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Christina Papetti Leaders Mr.Manganiello
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Historical Context: Throughout History, leaders’ actions or programs have affected their nations. Task: For each leader selected, identify one specific action or program the leader has taken or supported and state one effect of the action or program on his or her nation. Napoleon Bonaparte (France) Mohandas Gandhi (India) Nelson Mandela (South Africa) Adolf Hitler (Germany) Mao Zedong (China) Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
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Napoleon Bonaparte BBBBorn on August 15,1769 HHHHe lived in corsican in the town of ajaccio on corsica HHHHe was the emperor of French HHHHe is a historical figure and a legend WWWWhen he was a child winning a scholarship to a French military academy IIIIn France he had a police state with a vast network and secret police and spies HHHHe is also remember for the establishment of the Nepoleonic code.( gave Jews rights)
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Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi was born in October2,1869 He was born into a Hindu family he was the son of Karamchand Gandhi the chief minister The assassinated in January 30,1948 He is the leader of India and the India independence movement He was committed to no violence and truth even in the most extreme situations Gandhi was married through his parents arrangement his pervious three wives had died in childbirth. Gandhi and his wife Kasturba (1902)Kasturba
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Civil disobedience -(peaceful protest) examples: boycott, strike Salt march- (lead people to the India ocean to collected salt because the British put taxes on the salt British imperialism-(the British took over India, Would not let them have arranged marriages and no sati) Amritsar massacre-(peaceful protest and then they killed all of people Important Events About of Gandhi
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Nelson Mandela BBBBorn in July 18,1918 WWWWas the first president of south Africa AAAAfrican National Congress AAAApartheid (in south Africa blacks and whites were speared the whites had their own bathrooms and the blacks did to they lived in to diverted house)
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Adolf Hitler Became dictator of Germany after the Great Depression. He lead the Nazis Nuremberg laws: laws against the Jews (example: they could not vote). Ghettos: Dirty areas where Jews were forced to live. “master race”: Aryan (blond hair and blue eyes). Final solution (wanted to get rid of all the Jews homosexuals, and handicapped). Concentration camp: were they move all the Jews some had to work and some were even killed they had to go their against their own will
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Mao Zedong Born - December 26,1893 Became one of the original members of the Chinese Communist party From 1928 until 1931 Mao, with Zhu De and others, established soviets in the hinterlands, and built the Red army after the Communists had taken almost all of mainland of China, Mao became chairman of the central government
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Important Events About Mao 1958 -started the Great Leap Forward, an economic program1958 -started the Great Leap Forward, an economic program program was a terrible failureprogram was a terrible failure an estimated 20 to 30 million people died in the food shortage that followed (1958–1961) an estimated 20 to 30 million people died in the food shortage that followed (1958–1961) Mao withdrew from public view for a short time. Mao withdrew from public view for a short time. The Cultural Revolution: he got rid of the wealth people and some of the old traditions like Confucianism. He also burned museums and told student to attacked their teachers.The Cultural Revolution: he got rid of the wealth people and some of the old traditions like Confucianism. He also burned museums and told student to attacked their teachers.
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Saddam Hussein born April 21, 1937 was born in the town of Al-Awja, 8 miles from the town of Tikrit Saddam Hussein was dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003 In 1976, Saddam rose to the position of general in the Iraqi armed forces. He rapidly became the strongman of the government He killed many Kurds Saddam was captures after the U.S> war on Iraq. He is now in prison and has been placed.
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