TOP TEN BATTLES OF ALL TIME

1. Yorktown: end of the american revolution
2. stalingrad: put the german army into retreat to begin the end of WW2
3. Antietam: bloodiest one day battle of the civil war
4. gettysberg : largest number of casualties of the civil war. turning point of the war.
5. waterloo: the end of napoleons rule of the empire of france.
6. d day: largest sea born invasion ever. almost 3 million soldiers crossed the english canal to confront Nazi Germany
7. bunker hill: a costly win for the british with many casualties.
8. constantiople: the capture of constantinople and the near end of the byzantine empire.
9. tsushima:  battle between russia and japan. it was the only decisive sea battle fought by modern siege battleships.
10. saratoga: turning point of the american revolution.

Government Test

1. D
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. E
6. D
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. A
13. E
14. D
15. A
16. A
17. D
18. A
19. control the media, changing national laws to allow the dictator more power, developing a cult of personality, secret police, single party government.
1. Jean Jacques Rousseau: 16: Jean believed that even if you have a constitution or set of laws and they are not kept than there really is no constitution to fallow. HE knew that you needed a way to enforce order in a peaceful way through rights and constitutions. 
2. Baron de Montesquieu:10: the Baron believed in equal rights and that no one should be discriminated against by anything including religion. 
3. John Locke:1: john believed that everyone had certain rights from birth and he would say this to bring these ideas to light, but he also excepted the fact that some people may a abuse those rights when he looked out for the general good.
4. Voltaire:11: he fought for the freedom of speech and writing and printing, or in other words expression. This passage described that want of freedom through speaking writing an printing, but acknowledged the consequences if abused.

Map Questions

1. Where are the newest countries in the world located? The newest countries are in Africa and russia, northwestern countries. South Sudan.
2. Is there a connection between types of government a country has and the freedoms of the citizens? Newer countries tend to have a little bit more freedom and are a little calmer than older countries as the older countries develop problems in their well withered societies.
3. What questions do you have about these maps? They do not have an overly stern key and sometimes only contain colors and not the reason for the color. Also why are some of the older countries experiencing major issues?

Obama a Dictator? I Think Not.

There are many people out there that believe that Obama is becoming a dictator. They believe that he is taking away our rights and liberties. However their statements are untrue and are severely biased. In fact, Obama has gained little power and does not emanate the past dictators. The republican party is still intact and his rivals have actually met with him for ideas of how to create a better country instead of being eliminated as the past dictators have done to their competition. We the people still have the right to freedom of speech and many take this right to their advantage and bash our president. His promises for better times may not have been sudden but the road is set and this road does not include him becoming our all time leader. He has also not shoved blame onto another person or group. I don't believe that he is trying to eliminate someone only to create a hole for the problems our economy is having. I also don't see him trying to expand his so called "empire". Obama is smart and educated he did not have the reckless and perilous childhood that many of the past dictators had to endure, and he is a skilled leader that is trying his hardest at one of the most difficult, and most stressful jobs available. He was voted for and he was cheered for, so lets step back and take in both sides.

Dictators Best Points

1. economy is in a bad spot or is having a downfall.
2. you must control the media
3. Must develop a cult of personality
4. you must use the schools
5. change laws to get more power
6. eliminate other parties
7. propaganda
8. isolate or eliminate rivals 
9. no free speech
10. secret police
11. promise change and better times
12. powerful communication skills
13. developed a scape goat for problems. Blame them on another or a group
14. pursue expansion
15. increased nationalism
16. rose to power legaly
17. religion
18. military back ground
19. bad childhood
20. educated but not successful 

Dictators

• Mussolini
• Hitler
• Stalin