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Jason's topic is [|Francisco Franco].



Francisco Franco was born in 1892 and was the ruler of Spain (General Francisco Franco). He started out leading attacks against Moroccan nationalists (General Francisco Franco). By 1927, Franco was promoted to full general and was the principal of Saragossa Military Academy (General Francisco Franco). He did not take part in politics until he had to put down a coal mining strike ruthlessly (General Francisco Franco). This act by Franco gave him a brutal reputation even though he saw it as simply doing what he had to do (General Francisco Franco). In 1936, Franco became the military's chief of staff (General Francisco Franco). In July of the same year, he lead a revolt that started in the Canary Islands and spread to Morocco (General Francisco Franco). In October 1936, he became generalissimo of Nationalist Spain and head of state (General Francisco Franco). By November, he became the [|ruler of Spain] (General Francisco Franco). When it comes to [|Franco's beliefs], he was a fascist, but did not want to become involved with Nazi Germany (Francisco Franco Beliefs).

Works Cited

"General Francisco Franco." ////HistoryLearningSite////. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2011. .

"What were the basic beliefs of Francisco Franco?" ////Ask////. Ask, n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2011. .

My story is about the Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire being accused of abusing on the popular website called Twitter. McGuire claims that he was not abusing, but he was inviting people to a golf outing to support his reelection. The offending quote that abused the sheriff's power while online was, " "Please join us for my annual Fall Classic Golf Fundraiser to support my reelection campaign. Hope to see you there!" Even though McGuire did not realize that he was abusing people on Twitter, what he did can relate to the Gilded Age. During the Gilded Age, people were abused by being put in horrible work conditions and paid low wages. It is incredible that people of such high authority can actually do things such as abusing their powers by abusing people. No sheriff should be allowed to abuse anybody online.