2. What did the Congress of Vienna accomplish? The Congress of Vienna accomplished many things. They first met in September of 1814. After the defeat of Napoleon‚ European rulers wanted to restore the old order. Great Britain‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia met at the Congress of Vienna. They met to arrange a final peace settlement. The most influential leader was the Austrian foreign minister‚ Metternich. He wanted the royal families to be restored to their positions of power. They also wanted
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To what extent was the rise to power of the Nazis due to the Wall Street Crash? Historian Carr writes "It is inconceivable that Hitler could have come into power had not the Weimar Republic being subject to the unprecedented strain of a world crisis"‚ thus he thinks that the Wall Street Crash was the cause of problems in Weimar leading to the rise of the Nazis. In 1933 the Nazi party took control of Germany‚ installing Hitler as chancellor. Evidence would suggest that the Wall Street Crash was a
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1. Reconstruction; Reconstruction refers to the period after the civil war. It was during this time that America was beginning to clean up from the war and rebuild the country. The north and south were finally coming back together‚ and that brought great changes to America. The ways of living before were different compared to what they were during and after the reconstruction. New laws and acts were being set in place to prevent another war from breaking out again and to maintain peace and justice
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Assault weapons should need to be banned. Once again our country is becoming at risk again‚ due to the assault weapons putting people’s lives at risk. A assault weapon is a weapon such as a gun; a gun is a very harmful weapon. A assault weapon can be very dangerous to any living thing on Earth. Once someone pulls the trigger they can immediately harm another human. This could be an accident or on purpose but either way assault weapons are treacherous. People want a gun they don’t need a gun.. Therefor
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The Constitution of the Roman Republic By *** * * 8 April 2009 * * * 8 April 2009 The Constitution of the Roman Republic The constitution of the Roman republic was a stable system of government that lasted from the middle of the republic until the transition to the Empire in the last century BC (Robinson‚ “The Sources of Roman Law” 3). The constitution consisted of three major elements: Magistrates‚ the senate and the legislative
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WHAT I AM AFTER TEN YEARS? Ten years ago I was in my elementary days‚ a child that the only thing that wants to do is to do homework after school‚ eat‚ watch television and play with friends. A child that don’t care about the future. And if you asked me if what I want to be‚ I will simply answer you that someday I’ll be a princess I will live in the castle together with my prince charming like Cinderella. Yes‚ when we are child we like living in fantasies‚ we believe in fairy God mother that
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merciful‚ as evident by his treatment of the Brahmin in India. The Brahmin in India told the Indian rulers to fight against Alexander‚ and not to let him take over‚ and so whenever Alexander found a Brahmin‚ he would learn about hinduism from them. After he talked to the Brahmin though‚ he would have them be
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The French Republic is currently allied to the Triple Entente. France entered the Great War in 1914 and its association with the Great War was inevitable due to its promised alliance to Russia in case of war with Germany. The casualties faced by the French economy in this process are massive. Having started with a population of about 40 million people‚ France has lost 1.3 million people directly to the war‚ twice as many are wounded and about 400‚000 people have fallen prey to the Spanish Influenza
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The Roman Republic was once a strong civilization. The Romans were once known as the Latins who settled along the Tiber River. They were conquered by people known as the Etruscans. The Etruscans treated the Latins harshly and then the Latins revolted. The Latins took over the Etruscans and changed their name from Latin to Roman. The Romans began to gain power that lasted for over 500 years. After about 500 years later‚ a man by the name of Julius Caesar helped to conquer some of their biggest
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Leopold II was probably the first one to abuse this power. He did it to the Congolese in what is now called Democratic Republic of the Congo. King Leopold of Belgian ordered Henry Stanley to go search around Africa to find rich‚ resource abundant land. He found a vast region of land in the middle-west part of Africa. Lord Stanley made treaties with the natives that gave King Leopold personal title of Belgian Congo. ("Congo‚ Democratic Republic of the." Paragraph 2) Soon the Belgian Congo would fall into
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