comes to dealing with life’s challenges‚ as it was displayed in the book The Wave’ written by Morton Rhue. There were a majority of students who were not resilient with the wave and the challenges that emerged from it‚ such as Amy‚ Robert and David. The student that was surprisingly resilient was Laurie‚ who was also the main character of the story. Laurie was mentally and also physically strong at dealing with the consequences that upshot from the wave Such as the isolation from the entire school
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1932. Families lived in shacks and ate leftover food from hospitals. Communities couldn’t afford to keep schools open‚ so a third of a million children couldn’t go to school. Years of poverty left Americans asking what the cause of the economic crisis was. The economies of the Allied Powers were damaged by World War I. Great Britain‚ France‚ and the Soviet Union were all in debt and the costs of the war ran resources low. Major cities of Europe were destroyed. Asia and South Africa more industrialized
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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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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 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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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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towns and cities. British fortunes were also helped by the fact that the Luftwaffe had never subscribed to a concept of strategic bombing. “British anti-aircraft and civil-defense preparations were inadequate in the summer of 1940”‚ yet the Luftwaffe was unable to wreak the devastating effects feared by many (Axelrod). German tactics were changed again and the Luftwaffe resorted to indiscriminate bombing of larger cities‚ including London‚ Plymouth and Coventry. British fighters were also inexperienced
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During the 1800s‚ there was an abolition movement that would end all racial discrimination and segregation. It would restrict slave owning areas and stop spreading. It was founded by and informed by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin. The founding of the first founding abolitionist societies was Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin. They wanted to stop slavery from being spreaded into further territories into the U.S.. Once that was achieved there was a beginning of free states‚ that allowed slaves
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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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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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