Why was rearmament so important for Hitler ? The treaty of Versailles cut Germany’s armed forces to a tiny percentage of what it used to be during the First World War. During the 1920’s the league was trying to establish a plan for disarmament but many nations were using rearmament as a way to get over the depression‚ especially after 1929. In 1932 a world Disarmament conference was called. The conference was a failure‚ as no country was willing to disarm as much as they wanted. Hitler thought
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1. The progressive era: in the United States was a period of reform which lasted from the 1880s to the 1920s.The goals of Farmers Alliances were to regulate railroads‚ reform taxes‚ and back money with silver rather than gold. The Populist Party officially began in 1892. The party platform called for many items including: Free coinage of silver‚ Abolition of national banks‚ Graduated income tax Increase in paper money‚ Government ownership of transportation‚ Direct election of Senators‚ Civil service
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USA economically. By rebuilding Western Europe‚ America was creating trading partners who could buy US goods and provide investment opportunities for US capital. Nonetheless the USSR rejected the offer‚ and neither of her satellite states‚ nor Czechoslovakia‚ which was showing interest‚ were allowed to take advantage of it. To know if the policy of containment during the Cold War worked‚ we have to look closely on many contexts‚ for example Korea and Italy. Korea had been under Japanese control
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Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 Growth of European Tensions Dictatorships in Germany and Italy The European conflict that broke out with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 was linked to the grievances expressed by Hitler and Mussolini about the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler created a personal persona around his avowed “mission” to recue to German people from the shame of WW1 and to free Germany from the restrictions imposed by the Treaty. In Mein Kampf‚ Hitler wrote that
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Italian/Northern Renaissance | | Medici Family | They dominated Florence during the 15th century and were interested in industry‚ trade‚ and banking. The first was Giovanni di Bicci de’Medici (1360-1429)‚ and the most famous was Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492)‚ the great grandson of Giovanni. Medici power fell after Savonarola (1452-1498)‚ a Franciscan friar‚ gained power‚ and therefore‚ Florence was never the same. | Humanism | England: * Started taking hold in early 15th century taught
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In September 1919‚ just some months after signing the Treaty of Versailles‚ the Treaty of Saint-German was signed with Austria. Due to this treaty Austria’s land got reduced to 84.000 kilometers and it had to accept the independence of Hungary‚ Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Some of the lands of Austria were given to Italy and some other lands‚ Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia indeed‚ were given to Yugoslavia. Besides‚ the treaty prohibited Austria to join with Germany. In November of the same year
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COLD WAR The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) during the 46-year period following the World War II’s end‚ but before the end of the Soviet Union. It refers to the time between 1945 and 1991. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COLD WAR At the end of World War II‚ English author and journalist George Orwell used Cold war‚ as a general term‚ in his essay "You and the Atomic Bomb"‚ published October 19‚ 1945‚ in the British newspaper Tribune. Contemplating
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"Recognition is essentially a political act & declaratory in nature but clothed in legal reasoning” Introduction Traditionally any discussion on recognition in international law considers two theories: constitutive and declaratory. The constitutive theory perceives recognition as “a necessary act before the recognized entity can enjoy an international personality‚” while the declaratory theory sees it as “merely a political act recognizing a pre-existing state of affairs.” In the constitutive
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is recognised to have depression because giving birth was apparently too much for her. She had a breakdown “Giving birth was too much of a strain. She’s always hysterical or depressed… a breakdown!” * Anja and Vladek go to a sanitarium in Czechoslovakia. On the way was the first time Vladek sees the Swastika. “Here was the first time I saw‚ with my own eyes‚ the Swastika. * Vladek learns on the train about pogroms that are going in in Germany. * Vladek gets told about Kristallnacht (the
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GENETIC ENGINEERING: THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN GENETICS The first scientific investigation of inheritance came from an unlikely place—a monastery garden in what later became Czechoslovakia. There in the 19th century‚ a monk named Gregor Mendel bred generations of pea plants‚ observed the way they inherited characteristics‚ and founded modern genetics. While cell science and evolution theory were advancing‚ what was happening in inheritance studies? Nothing! Mendel’s work was quickly forgotten
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