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    vegetarian to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles‚ the progressive era‚ foreign policy‚ and World War one were major parts of United States history. The progressive movement was caused by labor unions and the presidents’ progressive plans. World War one and Open Door Policy caused the American Foreign Policy. This in many ways helped shape and increase American power in the early 20th Century. The progressive movement was an effort made to help make America to be safer and make the economy

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    To what extent were the weaknesses of the provisional government responsible for the October Revolution The provisional government was seen to be very weak during the lead up to the October revolution‚ however other factors such as Lenin and main events such as the Kornilov affair could be said to be the main cause and that the weakness of the provisional government had nothing to do with the fact that the Bolsheviks were gaining such huge amounts of support. To a certain extent the weaknesses

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    To what extent was the U.S. Constitution a radical departure From the Articles of Confederation? In 1787 the Articles of Confederation were discarded and the constitution of the United States was created. The articles of confederation created a very weak national government. It gave limited power to government and more power to states. The main organ of the government was a unicameral legislature‚ in which each state would have one vote. The weakness of the national government was shown by the

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    Yoshelin Alvarez History 1302 Michael Frawley November 10‚ 2014 Progressive Era The Progressive Movement was an effort to cure many of the ills of the American society that came during the industrial growth and in the last quarter of the 19 century. The era began in 1890s and ended in 1920s. In the 1890s‚ the belief that getting involved with other counties was not good was slowly dissolving. America became a major world power because of its fast economic and social growth. So when Cuban rebels

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    To what extent do people plagiarise Plagiarism is defined in multiple ways in higher education institutions and universities. To name a few: Stanford sees plagiarism as “use‚ without giving reasonable and appropriate credit to or acknowledging the author or source‚ of another person’s original work‚ whether such work is made up of code‚ formulas‚ ideas‚ language‚ research‚ strategies‚ writing or other form”; [16] Yale views plagiarism as “the use of another’s work‚ words‚ or ideas without attribution”

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    was the first nation to industrialise. Industrialisation is “change from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry and commerce”. Allen Clarke suggested industrialisation happened because “capitalists saw that fortunes were to be made more quickly in manufacture than in agriculture”. It appears agriculture lost the investors attention‚ despite the fact that “from 1760 to 1834 nearly seven million acres of waste land were reclaimed”. This waste land was exploited primarily for industrial

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    The Progressive era and the gilded age In the Gilded age the people of the united state started to grow industries‚ the production was iron and steel and it grow dramatically then a wave of immigrants came to America and started working. But this immigrants didn’t had the right’s to be free in the streets because they were controlled by the police powers this people from the government that want this immigrant to work hard and to work for hours instead of just 5 hours ‚ they had to work days and

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    Macbeth‚ A Tragic Hero William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ was written in 1606‚ during the Renaissance. The renaissance tragedy involves tragic flaw that causes the protagonist to have a downfall. It also has a bloody and violent plot just like Macbeth did. In every tragedy‚ they have a tragic hero who has a tragic flaw. Macbeth is a great example of a Shakespearean tragic hero because of his tragic flaw. His tragic flaw is ambition because he murders people for his desire to obtain power. A tragic hero

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    European states‚ to as far as Africa. This extended essay discusses the effects the Soviet Union had on Ethiopia (located in the Horn of Africa) from 1977 – 1991‚ and the extent in which the collapse of the USSR influenced the fall of Mengistu Haile Mariam’s military regime. Therefore‚ answering the question “To what extent did the collapse of the Soviet Union contribute to the fall of Mengistu Haile Mariam and the Derg regime?” This essay also looks at other factors such as the collapse of the

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    February 12‚ 2012 Ms. Wick Progressive Era DBQ During the late 1800’s to early 1900’s many groups and individuals agreed that problems in society could be resolved. Reformers worked to change many aspects of society including politics and economics in the United States. Improving living conditions for those who lived in tenement buildings and the production of pure food were two goals reformers had. Campaigning and settlement houses were some of the methods used to achieve their

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