Was the Spartacist uprising the most important problem faced by the Weimar Republic in the years 1919-1924? Explain your answer. The Weimar Republic faced several problems during the years 1919-24‚ one being the Spartacist uprising. The Spartacists‚ a very communist party‚ were a threat to the Weimar‚ and became troublesome‚ making retaliation inevitable. The Weimar government however could not defend themselves in any physical way‚ so had to depend on the Freikorp‚ a more right wing group‚ to defend
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Explain how and why German social and cultural life changed in the period 1923-1933: The social and cultural life in Germany changed dramatically from 1923 to 1933‚ seeing Germany through three distinctive periods in history. The years of instability from 1918 to 1923‚ the ‘golden years’ from 1924 to 1929 and the depression years and rise of the Nazi party from 1929 to 1933. The beginning of 1923 was a time of great social‚ cultural‚ political and economic unrest for Germany. As a result of
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Ex slaves defined freedom after reconstruction as not having to listen to the white man‚ by not being controlled whenever they wanted and to build their own society such as churches‚ schools‚ and businesses. They also defined freedom as having the same rights as the whites. At the end of slavery it led to conflict with African Americans because they wanted to get away from white control. The slaves demanded equal civil rights‚ and basically wanted the same as the whites. Also freedom to African
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How far did the Liberals improve the lives of the British people? The Liberals created many reforms which impacted the lives of British people differing between aid and attention for well being of all ages and insurance for the unemployed or sick. This essay will investigate whether they were of positive or negative on the British people. The Liberals made many social reforms which were not necessarily directly helpful to the individual issues at hand but they did create grounds for the welfare
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for the Spanish and Portuguese monarchies. The Monarchies lost a lot of their political and economic power and were eventually faced with separation from their colonies. After the death of Charles II‚ the war of succession affected the stability of the Spanish Monarchy. The Peace of Utrecht brought many changes with it. After the Peace of Utrecht‚ Philip V took the Spanish throne. “The Peace of Utrecht (1712-13) marked the end of Spain’s reign as a major European power‚ and the Bourbon reforms that
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How far would you agree that the events of 1905 were caused by Russia’s failure to win the war against Japan? (30 marks) Long-term factors: Middle class- There was a lack of common purpose between Russia’s different social classes. They organised themselves by autumn of 1905 into soviets but spent most of the year protesting in spontaneous strikes/ marches. The peasants were too widely distributed and isolated to have a common organised leadership. Their protests were traditional peasant ones of
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of the Republic. Nobody was happy with their situation. The Patricians wanted to keep their power and not give anything up to other civilizations or even people of their own society. However‚ this created a lack of resources and opportunities for the Plebeians‚ who then caused turmoil for the Patricians. Their solution was to redistribute land and wealth to the poor people‚ but the lack of cooperation eventually led to the downfall of the system. There are many parallels between the Republic and today
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to gain further influence and control at court. These sources suggests the Earl of Essex caused his own downfall. Source 10 suggests that Elizabeth had a decent relationship with Essex as she gave him "£4‚000 to clear" his "debt". This questions how he came into debt. She understands why Essex was acting like a child; he didn’t want to grow up. She says that her "hand shall be readier to help" him "than any other". She told him to be "wise to help yourself" and not to give his "enemies advantage"
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technical experts etc.… Russia had a minuscule business class and the majority of Russian peasants had limited mobility which stopped migration and therefore prevented them from joining the workforce in new manufacturing industries. Further on‚ Russia did not have sufficient funds to invest in economic
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Do 1 Life Before and After the Fall of Communism in the Czech Republic Recently the senate and county elections in the Czech Republic confirmed that the preference of Czech voters is shifting to the left‚ what’s more the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia got the second highest number of votes. The results are disturbing‚ because the last time Communists won the polls‚ the Czechs ended up being oppressed for over 40 years until they managed to overthrow the government. Now it seems that
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