer. 2. Synopsis The novel takes place in a theoretical and fictional dystopian totalitarian society. The story begins in London on April 4, 1984 after an atomic world war divides the world into three states. London is the capital of Oceania which is run by INGSOC(English Socialism). The controllers are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner ...
- 576: Oliver Cromwell
- ... family who gave contributions to parliament. After forty-years of being an outspoken politician, he was chosen by his peers to represent Cambridge in the Long Parliament. During this time England was in turmoil with Civil War. In Ireland, just one year after joining Parliament, the rebellion of 1641 broke out against Protestant and English settlers. With England fighting amongst themselves they had no time to remedy the problems in Ireland. Cromwell raised a Calvary regiment, called the "Iron Sides". After being a critical factor in many battles during the civil war he was appointed Lieutenant. General . In 1645 he took part in the battle of Naseby, the decisive battle in the Civil War. In 1648 he came to the conclusion that Charles I should ...
- 577: George Meade
- ... George Meade had many accomplishments during wartime. First of all, he defeated General Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Why would not General Meade crush General Lee at this battle and end the war there? Facts say that heavy fog and rain forced Meade to stop. Likewise, on June 1, !863 a surprise encounter forced his troops into the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest battle on American soil. This ... Lee's army needed shoes. The two forces met here on accident and fought to a victory for the North. Lee acknowledged his defeat and retreated to Virginia. Not only did Meade serve in the Civil War, but also served in the Mexican War. He served in the battles of Palo Alto, Monterey, and Veracruz. During these he served under General Zachory Taylor. To sum up, General George Meade accomplished many ...
- 578: Harriet Tubman 3
- ... freeing slaves from the South. Nineteen more attempts would be performed during the time she worked in the Underground Railroad of the 1850's. Her pursuit of abolitionism would continue with her efforts in the Civil War as a nurse and scout. Harriet's work in the Underground Railroad and as a scout for the North in the Civil War made her a hero against slavery. Araminta Ross was either born in 1820 or 1821 on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Records were not kept of slave births so her birthdate is ...
- 579: Russia and US International Relations
- ... that moment, the Soviet Union's fifteen members became a commonwealth of separate nations; each filled with self-determination to succeed with their newfound autonomy. The dissolve of the Soviet Union effectively ended the cold war and gave the United States the victory, but new problems arose from both Russia and the non-Russian republics. At the same time the United States was thrust from a bipolar international system, into what seemed to be a unipolar one, the new Soviet Republics were thrust into a nightmare of economic breakdown, rampant crime, and even civil war. As Kenneth Waltz says, "In international politics, overwhelming power repels and leads other states to balance against it." With this quote and the distress of the Soviet Republics in mind, the new hegemony that ...
- 580: Pablo Picasso
- ... the general rhythm and construction of the picture will oblige me to show that roundness as a square." Just when Picasso's Cubism started to be recognized for its colour and imagination, the outbreak of war in 1914 arrived and caused a climate unfavourable for his work. The war also caused his separation from his friends. In 1917, a young writer, Jean Cocteau, persuaded Picasso to leave Paris and travel to Rome, after the sudden death of Marcelle Humbert. Following a phase of depression ... collage for the first cover of "Minotaur" (1933). In 1935, Picasso divorced Olga Koklova and shortly after (1936) he began to live with a beautiful Yugoslav named Dora Maar. In that same year, a Spanish Civil war broke out which led to the destruction of a small town called Guernica. This inspired him to create the 11 by 25 foot masterpiece which he named "Guernica". This large mural was, without ...
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