Germany was prepared for the war in August‚ 1914. The Schlieffen Plan was a huge plan of attack to be used in the event of a war which was announced by Count Von Schlieffen on the 31st of December‚ 1905 (9 years before the war started). The European powers (allies) heard about this plan in 1914 before the outbreak of the war. The idea was that the Germans would sweep across Holland and Belgium to the sea at Dunkirk‚ the area between forts at Verdun and the Dunkirk coast would be attacked by 35 army
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There are many situations in Macbeth where supernatural beings or ideas are used to further the plot‚ explain something‚ or represent a theme or mood of the story. We see this with the three witches in the beginning of the story and through various other parts. There was also the ghosts and apparitions that appeared throughout the story. We also have the idea of prophecies being told‚ this idea is mainly thought to be supernatural. Finally we have the floating dagger that Macbeth sees right before
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The Union‚ under the command of General Grant‚ leads to a win against the Confederates. All of Grant’s wins pay off when the South finally surrenders at Appomattox courthouse. On April 7th General Grant sent a letter to the general of the South‚ General Lee‚ the letter said to surrender and meet at the Appomattox courthouse so Lee can sign these terms to surrender. Although Lee was outnumbered and had little men left to fight another battle he would meet with Grant. Lee would sign the terms‚ and
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The eighteenth century was a period of war and revolution all over the world. As ideas of the Enlightenment flourished‚ people in all nations began to speak up about the idea of liberty. The first English settlers came to Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607 to elude persecution in their homeland. These immigrants established their safe haven under principles of freedom. Unfortunately‚ after several decades British policy became evidently unfair and abusive toward their own citizens‚ inspiring the colonists
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The new proposition of government and society based upon the Enlightenment ideals of democracy‚ citizenship‚ and human rights set ahead by the philosophers such as John Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Rousseau‚ and Voltaire spread throughout France. It changed how people viewed the government and its policies. As a result the French Revolution came to play from 1789-1799. It started when the working classes known as
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started in 1976 with Apple’s first desktop computer (Gale‚ Enter Apple‚ 2015). In 1976 they released their first product( Gale‚ Enter Apple‚ 2015). Since then they have sold 47.8 million Iphones and 22.9 million Ipads(Apple reports). They had no idea how successful their company would become. People will remember Jobs for all the helpful and innovative inventions he made. He was the brains behind Apple one of the most successful companies. He went on to be a very successful man. At a very young age
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in wording alone demonstrates how the Soviets had “beaten” the U.S.. This proves the U.S. was falling behind in a quick manner‚ and would not stand to receive second place. In addition to this‚ the Sputnik sparked a technological revolution. As reported in The Impact of the Sputniks and the First Vanguard‚ “A steady chant arose; "When are we going to catch up with the Russians?" This chant did not stop until Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon in 1969.” This shows how after the Soviet Union succeeded
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Though he has a negative connotation in the American political perspective for being a Leninist/Marxist and for provoking such incidents as the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ Fidel Castro was a positive leader in Cuba and made many improvements to Cuban society after the Cuban Revolution that he led in 1959. Due to such incidents‚ many of Castro’s social reforms in Cuba are ignored (or dismissed as completely communistic and therefore without any merit to the United States)‚ especially reforms that he made
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national troops to Philadelphia‚ Wilmington‚ and Baltimore to protect Lincoln. Railroad official Samuel Morse Felton heard rumors of an assassination attempt‚ so he hired the Pinkertons to investigate. Allan Pinkerton investigated and found that the plan was to stab Lincoln as he
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Ivan Pavlov is best known in the psychology world for his founding and contribution in classical conditioning. Ivan was a Russian psychologist who had first started his career out in the world of physiology‚ a completely different science. He even came to win a Nobel prize in physiology and medicine. Although a large majority of his passion and interests were in learning and understanding the complex inner working of animals‚ he felt that something in his life was missing. As he progressed in his
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