The Progressive Era‚ 1900-1920‚ in American history was a time of immense political and economic reform. This reform was done by reformers‚ such as Upton Sinclair‚ and by the federal government. Some of the reforms include those on food regulation‚ increase in voter power and the breakup of trusts. These reforms were generally successful but had some limitations. An example of a successful reform during the Progressive Era was the Meat Inspection Act‚ and the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ which enforced
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To What Extent Was Pitt’s Repressive Policy The Main Reason For His Success In Resisting The Radical Challenge Of 1801? During his administration‚ Pitt proved his worth as a successful and capable prime minister. His approach to his duty was far reaching and effective and his repressive legislation was paramount to his success in resisting the radical challenge in 1801 and Pitt the reformer became Pitt the reactionary. The fall of the main prison and palace‚ the Bastille‚ in Paris sparked the
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The Great Depression was when America went through a downfall and the stock market crashed severely. Two long term causes were that many businesses were closed down‚ causing many to be unemployed. Millions of people also lost their savings due to bank failures‚ after banks have given loans without receiving money back. President Herbert Hoover was elected in 1928‚ shortly before the Depression occurred. Hoover believed in rugged individualism and voluntary help from the community‚ without the government
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for farmers was complicated in 1932‚ because there was a surplus of commodities in the market. The depressed state of the world food market caused the purchasing power of farmers to dwindle. As a result‚ the U.S. government passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act in hopes of restoring purchasing power to farmers by reducing surpluses in crops‚ livestock and giving farmers cash payments for controlling how much crops they would grow. The Agricultural Adjustment Act proved to be successful because the
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During the 1930’s the Soviet Union found itself in a incredibly difficult position. Following Lenin’s death in 1925 Stalin was able to consolidate his power base and break with Kamenev and Zinoviev. And by then end of the decade he emerged as the supreme leader. In 1928 Stalin introduces his first Five-Year Plan‚ the “revolution from above” to help develop the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had fallen behind‚ Stalin remarked‚ “We are fifty to one-hundred years behind the advanced countries.... we
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How successful was the League of Nations? When World War One ended in 1917 most of Europe was left in destruction‚ crisis and confusion‚ which created the need for a conference to be held to sort out problems like punishing Germany‚ drawing new boarders‚ and preventing future wars. Three most powerful countries‚ the United States‚ United Kingdom and France‚ controlled the Peace Conference‚ which was held in Versailles in 1919. The president of the United States‚ Woodrow Wilson had his own agenda
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Collectivisation What? Communal farms‚ Kolkhoz‚ were set up all over the countryside‚ for a variety of different reasons. Stalin planned to merge all the small farms onto larger ’collective’ farms. These new larger farms (Kolkhoz’s) would pool labour and resources‚ and therefore would operate more effectively and efficiency. In addition‚ state provided tractors and fertilisers would modernise production‚ again making the operations more efficient. Why? Stalin had a variety of different
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dictator Stalin or “The Man of Steel” killed over 4 to 10 million people in his reign as dictator. While‚ Stalin was dictator he used his power to kill or to used people for forced labor. Stalin killed millions of innocent people for power‚ fear‚ and intimidation but‚ some people thought he was a hero. First‚ Stalin was known for some terrible things. He was a dictator that killed innocent people. Stalin turned peasants into a military superpower killing 20 million innocent people (“Joseph Stalin‚ 2009”)
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I agree to a little extent that Stalin’s foreign policy was a major contributing factor to the emergence of the Cold War in the period 1945-50. Source S tells me that Stalin’s policies with regards to the military were ‘reactive and restrained’ and that he was constantly seeking peaceful coexistence with capitalism. This is in similarity with Source U where we are told that he was not pursuing expansionism –rather to ‘avoid confrontation with the West’ and wanted to cooperate with them. Source T
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Kennedy faced great Congressional opposition during his short presidency and this was a very large reason for the aims of the New Frontier largely going unachieved. However‚ there were other reasons for the limited success of the New Frontier‚ such as Kennedy’s lack of strong mandate due to the very slim majority through which he was elected which was a margin of only 113‚000. This led to many of Kennedy’s proposals being struck down by Congress such as much of his plans for social welfare and unemployment
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