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    The World War I‚ known to many as the Great War or the War to End All Wars‚ was the world’s first global conflict leading to many casualties and with no point. WWI was one of the most deadliest wars in history with over 16 million people dead and the estimated amount of both military and civilian deaths total to about 37 million people. Unlike most wars‚ the first World War did not end with a country winning territory and ended up with political‚ economic‚ and social downfalls. The Balkan states

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    Despite the fact that everyone seemed to be going with the flow‚ Michael decided to take a step back and really look at what the world around him was at the time. He came to the conclusion that there needed to be change‚ and he would help invoke that change. Michael Moore would change the structure of his society by doing it through one of his many talents: comedy. Michael first began his criticism by writing in his own weekly newspaper‚ the Flint Voice. He would later be hired to write for the magazine

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    The development of agriculture transformed human societies between 8‚000 B.C.E and 600 B.C.E. In the Paleolithic age ‚ the human population spread across the world in very small groups. These people were called hunters and gathers‚ they were nomadic because they constantly moved causing them produce fewer children. Once a new revolution was created it increased the human population‚ this new revolution was called the Neolithic Revolution. During this revolution agriculture and farming were discovered

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    Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the world with his work on the Manhattan project during WWII‚ contributing to the Cold War‚ creating a nuclear warfare‚ and showed the potential for nuclear energy. He was the lead scientist of this world-shattering project. The Manhattan Project developed the atomic bombs that were nicknamed “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” that put an end to WWII and forever changed the way the world fights wars. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 250‚000 people

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    Being the first to do something is something that is very remarkable‚ and being amazing at what it is that you do is amazing. Born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚ Barack Obama’s dad didn’t like him and eventually his mother as well. After his dad left the island and headed to Massachusetts to go to Harvard‚ he divorced and left Barack and his mother alone. After becoming an honor student in his schools‚ he went to multiple colleges and got his degree in political science. After that‚ he changed the world. Barack

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    between countries as the sole cause of the first world war but fail to realize that the main reasons for this conflict were right under their noses. Recurring disputes were credited to the constant fight of countries and their imperialistic goals. Germany’s constant desire to own more colonies‚ specifically France’s‚ aggravated what already was an irate nation. France’s persistent nationalism sparked what would become the most durable conflict during the war due to the seizing of French land by the

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    other characters that everyone knows and loves today. Disney did truly change the world and America‚ whether it is bad or good‚ and helped teach everyone that the greatest minds do not always start out with easy lives. The first thing we think about when we think of Disney‚ is Mickey Mouse. In 1928‚ “Steamboat Willie” was Mickey’s biggest appearance. Mickey Rooney and Disney’s wife‚ Lillian‚ both take tribute to Mickey’s name. At first it was Mortimer‚ but Lillian thought it was too stuck up. Rooney

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    After World War II ended‚ the postwar began and Americans life changed drastically in a radical way. This brought new innovations to the United States‚ which led people have more leisure time than ever before. At that time‚ leisure was an activity people wanted to do because it didn’t implicate working‚ due to all the hard work during World War II. Leisure time flourished‚ largely due to technological innovations. In the early 1950s‚ the American population was in real need of entertainment and leisure

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    Becoming the band of the decade or the trendsetter of the music industry was a goal that was not always reached in the lifespan of an artist or songwriter‚ however MTV (Music Television) created a whole new generation that would change American culture forever in just a day. The debut of the first ever music video‚ ironically titled “Video Killed the Radio Star”‚ only vaguely foreshadowed the volume of impact that this TV show would have on the world. “It turns out‚ video now makes the radio star

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    After being in jail for a reasonable amount of time a lot of things have happened and turned Malcolm X’s life around. He started to view things in a different way that many didn’t seem to understand at first. Malcolm has converted to the nation of Islam‚ changed his eating habits‚ changed the way he viewed the world and the treatment of African Americans in society. The most significant thing that happened was the changing of his last name. Malcolm had went from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X. Many

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