"How successful was the League Of Nations in the 1920’s?" The League Of Nations could be seen as a success due to the three events they took charge in and were able to sort out. These events consisted of The Aaland Isalnds dispute in 1921 when Sweden and Finland both claimed the islands and were both willing to fight for this land yet when the League got involved they were able to come to a decision that the land was to be awarded to Finland. Both of the countries accepted what the League had
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the 1820’s‚ was a movement made to end slavery for African-Americans and Native Americans. Now‚ before this movement went in full effect‚ the expansion of industrialization‚ religious movements‚ and etc. was on the rise. With the religious movements such as the Second Great Awakening‚ people began to look and see slavery as a sin. This caused many people to join together to fight against the slavery African-Americans and Native Americans were facing. Around the time the abolition movement was rising
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Stalin was not the most likely candidate to succeed Lenin. By looking at the facts and the background history of Stalin‚ it is quite clear that he was not the favoured candidate. The cons outweighed the pros and numerous reasons such as Lenin’s testament‚ Stalin’s poor revolutionary record‚ not being an intellectual thinker and being a dull and uninspiring person all led Stalin to being a less favoured candidate. Lenin was the overall leader of communist Russia‚ and was very well respected
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The political and economic policies of Joseph Stalin in the period before World War 11 and those of Mikhail Gorbachev were similar in some ways‚ yet different in others. The economic situation of the country at the time of the two men’s administration was similar‚ so their policies were parallel. A differing aspect of the policies of the two leaders is their political outlook. Finally‚ the foreign policies of Stalin and Gorbachev varied greatly. The economic situation of the country at the time
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The Prohibition Era was a period during the 1920’s when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. This era full of oppression influenced many trends‚ examples being: jazz music and dance. Jazz music originated mainly in New Orleans‚ and is a blend of African and European music. And even though older generations considered the music corrupt and threatening to old cultural values‚ this music and dance style became very well known. Throughout
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into one country. Kaiser Wilhelm the Second‚ after he got thrown out of power from the Bismarck‚ he decided to reverse policies that Bismarck had set up. In order to do that he had to create potential or powerful enemies such as the country of Russia‚ Great Britain and France to start a war. World War 1 started in Europe from 1914 to 1918 the war lasted for four years and it was one of the bloodiest and deadliest wars in history. After World War 1 Europe wanted peace‚ so they came up with the idea
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Christian Temperance Union. This group was lead by Francis Willard. The goals of the Women’s Christian Temperance union were to lobby for federal aid for education‚ free school lunches‚ unions for workers‚ an eight-hour workday‚ work relief for the poor‚ municipal sanitation and boards of health‚ national transportation‚ strong anti-rape laws‚ protections against child abuse and of course prohibition. The root of Willard’s argument for female suffrage was based on the platform of "Home Protection"
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The Reconstruction was a major event that happened after the Civil War. It helped end slavery and give rights to freedmen. They also came up with two new amendments‚ the 14th and the 15th amendments. Reconstruction became a struggle over the meaning of freedom‚ with former slaves‚ former slaveholders and Northerners adopting different definitions. Eventually‚ faced with increasing opposition by white Southerners and some Northerners‚ the government abandoned efforts for black equality in favor of
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Chartism was a campaign in support of a people’s charter it came about in 1838. Its main demand was a vote for all men and was launched by a radical group known as London Working Men’s Association (LWMA) and some radical MPs. It was supported by working classes and some middle classes. The Chartism movement grew out of its own possible success because it tore itself apart and there were many reasons behind its failure. It never managed to obtain parliamentary support for the Charter. In July‚ 1839
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How successful was Wolsey’s foreign policy 1515-29? On one hand Thomas Wolsey’s foreign policy from 1515-29 was successful because he managed to get most of Europe to agree on perpetual peace which had previously been very difficult. This was what Wolsey’s Foreign policy was all about; acting as a mediator between other countries and gaining respect and prestige so this was a great success. In 1518 Wolsey hosted a great conference in London which representatives of the majority of European powers
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