The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One‚ most of which were negative. In his earlier days‚ Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disasterous losses for the British Army‚ for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the
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By 1905‚ a revolution was immanent‚ Tsar’s power was to be challenged and the reasons for this are to be laid out here in this essay. Was the Tsar’s non-reformist attitude solely to blame or was the nature of Tsardom destined to destroy itself? We need to look at the foundations of the revolution in order to fully understand this and make an informed response to these questions. The foundations are laid out into five main parts‚ including short and long-term factors. The two main long-term factors
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Carnegie was one the of most famous business men in America. He was born in Scotland and was immigrated to America with his family. They lived in a small house in Pittsburgh and they had little money. In some ways he was a hero and in some ways he was not. A hero is someone who is admired for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Carnegie was a hero because he was a philanthropist and was the reason that the United States became a world power in the steel industry. He was not a hero
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On October 11‚ 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt was born into a wealthy New York family. Eleanor was the first child of Anne Hall Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt. At a young age she encountered disappointed. Her father mourned his mother death‚ and soon turned to alcohol for conform. His alcoholism became so bad that he started to remain absent from the home. His absence lead to other unknown activities that he participated in. On the other hand‚ her mother was stuck trying to handle her disappointment with
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WHY WAS THERE A REVOLUTION IN FRANCE? By the 1780’s‚ France was in great trouble. The country was almost bankrupt‚ there was famine and the third estate were becoming frustrated and angry. This created the build up towards revolution. In this essay I will look at the political‚ social and economic situation of France to try and identify why the revolution happened. During this era‚ there were many new political ideas about equality and freedom. This was called ‘The Enlightenment’ and was written
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is to compare and contrast the book and the movie of That Was Then‚ This Is Now. The movie and book are similar yet very different. The movie keeps some of the scenes the same from the book. There was many difference between the book and movie though. The book has more details and portrays the characters differently. The movie portrays Mark and Bryon as different people as they were in the book. Mark was more sympathetic as to Bryon was a bit more self centered. Mark showed guilt from doing the
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Sojourner Truth was an african american woman‚ who was an abolitionist. Who helped get a lot of woman back their rights‚ speaker for many speeches and famous for many quotes‚ and formally known as an abolitionist. Isabella Baumfree was born in 1797 in Rifton‚ NY. She did many great things in her lifetime mainly involving fixing slavery and getting women back their rights. Isabella Baumfree known better as Sojourner Truth was born around 1797 but was never officially recorded so that’s what scientists
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Puritan Communities: Was Salem Village Unique? Salem village in 1692 is something every student learns about in their basic American history course. They learn about the witchcraft trials‚ and the hangings that followed. They learn about Increase and Cotton Mather‚ father and son on opposite sides of the issue of witchcraft. If they are lucky‚ they learn about Rev. Samuel Parris and what led some to like him and his judgments‚ and others to despise him. But they do not typically learn about the
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Was The Use Of The Atomic Bomb Justifiable? "The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender..." Admiral William D. Leahy (Alperovitz‚The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb‚ date of publication unknown) There have been many issues involved with the use of the atomic bomb because of the high cost of lives‚ and that it was considered to be immoral and unethical. However it
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