undergone numerous similarities‚ however there were and overwhelming number of differences. Which in all distinguished the very foundations of these two territories. In the Middle East many things occurred during and after the First World War that did not take place in South Asia. The Ottoman Empire in the Middle East weakened and fell as the war went on. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand also took place during this time
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In the last decades of the nineteenth century around 2-15 million of the Congolese died when Europeans began to take over the Congo Free State‚ evidently affecting the Congolese greatly. The Europeans made this horrific takeover because they believed that they could change Africa for the better. There were many changes in the Congo’s culture‚ economic and social status. This takeover initiated because of the Europeans’ want in their resources and the beginning of racism and abuse toward the Congolese
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The working class however were paid a fraction of the amount they should have been compared to that of which the factory owners made. They were just a tool in the factories to carry out the profits. As a result‚ the gap between the rich and the poor kept on growing. England grew very wealthy on the financial credits of industrialization. With the increase of the factories and general industrialisation of the country‚ Britain saw an increase in the number of middle-class. They were educated people
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affecting the future world tremendously. The humanist movement of the European Renaissance the Protestant Reformation transformed Western Culture by developing a successful printing press‚ revoking traditional methods and ideas‚ and strengthening forces through intellectual reforms. The upheavals of the Catholic and Protestant reformations sparked wars of religion in Europe until the mid-1600s. At that time‚ issues of religion began to give way to issues of national power. Catholic and Protestant
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countries around the globe shows that the once great empire has influenced and shaped the world as we see today. Therefore‚ what approach did the British Empire take in maintaining their status
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There was an unprecedented amount of financial growth that was unable to be sustained due to the 1920s‚ but not everyone in the nation shared in this prosperity; this is a major contributing factor of the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover had an outdated belief on “rugged individualism”
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were still subject to much racism in their everyday lives. Also around this time there was much protest regarding the Vietnam war. On March 26‚ 1966‚ over 200‚000 people gathered worldwide to protest the Vietnam war. People were unhappy about the amount of lives lost with so little progress. Also the fact that the people that were being sent into war were average‚ everyday people because of the draft made the war that much more hated. The Vietnam War was also having a negative effect on the economy
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industrial workforce.” (William Cahn‚ page 181) The need for a labor force skilled in extensive farming operations were no longer in need and unskilled immigrants came to America to start their new life in cities as opposed to rural areas. Manufacturing facilities offered plentiful job opportunities‚ causing population to grow dramatically in cities. But not all was well‚ the industrial machine factories drew an excessive amount of people in from everywhere leading to overpopulation and high pollution:
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Document 8 said‚ “However‚ the Missouri Compromise did not apply to new territories that were not part of the Louisiana Purchase‚ and so the issue of slavery continued to fester as the nation expanded” (History.com). As the United States expanded so did the concept of slavery. After Texas separated from Mexico‚ they applied to become a state. Congress actually denied them‚ because they were worried
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Georges Clemenceau of France‚ Woodrow Wilson of the United States‚ and Vittorio Orlando of Italy‚ also known as the big four were very involved in the treaty but all had different inputs and thoughts. Germany agreed to the Treaty of Versailles but they did not realize all of the work they would need to do to. After the Treaty of Versailles was ratified‚ Germany was in need of money and angered by the outcome of the war.They were not allowed to import or export goods‚ or trade
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