Don’t Underestimate the Power of Ignorant Individuals in Large Groups By: Musicman1401 (Dylan) Over the course of history‚ humankind has waged global wars and personal vendettas against one another in a never-ending struggle for power and authority. This concept is widely expanded on in Arthur Miller’s playwright‚ The Crucible. This brought to light an adaptation of the Salem witch hunts which paralleled Miller’s‚ and many others’ traumatic experiences of being a communist during the ‘communist
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“Britain was wrong to send its army to Northern Ireland” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. The British army was sent to Northern Ireland to restore peace in August 1969 when serious rioting broke out. Britain was not wrong to send its army to Northern Ireland because the intention was right. Britain decided to send its army to Northern Ireland to help control the riots to maintain peace and order. British army was also welcomed by the Irish Catholics as their defenders
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’The Reichstag fire was more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power in 1933.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [10] Hitler and the Nazis hated Communism and the arrest of Van der Lubbe gave Hitler evidence that the Communists were plotting against the government. On 27th February 1933‚ the night of the fire 4‚000 leading Communists were arrested and imprisoned to remove the threat that they posed on the government. The next day‚ to increase Nazi control
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Throughout his time in power‚ Mussolini implemented new social and economic policies which varied in their success. Socially‚ his policies such as controlling workers worked in the short run as Dopolavoro numbers were high‚ however in the long run they were a failure‚ due to the lack of loyalty workers showed to Mussolini during his fall from power after world war one. Mussolini’s ’Battles’ were the least successful aspect of his policies‚ with his youth policies also limiting success. Nevertheless
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How far do you agree that the Qing Dynasty fell mainly because of the humiliation of China at the hands of foreigners? The Qing Dynasty fell apart in the 19th after flourishing throughout the 18th century. Like many complicated systems‚ it grew brittle and inflexible. It could not adjust as new problems arose. Bad harvests‚ warfare‚ rebellions‚ overpopulation‚ economic disasters‚ and foreign imperialism contributed to the dynasty’s collapse. The qing rulers were themselves foreign as they were
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Cold War Ideological differences - Stalin vs Truman The US President Roosevelt died in 1945. He was replaced by Truman who was strongly anti-Communist and‚ as the war came to an end‚ the relationship between America and Russia fell apart. But this was not the only cause of trouble. Historians believed that the wartime alliance between the Soviet Union and America was also wrecked by the huge differences between the two countries in: • Politics - America was capitalist‚ Russia was communist
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Suffering in ‘Frankenstein’ is undeserved’ – How far and in what ways do you agree with the view of Shelley’s presentation of suffering? Frankenstein’s characters suffer in a couple of ways‚ psychologically such as through loneliness or through emotional pain of the death of close ones‚ and physical suffering. Shelley herself was an only child‚ so could have been considered lonely when she was younger‚ and her mother died‚ which is obviously a death of a close one. While suffering is deserved by
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“Far from being a ‘thaw’ the Cold –War became significantly frostier between 1953 and 1958.” How far do you agree with this view? o Structure: Introduction Main Body • Yes o 1954‚ Geneva accords o 1955‚ Vietnam War Taiwan Crisis o 1956‚ Suez Crisis Hungarian Crisis crushed • No o Khrushchev denounced Stalin – peaceful co-existence o 1955 April: Austrian State Treaty July‚ Geneva Summit Conclusion • Introduction o In July 1953‚ a military armistice
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How far do you agree that Hitler’s consolidation of power between January 1933 and August 1934 can be described as a “legal revolution” It is to a certain extent that Nazi consolidation of power in 1933 was due to the use of terror and violence. However the terror and violence was very limited because the Nazi’s weren’t in a strong enough position to exert terror and violence alone. Nazi propaganda against the communists made most Germans fearful of Communism therefore allowing Nazis to consolidate
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The system in Nazi Germany has been suggested to have a adopted a stance of divide and rule‚ which results in power struggles between senior Nazi’s‚ in the attempt to grab Hitler’s attention. Source W says ‘once they had survived struggle by battle‚ they would serve him loyal’‚ this encompasses the belief Hitler had‚ which was that the strongest would come out on top‚ allowing them to show their full loyalty to the Fuhrer. However‚ Carr disagrees with this idea‚ seeing as this illogical idea would
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