changes in Europe. Many of these changes caused positive and negative impact on women and men in everyday life. In 1799-1815‚ Napoleon became a powerful ruler in France. Napoleon led the war between France and its allies‚ which resulted in France‚ defeating the first and second coalition. At the end of the Napoleonic wars‚ economic growth and technological innovation were caused by the British. The British invented machines and other new methods of producing products faster. Many of these machines were
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to take responsibility for their actions. The treaty of Versailles called to take away German territories and colonies‚ reduce Germany’s armed forces‚ make them disarm and to also have them pay reparations to the allies for the damage caused by the war. Germany’s economy was already in a bad shape and the 6‚600 million pounds they had to pay for reparations along with their lost territories wasn’t going to make it any easier. The loss of overseas colonies was a major punch to Germany’s pride as Britain
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Document 8 said‚ “However‚ the Missouri Compromise did not apply to new territories that were not part of the Louisiana Purchase‚ and so the issue of slavery continued to fester as the nation expanded” (History.com). As the United States expanded so did the concept of slavery. After Texas separated from Mexico‚ they applied to become a state. Congress actually denied them‚ because they were worried
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to The Civil War lasting from 1861-1865. The Civil War was known as the bloodiest four years in American history. America was split up into two parts which were the North and South. The North was known as the Union and the South was known as the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy and Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union. Jefferson Davis supported the idea of having slaves‚ unlike Abraham Lincoln who wanted to get rid of slavery. The whole war started when
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In Europe‚ the years following the destruction brought on by World War II‚ were filled with supply shortages‚ political upheaval and economic instability. On March 1‚ 1947‚ Secretary of State‚ George C. Marshall. attended a meeting of Foreign Ministers in Moscow. During this meeting‚ Secretary Marshall became convinced of Moscow’s willingness to exploit the turmoil in order to further its expansion of a Communist ideology throughout Europe. To combat the expansion of Communism‚ he began developing
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The New Deal‚ a collection of measures and initiatives put in place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in reaction to the Great Depression‚ will be discussed in this essay. It will specifically look at how the New Deal affected women and African Americans during this time. The examination will center on these peoples experiences with the measures and initiatives developed during the New Deal‚ including any gains or losses that may have resulted from them. You can learn more about the New Deal’s overall
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that Napoleon passed to punish the British‚ which affected Russia’s economy and trade‚ Russia decided to continue trade with Great Britain; this lead to Napoleon to invade Russia (the location of these events)‚ “to teach Alexander a lesson” (Greenspan 2012). Russia is a vast country that covers the north most part of Asia and between France and Moscow are many rivers that need to be crossed. The weather in Russia is also unruly as was displayed on the night of June 27th‚ 1812 in the city of Vilna
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President Hoover never fully understood how large of an effect the Great Depression was having on the people‚ and that caused him to be seen as a careless and heartless president. Hoover also did not think that the government should start relief programs for the American citizens. He believed that that was the responsibility of the state’s‚ except there was not enough money in the state funds for their relief programs to become effective (“President Hoover”). Hoover did everything he thought needed to be
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shock to the people. People of Texas did not know what to do in a time like this and also did not want to accept the fact that this was
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the Industrial Revolution brought many technological advances for Great Britain‚ it did also have somewhat of a negative impact: Working in a factory was not something that people wanted to do. The factories were creating tons of pollution‚ they were dirty‚ unsafe‚ the workers had long work hours‚ and never had any brakes.To top it off‚ the workers weren’t paid well at all. The Industrial
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