Tennessee became the Volunteer State due to the soldiers volunteering for the War of 1812. Today, the state is very proud to be known by the name.
The Union
James Jerome Hill (September 1838 to May 1916) was the chief executive officer of the Great Northern Railway. He became known as "The Empire Builder" due to the size of his railways stretching between the Upper Northwest, Northern Great Plains and Pacific Northwest.
The Tasaday people became known of the outside world in 1991.
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Discipline and determination.
The tool was a hoe. The ex-soldiers worked sometimes as farm laborers. They became known as the "hoe boys" which was eventually shortened to "hobos." -- Nomograph
they faught at the wars
Northern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zambia.It was previously a British colony known as Northern Rhodesia.
Zeus
Scott's strategy became known as the Anaconda Plan.
The Picts are the original inhabitants of what became Scotland. The Romans called them the 'Caledonia' or 'Painted Ones'. The Scots were a Celtic tribe from what is now Northern Ireland, the 'Scotti'. The Scotti moved to the Argyle region of Scotland and slowly 'bred out' the Picts. The country eventually became known as Scotland.
In June of 1861, General George B. McClellan rose to national prominence by his actions in western Virginia. He commanded a small force of Union soldiers that ousted Confederates there and the South could never regain that pro-Unionist section of Virginia which eventually became the state of West Virginia. This was great news in the North and McClellan's name became known in Northern newspapers.
Crispus Attucks was a black colonist killed in a skirmish with British soldiers. It became known as "The Boston Massacre."
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Kings
The girlfriend of Eros who eventually became known as his wife was Psyche. Together they had a daughter Hedone.