History exam - WW2 What happened to the Jews? After Germany conquered Poland in 1939‚ the persecution reached terrifying new levels. Polish Jews were rounded up and forced to live in ghettoes‚ where disease and starvation were constant threats. Why were the Jews persucuted ? Also in 1933‚ the Nazis began to put into practice their racial ideology. The Nazis believed that the Germans were "racially superior" and that there was a struggle for survival between them and inferior races. They saw
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Evacuation was imperative in Britain in the war years for the safety of its people. It protected children from the devastation that war generated throughout Britain’s major cities. Had they stayed to face it‚ their lives would have been almost certainly ruined or often taken by air raids. Evacuation gave these children and Britain a future to look to after the war. However‚ there were problems facing the hosts and evacuees alike during these years. Evacuation uncovered many social ills and did not
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Sam Cummings Civics and Economics (Honors) Period 2A 12/16/11 Congress to Parliament Congress of the United States and the British Parliament have many similarities and quite a few differences as well. The foundation for Congress is derived from Parliament yet the differences reflect our country’s formation of independence from England. Traditions and ceremony are rich in both countries and the legislatures formed to govern them. Despite the differences‚ the Congress of the United States
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Propaganda has always been used as a way to influence the mind and acquire a certain reaction from it. The use of imagery to evoke emotion even has its own specific branch of psychology . Before World War II started‚ and even during the fight‚ the United States constructed various different types of advertisement to instill fear‚ guilt‚ hatred‚ paranoia‚ and silence from American citizens. Such images portray German soldiers and their allies (mostly the Japanese) as vicious sub-human beings who covet
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II * Treaty of Versailles In 1919‚ Lloyd George of England‚ Orlando of Italy‚ Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson from the US met to discuss how Germany was to be made to pay for the damage world war one had caused. Georges Clemenceau wanted revenge. He wanted to be sure that Germany could never start another war again. The German people were very unhappy about the treaty and thought that it was too harsh. Germany could not afford to pay the money and during the 1920s
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Japan and WWII One can say that Imperialism played a huge role for the happening of the Second World War. Japan wanted to become the one and only ruling power in Asia was a good example of imperialism excellence. In Europe it was the same thing also- The Nazi called themselves as socialists and it was their goal to gain control and accomplish all European countries and instill their theories and ideologies everywhere. This type of imperialism led to the events of the Second World War so much so
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During the Cold War‚ the competition between the United States and Soviet Union to become the most powerful nation affected other countries as well. The USSR spread communism to assert their power in other countries‚ both the US and the USSR fought each other indirectly when they got involved in other countries’ revolutions‚ and as a result of the Cold War‚ the world was divided between the Americans and the Soviets. In order to prove itself as being more powerful than the United States‚ the Soviet
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The scene that my group chose was scene 2 of act 2. We chose this scene as we thought it was a major part in the play due to the amount of action in the scene as the group escapes a soldier gets drugged and dies which probably makes it the most entertaining scene in the entire play. Because it is a play it needs to entertain its viewers‚ as that is the purpose of any performance to make the viewers enjoy what they are watching/listening to. To do this the performers must get into character this
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were fatally flawed in some cases. - In WW2‚ Japan had a choice to develop either a nuclear weapon or a "death ray". They chose a "death ray"‚ after they thought that a nuke would be impossible to build. (Thank goodness they chose the death
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Evaluate the role of Propaganda in World War II Throughout the ages leaders of nations have needed the support of their countries population to ensure support of conflicts such as war. To increase support for the Nazi party and ideals‚ Adolf Hitler did not just have to target adults with propaganda‚ he had to target youth as well. Hitler realised that using the education system was very effective in indoctrinating youth. Outside of school‚ Hitler created the Hitler Youth‚ to further emphasize youth
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