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League of German Girls

2007-10-02T13:57:38Z

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The '''League of German Girls''' (Bund Deutscher Mädel in German) was the girl’s branch of the overall [[German National Socialist]] youth movement in the Third Reich of the [[Hitler Youth]]. This program was broken down into three parts: young females between ages ten and fourteen years would belong to the Young Girl's League, teenage girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen became members of the League of German Girls, young women between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one were members of Belief and Beauty. This last group prepared young women for marriage to a member of the Nazi Party or SS.

The idea of a political party which embraces all activities of the individual from the cradle to the grave, which claims to guide the individuals views on everything, was first put into practice by the [[socialist]]s. It was not the [[fascist]]s but the socialists who began to collect children at the tenderest age into political organization to direct their thinking. It was not the fascists but the socialists who first thought of organizing sports and games, football and hiking, in party clubs where the members would not be infected by other
views. <ref>[http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication43pdf?.pdf ''Road to Serfdom'',] Friedrich A. Hayek, Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 35 - 36.</ref>

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[[Category:German History]]

Franks

2007-09-14T21:36:13Z

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The '''Franks''' were a [[Germanic]] people group who, starting from the 4th century AD, settled in the present-day [[Belgium]] and [[Netherlands]], then still part of the [[Roman Empire]], as [[feoderati]]. They eventually conquered all of present-day [[France]], [[Benelux]], and parts of West [[Germany]]. Among their most important kings was [[Clovis|Clovis I]], who conquered Gaul and converted to [[Catholicism]], and [[Charlemagne]].

[[Category:European History]]

Franks

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Edict of Nantes

2007-02-19T16:42:53Z

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(1598) Edict issued by Henry IV of France to allow French Calvinists rights in France, which was a Catholic nation at the time. It was revoked in 1685 by Louis XIV.

Shunzhi

2007-02-15T16:19:08Z

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Shinzhi was the first Emperor of China's Qing dynasty.

Oliver Cromwell

2007-02-14T20:56:09Z

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Oliver Cromwell lived from April 25, 1599 to September 3, 1658. He was and english soldier and statesman who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars. His title was Lord Protector. To this day Cromwell is loved by many in England, but hated by others. The Irish, which suffered from his brutality in Ireland, vilify Cromwell. Royalists, or those who love the English monarchy, also hated Cromwell and even dug up his corpse to behead him once the monarchy regained power. The anger against Cromwell was so great that his severed head was displayed outside Westminster Abbey for over 20 years, from 1661 to 1685, and the remainder of his corpse thrown into a disgraceful pit.

Cavalier

2007-02-06T14:17:02Z

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The Cavaliers were royalists or Supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War.

Dutch Empire

2007-02-02T15:54:49Z

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The Dutch Empire in the 1600's was based on a world wide trade. They established the Dutch East India Company which sailed around Africa to the "East Indies.” This trade route included a trading post at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The Dutch East India Company maintained a large army and a powerful fleet of ships which helped them drive the English and Portuguese out of the Indies.

They also had the Dutch West India Company which sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. They were the only Europeans to be permitted to trade with the Japanese. Before their decline they had the best fleet of ships.

Dutch Empire

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Robotics

2007-01-18T17:10:51Z

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Robotics is the technology associated with the designing, and operation of robots.

Bell Act

2007-01-18T17:00:40Z

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Bell Act was an act passed by the United States Congress in 1946. It dealt with the conditions for the independence of the Philippines from the United States. It was approved by Philippine Legislature on July 2 two days before their independence from the United States.

Clement Atlee

2007-01-18T16:44:12Z

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Clement Richard Attlee ( 1883-1967) was the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister from 1945-1951. He was the first member of the Labour party to serev a ful term in Parliment as Prime Minister. Atlee started the postwar consensus for a more comprehensive welfare state, government control of major industries and public utillies, and the creation of National Health Service. He over saw decolonization of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.

Democratization

2007-01-18T15:16:44Z

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Democratization means to make something democratic.

Bell Act

2007-01-18T14:43:34Z

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Bell Act was an act passed by the United States Congress in 1946 about the conditions of governing the Philippines by the United States. The Philippine legislature agreed to the Bell Act on July 2.

Sinai Peninsula

2007-01-18T14:02:30Z

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The Sinai Peninsula is the small piece of land between Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula surrounded by the Red sea and the Mediterranean sea.

Treaty of Versailles

2007-01-18T13:43:45Z

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The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, it was the treaty that ended World War I. One of the things that treaty agreed on was that Germany would return all land gained in from fighting and take full responsibility for the war which helped start World War II.

Der Fuhrer

2007-01-18T13:23:31Z

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Der Fuhrer was the name that Adolf Hitler used for ruler when he became the ruler of Germany.

Vicente Fox

2007-01-18T13:21:03Z

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Vicente Fox Quesada was the President of Mexico from 2000-2006. He was the first president not elected from the Institutional Revolutionary Party since Francisco Madero in 1911.

Robotics

2007-01-18T13:19:27Z

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Robotics is the technology associated with the designing, making and operating of robots.

1975 Helsinki Accords

2007-01-18T13:17:35Z

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The Helsonki Accords occurred when thirty-five representatives from thirty-five European nations met in Helsinki, Finland, in 1975 to discuses the security and cooperation in Europe. The final act of the conference is known as the Helsinki Accords.

Kristallnacht

2007-01-18T13:16:44Z

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On the 9th of November 1938, the Nazis organized a series of mobs against Jews in Germany. Thousands of synagogues, Jewish businesses, and homes were destroyed and burned. Tens of thousands of Jews were sent to concentration camps. This event came to be called Kristallnacht or the "Night of the Broken Glass.”

Munich Accords

2007-01-18T13:14:25Z

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The Munich Conference was in 1938 when Russia, Germany, Britain, France, and Italy met to decide how to cope with Germany’s aggression in Czechoslovakia. The United Nations decided to enforce a treaty with Germany where they would allow Germany to eliminate the boundaries of the Versailles Treaty. It was also agreed that the government of Poland would be protected and a boundary was set over which Germany would not be allowed to cross without risking full scale war.

Sharpeville Massacre

2007-01-18T13:13:34Z

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On March 21, 1960, the Sharpeville massacre began when South African police fired on a group of protesters killing 69 people and wounding 180. The massacre occurred in the township of Sharpeville in, what is now the Gauteng province.

Human cloning

2007-01-15T23:41:43Z

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Human cloning is the copying of a human using the DNA in the cells of the donor. People have tried to
clone embryos, but the cloned child has not survived past birth. There are some moral and social issues with this that have yet to be addressed.

Human cloning

2007-01-15T23:39:58Z

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Human cloning

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1991 Persian Gulf War

2007-01-04T15:22:02Z

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The Gulf War was started when Iraq, under Saddam Hussein's leadership, invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. The United Nations commanded Saddam to leave Kuwait but he rejected the idea. After much planing an international force led by the U.S. forced Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait on 28 February 1991.

The Wizard of Oz

2007-01-04T14:12:46Z

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The Wizard of Oz was one of the first color movies ever released. It was based off of L. Frank Baum’s book ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', and came out in 1939. In 2009 it will be the 70th anniversary of the movie.

League of German Girls

2007-01-04T12:49:06Z

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The League of German Girls (Bund Deutscher Mädel in German) was the girl’s branch of the overall German youth movement in the Third Reich of the [[Hitler Youth]]. This program was broken down into three parts: young females between ages ten and fourteen years would belong to the Young Girl's League, teenage girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen became members of the league of German Girls, young women between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one were members of Belief and Beauty. This last group prepared young women for marriage to a member of the Nazi Party or SS.

New York stock exchange

2007-01-03T17:52:03Z

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The New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest place to buy, sell and exchange stocks. It originated with the Buttonwood Agreement when in 1792 a group of speculators gathered under a buttonwood tree in what is now known as Wall Street in lower Manhattan, NYC. They met to create rules on how the speculative market would work. The result was a brief document consisting of two sentences is was called the Buttonwood Agreement. Their first official meeting place was the Tontine Coffee House on Wall Street 1793. In 1817, they became known as the New York Stock & Exchange Board. It was changed to the New York Stock Exchange in 1863.

Hitler Youth

2007-01-02T20:22:51Z

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The Hitler Youth organization was founded by Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, in 1933. It was designed to train young men to be come Nazis. There was also another organization called the League of German Girls which trained young women in domestic duties and motherhood.

Homeland

2006-12-28T23:43:08Z

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A homeland is the native land from which an emigrant comes.

Red Cross

2006-12-28T23:31:41Z

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The Red Cross is an organization that helps wounded and imprisoned soldiers in wartime,
and during peacetime collects medical supples and trains nurses. The organizaton was proposes by Jean-Henri Dunant, a Swiss-businessman, who was deeply affected by the suffering and hardship of the wounded soldiers in the Italian war for independence. In 1862, he proposed a worldwide group of volunteers be formed to help the wounded and imprisoned in wartime. In 1863, he suggested a gathering of world nations to develop such an institute. In 1864, the Swiss government held a conference with representatives of many nations who drafted the first Geneva Convention. This convention brought the Red Cross movement into existence. The organizations symbol is a red cross on a white background.

Red Cross

2006-12-28T22:57:49Z

Courtney:

The Red Cross is an organization that helps wounded and imprisoned soldiers in wartime,
and during peacetime collects medical supples and trains nurses. The organization was proposes by Jean-Henri Dunant, a Swiss-business, who was deeply effected by the suffering and hardship of the wounded soldiers in the Italian war for independence. In 1862, he proposed an international association of volunteers to help the wounded and imprisoned in wartime. In 1863, he suggested an international convention to develop such an institute. In 1864, the Swiss government held a conference of international representatives who drafted the first Geneva Convention. This convention brought the Red Cross movement into existence. The organizations symbol is a red cross on a white background.

Red Cross

2006-12-28T22:57:25Z

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Red Cross

2006-12-28T22:56:54Z

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Red Cross

2006-12-28T22:56:15Z

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Red Cross

2006-12-28T22:55:57Z

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The Red Cross is an organization that helps wounded and imprisoned soldiers in wartime,and during peacetime collects medical supples and trains nurses. The organization was proposes by Jean-Henri Dunant, a Swiss-business, who was deeply effected by the suffering and hardship of the wounded soldiers in the Italian war for independence. In 1862, he proposed an international association of volunteers to help the wounded and imprisoned in wartime. In 1863, he suggested an international convention to develop such an institute. In 1864, the Swiss government held a conference of international representatives who drafted the first Geneva Convention. This convention brought the Red Cross movement into existence. The organizations symbol is a red cross on a white background.

Red Cross

2006-12-28T22:55:45Z

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Red Cross

2006-12-28T22:55:17Z

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The Red Cross is an organization that helps wounded and imprisoned soldiers in wartime, and during peacetime collects medical supples and trains nurses. The organization was proposes by Jean-Henri Dunant, a Swiss-business, who was deeply effected by the suffering and hardship of the wounded soldiers in the Italian war for independence. In 1862, he proposed an international association of volunteers to help the wounded and imprisoned in wartime. In 1863, he suggested an international convention to develop such an institute. In 1864, the Swiss government held a conference of international representatives who drafted the first Geneva Convention. This convention brought the Red Cross movement into existence. The organizations symbol is a red cross on a white background.

Nazi Party

2006-12-28T22:17:52Z

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Nazis is an acronym for the National Socialist German Workers’ party . The group was formed when Hitler came into power by promising that there would be more jobs, Germany would be a better place and poverty would end. His power was increased when his followers used intimidation and violence to win a majority in the German Parliament. Once in power the Nazis became anti-Semitic (hating Jews) blaming the Jews for the trouble in Germany. They made laws against Jews and they required Jews to wear a Star of David on their clothing. The Jews were mistreated, persecuted and killed by the Nazis.

Adolf Hitler

2006-12-20T16:45:49Z

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Adolf Hitler was a very brutal dictator of Germany with the dream of taking over the world. He sent millions of Jews to "concentration camps" where they were killed. Gypsies (thousands of them), Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and political opponents of the Nazis were also killed in the camps.

Adolf Hitler was a great orator who made the people of Germany believe that he could lead them out of their economic problems. He also inspired a strong scene nationalism that went too far.

[[Image:Adolf_hitler.gif|thumb|left|200px|Adolf Hitler]]

Adolf Hitler

2006-12-20T16:45:01Z

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Adolf Hitler was a very brutal dictator of Germany with the dream of taking over the world. He sent millions of Jews to "concentration camps" where they were killed. Gypsies (thousands of them), Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and political opponents of the Nazis were also killed in the camps.

Adolf Hitler was a great orator who made the people of Germany believe that he could lead them out of their economic problems. He also inspired a strong scence nationalism that went too far.

[[Image:Adolf_hitler.gif|thumb|left|200px|Adolf Hitler]]

Americas

2006-12-20T16:35:12Z

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America was named after [[Amerigo Vespucci]]. Many people are under the notion that America equals the United States of America. But that is false. America really includes the entire North American continent, the entire South American continent, and the strip of land between them known as Central America..

[[Image:NorthAmerica.jpg]] [[Image:SouthAmerica.jpg]]

Cruisers

2006-12-20T16:32:18Z

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Cruisers are large boats that are made for people to live aboard.

William and Mary

2006-12-14T17:54:01Z

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William and Mary were the first joint rulers in English history. They succeeded the English king, James II after the Glorious Revolution. The College of William and Mary was named after them.

Boxer Rebellion

2006-12-14T17:44:52Z

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The Boxer Rebellion occurred in China in 1900. This rebellion was a response to reformers attempting to modernize China. In 1900 the Chinese in northern China revolted against western foreigners particularly Christians. The revolt was secretly supported by the Manchu Government and led by the society of harmonious fists, or "boxers”, hence the Boxer Rebellion.

John Smith

2006-12-14T17:37:53Z

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John Smith was a leader in the Jamestown settlement. John Smith was very heroic in many ways and did many things to keep the settlers in Jamestown alive. One of the less honorable things he did was lying. When the colonist came to Jamestown there was a terrible drought; therefore their crops didn't grow. When John Smith went looking for food he was captured by Indians or as we now say Native Americans. Instead of telling the truth to the chief, he told him that they were fighting the Spanish and their ship had been wreaked on the their coast. When the chief asked why they had come so far into his land John Smith said it was because they were going to attack the very tribe the chief's tribe was now fighting. So peace was made between the tribe and the settlers. The peace was increased when a different leader John Rolfe married the chief’s daughter.

Laissez faire

2006-12-13T14:58:28Z

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Laissez fair economists were people in England who wanted government to stay out of businesses. They believed that the idea of supply and demand was better that government regulations.

Romeo and Juliet

2006-12-12T20:54:39Z

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Romeo and Juliet is a play written in 1595 by William Shakespear. It is a tragic love story of two people {Romeo and Juliet} who are from rivaling houses. They devise a scheme to marry, unfortuatly their plans end tragiclly.