Eleven million innocent Jews‚ priests‚ homosexuals‚ people with many kinds of disabilities‚ and many more were killed in the horrific genocide we know as the Holocaust (Ridley). Why were so many innocent people brutally murdered? What did they do to deserve to die? Who would do something so terrible? The answer to that question is Adolf Hitler. Hitler believed‚ with no prior reasoning‚ Jews were inferior to him. So inferior‚ in fact‚ that he did not believe they were people at all (“Why did”). Hitler
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book readers‚ I’m here with Olivia Pullman from the book Wonder. She is August Pullman’s older sister. Welcome to the show! Olivia: Thanks for having me. Question1: In the story‚ you told us that your parents said you were the most understanding daughter ever because they are mostly paying attention to your brother because of his special needs. Can you explain how that makes you feel? Answer: Ever since Auggie was born‚ there was no point for me to complain. Seeing him after his surgeries‚ I could only
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Was the Habsburg Empire on the point of collapse by 1914? During the late 19th Century it can be argued that the Habsburg Empire was weakening and by 1914 during the dawn of the First World War it was on the point of collapse this could be due to several intertwining factors such as nationalism or politics. However some historians disagree this view and they would argue that the Empire was indeed becoming stronger. This essay will explore why the Habsburg Empire was on the brink of collapsing
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1. What was the cause and result of the Quasi-War? The Quasi-War was a short‚ undeclared war between America and Britain against France on sea while Adams was president. The Quasi-War was fought on July 7‚ 1798 until the Treaty of Mortefontaine on September 30‚ 1800 was signed. The payments between America and France were stopped because of the money that was owed to the French Crown. A group called the French Privateers captured the American Merchant ships so they could use them as their payments
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In the period from 1906-1914 Russia had appeared to have stabilised due to the social reforms brought in by Stolypin. However this only really created the illusion of stability due to many underlying problems that led to the 1905 revolution not being dealt with‚ therefore Russia had stabilised very little in this period which in turn would lead to further unrest in the future. Politically‚ Russia was in a lot of danger as a result of the 1905 revolutions‚ and there were strong divisions. This
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Timeline of W.W.1 1914 1. Assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand: (June 28‚ 1914) the archduke visited Sarajevo to audit the armed forces. While travelling through Sarajevo in an open car a Serbian nationalist threw a bomb at their car which ended up bouncing off the car and injuring an officer. The archduke later visited that officer at the hospital where he later took off again‚ unfortunately‚ the driver took a wrong turn. Gavrilo Princip (Serbian nationalist) spotted him and took a shot
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It is undoubtable that German aggressions has some part to play in the outbreak of war in 1914 – Bethmann-Hollweg’s ‘Blank Cheque’ remains an ominous symbol of blind aggression over considered economics‚ whilst the Kaiser’s 1913 claim that ‘the war between Germandom and Slavdom [was] inevitable’ seems to highlight fairly explicitly the militaristic attitude at the heart of central government. And yet it is only too easy to place undue emphasis on Germany in some respects‚ and under exaggerate
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In 1789‚ France was under a revolution. It was ruled by absolute monarchy for centuries. Unfairness between Estates started to frustrate the people at the bottom of France. The French government was 4000 million livers in debt (Christopher Hibbert 1980 p.14). Besides the partial blames that Louis XVI deserved‚ the situation was quite out of his control. There were many other reasons that lead to this revolution and every single problem was connected with each other. The most important short term
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World War I‚ or The Great War‚ began in 1914 as a European conflict‚ it soon turned into a global conflict due to Alliance agreement between countries. The war ended in 1918‚ as the result‚ more than 8 million people died‚ and millions more were wounded‚ it directly cost all belligerents nearly 82 billion in 1913 dollars‚ because of the high cost of war‚ many country were in extreme poverty. On April 6‚ 1917‚ the United States stepped into the war and joined its allies‚ the British‚ French‚ and Russian
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The Geography of the Cold War: What Was Containment? It was a glorious meeting. On April 25‚ 1945‚ at the Elbe River in Germany‚ two powerful armies met. Coming from opposite ends of Europe‚ the Americans and Russians had cut Hitler’s Germany in two. Now at the Elbe‚ soldiers from the Red Army of the Soviet Union reached out their hands to their American counterparts. It was a time for great happiness. World War II‚ the deadliest war in all of human history‚ was nearly over. Unfortunately
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