What were the causes of WW1? In 1914‚ World War I broke out. It involved around 100 countries around the world. Between 1914 and 1918‚ over 59 million troops were used‚ over 8 million died and over 29 million were injured. This is the biggest war anyone has any witnessed yet; this is why WW1 is also known as the Great War. The main reasons why WW1 broke out were the Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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who should be the rightful kings of France since Isabelle‚ mother of Edward III‚ was French. This breach of peace is what we now call “The Hundred Years War”. This struggle between the countries can be classified into phases. The first phase‚ for nearly two decades from 1337-1357 had the Sluys‚ Crecy‚ and Poitiers battles all of which were English victories. Although the English were the smaller of the two countries‚ they did win those three major battles and this can be contributed to the fact that
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Women were impacted by the Renaissance in economic rights as well as working skills and knowledge. Women were greatly affected economic wise because of the Renaissance. Before the Renaissance women had more responsibilities to make things such as cloths from scratch and food production. But after the 13th century many of these tasks as well as some of their jobs were replaced due to the fact of merchants obtaining the goods through trade. Also‚ the little amount of women which were able to keep
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Interviewer: What were the difficulties or the hardships that breaker boys experienced as in the coalmine? Breaker boy: There are lots of terrible conditions we have in the coalmine. We work in a room which is surrounded with clouds of coal dust. We inhale coal dust
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“The Old Clock on the Stairs” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Symbol and Personification Mirth- amusement‚ especially expressed in laughter Vicissitude- a change in circumstances; typically unpleasant or unexpected Miser- a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible Horologe- a timepiece Incessantly- without interruption; constantly In “The Old Clock on the Stairs” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow uses end rhyme and repetition to explore the connection between the things that remain
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Americans varied depending upon the circumstances of which they were under. At this time‚ black people were commonly mistreated by white Americans. There was a portion of African Americans who were enslaved and a portion of them that were free. Given that those that were enslaved were to be considered the property of their white slave owners‚ slaves were subjected to much harsher conditions by them. Enslaved African Americans would have to endure both physiological and physical abuse by their white
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1. What were the strengths and weaknesses of workers unions? By the end of the nineteenth century‚ workers unions had become major forces influencing wages and working conditions. In 1886‚ when successful strikes on some western railroads attracted a mass of previously unorganized unskilled workers‚ the Knights of Labor grew to a peak membership of a million workers. They bargained with employers‚ conducted boycotts‚ and called members out on strike to demand higher wages and better working conditions
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To what extent were Hitler and Stalin similar? Hitler and Stalin were both cruel dictators around the time of WW2‚ but to what extent were these two men similar? Firstly they were both dictators throughout WW2; however they were both of different beliefs. Hitler was a fascist and Stalin was a communist‚ however they were both such extreme versions of these beliefs that they were‚ in many ways alike. Starting with childhood‚ Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in a small Austrian town called
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arrived on the Mayflower. Much like the Native Americans‚ Africans were subject to this same type of abuse. Affluent European nations such as Britain‚ Germany‚ and Italy took it upon themselves to claim all the sovereign countries of Africa with a bogus claim of wanting to “civilize” the people of these nations. Missionaries came by the boatloads in an effort to rid Africans of their already established religious beliefs and convert them
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not know what you have until it is gone." The Day It Happened is a story written by Rosario Morales‚ a Puerto Rican poet and activist‚ who was born in Puerto Rico but grew up in New York. This short story takes place in a barrio of N.Y. in an apratment building‚ which is narrated by one of the neighbors. Morales depicts an abusive Latino relationship during the 90 ’s where machismo‚ domestic violence and love coincide to give us a small viewing of how the lives of many Latino womyn were like.
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