How successful was the League of Nations in dealing with disputes during the 1920s? The League of Nations settled disputes in numerous ways. One way in which it did this was by resolving the dispute in 1920 between Sweden and Finland over who should be responsible for the Aaland Islands. The LON did a lot of research in concern of the situation and came to the conclusion that they should go to Finland. The League confronted Sweden with their conclusion and they accepted‚ avoiding a war from breaking
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How successful was Alexander II in dealing with opposition to his regime? Judging by the fact that Alexander was assassinated in 1881 by People’s Will‚ one would assume that he failed – completely- to overcome opposition to his regime‚ however he ruled for over 25 years and managed to keep his opposition under control during that time using several different methods and measures which will be discussed in this essay. The first measure he took shortly after he came to power was to emancipate the serfs
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How successful were the welfare reforms in Labour Government 1945-1951? The New Labour Government came in to power in a ‘Landslide’ election victory. The Government was led by Clement Atlee and introduced reforms. The reforms were in Social Security‚ Health‚ Housing‚ Education and Employment. Under the Social Security reform they introduced the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946‚ National Insurance Act 1946 and the National Assistance Act 1948. They were a lot of criticism with
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How important was Gustav Stressman‚ amongst other factors‚ in making the Weimar government successful in the years 1924 to 1929? Gustav Stressman‚ play a key role in helping Germany get back on their feet. He used his negotiation skills to make a deal to lower reparation payments to a more realistic level and to secure loans from the united states of American to stabilize the hyperinflation currency of the Weimar republic also the young plant lower the amount of reparation he had to pay back.
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How successful was Kennedy in dealing with the problem of the Soviet missiles in Cuba? Kennedy was successful in dealing with the missiles in Cuba for these reasons. One way in which he tackled the problem was that he actually got the missiles out of Cuba after he discovered them in October 14th. Kennedy got the missiles out by promising not to invade Cuba and so the Cubans and USSR agreed to take the missiles out of Cuba with no problems this was on 26th October only 12 days later. This showed
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create potential or powerful enemies such as the country of Russia‚ Great Britain and France to start a war. World War 1 started in Europe from 1914 to 1918 the war lasted for four years and it was one of the bloodiest and deadliest wars in history. After World War 1 Europe wanted peace‚ so they came up with the idea of “Treaty of Versailles”‚ that treaty made Germany angry against the Allies. At that time Germany’s economy was at it’s worst‚ they had to pay big amount of money to the damage they did
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World War II‚ the United Kingdom is dealing with a big crisis‚ also called the Great Depression. During this period of crisis‚ the number of unemployed people increased dramatically‚ especially for the working class. At the beginning of it‚ a Labour government was elected for a short period of time (1929-1931). At its head was Ramsay MacDonald. When he resigned‚ a Conservative government was then elected. To put an end to this crisis‚ this Conservative government made many cuts‚ including on unemployed
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How democratic was Britain by 1914? Britain was a democracy to a certain extent by 1914. By "a democracy" we mean that there should be several certain features present. These features consist of universal adult suffrage‚ equal constituencies‚ every adult being able to stand as a candidate‚ a secret ballot‚ regular elections‚ a choice of political parties and freedom of speech/press. There is a debate over when exactly Britain actually became a representative liberal democracy. This essay will show
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Chartism was a campaign in support of a people’s charter it came about in 1838. Its main demand was a vote for all men and was launched by a radical group known as London Working Men’s Association (LWMA) and some radical MPs. It was supported by working classes and some middle classes. The Chartism movement grew out of its own possible success because it tore itself apart and there were many reasons behind its failure. It never managed to obtain parliamentary support for the Charter. In July‚ 1839
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conservative dominance in the years 1951 to 1964 was labour disunity?” Access the validity of this view I agree with this statement as the labour party leaders were ageing. The labour leaders were from the pre-war era therefore it meant that they were not in touch with the population. This led to labour disunity throughout the years as it caused Attlee to retire‚ he found that he couldn’t understand what the young wanted. For the public they left their trust with the labour party and put it in the conservatives
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