Thursday, April 29, 2010

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid


Apartheid was an unfair form of government that made black people oppressed in South Africa. They would have to carry identity documents for almost everything they did. They would go to prison if they drank from the wrong water fountain. They would get the death penalty for being with a white girl. They were denied basic human rights. Nelson Mandela along with many others opposed Apartheid in the early 50s and late 60s. He became a famous person very fast because of his work with ANC. However, the South African government threw him in jail for life for sabotage of the government. Twenty-seven long years later, the government came to the conclusion that if Nelson Mandela died in jail, there would no doubt be a revolution where the blood of millions would be spilled. This is why they decided to release Nelson Mandela. Not long after, he finally made Apartheid go away. Later, he became president and served for five years and gained a Nobel Peace Prize. He no doubt prevented a civil war and showed the world the true meaning of peace.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

African Independence


Well how much all of Africa has changed over the years many changes has been done over the past 20 years , such as many tourist attractions , how you ask ? Well by many ways such as how many wealthy people had came over and fixed up the place like creating more apartments and socials buildings and that could then create jobs and then tourist atractions and many bankings have increased by 1 percent in 2006 World Bank Group: 1.1%. and the populations have increased like black 79.7%; white 9.1%; colored 8.8%; Asian (Indian) 2.2 have been more populated . there anunnual salary is about 277 billion. per year in all of Africa.

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Right Stuff


Men first flew into space in 1961The Right Stuff the US and the USSR were competing It was between the United States and the Russians. The Russians were winning because they were they first to put a satellite into space called the Sputnik. The United States were the first too actually send a chimpanzee into space. Then the Russians sent the first human being into space and the United States followed along sending 7 intelligent guysThe first person to break the sound barrier was a man from the United States. The scene when the guy ran into the White House office to tell the president that they had sent something to space but they had already knew

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Schindler's List

Night and Fog

Monday, April 12, 2010