It is now customary to recite the national oath before every class‚ which was new but easy to forget‚ for it failed to spark patriotic or nationalistic feeling within its reciters. For now‚ my thoughts were on my family. A multitude of questions swarmed my head‚ Why was conscription activated? What happens when I turn sixteen? What about my parents‚ will my dad go into the army? Questions I would fortunately never know the answer to. On the journey home I overheard people discussing possible ways
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I will also put some reasons that he did not play a factor in. So how was Gustav Stresemann a big factor in German history? Gustav Stresemann was a German politician and a statesmen. He served as chancellor in 1923. He was also a foreign minister during 1923-1929‚ during the Weimar republic. He was awarded with the nobel peace prize in 1926. Stresemann was born on May 10‚ 1878 and he died October 3‚ 1929. Gustav Stresemann was significant because of the many things he did for Germany from 1923
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Why was Africa colonised in the years 1870-1914? The Colonization of Africa was due to a wide range of factors‚ not only economic and political but also for social‚ religious‚ humanitarian and technological reasons‚ which differed from country to country. Africa’s diplomatic‚ strategic and material potential led European Powers to seize the opportunity to exploit a new continent. During a period between 1870 and 1914‚ where the continent of Africa was completely annexed by the leading European powers:
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WHY WAS THERE A REVOLUTION IN FRANCE? By the 1780’s‚ France was in great trouble. The country was almost bankrupt‚ there was famine and the third estate were becoming frustrated and angry. This created the build up towards revolution. In this essay I will look at the political‚ social and economic situation of France to try and identify why the revolution happened. During this era‚ there were many new political ideas about equality and freedom. This was called ‘The Enlightenment’ and was written
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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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Samurai’s armour? The most important part about the samurai’s life is living by the bushido‚ or the amour Medieval Japan had when they fought in their battles. Armour and bushido were what made a samurai a samurai. They had an honor code‚ which was Bushido‚ and it was the bravery and sacrifice of a warrior. They used the armour to protect themselves when they were in a battle. Samurai are important because of their bravery‚ honor‚ and disciplined training. Samurai are important because of bravery in sacrifice
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s significance was that he won presidency after narrowly beating Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential election. The debates between Nixon and Kennedy were the first to be televised and many tilted toward Kennedy because he looked younger and healthier than Nixon did‚ which introduced the idea that public image was highly influential in the way Americans voted. Among John F. Kennedy ’s most notable and long-standing accomplishments was the establishment of the Peace Corps‚
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Return to Main Page Experiments Science Q&A Science Fair Ideas Research Videos About Bob Contact Bob Privacy Policy www.sciencebob.com · · · · clean dry paper clips tissue paper a bowl of water pencil with eraser 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Fill the bowl with water Try to make the paper clip float...not much luck‚ huh? Tear a piece of tissue paper about half the size of a dollar bill GENTLY drop the tissue flat onto the surface of the water GENTLY place a dry paper clip flat onto the tissue
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In 399 BCE‚ Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology‚ p. 202). He asked many questions of people‚ making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate‚ he killed himself‚ denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order‚ specifically children minding
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past it is one of the most successful developer of phones and that to at a competitive price. However the downfall or minimization in market share is because of its old culture which hasn’t changed with time. If we look at their product range we understand that Nokia had almost everything to be still world leader in phone industry‚ however they lost because of weak culture where every little or big thing had to go through extensive approvals. From the developments at Nokia it seems they were pioneer
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