What is historical context? Why is it significant in the rise of a single party states? Historical context: * refers to the moods‚ attitudes and conditions that exist at a certain time. * context is the setting for an event that occurs and it will have an impact of the relevance of the event. * helps to understand something in history we must look at its context those things which surround it in time and place‚ which gives it its meaning. * pursuing deeper meaning of any event.
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record fourth MLS title. "Twenty years from now we ’re still going to talk about David Beckham as the one who helped turn [this league around]." Perhaps the ultimate legacy of the Beckham era is that MLS doesn ’t need him to continue growing. There are now 19 teams‚ compared with 12 when Beckham signed in 2007‚ and 15 of those play in soccer-specific stadiums. When the league kicks off its 18th season next March‚ it will have lasted longer than the old NASL (1968--84)‚ which fizzled after foreign stars
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How successful was The League of Nations in the 1920s? “Merely to win the war was not enough. It must be won in such a way as to ensure the future peace of the world” President Woodrow Wilson‚ 1918 Introduction In front of the US Congress on January 8‚ 1918‚ President Woodrow Wilson enumerated his Fourteen Points created to ensure a more peaceful world. In the last point‚ the American president expressed the need to form a “general association of nations…formed on the basis of covenants designed
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Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level HISTORY 9389/01 For Examination from 2015 Paper 1 SPECIMEN MARK SCHEME 1 hour MAXIMUM MARK: 40 This document consists of 5 printed pages and 1 blank page. © UCLES 2012 [Turn over 2 Generic levels of response Part (a) Level 4: Makes a developed comparison [12–15] Makes a developed comparison between the two sources‚ recognising points of similarity and difference. Uses knowledge to evaluate the sources
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that just occurred‚ urged European powers to create dependable frameworks for peace‚ specifically the Concert of Europe and the League of Nations; however‚ these groups experienced varying success levels. The Concert’s eagerness to obliterate any resistance through a legal use of military power kept any real clash from coming to fruition; this is differentiated by the Leagues‚ who had an absence of authority‚ prompting the second Great War‚ or World War II. When comparing both treaties‚ the two share
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TO WHAT EXTEND DID THE PARIS PEACE TREATIES DESERVED THE HARSH CRITICISM THEY HAVE RECEIVE? The Paris Peace mostly deserved the harsh criticism it was given for that it failed to provide a long-term peace and led to an even more horrifying war twenty years later. The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the victors of World War I to set the peace terms for the Central Powers‚ yet many of the terms did not show intensions of peace but the hope to benefit from the reparation that will be paid
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World War II DBQ After the deaths of 37‚508‚686 soldiers by the end of World War I‚ Europe was a mess. Countries had been dissolved and rearranged‚ governments had fallen and been replaced‚ and economies were thriving then crashing‚ all as a result from World War I. One of the main goals at the end of World War I was to prevent another tragedy like World War I from happening again. Clearly that did not happen‚ as World War II still happened‚ causing over 50 million deaths. The repercussions
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valleys. From a simple colony‚ to a economic powerhouse. Through legal actions we separated ourselves from Britain. Unlike the Americans‚ who threw a temper-tantrum and revolted. We were more civilized. We took baby steps‚ achieving our own seat in the League of Nations and UN. Furthermore we showed our ability with the Battle of Vimy Ridge and Ortona. In addition there many bills written into law. The Statute of Westminster‚ the Commonwealth. Even the most basic of things separate us. A simple change
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right‚ the conversation was even worse‚ though. On my right there was this very Joe Yale-looking guy‚ in a gray flannel suit and one of those flitty-looking Tattersal vests. All those Ivy League bastards look alike. My father wants me to go to Yale‚ or maybe Princeton‚ but I swear I wouldn’t go to one of those Ivy League colleges if I was dying‚ for God’s sake. Anyway‚ this Joe Yale-looking guy had a terrific-looking girl with him. Boy‚ she was good-looking. But you should’ve heard the conversation they
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Democracy and national self-determination * Free trade * Stop treaties that were being made in secrecy * General disarmament * Create the League of Nations * Wilson wanted to make Germany pay to some extent for causing the war and establish a period of probation after which Germany would be able to join the League
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