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    C. Why was it revolutionary? The Industrial revolution was revolutionary since it established and renovated the US Economy. Although at first workers were given hazardous jobs for low wages‚ with the consistent flow of new inventions‚ workers were provided with more freedom and an increase in pay. New manufacturing processes were less hazardous‚ such as the automation and factories‚ which reduced child labor and consequently led to lower birth rates since children weren’t used to provide money

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    The world has had many tragic events‚ such as World War I and World War II. Both wars have lead to disturbing deaths‚ economic‚ and treaties broken between countries. A couple major disasters that were caused by WWI was the Great Depression‚ when the stock market crashed in 1929‚ and the cost of using U.S military services and equipment‚ spending thirty-two billion dollars. WWII led to unemployment‚ food shortages‚ and strikes. Even though the unemployment rate dropped from twenty-five percent to

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    resilience and determination‚ starting with the Revolutionary war. As years passed and national division became evident there was discussion on who would win the fight between the free and enslaved states. Over time it has become apparent that the colonies and the confederacy have shared many qualities‚ which makes one wonder how is it that the colonies won‚ but the confederacy did not? The reason the South didn’t win the Civil War was because they were outgunned‚ out supplied‚ received no international

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    How far was the Tzar´s government weakened by the First World War? The tzar government was affected by the First World War. There are two possible answers to this statement. -Tzar government was significantly weakened by FWW- Before 1914‚ Russian society was very unhappy with the Tzar government. Surprisingly‚ Russia participation in the war woke up Russian people patriotism and people disagreement on Tzar´s government remained in the background‚ almost forgotten. This was the first time in many

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    1918 saw the disciplined‚ robust forces of the Central Powers (who consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) lose to the Allies (Great Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Russia up to 1917‚ and USA in 1917) in a war that would become known as the First World War. Both sides were fairly evenly matched even though the Allies had dispatched almost double the amount of men than the Central Powers’ meagre 21 million. This was because‚ although the Allies had the larger force number-wise

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    INTRODUCTION Situation Analysis Some of humanity’s greatest achievements were made possible by the bold imaginations of engineers. If not for the creativity and intellectual daring of engineers‚ there would be no feats such as the pyramids in Egypt‚ the Brooklyn Bridge or piloted spaceflight. (Stark‚ 2009) Increasingly‚ engineering prowess is seen as a key to the progress of civilization. Engineering has never mattered more. The explosion of new information technologies‚ robotics‚ biotechnology

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    a fault to just one country for World War One. The start of the war was in 1914‚ but there was no set date to when the nations to irritate one another. Some say that the feud started at the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Others believe that Russia had started the war by dragging in Britain‚ Germany‚ and France when mobilizing on their border. One way or another‚ the Germans were a major factor World War One and should get responsibility

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    accountable to God. Romans 13:1-7 has a lot to say on this matter. Verse 1 says “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” We will come back to the first part of the verse‚ but for now‚ the focus will be on the last part. All power is ordained of God‚ no exceptions. Since government was ordained by God‚ it is also accountable to God. At the time Paul wrote the book of Romans‚ Nero was emperor. Nero was far from a God-Fearing

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    the American civil war‚ the slave’s life changed for the better as they were granted their freedom. This is so for every war in history if we look at the revolutionary war and both world war 1 and world war 2.This means that every war improves the quality of life. The aftermath of war societies both winners/losers make our society richer‚safer‚and improved the quality of life. In every aftermath of every war it leads to better quality of life. When the Roman empire had their wars it had always led

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    World War One (WW1)‚ was a war that spanned from the 28th of July 1914 to the 11th of November 1918. Due to allied systems throughout the world‚ a number of countries were involved; The Triple Alliance: Germany‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Italy and The Triple Entente: Britain‚ France and Russia. When the war came to an end in 1918‚ it triggered a peace treaty to be produced‚ this treaty being the Treaty of Versailles. In 1919‚ the Treaty of Versailles was signed by all major allied systems‚ including a disapproving

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