Alfred von Schlieffen‚ the brains behind the Schlieffen Plan‚ wanted to make a war plan that would take into account the factors that it would have in the way. First of all‚ the plan was built around the fact that the war would be a two-front war between France and Russia. Also Austria-Hungary being their only ally that they can depend on. This plan plan was formed in 1905‚ so the plan lacked in industrial issues. For example‚ machine guns and other modern weapons that could create a big hole in
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those he brought along‚ to arm rebellious slaves with the aim of striking terror to the slaveholders in Virginia. In Document A from the New York Tribune (December 3‚ 1859)‚ Horace Greeley states that slavery was a bad thing and that John Brown did a good thing
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Civil war essay The civil war has a lot of reasons why it started‚ like the conflict between the government and the states.Which helped the cause of the secede from the United States.Another reason is the conflict between keeping slavery or making slavery illegal.It also helped that seven of the states seceded from the United States.All these factors helped the civil war happen and help stop slavery. The North and South had different ideas about what was happening during the civil war.The North wanted
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culture‚ government‚ education‚ political structure and more. However‚ if I was a wealthy woman and I had to choose one between the two I would choose to live in Sparta‚ because they would value me more than people in Athens would. The first reason why I would prefer Sparta is because of their education system. In Sparta I would be trained from a young age in arts and athletics‚ I would have a strong body and I would be able to learn various things related with art and other topics. Besides this‚
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The Roman Empire was a great empire and was around for some time‚ but all great things come to an end. Many things took part in dragging the Roman Empire down‚ but the economy and its problems were one of the main causes why the empire fell. As we know the economy is a big part of what keeps a country going‚ however in Rome the economy had problems that contributed to Rome’s fall. The rise of taxes wasn’t easy on anyone. Taxes made most of the peasants’ day to day lives difficult to live. There
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change. Even though democracy keeps an individual or a group take power the people of the government will not be taken advantage of or be mistreated. Many things is not about an idea being or bad‚ sometimes change is not fair to all the people. But why did the Athenian democracy fail in about 100 years if it was a government made for the people. Before democracy the people in ancient Greece were run by the people on top of the wealth and power pyramid. Everything from laws to ideas were given by the
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Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Charlotte Wong 7B (20) The Spanish Armada failed because of many things‚ most of them were because of they did not done a proper preparation for the battle. The Spanish was very weak and unorganized‚ they know that they were‚ but they still don’t do any preparation‚ as if they knew that they will lose. They did not done well in the tactics‚ ship design and choosing their leader. If they can’t do these basic things
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Natural Gas‚ Pollution‚ and Our Environment In today’s society there is a great need for environmental protection. Things that happened during our parents and grandparents age have caused a great concern for our ozone‚ our air‚ and our environment. You constantly hear about the many sources of pollution‚ but we hardly ever hear about the solutions. In this paper I will present one possible solution to the air pollution problem that has been caused by too many automobile emissions being released
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Natural selection is the driving force in evolution because it is what trait offspring. There are many cases of evidence showing this such as the peppered moth population‚ the blue mussels‚ and the finches that we studied. The peppered is a very good example of natural selection because there is already black moths in the population‚ but the peppered survived better before the industrial revolution.Though when the industrial revolution comes in the lichens on the trees die and the peppered moth
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2/16/2014 Cause/Effect Academic Essay The effect of why people keep pets Oh my god! My friend’s pet is so cute. One day‚ when i arrived at my friend’s home‚ his little dog was damaging his pillow. What a cute trouble maker! "Pets are peoples’ friends." This sentence has been passed down in my country. Now‚ pets are an important part of peoples’ lives. Almost each family are have pets. The pet industry is developing rapidly. You can see pet hospital‚ pet shop‚ and
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