How far do Sources 2 and 3 challenge the view given in Source 1 that the officers commanding the British Army in the Crimean War were unfit for the position? Explain your answer‚ using the evidence of Sources 1‚ 2 and 3. Use Sources 4‚ 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. Do you agree with the view that popular enthusiasm for the Empire declined as a result of the Second Boer War? Explain your answer‚ using Sources 4‚ 5 and 6 and your own knowledge JAN 10 Use Sources 4‚ 5 and 6 and your own
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Niklas Butchma B Block A Peninsula’s Betrayal: The Crimea‚ A History of Russian Loyalty 2014 marked the beginning of the Crimean Crisis. The Crimea‚ a small Peninsula near the Black sea‚ chose to succeed from the Ukraine and was annexed by Russia. The Crimean parliament displayed a near total support for joining the Federation of Russia‚ with approximately 97% of voters backing the motion.1 The Crimea has been apart of the Ukraine since 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ yet the population
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Timeline key events in the Crimean War include: 1851-53 France challenged Russia’s position as custodian of Christian holy places within the Ottoman Empire; it sought special considerations for Latin Christian churches from the Ottoman Turks; these were granted (1852) and the Russians‚ who favoured Greek Orthodox Christians‚ were roused to action. 1853 Russian Tsar Nicholas I delivered an ultimatum to the Turkish government in May. The Russian demands were refused and in July its forces
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Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War was the last straw that broke the camel’s back and started the demise of the old to spark the new modernization of Russia in both a social and economic way. The Crimean War lasted from 1853-1856 and was caused by a breakdown of the balance of power in Europe. Factors that also caused the conflict were the competition for land in the middle east and Russia’s desires to expand into the European territories then controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The war was devastating for
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organised? * 1853‚ the Army Medical Department + the Ordnance Medical Department were moved under Dr Andrew Smith. * Had not been done before as the Duke of Wellington had opposed reform of the medical system. * Andrew Smith had to create a war-ready department from scratch. * Dr Smith was told that the British force would have 10‚000 men. He had no wagons‚ no stretcher-bearers + no doctors. * Colonel Tulloch used his staff who were forced on the battlefields as stretcher-bearers
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When people think of the Crimean War they tend to automatically think of soldiers‚ weapons‚ and fighting. Although they played a huge part in the war‚ they were not alone. Florence Nightingale was a major asset to the war. She‚ along with dozens of other trained nurses‚ tended to the wounded soldiers and helped to rehabilitate them back to health. It was during this time that she noticed a correlation between the patients who died and their environmental conditions (cite #1). As a result of
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defeat of the Crimean war Alexander’s excuse for change. The defeat in the Crimean war was arguably the main reason why Alexander II made a series of reforms when he came into power. The devastating loss of the war proved the backwardness of Russia in relation to other powers and even though peasant unrest and the criticisms of serfdom were partially responsible for influencing Alexander II‚ the decision to make changes primarily came from the loss of the Crimean war. The Crimean war was fought
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The Cold War developed from disagreements on the postwar European world. The Soviet Union wanted to feel secure on the western border and did not want to give up what it had gained in Eastern Europe by defeating Germany. Eastern Europe was an area of disagreement in that the United States and Great Britain were in favor of democratic freedom for the liberated nations of Eastern Europe‚ however Stalin feared this would lead to traditional anti-Soviet attitudes if they were allowed free elections and
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What were four demanding questions that would have to be answered quickly after the Civil War? From a broad perspective‚ a large array of posed questions would have to be answered quickly after the Civil War. Evidence from the text that further bolsters this claim is shown when the authors state‚ “Four questions loomed large. How would the South‚ physically devastated by war and socially revolutionized by emancipation‚ be rebuilt? How would liberated blacks fare as free men and women? How would
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Eastern Gear Week Three Case Study Eastern Gear‚ Inc. Case Study 1. What are the major problems being faced by Eastern Gear? Eastern Gear is a manufacturing company that sells customized gears to their clients. Since the company’s operations began‚ it faces many problems; one of which results from the inconvenience of having a customer base consisting of small laboratories and manufacturers. This makes it so that a gear‚ once customized and sold‚ is rarely sold a second time (Schroeder‚ Goldstein
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