DBQ: Settlement of the Western Frontier During the years between 1840 and 1890‚ the land west of the Mississippi River experienced a wild and sporadic growth. The natural environment contributed greatly to this growth spurt and helped shape the development of the trans-Mississippi west. The natural environment dictated and facilitated the development of the west by way of determining who settled where‚ how the people survived‚ why people wanted to settle‚ and whether they were successful or
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Conflict in Europe: 1935-1945 Dictatorship in Germany and Italy Germany and Italy had aggressive‚ expansionist foreign policy aims‚ stemming from their fascist ideologies – created an atmosphere of fear and tension in Europe Lebensraum – desire to regain German nationalist spirit for Grossdeutschland as evidenced by the Hossbach Memorandum‚ 1937 – also made clear plans to partition sections of Austria into German territory (the Anschl uss) and Czechoslovakia Prime objective of Hitler was to
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1 Sarah Seng History 130 Chapter 15 Summary April 23‚ 2018 This chapter beings with a tale about the Marquis of Canillac who did not have a good reputation in the land. Because of his reign‚ he was able to collect taxes on special occasions‚ but abused this privilege by collecting taxes annually. This ruler was influenced by Louis XIV and his extremely long reign. To make a long story short‚ Louis XIV tried to have power over everything and everyone possible‚ including the
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inside and now the building is crumbling in a massive inferno. "We have to move!" Chris says‚ leaping to his feet‚ and the three of us run through camp and locate the colonel. "Grab a gun and form up on the coast line. We don’t need to fight on two fronts." He orders us.
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Why Did World War 2 Break Out In September 1939? Germany had lost everything after World War 1. But why did they try again and start another war only just 21 years after the massive mistake they had made. There are a number of reasons for this. Germany was being dictated by a powerful dictator who would go to extreme measures. At the time Germany was under The Treaty of Versailles but they still continued to manufacture and design weapons. This really raised tension between the countries but
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and courage in Ypres‚ Somme‚ Vimy and the Last 100 days. Ypres was a difficult time for the allied forces as it was the first time that they had seen poisonous gases released by the Germans. The Germans punched a hole threw the allies line but the allies Canadians stood there ground and kept there line and won the battle. Somme was a bloodbath battle with over 600‚000 casualties for both sides. Even though the Allies lost so many men they showed bravery by going “over
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Why did WW1 last for so long? WW1 was thought to be a quick battle with hardly any resistance offered to the Germans. But something went wrong‚ very wrong for the fight that was thought to be over in 43 days on the western front ended up as a shoot out for four long years. There were many reasons for this‚ mainly the failure of the Schlieffen Plan Also new technology and barley any supplies on the front line. All these things lead to the stalemate that was formed and the main reason the war went
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Why did henry break with Rome? In this essay‚ I’m going to explain why henry broke with Rome. This means that Henry made himself head of England. In the first few years‚ Henry didn’t mind the pope being the head of the church and Henry was even praised by the Pope for defending him from the criticism given to him by a protestant called Martin Luther. But this all changed when him and the pope had a fight about the divorce over Henry VIII and Catherine Of Aragon who failed to give him the son
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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front could definitely be considered an anti-war novel. The changes the characters in the novel subjected themselves to throughout the book allow the reader to view the negative effects soldiers went through during‚ as well as after the war. Anti-war means that you are against the war and leaning more towards the idea of peace. This novel showed the dissatisfaction and disappointment in each character once they begun to truly
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Why Did Henry Break With Rome? Henry the VIII broke from Rome because of four main reasons: money‚ power‚ religion and succession. Some of the main reasons are linked together‚ one example is succession which is linked to power. By having a son he thought it would maintain his power at the throne when he was no longer ruler. I think that power was the most important reason. I think this because if he broke away from the Church of Rome‚ he could take control of the church. This meant that he could
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