Samantha Hartling Hartling‚ 1 Mr. Denette History 5/31/2013 A war had a huge impact on our history and society‚ which makes us who we are today. This war created terror and spread throughout the whole world. The “Holocaust” was caused by the dictator Adolf Hitler; he caused the bloodiest war in history killing 11 million people‚6 Million of them were Jewish. He was the main problem of this war and needed to be taken down right away. The Holocaust was one of the twentieth century’s greatest
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Not all Jews were killed‚ some were saved‚ but most Jews were killed. For example “Signs of unimaginable suffering were everywhere‚ inmates had been shot‚ beaten‚ whipped and‚ hung‚ others had been starved or worked to death” Furthermore “As chief of the Jewish office of the RSHA‚ Adolf Eichmann was responsible of deporting between five and six million Jews.” According to yadvashem.org‚ “ Suzanne Spaak was an active participant in an operation initiated by Pastor Paul Vergara and Marcelle Guillemot
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Totalitarianism - a centralized system of government where the State has complete power over all aspects of a person’s life (politically‚ economically‚ socially and culturally); totalitarianism tries to abolish all freedom Fascism - the political ideology that considers individuals as inferior to the State. Fascism promotes a dictatorial one-party rule‚ centralized control of private enterprise‚ repression of opposition‚ an extreme form of nationalism‚ and a denial of individual rights. Fascists
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1) The reason for US neutrality in the 1920s and 1930s was because the US has always been accustomed to isolation. They wanted to go back to “normalcy.” They tried to refrain the country from getting involved in foreign affairs that would require resources. There was a lot of social changes going on during this period of time for groups such as women having the ability to vote and African Americans being more seen as equal. In the late 1920s and early 1930s‚ certain novels and journals were making
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Ngoc Chau Unit 3 Cold War 1) The dispute that became known as the Cold War emerged over the division of Europe after WW2 was inevitable because of conflicting interests and mistrust – who would control post –war Europe. - U.S/ United Kingdom position: the U.S and Great Britain argued for national self- determination through free elections throughout Europe. - Soviet Position: Russia was intent on imposing communist. Stalin brought down an “Iron Curtain” (Churchill’s phrase) across
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alliance composed of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy. The second association was made up by France‚ Great Britain‚ and Russia and were known as the Triple entente. These alliances may have been one cause of the outbreak of WW1. Therefore the underlying causes of WW1 were militarism‚ alliances‚ and imperialism. Militarism is defined as “a belief or desire that a government or people should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively.” In the London times History
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During World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers. However‚ the relationship between the two nations was a tense one. Americans had long been wary of Soviet communism and concerned about Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical. For their part‚ the Soviets resented the Americans’ decades-long refusal to treat the USSR as a legitimate part of the international community as well as their delayed entry into World War II‚ which resulted in
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The article The Women’s Land Army During World War II by Caron Smith describes how women got involved in agriculture on the home front during World War II. During WWII‚ because there was such a high need for men to serve‚ women got the chance to step up and really work. This was their first chance to really show what women could do. Until WWII women‚ although they had recently earned their right to vote‚ were still mainly in the domestic realm and most didn’t work. During this time women were actively
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Effects of World War II on the United States The economy: World War 2 proved to be a stimulise for the American economy. 17 million new jobs were created and unemployment was no longer. By Christmas 1942 USA output was greater than Japan‚ Germany and Italy combined. Jobs dramatically rose by 52% due to the high level of demand‚ for wartime resources. This was also debatably a huge moment for America because it was economically growing at rapid pace compared to the rest of the world. After the
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Japanese Internment: racist or not? The “Japanese Internment” was an incident that occurred in World War II. The internment was to place all Japanese citizens into holding camps‚ wither American citizen or not. Some argue that the internment was solely based on racism‚ because the US were at war with Japan. In February 1942 President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066‚ which declared that the U.S. armed forces could designate military areas in which certain people had to be expelled
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