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    World War I was a series of unfortunate events for everyone involved. It’s made out to be this great war that we must learn about‚ but once we do‚ we soon find out that it was just a string of very small events that led to such a big and preventable war. The three biggest causes of WWI are the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans‚ and Militarism. The leading cause of the beginning of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It happened in June 1914 by a group that went

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    Women of the 1930s 22/09/12 Of mice and men topic Back in the 1930 women were known as second class citizens. They didn’t have the same rights that men had. Doing any other job than being a house wife was really frowned upon. Men would go out and work for the money whilst women would look after the children and clean the home. Also during this time women had to cover up their legs and arms as men could get the wrong

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    The 1930s provided women with more opportunities for women in education and work. Women graduated high school at a slightly higher rate than men did. Female high school graduates increased 20% throughout the 1930s; double than that of the 1920s. However‚ more men continued to graduate college than women (7%); there were less female college graduates in the 1930s than in the 1920s. Even though not as many women were getting college diplomas‚ businesses were hiring twice as many women than men. According

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    Moreover‚ the Roman Empire did not fall overnight; in fact there are several leading events. Some of the events that led to the fall of the Roman Empire are the rise of Christianity. Overexpansion was also another factor that caused its split. Due to chaos‚ constant civil and internal war was occurring allowing invasion by foreigners. These three events are considered important factors that led to the fall of the empire. Christian religion was monotheistic‚ or the belief in one god‚ thus the opposite than

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    There were people who wanted the power that was implicated in being a part of the Committee of Public Safety and others who wanted the Terror to end and were completely against the Revolutionary government as a whole vying for the removal of Robespierre. Others thought it would be best for him to be removed in order to keep themselves

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    Collapse of the Soviet Union For most of the 1900’s‚ the Soviet Union was one of the most powerful countries in the world. They fought in both World Wars and they also helped to defeat the Nazis in World War 2. Even with all of their achievements‚ the Soviet Union’s government began to disagree with the people and even force their will upon them in the mid to late 1900’s and they finally collapsed in 1991. The collapse of the Soviet Union was caused mainly by internal issues that developed long

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    independence movement saw various national and regional campaigns‚ agitations and efforts‚ some nonviolent and others not so. Movements led by Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu (Father of Nation)‚ was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalismin British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience‚ Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence‚ civil rights and freedom across the world. Khilafat movement In 1919 Gandhi

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    During the 1930’s‚ the United States of America went through the largest financial crisis that the nation had ever experienced. This financial drought was called “The Great Depression.” The Great Depression resulted from the crash of the stock market in 1929. Every person who invested and owned any of the banks throughout America lost nearly every single dollar they had in them. This quickly cause the nation to go in a panic‚ leaving everyone in fear of what might happen next. As the Great Depression

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    answer in paragraph form. 1. What is the company’s underlying/main problem? Explain your answer. (5 points) Personal relationships was highly prioritized by the organization which led to lack of power assertion among supervisors to avoid conflict and lack of communication among the associates and low-level managers resulting to conflict escalation. This is evident in how previous supervisors depicted Terri as a model employee even if she was not able to be of the standards of the organization and even

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    From January 24‚ 1848 to about 1851 the California Gold Rush changed California forever. The discovery of gold by James Marshal in a stream near Sutter’s Mill Fort sparked the beginning of this historic event. The results forever changed California. The towns‚ population‚ and economic changes before‚ during‚ and after the Gold Rush proves the impact of this historical event. Life before the Gold Rush in California was simple. San Francisco was a small and unused town with very little excitement

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