In January 1886 a 16YOA Jewish girl- Emma Goldman arrived to in New York City from St. Petersburg‚ Russia‚ where her parents ran a grocery store. As soon as immigration officials had examined her and approved her entry into the US‚ she hurried to Rochester‚ New York‚ where her half-sister lived. Emma was extremely independent-minded. Her father had tried to force her to marry when she was 15‚ saying when she protested that “all Jewish daughter needs to know is how to prepare gefulte fish‚ cut noodles
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The film‚ Gangs of New York (2002)‚ directed by Martin Scorsese‚ is loosely based on Herbert Asbury’s work‚ “The Gangs of New York: an informal history of the underworld” (1927). The film tells the story of a fictional character‚ Amsterdam‚ who is trying to avenge his father‚ who was killed in battle by the film’s main antagonist‚ William Cutting‚ also known as Bill the Butcher. The story is set in New York City in the mid-nineteenth century‚ specifically‚ at the infamous Five Points‚ which now makes
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In the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee’s Step Into Your Place‚ the World War I era propaganda poster evokes a range of changing emotions dependent upon how one views the artwork. First distributed in 1915‚ the artwork was commissioned by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee(PRC) to convince the youths of Britain to enlist. The PRC was a bipartisan organization created after the outbreak of war‚ and was headed by British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. Step Into Your Place was one of two hundred
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secession‚ he was not as successful as President Lincoln. In the 1860’s‚ soldiers of the Union and the Confederate started deserting the army. The North and the South passed a law saying all white men ages 18-45 had to a Military draft called conscription. Even slaves went into the Southern military. Even though the slaves did have the Under Ground Rail Road‚ the Slaves that stayed behind use this as a way to escape. A Northern Abolitionist woman wrote a book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This book
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roads‚ railways and houses. This significantly helped reduce unemployment‚ as did large-scale military rearmament. With Germany building up its armed forces‚ thousands of jobs in iron‚ steel‚ aviation and shipbuilding were created. After 1935‚ conscription of men into the army also helped reduce the unemployment figures. This was seen as a benefit to the country and enabled many Germans to accept Nazi rule. The life of a German child changed dramatically during the 1920’s and 30’s‚ especially
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creating jobs by establishing the ‘Bread and Jobs’ union. This allowed men ages 18-25 to enlist in and work on hospitals‚ schools and roadways. Men also had to join the army and do public work like construction. He increased armament introducing conscription and putting people into ammunition factories. Eventually‚ Hitler decreased the unemployment rate from six million to around three hundred thousand down side was he took the jobs from the Jews and women and giving them to the unemployed men. This
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party into government after a period of 23 years of conservative government in Australia. Major polices Gough Whitlam came to the office claiming a demand for a wide-ranging program of social reforms. In a lot of activity government – • Ended conscription and withdrew Australian troops from Vietnam giving students and mothers the peace of mind. • Launched an inquiry into education and funded government and non- government schools on a needs basis to provide equal and more education and resources
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relationship follows a long and complicated history. Throughout history‚ tensions between French and English Canada have been evident. Looking back at World War I and II‚ one of the key issues that divided English and French Canada was conscription. Quebec was against conscription‚ while English-Canada supported it. However‚ this is not the only issue that influenced the relationship between Quebec and the rest of Canada. Throughout history‚ there have been many defining moments which have influenced this
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Notions of Brotherhood throughout the Late Ottoman Period: In Ottoman Brothers‚ Michelle Campos attempts to dispel the misconceived notion of the role of ‘ethnic nationalisms’ in the last Islamic Empires disintegration. By utilizing a wide range of sources‚ Campos illustrates how the Ottoman Empire was far from a ‘prison of nations’‚ where ‘natural nationalisms’ slowly deteriorated the national composition. That it was‚ in contrast‚ a melting pot of ethnicities sharing in the faith of newly acquired
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HSC Modern History PART 1 – World War One 1. War on the Western Front The reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front Faults in the Schlieffen Plan - The Schlieffen Plan was Germany’s pre-war (1906) strategy in invading France in the event of an outbreak of war – aggressive and needed speed and surprise - Involved heading north into Belgium‚ then west to attack France’s fortified chateau’s from the rear - Plan to take Paris in 6 weeks to defeat France‚ then take on
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