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- 2241: Joseph Stalin
- ... some believed him, many people just would not accept that their great leader could be capable of those crimes. After Khrushchev’s overthrow in 1965, neo-Stalinists took over the government. Forcing an end to de-Stalinization and once again filling the people’s heads with propaganda that Stalin was "the father of the peoples". Though he was no longer a ... Stalin was either a bad leader or he was a good leader. In 1998, after the fall of communism in the now former Soviet Union there is no longer the government forcing what they want the people to believe. The people of the former Soviet Union can now freely decide whether they believe Stalin to be a wonderful leader or a ... describe how terrible Stalin’s rule was. The murders, the labor camps, the fear, it has to seem so unrealistic to any American, who has always lived under a democratic government. The heinous crimes committed by Stalin are so far away from anything anyone of that sits in Lawrence Highschool complaining about having to learn about Stalin and the rest ...
- 2242: Joseph Stalin
- ... Central Committee, a position that he held until the day of his death. Stalin also occupied other key positions, which enabled him to build up enormous personal power in the government. This is a key point in Stalin’s life where he was enormously confident about himself which led him to do things that were no acceptable in today’s standard ... year plan, Stalin launched a campaign for the "collectivization of agriculture,’’ where millions of peasants were recognized as part of the civilization. Between 1934 and 1938 he built up a government, and armed forces in which millions of people were imprisoned, exiled, or shot. In 1938 he signed a Non- Aggression Pact with Hitler which bought the Soviet Union two years ... to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West. By1950 Stalin’s mental and physical health had begun to deteriorate and he was absent from the Kremlin, the government headquarters in Moscow, for long periods of time. In January 1953 Stalin ordered the arrest of a group of Kremlin doctors on charges of plotting the medical murder of ...
- 2243: Heinrich Schliemann
- ... cost Ernst his job as the Lutheran minister of the hamlet of Ankershagen in 1832 ("Heinrich Schliemann: Heros and Mythos"). The church's authorities allowed him to keep his undeserved government pension, which he would use for nights of heavy drinking and lavish gifts for his lover (Burg 2-7). Though Schliemann wrote autobiographically that his first archaeological interests in the ... in Paris, and then returned to Athens to begin preparing for the upcoming dig at Hissarlik. When they arrived in Greece, however, they were disappointed to find that the Turkish government had not yet granted them permission to dig (Duchêne 49). Schliemann left his bride in Greece and illegally began digging two trenches at Hissarlik. There he uncovered coins, pottery, and ... one will find tombs within citadel walls, unless the man who destroyed Troy dug graves there under the cover of night" (qtd. in Duchêne 72-73). Under pressure, the Greek government had called off Schliemann's excavations (Burg 122). After two years of bickering and bargaining, Schliemann was able to secure a permit to excavate (Duchêne 73). Since the excavation ...
- 2244: Gandhi
- ... the Muslim League, and an independent India for the Congress. Mohunduras Gandhi was the striving force behind India to become an independent country. In 1945, a change in the British government occurred. The Labour Party took office in England having a clear majority over the other parties. This meant that dealing with India now could be a priority but it was ... are bound to continue our rule.' And in unofficial conversation, what they seemed to be saying was: ‘There will never be agreement so long as we can foresee. Full self-government cannot be expected for another twenty years or more. The present congress leaders are an impossible lot in any case. We don't believe they represent much except as trouble makers. It is far better for the millions of India that British rule should continue, for self-government could only bring conflict and inefficiency and mass starvation. So please stop your starry-eyed and foolish idealism about their capacity to govern themselves.'"(Alexander 126) In February 1946, ...
- 2245: Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin
- ... economist, became the most engaged lawyer for the thing of Zeppelins. Suddenly Zeppelin’s success curve moved steeply upward. The University of Dresden made Zeppelin Dr. of Ingenuity and the government put to it, a half million Mark. Zeppelin was lent the highest honor by the VDI. The government placed amounts to the building of his next ship at million heights to the order and wanted to purchase the finished airships. Additionally he received a personal remuneration for his ... donations had been received at a value of over 6 million Marks. With these people’s donations, the VDI, companies and private individuals, which was actually unusual took part. The government assured the purchase of Zeppelin’s two next ships to Zeppelin. Ferdinand Zeppelin could force his research further and for the first time, without financial needs. The largest problem, ...
- 2246: Chief Seattle
- ... portrayed as savages who spent most of their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white settlers just for fun. The media has lead us to believe that the American government was forced to take the land from these savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Indians forcing many Indian leaders to surrender not only their tribes but their nation in order to save the lives of their people ... hard to believe that just a decade earlier Chief Seattle and his people roamed freely hunting, digging clams, constructing bird weirs, picking berries, fishing, and building canoes. Even though the government was getting the best part of the treaty, they were not satisfied with progress. In 1871 the Indian Appropriation Bill was passed which stated "hereafter no Indian nation or ...
- 2247: Calvin Coolidge
- ... mood and certain needs of the country admirably. It suits all the business interests which wants to be let alone... And it suits all those who have become convinced that government in this country has become dangerously complicated and top heavy.." (Touchman 90). It is no wonder, that Coolidge was known as the "do-nothing" president. The road to the presidency ... legislation that was sound and well received by both Houses. In 1915 Coolidge ran for lieutenant governor. During his three years as lieutenant governor, Coolidge acquired more knowledge of the government, and in 1918 he was elected governor. Coolidge's time spent as governor is what made him a hero to the American people. As governor, Coolidge made and energetic and ... Agriculture and Commerce, regulation of radio broadcasting, development of waterways, flood control, and the encouragement of cooperative solutions to farming problems (Touchman 178). Coolidge also endorsed Jeffersonian ideas of minimal government. His do-as-little-as-possible policy fit the style of the times in which America was presiding. Coolidge was also pro-business as he was noted for saying, " ...
- 2248: Benito Mussolini
- ... and bring to an end to parliamentary democracy, which they most wanted to. When the Fascists marched on Rome in 1922, King Victor Emmanuel III decided to hand over the government to them. Mussolini was selected Prime Minister. For three years he was head of a coalition government, but in 1925 he took the powers of government into his own hands. He forbade all political opposition and all criticism in the press, and Mussolini ruled Italy as dictator. In the early years of his rule Mussolini ...
- 2249: Antoine Lavoisier
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (lah vwah ZYAY) was one of the best-known French scientists and was an important government official. His theories of combustion, his development of a way to classify the elements and the first modern textbook of chemistry led to his being known as the father of ... systematically. His list included many compounds, which were thought to be elements at the time. Lavoisier worked out reactions in chemical equations that respect the conservation of mass. As a government official, Lavoisier was successful in creating agricultural reform, serving as a tax collection official, and overseeing the government's manufacture of gunpowder. On 1775 he was made commissioner of gunpowder. He was asked to improve the quality of French gunpowder. This boosted his career. Politically, Lavoisier was ...
- 2250: Andrew Jackson
- ... and was often called upon by the community to read the Philadelphia Newspaper. (3) Andrew Jackson held many military and other job positions while working his way up through the government chain. As in Encarta Encyclopedia, he started off by studying under Spruce Macay who was a lawyer in Salisbury, North Carolina. He started his own practice in 1787. He then ... the Cherokees were one of the most feared southern tribes. They resisted the governments’ efforts to remove them from Georgia, to lands west of the Missouri River by petitioning the government. They had established a constitution in 1827 that would make them a republic that was part of Georgia, but it was refused because it was ruled in Cherokee Nation v ... Britannica Encyclopedia, tariffs were a large source of federal income. Jackson wanted to distribute the money between the states so sectional animosities would be lessened. It would also restrict federal government spending. Vice President Calhoun disapproved of this idea, though not openly. He felt the tariffs should be lowered and kept in the federal system. Congress did pass lower tariffs ...
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