The last Battle of World War 1 was the Battle of Sharqat. The battle began in October 1918 and was fought by the Britain and Turkey in Baghdad. On of the main things that took place during the war was Commander-in-Chief Sir William Marshall securing
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The Rwanda Genocide was the mass killing of Rwanda's Hutu and Tutsis political moderates in 1994. In Rwanda the Hutu and Tutsis are the two groups. These two groups are very similair though. They have the same ethnic believes and speak the same langu
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So today the internet was completly down. So bruns said that we could just have a study hall. I studied my spanish vocab words. Then I studied my science with Mrs. Bryan. That is pretty much all I did so once again I dont really know what to say.
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Today I studied a little before I took the test. I studied with Djasa, April, and Andrea. I guess I didnt really learn anything cause I was studying so I already knew the stuff. Well then I took the test and I got 58/60. I think thats pretty good I g
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Today bruns started testing. I didnt go today so I studied by answering some of the questions.What was the Progressive Era?The Progressive Era was a priod of time from 1890 to 1920ish where a lot of change came about to help the common people. It was
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A speakeasy was an underground, hidden saloon or nightclub that sold liquor illegally. They were called speakeasies because people spoke quietly, or “easily” once inside to avoid discovery. These were used during the years of prohibition in the 1920’
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The rwanada genocide was a horrible event that occurred in 1994, it lasted for 100 days. To me this is a ton of people getting killed and dying from injuries! The fight occurred between the Hutu and tutsies. I have already seen the movie, about the h
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Economic Changes. *Stock Market*Today in class we went over the semester test questions. We really didn't do much. Mr. Bruns just talked about projects and things like that. Whitney went over her project and I learned that the missionary diplomacy ga
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When you think about World War 1, or any war for that matter, there is so much that goes through your mind. What weapons were used? Who fought in it? How much did it cost? Who won? Were there any heroes? Now, let me ask you this. Have you ever wonder
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In the country of Rwanda there are two groups; the Tutsis and the Hutu. There is a lot of tension between these two groups, but they are actualy very very similar. They live in the same area, speak the same language and have the same traditions.
The Rwanda Genocide all started with the death of Juvénal Habyarimana, the president who was a Hutus. He was assasinated and the Hutus all blamed their next president who happened to be a Tutsi. They groups had always disagreed, but never this badly.
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Rwanda is located in central Africa, and is bordered by Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. Hutu, and Tutsis, which are two groups that live in Africa are very much alike, they both share the same language, traditions, an
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So today in CWI we started by going over the Latin America map. I dont' think that it's going to be that hard. Then we talked about the assigned blog that I still need to do. We then tried to find our spot in the video we watched yesterday which is c
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Alvin York was an American was hero, who became very famous during the fighting in the Meuse-Argonne area. He was born in Tennessee in December of 1887. His family farmed and was poor. Alvin was the third child of eleven.Before the war, Alvin was an
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Throughout World War I there were several brief moments when opposing sides in the trenches would put down their weapons for holidays such as Christmas and Easter. These truces usually took place between British and German soldiers on the Western Fro
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The Rwanda Genocide happend on April 6th 1994 through mid july. Approximatly 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were killed in the genocide. There were to main groups the Tutsi ans the Hutu. The Hutu where the once that killed hundereds of thousands of Tuts
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Quota System -A system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year. (p.415)From 1919 to 1921 the number of immigrants had largely increased. Congress then wanted to limit immigrants from certain countr
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InApril 6th 1994 Rwanda's President Juvenal Habyarimana's plane was shot out of the sky. Habyarimana was killed. That was the start to the mass killing durning the three month period. In just three months around 800,000 people were killed. Most of wh
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Today was a workday. Bruns added the semester test schedule to the message board. I copied it down, and figured out when i have to be at school. Also, I started looking up ideas for my next blog, 1920's or Great Depression. But, I didn't get too far
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