immigrants. The war in Europe caused several problems. The Germans were allowed to sail into the United States‚ but once here had to stay because the British blockade was in effect. Allied ships where allowed to leave unlike the German ships. This made the German ambassador mad and he consequently said that they would attack if the blockade continued. Germany’s idea at this time was: if you keep America occupied at home‚ then they will not want to fight the war across the ocean. The Germans had
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Cuba was situated only 90 miles from Florida in southern USA. Americans owned most of the businesses‚ banks‚ sugar and tobacco plantations‚ as well as a large naval base. The USA maintained good relations with the pro-American dictator Batista. Batista was overthrown in 1959. 95% of Cuba’s trade was with the USA so the Cuban economy was heavily dependent on the USA. The new leader‚ Fidel Castro wished to reduce USA influence. He nationalised industries and banks and introduced land reforms. This
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Secondary excitotoxicity is thought to be more relevant to chronic neurodegenerative disorders than the classical acute form. In this pathway increased glutamate levels are not required as disturbances with the neuronal resting membrane potential cause glutamate receptors to be over-activated by physiological levels of glutamate. In a neuron which is affected by another pathological process and shows reduced ATP production‚ Na+ dysfunction or impaired glucose metabolism and as a result has an abnormal
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Neuromuscular blocking drugs were first used by South American Indians on their arrows to paralyze their prey. During that time neuromuscular drugs were called curare. They were first written about in a letter by a chronicler‚ employed by the Court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella‚ in 1516. In the 18th century Edward Bancroft‚ a physician‚ brought samples of curare back from South America and Sir Benjamin Brodie showed how small animals could be left alive after being injected with curare and
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After Persian wars‚ Athens and Sparta emerged as Greek strong societies growing their powers and living together peacefully with a truce in place. They had a treaty in place for 30 years. During peace time Athens became a naval power and Sparta developed military land power. Eventually‚ the Peloponnesian War (431- 404 BCE) broke out in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta city-states. It was between Athens and their allies (the Delian League) and Spartan and their allies (the Peloponnesian
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1.1 INTRODUCTION According to Trueman (2015)‚ the Cold War is actually an ideological confrontation that happened between the democratic and capitalist world which led the United State (US) against the Communist bloc under Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). The origin of the name Cold War was given to the relationship that developed between the two superpowers after World War Two. It lasted roughly from 1945 until 1990 which is almost 45 years. There were no direct military campaigns between
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History notes Yalta Conference February 1945 Relations between Churchill and Stalin were frosty Greatest source of conflict was over Poland Soviets have established a communist government in Poland Allies did not want communist in Poland and hope for free election Potsdam Conference July 1945 Potsdam= Berlin Suburb Stalin occupied most of Eastern Europe: (Albania‚ Romania‚ Bulgaria‚ Hungary‚ Czech‚ Poland‚ Finland.) America had a new President – Truman Truman was more anti communist
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rule onto Bosnia. The reason for the United States entering into this blood bath was because other counties abused the trust that Americans had in their word. Because the British blockade stopped cargo ships from traveling from the U.S. to Germany‚ it was causing famine in Germany upsetting its leaders. As the blockade continued‚ Germany became very ruthless and fought back at any cost. They attacked ships carrying American citizens‚ the U.S. was outraged by this because those ships carried
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After World War II‚ communism was at a distinct rise‚ led by the Soviet Union. They wanted to expand their influences in Eastern Europe and Asia. The communists took over Czechoslovakia; they started the Berlin Blockade to show their discontent when the western powers started a new currency in West Germany; communist North Korea invaded South Korea‚ with the Soviet Union supporting the North‚ and the US supporting the South. The traditionalists believed that all
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lastly‚ how the Central Powers lost WWI. I will analyze such concepts by determining the extent of each‚ what the cause was‚ and the outcome of each. Summary of Evidence -submarines: -economic warfare role/commerce trading -enforced naval blockade against enemy shipping (exhibited by Germany) -could have been useful fleet weapons against enemy naval warships -submarine was a new weapon at the outbreak of the war -little was known about the affectivity in leading German naval circles
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