cloth‚ copper and other things like that. When the Europeans took over Africa in 1885 the country became really poor as there were no workers and there was no as much food because the farmers were being traded as slaves. Ships were being carried into Africa then putting slaves into tight pack or loose pack where they would sit there for 3-6 months with hardly any food and they would be sitting with other people they didn’t know‚ they would have to sit still for that amount of time and they couldn’t
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What were the Underlying Causes of World War I "War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer." Thomas Jefferson. World War I was no different. All throughout Europe‚ World War I severely punished both powerful and small countries alike. Ten million lives were lost from four long years of World War 1. This devastating war provoked people to examine the underlying causes of World War I. With all the European countries’
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What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Pancho Villa‚ and Emiliano Zapata were the major leaders of the revolt. One cause of the revolution was that Diaz wasn’t following his countries rules‚ and the people didn’t think it was fair or right for him to do that. Madero started an uprising‚ and they met to restore the constitution of 1857. One thing that changed as a result was that Diaz stepped down‚ or out of power. Some positive effects of the Mexican Revolution was that people were finally getting what they wanted. The exact day that Diaz
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There were many fears of the Cold War that the American people feared in the aftermath of the Second World War‚ which is stated in Document A. The American people feared the Soviet for two reasons. One reason was why the American people feared the Soviet was because the Soviet had nuclear bombs. The other reason was that the Soviet was the first to put up an orbiting satellite‚ which was Sputnik. However‚ as in stated in Document B‚ the American people greatest fear was communism. Because China turned
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Buddhist. The population lived mainly in rural areas‚ with their lives structured around a village based society. This was the identity that Ho Chi Minh wanted to develop and express‚ and was the reason he took most of the actions he did. There were several personal factors in Ho Chi Minh’s life that led to the formation of his identity with him. He was born into a strongly nationalist family. His father ran a nationalist Vietnamese newspaper‚ which Ho was greatly exposed to as a child. He was
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The Underlying Causes of WWI WWI--the battle of the world: Bulgaria‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ Belgium‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ Romania‚ China‚ and the United States. The nations were categorized as either Central Powers or Allies--the Central Powers included Bulgaria‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Germany‚ while the Allies involved the other stated regions above. The war was caused by numerous underlying reasons: the fight for more land and security over each other
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known as Ostpolitik. The aims of this policy were mainly to leave future reunification with the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a possibility‚ as well as to stabilize relations with the opposing side during the postwar period. The main aspects of Ostpolitik were the five treaties signed from 1970-1972; the treaties between the FRG‚ USSR‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia and the GDR‚ especially the Mosc and then the Four Power Agreement on Berlin. Brandt’s aims were mainly achieved through the negotiation of
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What were the aims of the Documentary Film Movement in Britain? The British Documentary Film Movement describes the group of film-makers‚ put together by John Grierson and they produced content‚ which engaged in social issues. There were several aims to it‚ including: trying to highlight and improve the living conditions of the working class‚ to show the ‘real society’ in comparison to Newsreels and to incorporate a poetic element into film. Before discussing the movement‚ the influences on
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What were the two greatest successes and two greatest failures of the Wilson government 1964-70? This period of Labour rule is often marked down as a poor performance on behalf of the labour party‚ critically looked upon by many historians. There were many failings under the rule of this government however the circumstances they were placed in caused severe restraints in their options. Wilson had been voted into government with the promise of central planning and “the white heat of new technology”
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