King Leopold II of Belgium claimed most of the Congo basin since 1876. Rather than another Belgium colony‚ this territory became King Leopold’s private resource under the name “Congo Free State”. The annexation of the Congo is considered to be the most brutal and shocking of all European colonial annexations. After international outcry from several different countries‚ Belgium officially took over the country in 1908 and renamed Leopold’s previous territory as the “Belgian Congo.” Independence was
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Ukraine to soviet union The breakup of the Soviet Union was a pivotal event of the 20the century that changed significantly the political environment of the world. Million of people in Eastern Europe awakened from a bad dream as the communism collapsed. Poland and Ukraine are two of the countries that have come out of the Communist block and embarked in a transition‚ from the general characteristics of a Communist society (dictatorship‚ single-party system‚ state economy) to those of a capitalist
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Compromise of 1877 The compromise of 1877 was a few promises that were made by the Republics to the Democrats. Among these promises were to remove military from South‚ Appoint a Democrat to cabinet ‚ and Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. But the promise that affected the Environment and Geography was the promise for federal money for construction of a railroad and levees on the Mississippi river. That promise would require a lot of steel which would contribute
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The African Union (AU) succeeded the Organization of African Unity (OAU)‚ which was formed in 1963. The OAU was a product of a compromise of African statesmen who wanted political union of all independent African states and those who preferred functional cooperation as a building block towards the construction of an African socio-psychological community. The OAU was then transformed to AU in Sirte‚ Libya in 2001 with African leaders aiming to harmonize the economic and political
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CHAPTER 21 Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World‚ 1750–1850 I. Prelude to Revolution: The Eighteenth-Century Crisis A. Colonial Wars and Fiscal Crises 1. Rivalry among the European powers intensified in the early 1600s as the Dutch Attacked Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas and in Asia. In the 1600s and 1700s the British then checked Dutch commercial and colonial ambitions and went on to defeat France in the Seven Years War (1756–1763)
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Missouri Compromise‚ (1820)‚ in U.S. history‚ measure worked out between the North and the South and passed by the U.S. Congress that allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state (1821). It marked the beginning of the prolonged sectional conflict over the extension of slavery that led to the American Civil War. The territory of Missouri first applied for statehood in 1817‚ and by early 1819 Congress was considering enabling legislation that would authorize Missouri to frame a state constitution
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important to the United States because not only did it last for over 200 years‚ it lead to the civil war between the northern and southern confederate states. However‚ the changes in plantation crops and slavery systems that occurred between 1800 and 1860 were because of the Industrial Revolution. The constitutional Convention and Ratification held in Philadelphia from 1787–1789‚ gave the Southern states the freedom to decide about the legality of slavery in their own states. With a plantation system
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In 1902 a group of horse and buggy drivers created the Teamsters Union‚ in that the Teamsters were employed to transport goods. This occupation has played an important part in the economic development of the United States. Although they worked under difficult circumstances at the turn of the twentieth century they began to unionize on an extensive scale. There was no established national organization until 1912 that the teamsters were secure. Back in those days certain crafts and professions were
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Unit 2 Essay The 1860’s were a very complex time period for Americans‚ and because of that there are several films and other cultural aspects that portray the complicated roles of race‚ class‚ and gender in the American society. Some of the films such as Birth of a Nation‚ The Searchers‚ Lincoln‚ and Gangs of New York challenge beliefs of race‚ class‚ and gender‚ while others reinforce different components of each. Throughout the movies The Searchers‚ Lincoln‚ and Gangs of New York the conventionally
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Conflict and Compromise: The Case of India and Pakistan Goutham Bollu 1/9/08 Mr.Dugan Senior Division Conflict and Compromise: The Case of India and Pakistan Though they have been in existence for less than a century‚ India and Pakistan have enough history between them to fill several books. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims grew rapidly with the split of India and Pakistan in 1947. Before tensions were running high‚ but now gave way
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