30.1 Revolutions in Russia * Russian Revolution: long time in coming * Oppression of 19th century czarssocial unrest * Revolts: army officers in 1825‚ peasants‚ secret groups plotted * 1881 students assassinated Alexander II (reformer) Alexander III Upholds the Autocracy * Autocracy: gov’t with total power * Program of “autocracy‚ orthodoxy‚ and nationality”—led to censorship‚ secret police‚ exile * Oppression: goal was to create uniform culture * Russian
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John Hersey’s Hiroshima. Expository texts such as the aforementioned often present powerful social issues which challenge not only the reader from the contemporary Western culture but also the reader from the 1946 American society. Hersey employs various techniques‚ including point of view‚ tone‚ emotive and descriptive language to position readers to respond to changing priorities‚ Japan’s reaction to the crisis and moral and ethical issues. Up until Hersey’s account of the Hiroshima bombing‚ texts
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1 Communism Map Interactive Transcript Worldwide Expansion and Contraction of Communism Question: Which parts of the world were enveloped by the expansion of Communism in the 20th Century? See below for a list of communist countries by year. You can see how the number of communist countries seemed to grow almost exponentially in only a few years. 1900: None 1917: Russia 1921: Russia‚ Mongolia 1925: Russia‚ Mongolia 1930: Russia‚ Mongolia 1935: Russia‚ Mongolia
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University of Phoenix Material Reformation Time Line and Journal Entries Part 1: Time Line Complete the time line identifying events in history during the Reformation. Identify where the event occurred on the specified date Describe the event and its significance for each date identified on the time line. DATE: October 31‚ 1517 Example: DESCRIPTION: The 95 Thesis was Martin Luther’s response to the indulgences. WHERE: The door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg DATE: May 25‚ 1521 DESCRIPTION:
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Caroline McKinnon - Year 12 English Analytical Response - Poetry ’No More Hiroshimas’ by James Kirkup and ’Icarus Allsorts’ by Roger McGough can appear‚ on a superficial level‚ to be completely different poems. The former is long‚ gloomy and reflective‚ written in a narrative‚ free verse style‚ in first person. The latter is a short‚ satirical rhyming poem with an upbeat tone. Upon closer analysis‚ however‚ the two pieces are not only bound together by a common overall theme of nuclear war
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In the article “Hiroshima was a War Crime” written by Shigetoshi Iwamatsu explains his views concerning the United States use of the atomic bombs on Japanese cities during the end of WWII. In the author’s opinion the use of atomic weapons was a war crime. According to West’s Encyclopedia of American Law a war crime is defined as “Acts that violate the international laws‚ treaties‚ customs‚ and practices governing military conflict between belligerent states or parties.” Iwamatsu supports his opinion
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Appendix A Final Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview Throughout this course‚ you must design and develop a Web site about your profession‚ hobbies‚ or interests in Microsoft® Notepad or Adobe® Dreamweaver® Code View using HTML code. The Web site must consist of four to five Web pages of your choice. Your site must demonstrate the following characteristics: • Effective file management • Accurate and functional markup code • Effective and functional navigation
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Annotated Timeline Unit 2 1) 753 B.C.E The city of Rome was founded by Romulus. Who was cast adrift on the Tiber River as a baby and was nursed by a she-wolf. 2) 507 B.C.E. The establishment of the Roman Republic that lasted till 31 B.C.E. It was established by the members of the senatorial class in early Rome. 3) 450 B.C.E. The publication of the laws on the twelve stone tablets. This was made to put pressure on the elite so that they could make political concessions. 4) 264 B.C
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Texts emerge from‚ respond to‚ critique‚ and shape our understanding of ways of thinking during a particular historical period‚ however valuing of the text depends on the reader’s context. Comment. Texts have an intoxicating influence over how particular historical periods are understood and valued. They emerge from‚ respond to and critique a symbiotic relationship between the events‚ the ways of thinking and the paradigms that were upheld at the time. The Cold War period from 1945 to 1991 was
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“Little Boy” on Hiroshima in Japan. The bomb that was dropped made historical history affecting the japanese cities around the bombing location. Within the first two to four months of the bombings‚ the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90‚000–146‚000 people in Hiroshima. The effects of the “Little Boy” caused levels of radiation to shoot sky-high and caused people of the surrounding areas to evacuate because of the high levels of radiation. Following the bomb of Hiroshima‚ exactly 3 days
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