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    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Liberal government of 1896 to 1915 was be-set by many different problems‚ these included the Italian economic situation and problems with the Catholic church. They also encountered problems with their foreign policy. One of the most pressing issues facing the Liberal government was the Italian economic situation. The north of Italy was going through an industrial revolution‚ with many new factories and railways opening up. This however was not matched in the south‚ were wealthy landowners

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    To what extent were Enlightenment ideas responsible for the outbreak of the French Revolution and the reforms of 1789? Included sources attached: John Locke‚ “Two Treatises on Government”‚ 1690; The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizens‚ 1789; Arthur Young “Travels in France during the Years 1787‚ 1788‚ 1789” The ancien régime‚ the time before the outbreak of the revolution‚ was divided into three estates. The first estate‚ for the people of the highest position in France belonged

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    1. Was it ethical to do the prison study in the way that Zimbardo conducted it? Why or why not? Explain your position substantively. I don’t believe that Zimbardo prison experiment was unethical. I do believe that it was morally wrong what he put the volunteers through and the extent he took his study. He himself admitted that he too got wrapped up in his role. Though as it was made clear in class there is a difference between moral and ethical. As defined by Webster’s dictionary ethical is conforming

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    where it was the most industrialised state at the start of the Second World War. It also helped Stalin gain control of the party by defeating his rivals on the right. On the other hand‚ collectivisation had many disastrous effects for the Communist Party‚ such as the great famines that killed millions of people. Stalin’s personal and political gains were one of the greatest successes for the Communist Party that came from collectivisation. For a start‚ the idea of collectivisation was in direct

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    “To what extent was the American Revolution a revolution?” Every 4th of July‚ Americans are told the story of the American Revolution. We remember the oppressed colonists fighting against the tyrannical King George III and the formidable red coats. Patriotic heroes are remembered‚ evil kings are cursed‚ and the liberties and freedoms won from the war are celebrated. Though America often likes to look back to the revolution‚ the question of just how much a revolution was the American Revolution

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    The United States of America is often referred to as‚ “The Land of Opportunity”‚ but what qualities and conditions exist in America that made it revered as the nation of opportunity? Many immigrants view America as the land of opportunity because it offers them life choices that may not have been available in their countries. In this essay I will give examples of and describe the circumstances that allow America to be the nation of possibilities in more ways than one. Let’s begin by addressing the

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    To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles fair to Germany? This essay will be based on whether the Treaty of Versailles was fair upon Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after World War 1 had ended in 1918. Most of it was decided by the ‘Big Three` Woodrow Wilson‚ David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau. In my opinion‚ I think that the Treaty of Versailles was not fair to Germany. Moreover the aims of were too harsh‚ due to the fact that George Clemenceau (president

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    all for the better?There were many changes during 1750 to 1900‚ the majority of which were industrial and economic and not always for the better of then or the better of now. In this essay I will list two changes that I thought significant then I will list the negative short term effects‚ the negative long term effects‚ the positive short term effects and the positive long term effects. At the end of each change I will decide whether it was an overall positive or negative change. My first change

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    of the American Revolution “We must all hang together‚ or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Ben Franklin once said. This quote relates with the causes of the American Revolution. The quote relates to the causes of the American Revolution because Ben Franklin was referring that we either all stand together or as a country all stand as nobody. Throughout the American Revolution; political‚ social‚ and intellectual transformations changed the daily lives of the colonist. The American Revolution

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    Introduction The brief Spanish-American War that lasted from April 1898 through to August 1898 was fought over the issue of the liberation of Cuba‚ a Spanish colony that was suffering under the brutality of Spain’s authority. “The war essentially grew out of Cuba’s struggle for independence. Since the early 19th century‚ many Americans had watched with sympathy the series of revolutions that ended Spanish authority throughout the Americas” ‚ yet it was in Cuba where Spain kept their autocracy

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