Rules of a Factory in Berlin: The Analysis of Working in 1844 October 16‚ 2006 1 In the nineteenth century the working class had many struggles and hardships. Not only was the day-to-day life extremely strenuous outside of work‚ but while they were at work the employees had a set of precise rules to follow and abide by which were written by their employers. Some of these rules seem unclear to me because of how long ago they were enforced. But a lot of the rules are the same as rules for
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in factories and mines pg. 73 1. Why would factory owners not want their employees to have access to a clock or a watch? Factory owners didn’t want their employees to have a watch or clock because then they wouldn’t be able to know what time it is. If they had a clock or watch they would stop working to look at the time and then if they realised there shift was nearly over they would slow down and not work as efficiently. 2. How were factory workers punished for not following factory rules
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Berlin Wall opened (1989) The opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 emanated from a complex combination of factors. Such causes include the intensification of new liberal leaders‚ vanishing of communism and economic uncertainty in Europe as well as the escalation of nationalism in East Germany. The fall of the Berlin Wall meant liberation and amalgamation of Germany. The aforementioned had global significance as it showed the unification of entire Europe therefore ending the cold war. All these
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What Was the Berlin Wall? The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. Dates: August 13‚ 1961 -- November 9‚ 1989 Overview of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. Its destruction‚ which was nearly as instantaneous as its creation‚ was celebrated around the world. A Divided
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HIST-410 The Berlin Wall [Type the document subtitle] Alina Nazar The fall of the Berlin Wall has triggered much controversy and plays a major part in the shaping of the modern political ideology and beliefs. The specific date of the descent of the Berlin encasement wall was the 10th of November‚ 1989. The wall took 3 hours to fall and between 125-206 people died trying to cross the wall. There were many tourists participating who could hire axes to hit the wall and contribute to the atmosphere
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of Germany had been fragmented and occupied after the Second World War‚ and between the war and the construction of the wall‚ cold war tensions rose during the Berlin Blockade and Airlift. As West Germany and East Germany would become their own states and form allegiances‚ West Berlin would become a bone in Khrushchev’s throat. The Berlin Wall was constructed with the primary objective to contain fleeing denizens of Eastern Germany‚ however‚ multiple other social‚ political and economic objectives
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The Berlin Airlift‚ 1948–1949 At the end of the Second World War‚ U.S.‚ British‚ and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones‚ Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The United States‚ United Kingdom‚ and France controlled western portions of the city‚ while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. As the wartime alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union ended and friendly relations turned hostile‚ the question
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statistics Berlin Brandenburg Die kleine Berlin–Statistik 2011 Editor: Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg English edition Information management Photograph credits Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg Behlertstraße 3a 14467 Potsdam Telephone: +49 331 8173-1777 Telefax: + 49 30 9028-4091 E-Mail: info@statistik-bbb.de www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de »The Berlin Bear« (heraldic beast). The photo was created with the kind support of Mrs. Kutzner (District Office Berlin-Mitte)
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The Berlin Wall was a huge part of the history of Germany because it was a contributing factor in the way that Germany was shaped from 1961 to 1989. There was no one reason for the building of the Wall it was a cluster of many events that took place. The west part of Germany was a very prosperous and profound area in the late 1950’ and early 1960’s and it was only going to get better. They had wanted to continue to grow their economy but East Germany was holding it back. East Germany was ‘behind
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The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961 and lasted for 28 long years. I remember those years…a very difficult time for me‚ my family‚ relatives‚ and friends. There had been rumors that something might happen to tighten the border of East and West Berlin‚ but no one was expecting the speed nor the absoluteness of the Wall. That night just past midnight on the night of August 12-13‚ 1961‚ trucks with soldiers and construction
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