and changes. Through everything‚ the post-war period has proven to have the most influential changes in shaping Canada into the country it is today. New construction projects led by the government improved the economy‚ women gained further equality through the Constitution‚ and prime ministers made impactful changes to shape the country. For those reasons‚ the post-war period is the most significant in making Canada the country it is today. Firstly‚ the post-war period was the most important for making
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Home Appliances After years of rationing and shortages‚ the 1950s were a period of economic prosperity‚ high employment and great technological development. Many returned servicemen got married‚ established homes and raised families. During this period‚ Australians enthusiastically adorned their homes with a dazzling range of new domestic appliances. Hire-purchase schemes allowed people to take products home and pay for them in instalments. During the 1950s‚ the role of women was generally considered
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Korean War‚ different alliances being formed‚ the banning of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) and the Petrov affair all tell us that communism could spread to Australia. Australia responded to the threat of communism by joining the Korean war in 1950‚ Australia joined the Korean war to prevent fighting communism in Australia‚ so they fought overseas. The war was between the United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) backed North Korea and the United States (US) backed South Korea. The war started
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of Mahathir‚ even among students‚ you surely get all sort of comments and reactions. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was born on 20 December 1925 at Alor Setar‚ Kedah. His name Dr M is synonym to the vast development of modern Malaysia. He is a very well-known political leader who served as Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 long years (1981-2003)‚ making him Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister‚ and one of the longest serving
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The Whitlam Dismissal from the perspective of Sir John Kerr Sir John Kerr is one of the most controversial figures in Australian Political History. He was the centre of the Whitlam dismissal which took place on the 11th of November 1975. Historians say that the Whitlam Dismissal was one of the most controversial issues in Australian History. Sir John Kerr was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Australia’s 18th Governor General. Born in Balmain in 1914‚ Kerr grew
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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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shaping post war worlds? ”If one commodity can claim credit for the startling advances seen in the world in the 20th century‚ in particular in developed industrialized countries‚ it was crude oil- soon to be dubbed ‘black gold’.” Oil became an influential substance in the post war times‚ economically and also in shaping countries’ foreign policies. Whichever countries controlled oil controlled much of the world’s policies. After the increase in industrialisation and manufacture in the post war times
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institutions‚ that care for the aged and orphans‚ and the rehabilitation of people addicted to drugs or alcohol. Although recognized by the Philippine government as a significant contributor to the country’s quest for rapid economic growth and development—particularly through medical tourism‚ Virola and Polistico (2007) maintain that information on the health and tourism sector are “’hidden’ somewhere under Personal Services or Medical Services of the [Philippine System of National Accounts] PSNA”
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The symbol of post-war Japan in “the white horse” In the story of “the white horse”‚ Kawabata creates a protagonist called Noguchi‚ which is a loneliness hopeless and aged person. In my point of view‚ Noguchi is a symbol for post-war Japan. Because after world war two‚ Japan is full of loneliness disappointed and preoccupation with death like Noguchi in the story. Author tries to portray a single character’s feeling as the shortcomings of post-war Japan. And use Noguchi’s view to see the change
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groups within Australia respond to the war in Vietnam? Groups of Australians responded to the Vietnam War in diverse ways and these responses changed as the war went forward. This was because during the war the public were heavily exposed to violence and a firsthand sight of the war through television. Most Australians supported our involvement in the early years as it was seen as a black and white war‚ good vs evil and capitalist vs communist. In 1962 Prime Minister Menzies supported the war by committing
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