aircraft and 5000 heavy artillery pieces. This would have made the war totally impossible to carry on. The allies instead of providing a peace settlement based on the 14 point plan as Germany had though instead made the treaty very humiliating with the aim of keeping the Germans down. The key points of the treaty that contributed to the conditions in Germany that lead to the rise of National Socialism are; 1. The war guilt clause 2. £6‚600mil to be paid in reparations 3. Disarmament
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Part Three: Essay (IMPACT OF THE CIVIL WAR ON THE US) EFFECTS of the CIVIL WAR (By Justin Clowers‚ Shaun DeGracia‚ Patrick McMillin‚ & Kimberly Munoz) “The American Civil War lasted four years. Measured in physical devastation and human lives‚ it was the costliest war the American people have experienced. When the war was over 620‚000 men had been killed and at least that many more had been wounded in a nation of about 35 million. The north lost a total of about 364‚000 soldiers (nearly
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It is important to take note of human boundaries‚ those set by our evolved‚ genetic code. In War of the Worlds‚ H.G. Wells shows the reader how a person’s intelligence‚ ingenuity‚ and work ethic are secondary to human evolution. Human evolution determines a person’s intelligence‚ ingenuity‚ and work ethic more than other factors. Albert Einstein said that‚” The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Einstein is correct in thinking this because one’s genetic code
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The main cause of World War Two was the failure to bring a just peace between nations after the end of World War One. Many argue that the main cause was the rise to power of Adolf Hitler in Germany. The end of World War I left Germany feeling humiliated and defeated. In order to restore their national honor and pride‚ Germans voted Hitler into power and he tried to conquer Europe. Germany’s humiliation was mainly caused by the Treaty of Versailles. Despite the opinions of many different people‚ there
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ASSIGNMENT SUBJECT CODE& NAME- English Literature - 1 Q.1 Write a long note on the personal life‚ works‚ settings and themes‚ characters and style (such as surprise endings and love for humanity) of O’Henry. Answer: - William Sidney Porter was born 11 September‚ 1862 in Greensboro‚ North Carolina‚ to physician Algernon Sidney Porter (1825-1888) and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim (1833-1865). The two brothers of William were Shirley Worth (1860) and David Weir (1865) who both died in early childhood. Mary
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World War II and the Cold War The world was left unhappy after World War I and another war broke out‚ World War II. This was followed by yet another war‚ the Cold War. The aggression of European and Asian dictators led to war. These dictators were totalitarian dictators. Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens’ lives. One of the most infamous dictators of all time‚ Adolf Hitler‚ was the despot of Germany. Hitler created Nazism
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of a piece of literature gives the reader a proper understanding of the roots of a story. The setting is an especially important in African American literature‚ because it shows readers many of the conditions African Americans had to face‚ unlike caucasians. Works such as Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson‚ “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ and “Equal Opportunity” by Walter Mosey‚ show different settings‚ which allows for different points of view on how the typical African
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Never Need to Worry about World Peace World Peace is something that will never happen. Too many countries have too much military power and don’t want to give in to any other country. War is something that the world is going to have to deal with because there has been very few years over the history of the world that have been war free. Like one quote by an unknown author says‚ "Peace is rare: less than 8% of the time since the beginning of recorded time has the world been entirely at peace. In
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How drunk driving has impacted Me Impact of the “murder” of 4 Lake Shore High School Student’s death at the hands of a drunk driver Upon My Life Devon Spurlock was my sister’s friend. He had been to parties at my house and even attended my sister’s graduation party. That night I played basketball with him and he signed “Good Luck” on my sister’s graduation dog. When I entered high school he was the only person out of my sister’s friends to say hello to me in the hallway. On March 16‚ 2009 the
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War in the Modern World War has fascinated the minds of the greats throughout history. Its concepts and understandings have been passed on to us through the few surviving works of those‚ whose lives were touched by war‚ in an ancient archive. Some saw war as an ordinary‚ inevitable phenomenon that has a place among natural order of human lives (Jacob Walter)‚ while others interpreted it as devastating and terrible deviation from the natural order of things (W.T. Sherman). Over the course of
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