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    in America were accused of Communist ideals. Joseph McCarthy was in charge of the bulk of the accusations by convicting members of the government, Hollywood actors, authors, and publishers. Many people lost their jobs and reputation from these events. Because of McCarthy's accusations against particular groups of people, and existing high tensions from the ongoing Cold War in America, people were arrested and blacklisted by others for communism. Joseph McCarthy made wild accusations about people…

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    the whites. ("Chief Joseph"1). Most of their tribe was baptized as Christians. Joseph the Elder was the first Nez Perce to convert to Christianity. In 1855, he even helped George Washington's territorial governor set up a Nez Perce reservation that stretched from Oregon into Idaho. ("Chief Joseph" 1 PBS.org) Then in 1863, they found gold in the mines where the Nez Perce reservation was located. The U.S. government found out and took almost all the land they gave them. Then Joseph the Elder…

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    I think that Joseph Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union was an awful man who’s only interest was of his own well being and wanted to make a name for himself. Not in a positive way in fact he wanted to dictate the lives of innocent people solely for his own interests. With that being said this man Joseph Stalin rouse to the occasion when in 1924 the first leader of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin died. Stalin seemed to want everything done his way and his way only and if no one was in agreement…

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    Introduction The life of Joseph Merrick has been an inspiration to many and the subject of numerous publications and dramatic works since his death in 1890. I aim to explore aspects of his physical, psychological, social and economic story to create a picture of "The Elephant Man". Life Joseph was born to Mary and Joseph Merrick on August 5th 1862 in Leicester. Although an 1890 article in the BMJ stated that it was almost certain Merrick was born with enlargements of bones of the skull, right…

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    After several years of studying and teaching mythology, Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, writer and lecturer presented the idea of the monomyth. This concept invokes the theory that all mythical stories have a character that had an ordinary world, goes on an adventure, had a crisis, but won and earned victory and then finally comes home and has changed in some way. Joseph Campbell’s theory of the monomyth first showed an appearance in his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Found on…

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    Joseph Haydn By: Allyssa Moeder Who is Joseph Haydn? Joseph Haydn was a Austrian composer. He was one of the most important classical music composers in the 18th century. Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria on March 31 in 1732. Haydn passed away in Vienna, on May 31, in 1809. So, if you put the math together he lived a whole 77 years. The reason he was so important was because he was one of the many people that helped establish the styles and forms of the symphonies and string quartets.…

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    Joseph Stalin was a very powerful and murderous dictator of the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Communist Party and became the leader of the Soviet Union from 1929 until his death in 1953. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an “iron fist” by having complete control over his people and leading his country through World War II and the start of the Cold War. When Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union, he also became a dictator. A dictator is a ruler with total power or…

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    American population as a way to gain personal power. This man 's power trip is now referred to as the McCarthy Era, an era full of witch hunts and lies. Joseph McCarthy allowed his own fear and desire for power to take precedence by victimizing others through communist a on m or er to sustain his position as an American politician. Joseph Raymond McCarthy was born on November 14, 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin. His mother, Bridget Tierney, came…

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    leader that I will write about is Russian dictator Joseph Stalin. Russian leader Joseph Stalin was in power of Russia from 1929 to 1953. Durring this time he was able to create a communist country that drasticlly trasformed into a peasent country into a industrlized military superpower that could rival the United States. Joseph was well know for being a cruel and unjust leader who used his power as the leader of Russia for personal gain. Joseph also began to kill many civilians and innocents…

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    Throughout history, people have been told tales ranging from the mighty Hercules to the courageous Katniss Everdeen. What people do not realize is that a story will often follow Joseph Campbell’s monomyth structure, and who society least expects to be a hero, is sometimes the most sociopathic and logical of all. With an unprofessional job as a “consulting detective” and a run down flat on Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes works alongside his partner, Doctor John Watson, to take down the web of…

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