To what extent did industrial development under Witte make Russia a more stable and prosperous country? Even thought there were problems with Witte’s approach to development is not to deny that Russia needed major reform. Its defeat by Western powers in the Crimean War (1853-1856)‚ lack of industrial development‚ poor infrastructure‚ left it much weaker than its competitors in Europe. As finance minister‚ Witte pushed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialisation and to get large foreign loans
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Wal-Mart helpful or harmful to the global economy? To a lesser extent‚ multinational corporation such as Wal-Mart are harmful to the global economy. Multinational corporation is a corporation or company that is registered in more than one country or that has operations in two or more countries. Global economy generally refers to the economy‚ which is based on economies of all of the world’s countries’ national economies. Also‚ global economy can be seen as the economy of global society and national economics
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History “To what extent did the Thirteenth Amendment end slavery?” The Thirteenth Amendment was passed on April 8‚ 1864. It is the article that formally abolished slavery in America. There are many reasons why the Thirteenth Amendment was passed‚ the most important of which is that other large nations were no longer involved in the Atlantic Slaves trade and America wanted to be well seen by these countries. Though the Thirteenth Amendment had a number of short term and long term Though there is
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The Russian Revolution was a time of change. It completely changed the world with the fall of the autocracy and the monarch ruling without question and the first ever communist state. Through the use of ideology‚ the Bolsheviks could achieve their goal without the use of violence. The people involved would each play a key role in the revolution. The events that led up to the resulting violence at the end of the revolution were also very important to consider. The events towards the end of the revolution
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To be able to answer this question you would first have to ask yourself what problems Germany faced before this time. Between the years 1919 and 1923 Germany had a lot of problems to deal with: hyperinflation‚ violent uprisings and the French occupying the Ruhr made it very hard to govern Germany. Occupation of the Ruhr With France demanding reparation payments‚ Germany found in very hard to pay their debts and rebuild their proud nation. France took it upon themselves to recover these payments
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One mile west of Flagstaff‚ Arizona stands a mesa known as Mars Hill‚ which provides unobstructed views of the sky. Perched on the top of the mesa is the historic Lowell Observatory‚ built in 1894 by Percival Lowell. Today‚ Lowell Observatory is still the center of space research and discoveries. Lowell Observatory happily welcomes the public to experience the historic landmark and museums. Filled with telescopes‚ museums‚ and collections the 750-acre facility offers plenty of activities. The excitement
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To what extent did the domino theory cause continued US support for South Korea in the period 1950 to 1953? The Korean War was embroiled by the involvement of the three superpowers; the USA‚ China and the USSR. There are many reasons that contributed to the continued support of the US in South Korea including the concepts of the domino theory; the containment of Communism; the rising public pressure on Truman in order to maintain the American Pacific ‘sphere of influence’ and the arguable major
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To what extent did the Russo-Japanese War precipitate revolution in 1905? The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 to 1905‚ and arose from both Japan and Russia’s desire for expansion. Russia suffered many great defeats in this war‚ against a nation that was considered inferior and was not one of the Great Powers. This was humiliating for the people of Russia‚ and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II‚ as well as causing great military‚ economic‚ and political problems for Russia. This
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absolute monarch and medieval ideas to a more Enlightened country over the course of 350 years. They improved in their government‚ economy‚ and science rapidly during the 1700s. They became more innovative and expanded on things they already knew to make their country more efficient. Denmark-Norway’s economy for example‚ has improved a lot over the 1700s to 1850. Their economy drastically declined during the Napoleonic Wars even though trade became better since the other armies would need their resources
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instead of backing out of the war. Leading to the Russian Revolution‚ where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ ideology‚ communism‚ heavily impacted the Russian Revolution‚ leading to Russia becoming the Soviet Union. World War I left a large amount of damage to Russia’s economy and society. Leading to the czar abdicating the throne and Vladimir Lenin stepping up. After Lenin stepped up to power‚ he promised that he would get Russia out of the war‚ which he did using the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. During the
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