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    To what extent did the Liberal reforms 1906‚ meet the needs of the British people? In the 20th Century poverty was a serious cause which was blamed on the individual themselves because of their carelessness and laziness. Before 1900’s the needs of people grew as there was many problems such as no health care‚ education‚ social services or unemployment benefit available at all provided. Families began to grow while people came seriously ill from lack of food and poor living conditions. If you were

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    Clinton will win the presidency. I believe this for many reasons‚ some of the most important being that her opponent Donald Trump’s ratings are progressively going down‚ Hillary is an experienced politician‚ and current job approval is over 50%. Although Donald Trump poses a threat‚ I believe that on November 8th‚ voters will put their trust in Hillary Clinton‚ and she will become the next President of the United States. One reason why I believe that Hillary Clinton will win the election is because

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    destroyed by economic crises‚ rising unemployment‚ hostile trade unions and political misjudgements the Conservatives had a landslide victory with 43.9% of the vote. Before the Conservative rise to power with Thatcher‚ the Labour party had experience many troubles during their time in government‚ perhaps this is why the Conservatives won the General election. However was this win purely down to the conservatives and their policies or was it down to the failure of the Labour party. In 1978 Labour

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    In the American Revolution the English had a much larger army‚ and navy‚ and had the money necessary. Despite this‚ the American patriots were able to win their Independence from their harsh rule. First‚ the Americans where determined‚ and could raise their own army. Also‚ the American Patriots acquired help and Alliances‚ from foreign countries‚ which the British usually depended on. Finally‚ the patriots where fighting in America their homeland‚ a much larger country than England. The small force

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    The candidates of the election of 1948 included Harry S. Truman (Democratic Party)‚ Thomas E. Dewey (Republican Party)‚ and Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat Party). Harry S. Truman directed his campaign towards 4 groups: laborers‚ farmers‚ Negroes‚ and consumers. Thomas E. Dewey decided the best way to win the election would be to avoid addressing controversial issues‚ and he wasn’t very specific in what he planned on doing as president. Strom Thurmond criticized and opposed Truman’s ideas for civil rights

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    ScoTMA #1 How effective were liberal social reforms of the period 1906-1914? Liberal social reforms of the period 1906 -1914 were mostly ineffective in their aim to improve the lives of the poor at that time. They were not far reaching enough and not properly implemented by the government. However it could be said that for the first time there was a proper acknowledgement of the plight of the poor working class. In order to assess the effectiveness of the reforms‚ it is necessary to consider

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    “Even if I win‚ I can’t win” is an infamous phrase that was stated by Al Gore during the presidential election of 2000 when he unjustly lost to George W. Bush. Indisputably‚ the election of 2000 between Republican candidate George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore was illegitimate for multifarious reasons. Primarily‚ the election was invalid as the hand recount came to a screeching halt in the case Bush v. Gore which in a per curiam decision the court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause was violated

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    to the Confederate both by land and water. The North would have soon been able to take all the land instead making them surrender. The North also had an advantage by having more men fight in the war. The abolitionists of the North were very eager to win the war. The citizens fought in the war in other ways. The citizens of Boston began the 54th regiment. Congress had passed one Proclamation not allowing slavery in the West. This

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    Explain why the Tories won the General Election in 1959? The Tories won in the 1959 was a due to a culmination of factors that both forced Labour’s downfall in support and promulgated “just how good life was” for the British people under Tory rule. Possibly the most important reason for the Tory victory was the growing economic prosperity. This ideology was one of the Tories key focuses since they came back into power in the post war elections of 1951 and Macmillan did a sterling job in continuing

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    believed it and the other countries believed it. The Union struggled with their military leaders and they weren’t familiar with the South’s land. The struggles that the North had before Gettysburg led to everyone believing that the South was going to win the Civil War. The North wasn’t crushing the South like they thought they would. The South wasn’t necessarily winning but they weren’t being beaten so the perception of them “winning” came about. The South had claimed to have better military leaders

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