Was the treaty of Versailles fair? The treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 after the World War one. It was actually a punishment of Germany to start the war and forced it to accept all the blame. The involved requirements were seen to be very harsh. Many arguments were made on the treaty‚ and the most common question was that whether the treaty of Versailles fair. In my opinion‚ I am quite agreeing with the decision. Firstly‚ there is no fair in warfare. Defeat powers should obey the victors’
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Was Stalin a Progressive or a Conservative? Although Stalin was a progressive in the economic aspect that he implemented the First and Second Five-Year Plans‚ which developed industry in Russia‚ as well as in the social aspect that he put forth a new education system‚ Stalin more so portrayed elements of conservatism. Stalin’s social‚ economic‚ and political policies and actions that conserved parts of Lenin’s regime including the NKVD secret police that executed and exiled opposition to Stalin
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Quebec Referendum. Jean Chretien was introduced into politics from a very young age and was a very successful politician. Prior to becoming Prime Minister Chretien was minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development‚ Industry‚ Trade and Commerce‚ Finance‚ Justice and Attorney General‚ Social Development‚ Energy and Mine Resources. Because of Chretien taking part in these things it gave him the extra experience that made him such a successful Prime
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Abraham Lincoln On the morning of Sunday‚ Feb. 12‚ 1809‚ Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Abe Lincoln was conceived and lived his first years in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky. Abe was the second child to be born with two siblings‚ an older sister who died at a fairly young age and a younger brother that died during infancy. In 1817‚ Abe’s family was forced to move from Kentucky to Perry County Indiana. Here the family found unoccupied land and settled
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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One‚ most of which were negative. In his earlier days‚ Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disasterous losses for the British Army‚ for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the
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By 1905‚ a revolution was immanent‚ Tsar’s power was to be challenged and the reasons for this are to be laid out here in this essay. Was the Tsar’s non-reformist attitude solely to blame or was the nature of Tsardom destined to destroy itself? We need to look at the foundations of the revolution in order to fully understand this and make an informed response to these questions. The foundations are laid out into five main parts‚ including short and long-term factors. The two main long-term factors
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Carnegie was one the of most famous business men in America. He was born in Scotland and was immigrated to America with his family. They lived in a small house in Pittsburgh and they had little money. In some ways he was a hero and in some ways he was not. A hero is someone who is admired for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Carnegie was a hero because he was a philanthropist and was the reason that the United States became a world power in the steel industry. He was not a hero
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WHY WAS THERE A REVOLUTION IN FRANCE? By the 1780’s‚ France was in great trouble. The country was almost bankrupt‚ there was famine and the third estate were becoming frustrated and angry. This created the build up towards revolution. In this essay I will look at the political‚ social and economic situation of France to try and identify why the revolution happened. During this era‚ there were many new political ideas about equality and freedom. This was called ‘The Enlightenment’ and was written
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is to compare and contrast the book and the movie of That Was Then‚ This Is Now. The movie and book are similar yet very different. The movie keeps some of the scenes the same from the book. There was many difference between the book and movie though. The book has more details and portrays the characters differently. The movie portrays Mark and Bryon as different people as they were in the book. Mark was more sympathetic as to Bryon was a bit more self centered. Mark showed guilt from doing the
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