and then for Europe? How successful was he in implementing those plans? Pages: 902-910 2. Why did Italy invade Ethiopia? How did this incident further show the weakness of the League of Nations? How did France and Britain appease Italy while enforcing sanctions at the same time? Page:___________ 3. Why is the Rhineland seen as a major blunder for Britain and France? Why did they not intervene? What defense did France now hide behind? Page:_______ 4. Explain the reasons for the Spanish Civil
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Idealab was founded in March of 1996 by Bill Gross. He serves as the Company’s Chairman of the Board and CEO. Gross founded Idealab to build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations. Idealab was one of the first companies to provide an incubator that was open to individual entrepreneurs. Idealab provided venture capital and gave entrepreneurs a place to work and develop their business ideas with other entrepreneurs (Schneider‚ 556) Incubators were all the rage in the late 1990’s through
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Why Egypt Was Great Did you know that the Egyptian pyramids served as tombs for Pharaohs? Egypt was the first society in history to bury deceased inhabitants. Without Egypt‚ we may not be burying our deceased family or friends today. As a result of Egypt’s customs‚ later cultures began to bury their dead civilians and honor them. Prior to Egypt; Mesopotamia‚ Harrappan‚ and Chinese societies did not believe in preserving the dead or mummification. Also‚ Egypt gave women many more rights than the
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Chapter 5: Ancient Rome 1. Why were early Rome’s conquests so successful? The Romans were great diplomats. They were firm when necessary and smart about granting citizenship. They also let citizens participate in domestic affairs. Their military was made up of strong‚ persistent soldiers. If a substantial amount of men were lost in battle they wouldn’t just surrender‚ but instead recruit new soldiers. They would build up new armies so that they could keep fighting. The Romans were also good
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Decision of building the Panama Canal was beneficial to the U.S The Panama canal was built between 1904 to 1914 by the U.S Army‚ the canal connects the pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean. The Panama canal was built to save time when sending ships of merchandise for selling or trading instead of going all the way around Cape Horn. The Panama Canal was worth it and a good decision to the U.S. The canal was still worth it despite what the canal costed because of the commercial goods‚ trade and
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Why was Hitler able to Dominate Germany by 1934? World War one had left Germany in an unstable state. Large amounts of the state budget had been spent on war pensions‚ one of the factors contributing to Germany being virtually bankrupt. The war had deepened divisions in the German society‚ many workers were bitter because of restrictions placed on their wages. Germany could not start to recover and gain power again because it had reparations to pay due to the treaty of Versailles. The Weimar republic
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Why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin The first reason why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin was because Stalin had an important position of General Secretary. He used his position as secretary to put his supporters on the Central Committee of the party and dismissed Trotsky’s. This helped him establish control over the party and this lead to him building a powerbase in which he was in control. Having mostly his supporters in the party helped as there were few members
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Was The Grand Prix Beneficial For Melbourne Issues Part -B- Was the Grand Prix‚ promoted as "The Great Race" which was held at Albert Park beneficial for Melbourne‚ or was it just a huge waste of taxpayers money? The race was televised to 650 million people in 130 different countries is expected to pump $50 million into the Victorian economy every year and boost tourism enormously. I along with the owners of seventy-two percent of hotels‚ motels‚ restaurants and other entertainment complexes
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Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1933? (15 marks) Hitler became chancellor in 1933‚ after being voted ‘democratically’. Hitler was able to obtain this position by using a number of methods to fabricate himself as a man who would solve all of Germany’s problems‚ when in reality he was a power hungry‚ fascist dictator. Hitler’s ability to rise up as a dictator and take control of Germany can be linked back to long term causes. These long term causes allowed Hitler certain advantages which
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reasons why Stalin won the power struggle is that he used his high positions in the Communist party and the power that came with it to his advantage. Several factors fall under this category. Firstly is how Stalin used his position as General Secretary‚ as well as jealousies between the leaders and Trotsky’s illness to stage-manage Lenin’s funeral. To the general public‚ it appeared that Stalin was very close to Lenin‚ and as a result should become his successor. In 1925‚ Trotsky was forced to
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