There was a growing opposition to slavery in the United States from 1776 to 1852. The Southern and Northern states disagreed on many issues with the institution of slavery. Religiously‚ Northerners thought slavery was morally wrong‚ while the Southerners believed they were doing the African Americans a favor by enslaving them. Economically‚ there was a divide between South being based on Agriculture and the North being more industrialized. Politically‚ the North and the South were divided by the
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Austria Hungary in 1914 The Dual Monarchy before WWI The Austro-Hungarian Empire was established in 1867 by the Ausgleich (Compromise) by Austria and Hungary. They both became self-governing states under a common monarch‚ the ruling Habsburg. Each had its own parliament for internal affairs‚ but foreign policy‚ war and finance were decided by common ministers. In the summer of 1914‚ on June 28th the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was attending army maneuvers in Bosnia. He was accompanied by
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Russian geography - Regions of Russia Russia is a country about 1.8 times the size of the US occupying the vast area between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean. It has an area of 10‚ 672‚000 sq. miles (17‚075‚200 sq.km) and a population of almost 150 million people. Occupying a large territory in Europe and Asia Russia is spread over all climatic zones except tropical. It takes over 8 hours by plane to reach from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast. West of the Ural mountains from the
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Russia in the nineteenth century Government & Society: * Autocracy (a system of government with one person with total power) was a system that was on going in 19th century Russia. It was led by the Tsar. * Beneath the Tsar were The Court‚ who were leading landowners and members of the government. * Below them were a small group of businessmen and traders. * The majority of the population were Serfs who were servants attached to land owned by a lord. They were required to
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Also referred to as the Opposition and the Commonwealthmen‚ the Country Party was an unorganized force of English writers and theorists who battled imperial centralized power and corruption through their writings and rhetoric. Some of these writers included Jonathan Swift‚ Samuel Johnson‚ and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. The Country Party was at its strongest in England for only sixty years‚ between 1680 and 1740. However‚ their principles kindled the American Revolution. Members of the Country
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peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June 28‚ 1919. The USA however‚ never signed the treaty or joined the League of Nations. It was not the strength of the opposition forces in congress that led to the defeat of the treat‚ but rather the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson. It was Wilson and his supporters who complied with the terms of the treaty. In 1918 Wilson constructed 14 points which were
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Russia History * Ancient Russian -Russia was formed by colonizing cites which later on formed the Russian Empire. -A warrior named Rurik came into the eastern part of Russia with a group of Scandinavians‚ known as the Varangians crossed the Baltic Sea and emerged into Russia. -He & his partner‚ Oleg‚ took over cities‚ but helped invest into them. -Oleg managed to gain control of the lower region of Russia‚ which later on his son took over. -Faith was a big factor back then‚ according
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“Assess the view that the condition of the peasantry in Russia was transformed in the period from 1855 to 1964.” The conditions of the peasantry varied within the period 1855-1964 as the rulers had different ways of dealing with the peasants. There were times when the communists treated the urban working classes far worse than the tsars did such as during the rule of Stalin. On the other hand‚ there were also occasions when the tsars carried out policies that benefited working people such as reducing
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Stalin’s Russia‚ 1924-53 The leadership struggle * Russia wasn’t a democracy * Struggle wasn’t about winning popularity with the people * Influence was very important * Lenin was leader as party respected him could count on the loyalty of most party members The contenders: Leon Trotsky * Most obvious contender * Heroism during revolution and Civil War * Organised October Revolution and commanded Red Army * 1917-22 Lenin’s right-hand man * Radicalism‚ strong
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Late imperial Russia 1890-1917: how was Russia set up to be the nation it is today? Introduction: ‘Imperial Russia’ all started in the 17th century where a man named Tsar Ivan IV ‘the terrible’ battled and defeated the Mongols which were the previous rulers of Russia. He appointed himself the emperor of Russia and his heirs would carry on his principles and his way of ruling throughout the century’s to build a strong nation. The Tsars of the Romanov dynasty would carry on ruling till the last reign
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