Account for the failure/collapse of democracy in Germany in the period of 1918-1933 The collapse of the Weimar democracy in 1933 cannot be attributed to one event‚ but more a multiplicity of factors that were involved in upsetting of the Republic’s equilibrium which made it vulnerable to sudden shock. It can be partially blamed on the shaky foundations and inherent flaws within the constitution‚ making the Republic susceptible to future problems and the Nazi takeover. Opposition and violence made
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attempt to explain why some women got the vote in 1918 by discussing male and female spheres‚ the emergence of the suffrage societies and the similarities and differences between them. It shall proceed to discuss anti-suffrage‚ the role of politics‚ discuss how the war affected the women’s movement and finally the 1918 Representation of the People Act. It shall conclude was a summary of the points discussed. To understand the reasons behind some women getting the vote in 1918‚ one must look back at
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In my personal option when people walked down any given street in the year 1918 between the months of June and December‚ I’m sure one would have taken notice to the coffins that lined the sidewalks. Nobody was on the streets‚ and dead bodies were stuffed into every available space. The Flu Epidemic not only was the most devastating event of the twentieth century but the most deadliest. In the ten months 675‚000 Americans died of influenza and pneumonia. When compared to the number of Americans killed
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are living where life consist of a mixture of colors like the dress of a jester. But glorious and terrible change happens suddenly. In the second stanza Yeats presents the story of people participated in the revolution. In a rising‚ beautiful women are grown shrewd. School teachers; Pearse‚ Thomas MacDonagh and personal enemy of the poet John MacBride‚ the man whom Maud Gonne married forsake their individual roles and fight with an unified aim-that of winning freedom for their country. They sacrificed
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affected women during 1918-1965. After World War One‚ women began to possess an independent spirit and the days of being submissive housewives were long gone. African American women and American women in general‚ experienced workforce changes‚ access to educational opportunities and developed a political voice in a men’s world. To understand the key changes to women of any ethnic group during this time period‚ we must first understand what their life was like prior to this time. Caucasian women of the
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Why all women got the right to vote by 1928. In 1928‚ all women finally got the right to vote. It took them 78 years to do it‚ but all their hard work had paid off. The women campaigning tried everything‚ for example‚ they got themselves arrested‚ they went on hunger strikes while in prison‚ they tried to get noticed by the media and many more. Some of the main things that really helped women get the vote were The Suffragists‚ The Suffragettes‚ Legislation and War Effort. The suffragists used
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allies of Britain‚ France and Russia winning the war successfully. There were many reasons to why the Allies won the war. Some of the reasons were the effects of the long war on the German Economy‚ the Alliance Systems‚ The Allied Naval Blockade on Germany and the entry of the U.S.A. At the start of the war two alliances had formed‚ the triple Entente which consisted of France‚ Russia and Great Britain. The Germans saw this alliance forming‚ and realised they had possible enemies on both fronts. In
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Why did women get the vote in 1918? The government had a problem because men fighting in the war would not be able to vote in the election. The government changed the law so that the soldiers could vote. Women’s groups saw their opportunity and began to put pressure on the government to include votes for women in the changed law. David Lloyd George‚ the Prime Minister‚ was a supporter of women voting but not the use of violence. The Suffragettes stopped campaigning in the beginning of the war and
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The Spanish Flu of 1918 was an influenza that swept the globe killing more people then World War One‚ World War Two‚ the Korean War‚ and the Vietnam War combined. The virus’s victims were between the ages of nineteen and twenty eight‚ an unusual range compared to expected ages of deaths from a normal flu. The Forsete‚ a ship that set sail from Norway’s northern coast‚ was hit with an outbreak of the Spanish Flu on September 21‚ 1918. Within the next two weeks‚ seven people died‚ and were buried in
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US–German relationships were going away fast over submarine warfare. With the possibility of a German-supported attack by Mexico‚ the isolationists was defeated and lost ground and on 6 April 1917 resulting in Congress entering World War I against Germany. 1922-The American Professional Football League is formed in 1920 with Jim Thorpe as its president and eleven teams. It would change its name to the National Football League in 1922. (domestic) -The NFL was officially formed on August 20th 1920
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