The elder branch‚ which was Louis XVIII (brother to guillotined Louis XVII) and the younger branch‚ which was Louis Phillippe‚ duc d’Orleons. It was left to the allies to choose who should rule‚ and they did not want France to be a republic. However Europe could no establish who should be the new ruler of France. They therefore decided to let France choose for herself. This was just a way of covering up the fact that they couldn’t choose a ruler themselves. However there was no intention of consulting
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in achieving major reform in American Society in 1880 to 1920 was a long hard struggle. They fought for labor rights‚ better working conditions and condensed the monopolies‚ mainly the railroad that strong armed farmers due to unfair shipping costs. They fought for laborers rights to assembly and bargain‚ they gave women the right to vote and created governing bodies that promoted free and open markets as well as health. One downside was prohibition. And actually many progressives supported the amendment
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How successf ul was the L Successes Aaland Islands‚ 1921 Upper Silesia‚ 1921 Economic collapse in Austria & Hungary‚ 1922-3 Memel 1923 Greek-Bulgarian dispute‚ 1925 Failures Teschen 1919 Vilna‚ 1920 Corfu‚ 1923 The Successes Aaland Islands‚ 1921 Dispute over possession of the Aaland Islands between Sweden and Finland Took it to the league‚ and they decided Finland should have the islands Both countries accepted the League’s decision Upper Silesia‚ 1921 A plebiscite area with
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How far was Stalins personality responsive for the great purges? By researching Stalin we can see he had a very different personality. He started of life as the son of a poor family. He was strong willed and managed to weave his way to the top of the soviet government all because of his sneaky personality. But saying his personality was responsible for the great purges are a debatable question. Some historians believe he did it just because he thought it was the right action for power in soviet
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This movement was sparked by women’s participation in WWI‚ by the changing society of the 20’s‚ and by the public movement of the person’s case. The women’s movement initially started with the role that women played in WWI. For example‚ working in factories for war production allowed women to become more involved‚ while having full time jobs for the first time. Women were also encouraged to become on site nurses overseas in the war zones. These nurses were called “bluebirds”. This was often encouraged
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How far can it be argued that the activities of the Ku Klux Klan was the most important obstacle to the achievements of Civil Rights for Black people up to 1941? Many obstacles -such as Jim Crow Laws‚ the Supreme Court decision and lack of political influence- prevented Black Americans from gaining equal rights up to 1941. However‚ the biggest obstacle they faced was that of the Ku Klux Klan; an intimidating‚ influential and secret organisation and its only concern was White supremacy. The
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Stalin Declassified “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic” • Murders more than his own country than all killed in war Russia were in wars combined • May 1945‚ victory. USSR celebrate end of WWII. Victory at great cost. Death toll at 7mill according to Stalin. Soviet documents declassified rose and said at 9million military‚ 17 military civilians. 26 million total. • January 1924 Lenin dead. Stalin began to emerge as the chief • Goal of soviet communism-
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“Analyse the successes and failures of Stalin’s policies in the 1930’s” Stalin’s policies in the 1930’s were both successful and not so successful for a variety of reasons which will be discussed throughout. In the 1930’s Stalin had to use many different devises in order to keep his dominance in leadership. These changes included Collectivization‚ Industrialisation in the first and second five year plans. Other policies which are discussed are The role of women‚ religion‚ arts and culture and
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General Secretary of the Soviet Union‚ Josef Stalin encountered many social‚ economical and political problems which were left unsolved at the time of Lenin ’s premature death in 1924. Economic problems involving issues such as agriculture and industrialisation. Political problems related to politics‚ both in terms of foreign and domestic policy and also the military. Social problems being related to aspects of life such as education‚ religion and culture. Stalin had problems in all three areas‚ some of
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To begin with‚ Mussolini was no economist and he knew little of the workings of the economy. To see whether his economic policy was successful we must first look at his aims. Mussolini’s main objective was to build Italy’s economy to a level where it could rival the great industrial powers of the post-war period‚ namely Britain‚ France and‚ to a lesser extent‚ Germany in Europe. To do so‚ he aims to achieve autarky; to have a self-sufficient Italy that he believed was vital to national security.
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