Germany was known as the Weimar Republic. Their first elected president‚ Friedrich Ebert‚ worked his way through the political ladder under the Social Democratic party. In his presidency‚ he introduced many new and foreign policies that led people to harass him until his death. Born in 1871‚ Friedrich Ebert was the son of a tailor and worked as a saddler until he entered the trade union and then decided to enter politics. He soon became the leader of the Social Democrats after opening a pub in the
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How far did Alexander III bring political and social change to Russia? When Alexander III took power in 1881‚ he introduced is manifesto in the April of that year stating all of his intention being the Tsar. With the assassination of his father by democrats‚ he did all in his power to avenge him by introducing laws‚ which went against democratic views. Russification: Being Tsar or the worlds biggest country‚ Alexander III had a big challenge ahead of him to keep the Empire together‚ so
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to stop the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from inspecting the crime‚ trying to destroy any kind of evidence and also getting rid of any staff members that weren’t cooperating with him. In August 1974‚ Nixon finally had resigned. Immediately after‚ General Ford pardoned Nixon for all the crimes he supposedly could have committed while in office. Congress then recognized that these kind of actions were relating to problems of possible significance to public investors‚ which might have involved
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After the Civil war‚ there was a time called the Reconstruction Period. This was a time where both the North and the South resituated after the war. In the North‚ not much changed after the war. Though while their industry progressed‚ they had lost thousands of men during the war. Also‚ very little property in the North was damaged so returning soldiers could go back to their farms or jobs. On the other hand‚ the South had lost many of their men and their slaves. Though the slaves were filled with
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polytheistic society‚ to a monotheistic society in a few short years. Everyone was to worship his god‚ and anybody who said or thought otherwise would not be tolerated by the new ruling system. As much as people seemed to dislike their leader‚ what he did actually makes sense for what he was trying to accomplish‚ however‚ the way he went about it wasn’t the best. Polytheism doesn’t have a focus on one particular god or religion‚ and each has its own followers. The monotheistic concept meant that everyone
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How far was Britain’s policy of Appeasement the result of popular opinion? Britain’s policy of appeasement was partly due to popular opinion. The British people did not want to enter another war after losing 722‚000 lives and having 1‚676‚000 people wounded. There was a widespread feeling that death and destruction should never be allowed to happen on such a scale again. However public opinion was not the only reason Britain followed a policy of appeasement to Hitler. There were other factors such
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The Decline of The Dutch Republic Document Based Question Essay AP European History Period 2 November 7th‚ 2012‚ First Quarter From the middle of the Seventeenth Century to the early Eighteenth Century‚ the Dutch Republic‚ which in 1648 had it’s independence recognized in the Peace of Westphalia‚ was an important commercial and military presence in Western Europe which later experienced challenges to its security‚ unity‚ and prosperity: in security‚ the Dutch faced navel challenges from
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How far was Britain a democracy by 1918 Britain was partially becoming a democracy by 1918‚ this was from more people gaining the vote from the new reform acts and representation of the Peoples Act. The British population also had more choice when voting from the emergence of the 3 party system which included Labour‚ Liberals and Conservative parties. Access to information was another reason why Britain was becoming more of a democracy as the growth of the railways meant that newspapers were more
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France was thought to of been defeated in about 6 weeks. These are only examples of results that Germany would get after using their plan of attack ‘The Schlieffen Plan’. This was until unforeseen problems occurred. This included the unexpected supply problems created by the rapid advance through Belgium and France‚ The Germans not realising the strength of French armies and how they would be able to switch troops using the rail network‚ German rail transport ended at the Belgian border meaning
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and ended in 1877. Two goals were to rebuild the south and to reform society. Reconstruction should not be thought of as a bad idea. It was virtually impossible to just change ways in the south with out using some kind of force. "Black codes" did nothing but for the south but put them in further segregation. The black codes aloud a form of disguised slavery. They gave blacks the right to own land‚ and go to court; they still weren’t aloud to serve on a jury or aloud to vote. In the long run
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