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Meeting at Seneca Falls to write a bill of ''rights''.
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Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves to be forever free -
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Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. His teaching of Satyagraha was the driving force that helped India win its independence from Britain.
Cuotes of Gandhi:
-"You have to do the right thing... You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
-There is no road to freedom. Freedom is the road. -
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Nelson Mandela
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League of Nations
This is an organitation that would work for internstionsl peace and co-operation. As a consecuence of World War II -
United Nations Organization
This organization replaced the League of Nations and wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -
Sign Declaration of Human Rights
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Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations
The goals are:
End Hunger & Extreme Poverty
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower womenReduce child mortalityImprove maternal healthCombat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseasesEnsure environmental sustainabilityDevelop a Global Partnership for Development -
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