righteous in the sight of God. The war with Mexico was both of these definitions. It was justified. In 1836‚ Texas had won it’s independence and had become apart of America. Mexico had attacked U.S. soldiers on Texas territory. Polk became president. He believed in Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God wanted America to spread across the continent. Polk wanted to fulfill that destiny and get Texas and California. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because
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Purges beyond doubt?". There is a lot of evidence supporting that he was responsible for the purges. By using several different sources I investigated each purge individually. The three purges include the chitska‚ the show trials‚ and the overall mass terror. For each purge I explain how he was related to them‚ his possible motives‚ and if the purge was achieved. I will attempt to link Stalin to the purge by finding evidence that he was involved through my sources. I have obtained translated Soviet documents
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ruthless individual as a “good leader”? Charlemagne was a ruthless person‚ but history will still remember him as a good leader. He united much of Europe under his rule‚ he improved many things like education‚ converted many people to Christianity‚ and he was a great military leader. It is because of these reasons that Charlemagne will be remembered by history as a good leader. One of Charlemagne’s reasons for being called a good leader is that he was a great military leader. Charlemagne conquered the
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The gilded age was a time after the American Civil War and it sprung an economic power house. The development of factories which were built by the union to defeat the confederacy remained open and were not shut down they were remodeled and converted into peacetime purposes. Even though big industries existed before the war the most significant portion of economy which was agriculture was what represented American economy the most. Following the war the production of
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I believe WWI was inevitable because there were too many issues‚ which were build up for decades and any crisis would have triggered a war. One of the main reasons the war was inevitable was the strong want of power. Germany was confident that it can become a major power and was ready to the whatever it takes to become one. Germany wanted to fight to get more powerful and to control more things. France‚ Britain‚ and Russia wanted similar things. This resulted in the major european powers building
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United States was an era of rapid growth in the late 19th century. The term was created by writer Mark Twain‚ which satirized an era of social problems masked by a thin gold gilding. The people who got us to this spot were not only the industrialist but the workers behind the scene. The reformers John Peter Altgeld and Florence Kelley worked to have the workers safe and sound. Altgeld was a leading figure of the Progressive movement‚ Altgeld signed workplace safety and child labor laws. He was the first
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on January the 5th 1933. The bridge was soon opened for vehicular traffic on May the 28th 1937. The Bridge was built by 10 different prime contractors and their subcontractors. The golden gate is the entrance to San Francisco from the Pacific Ocean. The golden gate bridge is one of the most beautiful bridges‚ in the world because of its spectacular location and graceful lines. 2 conception: The idea of a bridge spanning the Golden gate was not new it was made in 1916. Local authorities agreed
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The Cold War was fought without any physical conflicts‚ taking place approximately between the years 1950 and 1990‚ over the United States of America’s and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ conflicting ideologies – capitalism and communism. However‚ it didn’t arise because of what the United States or the Soviet Union actually did. Instead‚ it arose because of what each side was afraid the other might do. Joseph Stalin insisted on Soviet control of Eastern Europe to serve as a buffering zone
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will also put some reasons that he did not play a factor in. So how was Gustav Stresemann a big factor in German history? Gustav Stresemann was a German politician and a statesmen. He served as chancellor in 1923. He was also a foreign minister during 1923-1929‚ during the Weimar republic. He was awarded with the nobel peace prize in 1926. Stresemann was born on May 10‚ 1878 and he died October 3‚ 1929. Gustav Stresemann was significant because of the many things he did for Germany from 1923
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#1. After reading documents A and B‚ create a hypothesis regarding the questions: Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938? Cite evidence from the document to support your answer. (Yes) Appeasement was the right policy for England in 1938. This is because It was based on the idea that what Hitler wanted was reasonable and‚ when his reasonable demands had been satisfied‚ he would stop. Appeasement was the only practical action that could be held during that time. England and France were
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