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    Hitler consolidated his power‚ January 1933 by legal means. How far do you agree with this statement? In 1933‚ 30th January‚ Hitler was appointed chancellor‚ by Hindenburg‚ the German president‚ so that the Nazi-supporting public would follow him. Hindenburg hoped that if he could get Hitler successfully under reigns that these masses who supported him would also fall into line and this would lead to a stable Germany. Hitler used his new position as chancellor to legally achieve his goal; his

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    Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton shared power while in George Washington’s cabinet because he trusted and valued their opinions. While in George Washington’s cabinet‚ Hamilton and Jefferson battled each other over many issues. The different views between them formed the first two party system in the United States‚ which put the Federalists against the Jefferson Republicans. Although Hamilton and Jefferson shared power and may have been enemies of political parties‚ they fundamentally helped

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    "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela – Book Review "…calm‚ patient determination to reclaim this country as your own‚ and now the joy that we can loudly proclaim from the rooftops--Free at last! Free at last! ... This is a time to heal the old wounds and build a new South Africa." Nelson Mandela fought his entire life. Nelson Mandela fought a fight for civil rights in South Africa on the streets and behind the prison walls. Even after 27 years behind those walls Mandela maintained his dignity and

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    responsibility in attempting to shape and mold her nation into the way she hoped it would be. A large aspect of her drive in power would be her competition with other nations. In order to help fulfill her needs to gain power‚ Maria Theresa orchestrated military and political reforms within Austria. In order to hopefully take control of Silvia‚ Maria Theresa needed to increase military power. First she needed to reform the army. In doing so‚ she created a social ideology that revolved around education and

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    How did Joseph Stalin Rise to Power? Many believe Stalin’s rise to power began when he met Vladimir Lenin. In 1921 Stalin helped plan the invasion of Georgia which was the source for his negative policies towards the country. In 1922 he was appointed general secretary of the Bolshevik party with the help of Lenin. The main reason for this was to make life harder for Trotsky. When he first met Lenin he showed enormous support for his ideas and for the party. Lenin didn’t like the policies which Stalin

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    sum up in your own words what the speech is about. The speech is about communism. 4. What are the circumstances of the text? 5. Using examples (3-4) from the speech analyse the language. After being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964‚ Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013) became a worldwide symbol of heroic black resistance to the apartheid regime of South Africa. He joined the African National Congress in 1952 and became a member oTf a small action group whose main task was to launch Umkhonto we

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    Scott Lean Apartheid- against In 1993 South Africa became a democratic country with Nelson Mandela as the first black president of a multi-racial South Africa. This then became the end of the apartheid political system which controlled South Africa since 1947. Many historians believe that it was Nelson Mandela that ended apartheid and others believe that it was different factors such as economic sanctions‚ boycotts‚ and other factors. Historians have different interpretations. An interpretation

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    He sinned throughout his life and made it his mission to find the source for the problem of evil. Augustine was able to support the core of his argument by analyzing Genesis 3‚ which holds the Fall of Man. By understanding the power of evil in his own life‚ and the power of evil in the Bible‚ Augustine found that God is only good and that evil is distinctly a human privation caused by the Fall of Man. Augustine argued that since God is the creator and is good‚ He can’t be responsible for the

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    complete control and claimed divine power. When Caesar Augustus took over the bureaucracy lost all its power and the emperor gained that power. The other empire is the Gupta of India which was a not very centralized government but had a emperor that claimed divine power. The Gupta also did not have a very large bureaucracy like the Romans. The Roman Empire and the Gupta Empire both had a emperor at the center with a small bureaucracy‚ but the Gupta gave some power to their local officials. The Romans

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    How did Lenin consolidate power after 1917? There is little doubt that in the immediate aftermath of the October Revolution‚ the Bolshevik hold on power was by no means secure. Although there were 300‚000 Bolshevik Party members‚ a large part of the population were apathetic towards the Bolshevik Party. The Bolsheviks controlled many major cities‚ but its presence in the countryside was limited. The Bolsheviks succeeded in gaining power in Petrograd not due to their own popularity‚ but largely due

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