- Why did Japan turn to militarism and drift away from democracy in the 1930s and the 1940s? How did US occupation authorities seek to prevent Japan from relapsing into the past system of military expansion? The root of Japan’s militarism started out from the developments of the Meiji era that was established by imperial restoration after Edo period. The idea of the Meiji Revolution‚ to boost morale and to extricate Japan from the idea of Tokugawa feudalism‚ had been carried over to turn Japan
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Q6: Hitler was a dictator for Germany. Before him was Hindenburg. Hindenburg didn’t trust Hitler‚ but he made Hitler as his chancellor. The reason why he was a the chancellor because military leaders and wealthy business owners pressured him. Their reasoning for Hitler being chancellor was that they will control him‚ but in reality they didn’t know how bad was Hitler. Years later‚ Hindenburg died so Hitler took over Germany. That’s when Hitler has his plans. When Hitler was in jail‚ he had wrote
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Why did Shakespeare Write Hamlet? Shakespeare wrote Hamlet because his only son had died of an unknown illness at the age of just 11. Dating all the way back to the spring/summer of 1596 Shakespeare had received word that his only son Hamnet was ill at the age of 11. Shakespeare being on the road with his company he would only be able to receive news from his family as he was very busy with his tour. In the summer of 1596 Shakespeare had just heard that his only son Hamnet had gotten much sicker
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Why did the Civil War Begin? Slavery was a major influence towards the beginning of the Civil War. Mostly because of the disagreements between the North and South on the idea of Slaves. Southern Slave States versus Northern Free States. Is it because of any major events during that time period or just the disagreement between the States worsening over time? I believe the Civil War‚ began because of the Mexican-American war‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ Fugitive Slave Law‚ and . Although many people believe
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Scott Fitzgerald of “The Great Gatsby”‚ gives his readers signs on why Gatsby will not reach fail and lost his mind in a fantasy world‚ insisting himself to relive the past life with his former love Daisy. Even though Gatsby is blinded by his past‚ he is able to gain the American Dream‚ to obtain the wealth and power to win Daisy’s heart back. Although he has forgotten‚ it has been five years since he has reunited with Daisy. When time passes‚ memories are made and decisions are formed to each
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The Soviet Union on December 25‚ 1991‚ Christmas day the Soviet flag flew over Moscow for the last time. A few days earlier from this event‚ 11 of the Soviet republics met in the city of Kazakh. It was announced that all the satellite states like Ukraine‚ belarus‚ Armenia‚ Azerbaijan‚ Kazakhstan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Moldova‚ Turkmenistan‚ Tajikistan and Uzbekistan would no longer be apart of Soviet union and they said they would establish a commonwealth and not be controlled by the Soviet Union. Once one
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Why did the Spanish Armada Fail? The Spanish Armada is the name given to the giant flotilla of Spanish warships send by Spain’s Catholic King Philip II in 1588 to destroy Protestantism England under Elizabeth- though hindsight would say otherwise‚ the aim of the Spanish Armada was not intended for an all-out confrontation with the opposing English fleet- but rather to escort the vulnerable barges in which the Duke of Parma (a well respected and experienced general who had been fighting against Dutch
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popular sovereignty could prove dangerous. Were they justified for doing this? In my opinion no way. I think those are selfish reasons to leave the country. We need to stick together as a whole since the North and the South aren’t the only battles. You still have foreign countries and we need the Union as a whole to win those
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nations due to his race and religious and political views. One main reason why he was persecuted by Europeans was because he was trying get rid off all those blocks that prevented the black race from striving. Another reason he was persecuted was because people from America were claiming that they were owed money from the UNIA-ACL. During the period around 1930 black people couldn’t vote because in order to vote you had to pay your property taxes. This is an example of what whites were doing
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Why Italy entered WWII? After WWI‚ Italy was awarded small lands of Austrian territories from the Treaty of Versailles‚ but not Dalmatia which it had coveted. Italy was very unsatisfied about it because they didn’t get the territories which they were promised. Some people think it was right for Italy to enter the WWII while some people didn’t think so. Italy entered WWII for 3 reasons. The first reason is Benito Mussolini‚ who just came to power and became the leader of Italy‚ decided to turn Italy
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