The UN Security Council voted to send an international force to Korea to stop the invasion of democratic South Korea by the communist North Koreans.
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The political consequences of Nicholas' decision to lead the army were huge. However, war affected Russia in other ways, which also had a damaging impact on the Tsar. As more and more men went to war, the work of factories and farms became a matter of some concern.
Gandhi was unhappy because when the British granted India her independence, the Indian Independence Act of 1947 partitioned British India into two: India and Pakistan. His vision of a free India was a harmonious co-existence of the Hindus and Muslims in one nation.
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4. Mary Hayes
Explanation
Became known as Molly Pitcher for bringing the soldiers water while under fire. She too would take her husband’s place at a cannon
2. Margaret Corbin
Explanation
Took over firing a cannon after her husband was killed in battle - was hit by enemy fire herself
8. Abigail Adams
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Worked behind the scenes to try to gain more rights for women and for slaves.
1. Deborah Sampson
Explanation
pretended to be male and fought in the Continental Army
3. Hannah Blair
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had a farm in NC where she would hide patriots and supply them with food and medical care
6. Mercy Otis Warren
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Wrote a play about the British who were blockading Boston. The play helped to turn some that were initially Loyalists into Patriots.
7. Phyllis Wheatley
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Became the first African American woman, and the first slave, to publish a book of Patriotic poetry
5. Anne Marie Lane
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She enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, pretending to be a man. She fought in four major battles till she was wounded, and it was discovered that she was a woman
