resulted from it and changed the course of Irish history. Three of these factors are reduced population‚ decline of the Gaelic language‚ and increased harshness of the Irish landlords. The Great Potato Famine was caused by a type of fungus called potato blight‚ which caused the potatoes to become mushy and inedible (Trueman). The 1846 potato crop was a failure due to this fungus and continued to destroy the 1847 crop as well (Trueman). As a result of the famine‚ the Irish population decreased
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What caused the First World War? Historians have many theories about how the First World War started‚ although most believe that there were three fuses and one spark! The first world war broke out in 1914 and involved mainly Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ France and Britain. Most of the causes were long-term‚ such as the rivalry of the European countries‚ however there was one short term cause which triggered the start of the chaos that was the First World War. The first fuse was that of empires
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Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession I. Background A. At this time‚ the Mexican American War had just ended and the US had an equal number of free and slave states. The war ended in 1848. If you remember right‚ the Mexican American War left America with‚ through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)‚ the former Mexican provinces of California and Mexico. Mexico would also‚ in subsequence of the treaty‚ recognize the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Mexico. In return‚
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Unfortunately with the long terms with Lenin being appointed‚ it did not work out for the better. Lenin brought about communism‚ famine‚ denied rights‚ and empty promises in the end. Lenin with his “unbounded power” pursued his own ideal views on what life should be like without any oppositions affecting him or opinions given by other people (Pipes 43). Therefore‚ Lenin and the Bolsheviks took complete power and spread communism throughout Russia. The Bolsheviks took advantage of so many people
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Gabriel Hilton Mrs. Sims History 8th May 2‚ 2016 The Civil War begun on April 12‚ 1861 when Confederate troops bombarded the Union Army at Fort Sumter. This was the official starting of the war but before this‚ there were many reasons a war could have broken out. When President Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860‚ 7 southern states seceded from the Union. They seceded from the Union because they feared that when Lincoln took office that he would abolish slavery in those states because he was against
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WHAT CAUSED THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR IN 1642? Intro: In this assessment I will be explaining to you what caused the English civil war in 1642 and the main reasons why it happened. I will be writing the causes related to these three factors: Money‚ religion‚ power. Money: The first cause of the war related to money‚ was at 1629 when Charles ordered that everyone in the country should pay Ship Money and the people who refused to pay were arrested. This helped cause the civil war because many
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August 6 of 1945 USA dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb killed around 166000 people and was called “Little Boy”. This atomic bomb changed Truman’s attitude. There are people that think that the war was caused because the bomb encouraged Truman seek confrontation with U.S.S.R. When Truman had the bomb his attitude at the conference became aggressive and of confrontation. He also changed from pro-Soviet advisors to anti-communist advisors. And finally he
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up into company stocks. When the stock market began to fall‚ this caused a mass selling of many stocks. A domino like effect spread throughout the market. Now wealthy Americans had lost their nest eggs‚ companies began to shutter‚ and liquidity began to dry up. This led into another cause for the Great Depression. As companies began to lose their stock values‚ they were forced to close after their liquidity dried up. This caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs. Such a large loss of employments
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across‚ which caused problems with the Soviets. Finally President Truman got his point across and ended the war. While the Cold War was still going on President Truman was coming up with the Truman Doctrine which states
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monetary policies when it should have done the opposite. Bernanke highlighted its five critical mistakes. 1. The Fed began raising the fed funds rate in the spring of 1928. It kept increasing it through a recession that began August 1929. That’s what caused the stock market crash in October 1929. 2. When the stock market crashed‚ investors turned to the currency markets. At that time‚ the gold standard supported the value of the dollars held by the U.S. government. Speculators began trading in their
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