Lenin was the “founder of the Russian communist party‚” and also “founder of the organization known as Comintern” (Resis). Lenin created the Soviet Union‚ and he also pulled Russia out of World War One. After Lenin died‚ there was a power struggle in which Stalin came out on top and became the second person to lead the Soviet Union. Under Stalin‚ Russia became totalitarian. (Krstich‚ Madison. Skype interview‚ 20February. 2018). Stalin purged all these people‚
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because as much as he helped France flourish he also went against many ideas that were stated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen that was put into place after the revolution. The French people did not gain what they had hoped for with their Revolution but when Napoleon came to power he created a revolutionary form of government that combined his own personal ideas with the goals of the French people‚ which established civil equality and lasting reforms that would remain in Europe for
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Christianity became very popular in the ancient world for a number of reasons. When Christianity entered the ancient world‚ the Romans accepted it‚ but then they started disliking throughout time Christians because of the way they figured out things. So why did Christianity get so popular anyways? The expansion of Christianity was because to god everyone was made equally‚ Christians handled everything in a nonviolent way‚ and because of how Christianity was spread. Jesus made everyone equally;
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Carthage became almost the equal of Rome in not a few ways. Carthage‚ the North African city-state founded by the Phoenicians had become a strong sea power. It controlled large areas in the western Mediterranean‚ including parts of Spain‚ North Africa‚ and many islands. Rome‚ on the other hand‚ became a military power. Its excellent soldiers were farmer themselves who were loyal and strong enough to march thirty miles a day carrying sixty pounds of armour‚ weapons and supplies. Rome considered Carthage
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on good in different forms of currency. Taxes is placed on good either to regulate the good that is being sold‚ or decrease the amount of people wanting that good because it’s so expensive because of tax. In the US states contain different types of taxes. California is one of the states that has the most amount of taxes. Although many people pay taxes and have to do their taxes annually. Many wealthy people find loopholes and ways to avoid paying high taxes. A problem nowadays is that the wealthy
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Citizenship in the United States has been a sought-after dream by many people in the World. It is the reason we are the “great melting pot”‚ and the reason for the many mass immigrations that have taken place to the United States. Over the course of two centuries‚ there has been much turmoil in United States politics about giving citizenship status to immigrants. Most of the latter reasoning for not wanting to grant citizenship has been blamed justly on the prejudice of American Society. The Supreme
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War. One of the major reasons for the outbreak of the war was sectionalism. Once the United States was split‚ many of the country’s fundamental issues were disputed‚ with slavery being at the top of the list. Some of the other major issues in dispute were representation‚ tariffs‚ and states’ rights. Sectionalism is defined as‚ the sharp socio-economic differences that divided the Northern and the Southern states in the U.S. The most important difference between the north and south was the issue
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How Did Napoleon Stay In Power How does napoleon manipulate the animal of letting him stay in power? Napoleon use 3 ways to manipulate the animals‚ he uses animalism to trick the animals to see him as the best option to lead the farm. He uses fear to scare and fill them with lies saying if we don’t eat our milk and apples mr. Jones will come back. Finally he uses propaganda to promote himself on a biased situation of being a leader. Napoleon uses animalism to stay in power. Napoleon states “All
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of the Mexican-American War by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 signaled the start of a new era for the United States‚ a period of crisis and growing division between the North and the South. The failure of the Wilmot Proviso provoked tensions between Northerners and Southerners within the Democratic party‚ division which in turn influenced the creation of the Free-Soil party. United under a bipartisan platform centered on the containment of the “peculiar institution” of slavery below the 36°30′
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From its beginnings in the early 1600s‚ through the great expansion of the late 19th century‚ the French overseas empire was formed more by the agencies and stimulation of the state‚ church‚ and armed forces than by the initiation of the business community. Merchants‚ financiers‚ and manufacturers did engage in and profit from French imperial ventures‚ but mostly they had to be convinced into participation by monarchy or republican officials. In this the French colonial empire differed from its
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