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World Citizens
Descriptions of famous world citizens
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9th Grade
01/16/2013

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Lenin (V. I. Ulyanov)
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-Responsible for communism in Russia.
- Smart
- Led lots of revolutions in Russia
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Satlin (I. V. Dzugashvili)
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-Means man of steel
- Liked to torture people, by using his power
- Starved people to death when mad
- Responsible for millions of deaths
- Murdered his wife, and then let his son die
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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-Ended communism
- Worte many books
- Policy of glasnost
- Soviet Union Collapses
-Nobel Peace Prize
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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- Wrote news columns
- Published several books
- Was cheated on by her husband
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Martin Luther King
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- Led Civil Rights Movement
- Assassinated in Memphis
- Won a Nobel Peace Prize
- Pastor
- Had lots of Mistresses
- I had a dream
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Simon Bolivar
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- Was a revolutionist
- Wanted to free his people from the rule of Spain
- Failed as a political leader
- Overthrew Spanish rule in 5 different countries
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Eva Duarte Peron
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- Very poor
- Became a prostitute for her family
- Argentina
- "Fell in love" with this famous guitar player. She dumped him
- Met a rising military general, then married him
- Hated by upperclass people, but for the poor she was adored
- Established Democracy
- Husband was forced out of position for corruption
- Could have taken his place, but she got cancer. She died from cancer
- They bankrupted Argentina
- Know as a Vita
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Thomas Jefferson
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- One of the greatest presidents of all time
- Extremely smart
- Dabbled in lots of things
- Great debater
- Died on July 4, 1826
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Abraham Lincoln
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- Born on the same day as Charles Darwin, even the same year.
- Most popular president in history
- Parties split after him
- The Civil War was his presidency
- Got shot after was was over.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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- Crippled
- Got polio
- Went into a 4th term
- Fireside chats
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Peter the Great
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- Leader of Russia
- Wanted to change his country
- Wanter to get out of Dark Ages
- Created secular schools
- Westernized Russia
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Karl Marx
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- Father of Communism
- Came up with this economic philosophy
- "Workers of the world, unite!"
- His ideas were not popular. Got kicked out of France
- Wrote the Communist Manifesto
- He was German
- Wrote Das Capital, but died while working on it
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John Locke
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- European
- British philosopher
- Inspiration for the declaration of independence
- Separation of church and state
- Put down the groundwork of how a democracy should work.
- Jefferson was inspired by Locke
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Benjamin Franklin
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- Had tons of talents
- Great in science, business, writer, inventor, politician
- Ambassador of France
- Got along with French women :o
- Invented stove, lightning rod, etc.
- Diplomat
- Started first fire company and library, and the hospital.
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George Washington
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- General
- Wealthy planter
- Never had children
- Well trusted
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Moses
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Homer
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Buddha
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Plato
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Aristotle
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Socrates
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Alexander the Great
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Attila The Hun
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Umar ibn al-Khattab
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