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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The zero tolerance policy strives to reduce violence in schools and make schools a safer place for students. Anne Atkinson‚ a member of the Virginia Board of Education defines zero tolerance as a “policy that mandates predetermined consequences or punishments for specified offenses.” The policy first became effective in 1989‚ but grew most rapidly in 1994 when the Gun- Free Schools Act was passed (1). There are many controversies about the zero tolerance policy including whether or not the policy
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To what extent did the Great War caused the revolution in Russia of 1917? First of all there are different opinions how much the Great War had an effect of the revolution in Russia of 1917. The Great War was from 1914 to 1918 and the revolution in Russia (also known as the February and October Revolutions) starts at the 23rd of February and culminates about the 26th of October (after the Julian calendar). In my opinion‚ the Great War was a basic cause for the revolution in 1917‚ but I think it
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To what extent did weakness in the Weimar Republic account for the growth and rise to power of the Nazi party in 1933? The WR began after WWII the Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans and forced to have a democracy rather than a monarchy. The Government from the start was full of problems with its economy‚ social and political areas‚ what made it worse was the Great Depression in 1929. The WR was vulnerable to a number of attacks from many different areas including the Nazi party and
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Playwriting had been varied in colors in the reign of William Shakespeare‚ but his plays had had different descriptions than the other playwrights of his age‚ and had differed distinctly from what they had written. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays involving the ethics of human beings and their attributes such as love and generosity on the one hand‚ jealousy‚ ambition‚ betrayal and treachery‚ which crowned with tragedies for they depict deviations
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Europe and particularly England for the quest of gaining political stability. Besides‚ various reformations were witnessed in Americas. Although English Reformation‚ as well as religious‚ showed prominent impacts to the colonies in the New World‚ the impact towards the Restoration Colonies differed on issues of an economic and political resurgence among others. In England‚ the migration and colonization were primarily religious‚ and even the aftermath for reformation was not based on monetary gains but
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Tolerance of the 1920’s To many the 1920”‚ which was roaring during the time‚ was a time of tolerance to many people. But‚ just how tolerant was it really? During this time the palmer raids were going on and many laws were being passed. Lots of these laws led to good consequences but‚ many didn’t work the way they should have. During the 1920 the prohibition act was passed saying that the consumption of liquor was illegal. But at the beginning this law was not enforced but later another law was
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In the play The Crucible‚ one of the main themes is the non-tolerance of things outside of the traditional customs and beliefs. Throughout the play‚ it is made obvious that witchcraft is something that can cause the people of Salem to be hanged. This is because Salem is said to be a Christian town and a town of God. Another example of this non tolerance is the act of dancing in the town. Nowadays‚ dancing is very popular and common‚ but in the play‚ Abigail tries hard to make sure that no one finds
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As time went on‚ the Protestant Reformation did begin to bring increased literacy as well as the development of the Swedish language. Although various demands were made to prevent the sale and distribution of Lutheran reading materials‚ the only Swedish print house was under royal control; consequently‚ the king was in control of what sort of materials were allowed to be printed within Sweden. Petri‚ the priest of Stockholm‚ now in close connection with the king‚ was very proficient in creating liturgical
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To what extent did the constitution ensure that the Kaisers power was preserved? Kaiser had all power over Germany and with the desire for changes in the way Germany was run resulted in the improvements such as the creation of a constitution which was without a doubt crucial to the consolidation of the Kaisers position. The constitution consisted of 25 federal states‚ within this there were 4 kingdoms‚ 12 Duchies‚ 6 Grand Duchies and 3 free cities. At first the Kaiser had pretty much entire control
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