.... through the views of the leading French Canadian politicians of the day. In French Canada around the period of confederacy, their were two main political parties, the bleus and the rouges. In the 1860's, the leading French Canadian party was the conservative bleu party. This party, had the largest bloc of French Canadian legislative seats in parliament.1 The leader of this party at the time that confederacy was being debated by leading Canadian politicians was George Etienne Cartier. Cartier was born in 1814,2 and his grandfather had been a member of the .....

.... its own government. The government had to abolish slavery. After this was done the government could elect congressmen and participate in national politics. His plan was known to be lenient; many had opposed it. Unfortunately President Lincoln did not live to carry out all of his plans. A Democrat was elected into office and took over. The new president was Andrew Johnson. His plan was as much mild as Lincoln’s. Johnson wanted to restore power to the Southern states as quickly as possible. Under his plan a majority of the voters had to pledge loyalty to the Unit .....

.... face to face with a fellow sufferer who had made good (Pitman 62). Bill emphasized that alcoholism was a malady of mind, emotions and body. Though a physician, Dr. Bob had not known alcoholism to be a disease. Due to Bill’s convincing ideas, he soon got sober, never to drink again. The founding spark of A.A. had been struck (Wekesser 26). Both men immediately set to work with alcoholics at Akron’s City Hospital, where one patient quickly achieved complete sobriety (Pitman 69). In the fall of 1935, a second group of alcoholics slowly took shape in New York. A third appea .....

.... next week of her decision she held a convention in Seneca Falls called, "A convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Stanton created a list to present called "Declaration of Sentiments" which stated areas in life where women were treated unjustly. (*1) After the second day of the convention, every resolution on her declaration was passed except the one that called for women the right to vote. As time passed, however, many conventions were held all the way up to the Civil War. Women just like Stanton, such as Susan B. Anthony, .....

.... many people in Russia who don’t agree with Stalin or any of his policies. This upset the leader and he wanted to crush this opposition the only way he knew how-- terror. The program of terror he began was called “The Great Purge”. He even formed a secret police. These actions spread fear throughout Russia. He eliminated anyone who gave a threat to his power. These people, some innocent, were sent to labor camps or even killed. The victims included thousands of old communist Bolsheviks who had been associated with Lenin. Stalin even turned on his own government. He arr .....

.... University of Mississippi. In another incident a gentleman named Robert F. Williams had, in his words, "organized a Negro community [meeting] in the South to take up arms in self defense against racist violence and use them!" When night riders of the KKK and police cars approached his house where the meeting was held, Williams and others fired their guns until their oppressors left. Williams went on later to write (concerning the incident),"I accept this responsibility and am proud of it. It has always been an accepted right of Americans, as the history of our Western st .....

.... 1815 The German Confederation was formed at the Congress of Vienna. 1848 Revolutions swept across Germany. The first German national assembly met at Frankfurt in the hopes of creating a more united country. 1871 Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck realized his dream of a united Germany as the German Empire was founded. 1918-1919 Germany was forced to accept harsh terms under the Treaty of Versailles that brought an end to World War I. The Weimar Republic was founded. 1933 Adolf Hitler and the Nazis assumed power. 1939 Germany invaded Poland, starting World War .....

.... he was especially concerned about were the Hsiung-nu, sometimes thought to be forebears of the Huns. One reason the Great Wall was built was to keep Chinese farmers from leaving their farms,and the second reason was for protection. The wall helped in wars because it provided square stone windows ,which let the soldiers in the wall, fire there weapons at invaders. But sometimes the wall didn't help ,because invaders went around it,or over it. The wall is simple in structure. It is built of dirt, stone, and brick. Its height ranges from 15 to 30 feet (5 to 9 meters), with wa .....