Cram Packet 1914 to Present BIG IDEAS: The 20th Century was a time when the world got “smaller.” Communication and transportation made it possible to connect to every part of the globe and even into outer space. The United States came to dominate the world during the 20th century and our culture spread everywhere (McWorld) Not every part of the globe felt comfortable with the Americanization of the world. American values can be interpreted as being based upon consumerism‚ greed‚ sex‚ and
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Introduction Women’s privilege has had much discourse from the 19th through the 21st century in the Occident. Though narratives alternate proxy discursively‚ women from wide-ranging backgrounds agglomerate under the theorem of equality. However‚ many‚ including material feminist‚ hypothesize; that equality in not compatible white male patriarchal dominated societies. In The Female Man‚ Joanna Russ argues that equality is only possible with universalism. For Russ and other material feminist‚ believe
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than “Little Boy”. President Truman warned Japan with the consequences if they didn’t surrender with the Potsdam Declaration. It was signed by President Truman‚ and by Prime Minister Attlee of the United Kingdom and with the concurrence of Chiang Kai-Shek‚ President of the National Government of China. Japan refused to surrender. In order to avoid an inevitable bombing campaign and land invasion of Japan that would have killed many US soldiers and citizens; President Truman issued the order
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"To what extent can the Korean War be regarded as a Cold War proxy war?" The Cold War was the continuing state of political conflict‚ military tension‚ proxy wars‚ and economic competition existing after World War II between the Communist World – primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies – and the powers of the Western world‚ primarily the United States and its allies. The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea‚ supported by the United Nations‚ and
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largest exporter and 16th largest importer‚ and the third largest holder of foreign exchange reserves‚ with over US $180 billion. After 1949 Taiwan’s productivity in agriculture increased. This was a result of land reforms that were initiated by Chiang Kai-shek after his KMT government moved from Nanjing to Tai’pei. Foreign investment was important to Taiwan during the 1960s‚ so they developed export processing zones with some enticements designed to bring in more foreign investors. The emphasis slowly
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family in Xiamen‚ China on December 25‚1924. He is the son of Henry H. Sy. He immigrated to the Philippines and got his start by selling rejected and overrun shoes from Tondo.[2] He completed his secondary education in a school now known as Chiang Kai Shek College [3] and earned his Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University in 1950.[4] Foray into business In 1958‚ Sy established a small shoe store in Quiapo‚ Manila that marked the establishment of SM Prime Holdings
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WWII RESEARCH Vincent Kwok Alexine Yap Amy Nguyen Linh Dan Tran Question: Was the Wall Street Crash of October 1929 the main reason for WWII starting in September 1939? a. Identify parameters of question >>>”The main reason”? Obviously‚ we know that there are several other reasons to have started WWII. We will‚ however‚ still inspect to what extent the Wall Street Crash had on subsequent events leading up to WWII‚ and attempt to link the other causes to each other in order to gain a holistic
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Devon years later‚ it looks little and unintimidating. The tree is a symbol of carefree happiness and fears of the boys growing into men‚ and in time men can leave those worries behind. Allusions: The Iliad by Homer- The boys Lazarus- Chiang Kai-Shek- Summary: * After fifteen years‚ Gene Forrester returns to the Devon School of New Hampshire‚ a school he attended in high school. He revisits two major spots in the school: the tree by the river and the marble staircase. * Flashback
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meant to serve. Before World War ll The people of China were unhappy with imperial rule. Their unhappiness led to revolution and a civil war. Chiang Kai shek was a Nationalist and an Anti Communist. He led the military of China in the 1920s and helped allied powers that defeated the Japanese in WWll. When the Nationalists lost China to the Communists‚ Chiang maintained the republic by moving it to the island of Taiwan where he established economic development and political stability. Once Japan Was
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TOMORROW (during exam): USE A BLACK OR BLUE PEN. NO PENCILS‚ NO WHITEOUT. BRING YOUR SESSION NUMBER AND ALL THAT INFO PUT THINGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (\__/) IB HISTORY STUDY GUIDE (.___.);; Hitler = Right Mao = Left Paper 1 - Peacemaking THE BIBLE! Questions Question 1 - Importance and Message tips 1A= 5 min (3 marks) -try to put 4 points just in case one of ideas is wrong quote the source or paraphrase the source in answer *make sure answer is focused and succinct *don’t spend too much time on
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