On May 5‚ 1863 Clement Vallandigham was accused of having violated Burnside’s General Order Number 38. This declared that anyone who helped the enemies of the United States‚ would be tried as a traitor or spy and if declared guilty‚ would be put to death. Treason would not have been tolerated if it were declared or implied. Did Vallandigham truly go against Order Number 38 or was his arrest a blunder? It seems most probable that Clement Vallandigham had gone against Order Number 38. He believed
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Source 1 clear states that Attlee was not an effective leader. However it is ambiguous to whether or not the other 2 sources agree‚ the overall tones of the sources are negative. Source 2 begins with listing Attlee’s public qualities‚ his shyness and timidness. These characteristics immediately relate to source one which describes Atlee as a “small man”. Source 1 gives the impression that Attlee does eventually “restore order” but the tone in which Attlee is described gives a bad view of his
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the Conservative Party during Churchill’s time as Prime Minister‚ had lost the election to the Labour Party - surprising‚ because Churchill’s leadership was a major factor in Britain holding off against Nazi Germany. The Labour Party (Lead by Clement Attlee) won the 1945 general election instead of the Conservatives‚ gaining nearly 12 million votes and an additional 239 seats‚ which was a significant increase to the Conservatives
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Election was held and the winner was Clement Attlee‚ it has shifted to a Labour government. It was not only a change of Prime Minister but a total change of policy. This has been a serious change in the implication of the foreign policy. This new government brought a new policy with the colonies. Clement Attlee brought a policy of “peaceful disengagement”. He wanted to avoid conflict. This engagement removed the British influence from the colonies. Clement Attlee could see “the way the wind was blowing”
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Priestley encourages people to seize the opportunity the end of the war had given them to build a better‚ more caring society and put an end to the “Golden Age” Which Winston Churchill of the Conservative party favoured. However Priestley favoured Clement Attlee of the opposing party Labour; he thought Labour were more fair and equal and spoke the truth‚ Priestley thought many people had forgotten the truth‚ that the rich had all the power and the poor had nothing during the “Golden Age.” His play “An
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE WELFARE STATE? The question set is so broad that I shall have to be selective. I shall conduct my answer in relation to the British Welfare State. Before we can successfully understand the function of the Welfare State we must first be clear of its definition. Although I recognise that Britain has a long history of providing forms of welfare to its citizens though relief like the poor-law between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries‚ I intend to look at the post-war
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Democrat (also called The Coalition: Our Programme for Government) won 210 seats‚ the Liberals won 12 seats and the Communist won 2 seats. The Labour party had an overall majority of 147 making Clement Attlee the prime minister for the
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The key parties in this election involved the Conservative Party‚ headed by Stanley Baldwin‚ the Labour Party‚ headed by Clement Attlee‚ and the Liberal Party‚ headed by Sir Herbert Samuel. 1931 saw the establishment of the National Government with a Cabinet of four Labours four Conservatives and two Liberals. The main goal of the National Government was to bring all three parties
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previously at the Yalta Conference. The U.S. was represented by President Harry S. Truman and the USSR by Premier Joseph Stalin. The United Kingdom was represented at first by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and later by the new prime minister‚ Clement Richard Attlee. A communiqué issued at the close of the conference‚ and known as the Potsdam Agreement‚ contained the decisions reached by the participants. The principal decisions related to Germany. Administration of the country‚ until the establishment
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third degree burns received after attempting to escape in an overloaded Japanese plane which crashed in Taiwan‚[5] which is disputed.[6] The trials of the INA soldiers at Red Fort‚ Delhi‚ in late 1945 caused huge public response in India.[7][8] Clement Attlee‚ the British Prime Minister during whose rule India became independent‚ mentioned that INA activities of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (which weakened the Indian Army – the very foundation of the British Empire in India) and the Royal Indian Navy
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