to support South Africa’s industry. The ground work for separation of racial groups had been laid much earlier with the Native Land Act of 1913 which prevented black South Africans from purchasing land outside ‘reserves’ and the Urban Areas Act of 1923 which forced residential segregation in cities and provided cheap labour close at hand for business and industry. The Group Areas Act of 1950 determined where one lived according to race. Each race was allotted its own area and forced removal occurred
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Life Section Labeled as a "Canadian radio pioneer‚" Foster Hewitt through his five decades of radio broadcasting‚ ignites a flame of hope during the gloomy depression of the 1930’s. It all begins on November 21st‚ 1905‚ when Foster Hewitt is born in Toronto‚ Ontario. His father‚ a sports editor for the Toronto Star‚ sparks his interest in sports at an early age. Foster begins to develop an early love for the game of hockey. He starts out by selling crystal sets for some extra cash while attending
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beauty. The earthquakes and fires that happened in San Francisco on 1906 supported the Mayor’s proposal of building the dam. His plans were approved on 1913 and one hundred million dollars and 67 lives later the O’ Shaughnessy dam was completed in 1923 ("New York Times 1913 Editorials Opposing Damming of Hetch Hetchy"). About ten years later water eventually filled the
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Why was Hitler able to gain complete power in governing Germany in the years 1933-1934? Hitler’s rise to power included a number of factors increasing his power status. One of these many factors was in fact the choice of Hindenburg to elect Hitler as Chancellor with the persuasion of von Papen‚ a ex chancellor who was furious at von Schleicher who played the role of chancellor immediately after him‚ the reason in why Von Papen was removed as chancellor was due to von Schleicher ability to persuade
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Chelsea Kim Mr. Brewer AP European History‚ Period 5 4-2-13 Chapter 26 Outline * An Uncertain Peace * The Decline of the West by German writer Oswald Spengler (1880-1936): reflected the idea that something was drastically wrong with Western values when he emphasized the decadence of Western civilization and posited its collapse * The Impact of World War I * As over 10 million people died in the war‚ an immediate response to these deaths was ceremonies to honor the
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Weimar: Destined for Failure by a Weak Constitution and Poor Popular Support? A thread that runs throughout many analyses of the legacy of theWeimar Republic contains the idea that the fledgling German democracy was somehow doomed from the start. With a constitution that contained items such as Article 48 – a constitutional provision that permitted the Weimar President to rule by decree without the consent of the Reichstag – and a clause that allowed the Reichskanzler to assume office in the event
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What problems did Irish nationalists face in 1905? To what extent had these been overcome by 1949? For several hundred years‚ there has been increasing tension between southern and northern Ireland‚ giving rise to Irish Nationalism. The roots of conflict are to be found in the past when Henry II first landed in Ireland in 1169. At this time‚ Ireland was recognised for their nationalistic pride and the arrival of an English king generated resentment amongst the people‚ as England gained some control
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John Hiden felt that other factors contributed more to the collapse of Weimar and the expansion of the Nazis. “Versailles certainly did not doom the Republic from birth.” Another important ingredient in the rise of the Nazis was the hyper inflation of 1923. It came as a result of Germany missing one of the reparation payments. This gave the French and the Belgians the excuse to invade the heart of the German economy‚ the Ruhr. To limit the benefit to the invaders‚ a general strike was called. However
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1. The Red Scare‚ the fear of communism‚ spread quickly when the revolution in Russia happened. Vladimir L. Lenin took over conquering with the Red Army and created the Soviet Union. When communism took over the U.S.S.R‚ some Americans were frightened while others began to form Communist Parties within the U.S. As the Communist parties grew violent‚ in 1919‚ a plan was created in which bombs were mailed to government officials. One of the attacked‚ A. Mitchell Palmer‚ became a main advocate against
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an appointment at the University of Queensland where he was a pioneer lecturer of philosophy and education. Mayo also taught economics‚ psychology‚ metaphysics‚ and ethics in addition to practicing management consulting (Lucas). After he resigned in 1923‚ Mayo transferred to the University of Pennsylvania where he studied the value of work breaks on worker productivity in a number of textile firms (Dingley‚ 1997‚ p. 31). It is here that he delved into organizational sociology and psychology‚ a combination
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