FRQ 16 After World War II‚ the continent of Europe was left in socioeconomic and political disarray. A devastated Europe was divided between Eastern and Western nations with distinct differences until the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Social and political differences polarized Europe from 1945 to 2001 whilst the desire for economic prosperity united the countries of Europe. Social Differences Preserving the unique history and cultural differences of European nations presented itself as a
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Also Germans were not entirely at fault for WW1’s outbreak as many
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Unification of Germany Example Essays. Bismarck Master Planner or Opportunist? | | | | |Bismarck later declared that he had carefully planned unification of Germany in 5 clear | | |steps from 1862. He said that he had planned: 1.To Obtain Russian Neutrality; 2.To trick | |
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Franz Ferdinand‚ as inspector general of the imperial army‚ decided to pay an official visit to Sarajevo despite warnings not to because of the tensions in the area. At the time of his death‚ Ferdinand had been on his way to visit a fellow officer in a hospital who had been wounded by a bomb. Another member of the Black Hand was responsible for throwing the bomb that injured the officer Ferdinand was on his way to see.23 The assassination is often credited as the shot that started World War I since
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influential and powerful political character of modern Germany. After victorious wars with Denmark‚ France and Austria on January 18th‚ 1871 a new German Empire‚ which included the southern Germany states‚ was built. The King of Prussia became German Emperor. Bismarck was awarded the title of Prince and was appointed as Reichskanzler and his main aim was to unify German states under Prussian role. When added to his Prussian positions (premier‚ foreign minister‚ and minister of commerce) the imperial chancellorship
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also had the greatest empire with around fifty colonies and a population of over 390 million. These colonies were economically vital to Britain‚ providing investment opportunities‚ Militarily providing manpower and politically giving Britain power status. Germanys empire‚ which begun in 1870 was insignificant compared to Britain’s with only 10 colonies‚ totalling a population of fifteen million leading the German government to become envious of Britain. As well as an empire‚ Britain’s navy was the
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many years before that and it had been building up until it would finally break open and explode. The spark that set off and triggered the war was the assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife who were heir to the Austria-Hungarian Empire. As American historian Sydney Bradshaw Fay suggests the First World War was caused by imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and tangled alliances. But clashes and arguments that eventually caused the war can be traced back to the early 1800’s. One of the most
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posed a threat to peace. Bismarck’s solution was to keep Russia and Ausrtia-Hungary close to him to try and prevent any conflict. Russia thought the Ottoman Empire were the “sick man of Europe‚” and was negative towards the empire. This worried Bismarck‚ because he wanted to maintain peace between two enemies‚ Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Bismarck’s efforts at the Conference of Berlin (1878)‚ angered Russian nationalists which made Bismarck enter a military alliance with Austria against Russia
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probably unfounded” (BBC History) Tiberius was a significant Julio-Claudian emperor who applied a great deal of contributions to the Roman Empire during his reign… The Julio-Claudian dynasty refers to the first five Roman Emperors: Augustus‚ Tiberius‚ Caligula (also known as Gaius)‚ Claudius‚ and Nero and the family to which they belonged. They ruled the Roman Empire from its formation‚ in the second half of the 1st century 27 BC‚ until AD 68‚ when the last of the line‚ Nero‚ committed suicide. The ancient
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have reasonable successes. For example‚ the introduction of his new tariff law of 1902. By restoring a higher duty on imported goods‚ von Bulow hoped to encourage people to buy German produced wheat. This act proved highly important in creating the alliance of “rye and steel”; (between the Junkers and industrialists) German leaders had so eagerly been seeking. Other of von Bulow’s reforms
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