To what extent was there a Post-War Consensus between the years 1951 & 1964? The term ‘post-war consensus’ is used to describe a period of general agreement in the key areas of politics between the two main political parties following the Second World War. Prior to the 1951 Conservative election‚ Labour had introduced several important social and political reforms. It appeared that there was no systematic effort by the Conservative party when they returned to power to reverse these changes‚
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The American Revolution was the revolt of the English colonies in North America that occurred between 1775 and 1783‚ which resulted in the establishment of the United States. The Independence of the United States is considered the first American Revolution (the second was the Civil War). It was a landmark in the Old Regime crisis because it broke the unity of the colonial system. The thirteen American colonies were formed from the seventeenth century. In the late eighteenth century‚ there were 680
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the Land of Opportunity is written by Lane Kenworthy and discusses many opinions and views on equal opportunities amongst all citizens. This article discusses how opportunity is not equal for everyone and that opportunity can positively or negatively affect someone’s life turning them into someone who is successful or someone who has nothing and earns nothing. The audience for this article should be people who are politically aware of the issues that are discussed regarding equal opportunity amongst
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one of the largest tribes in the American West‚ so they were known as a nation. They are also called Lakota or Dakota. The name Sioux means ‘little snakes’. Like a lot of the other tribes‚ the Sioux were nomadic and lived in places like Wisconsin‚ North and South Dakota and Minnesota. The Sioux nation had a rich history and was a very powerful tribe. A Frenchman‚ Jean Duluth‚ moved into the Sioux territory in the 17th century and took control of most of their land. The people of Sioux were hunters
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Alexander was a great leader even though some people commonly think that he was a sword wielding tyrant. Alexander was a great leader because he respected the beliefs of other people‚ had a great respect for knowledge‚ and he was a superior strategist in battle. He was so great that he was almost able to conquer the whole known world. Alexanders respect of other people’s beliefs was one of the biggest reasons he is considered great. While other conquerors in this time period‚ like the persians‚ would
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To what extent do you think Kritios was a revolutionary sculptor? Kritios was an Athenian sculptor‚ whose style and technique during the late archaic period helped revolutionize the archaic period into the Classical period. He has two main statutes that I am going to examine the first of which being the Kritios boy. Also referred to as “the first beautiful nude art” it is very important as it is a precursor to the later classical sculptures. It depicts a young boy in an idea form (so sculpted
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the West Was Won Over the years some 25 million people have come to America. Some came for economic reasons‚ others to freely practice their religion without persecution‚ others to escape war‚ political unrest‚ and overpopulation. Whatever the reason‚ they all came to enjoy America’s promise of freedom and prosperity. There have been several major waves of immigration throughout the history of the United States. The first dated from 1783 to the early 1800s. Between 1820 and 1870‚ there was a rapid
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The struggle for freedom from the bondage of racial oppression did not stop in America‚ and it can be remembered that in the 1880s to 1890s‚ there was a political movement of workers and low scale farmers known as the populist emerging from Midwest and South. In this organization‚ it was known that black tenant farmers and the low scale white farmers from South would work together against large landowners who were considered the Southern elites. As a united team‚ the populists became real threats
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To what extent was the American Civil War a conflict about the rights and wrongs of slavery The American Civil War was an intense‚ violent war fought within one of the most powerful countries in the world. The reasons for the outbreak of this war are varied. From the formation of America to 1860‚ the people in this country were divided. This division was a result of location and personal sentiments. Peace could not continue in a country filled with quarrels that affected the common American. There
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The Holocaust‚ which took place in Germany through 1933 to 1945‚ was a genocide lead by the National Socialist German Workers Party. National meaning nation is highest loyalty‚ Socialist meaning government distributes wealth in a equal matter‚ German shows Hitler’s way of who a “real” german is‚ Workers want to appeal to everyone. Adolf Hitler the leader of the Nazis‚ he wanted a society with only blue eyed‚ blonde hair‚ and fair skin people or the “Aryans”. Hitler’s ideas foreshadowed a total destruction
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