With veteran’s benefits‚ the twenty-something’s found new homes in planned communities on the outskirts of American cities. This group‚ whose formative years covered the Great Depression‚ was a generation hardened by poverty and deprived of the security of a home or job. Now thriving on the American Dream‚ life was simple‚ jobs were plentiful and babies were booming. Many Americans believed that lack of post-war government spending would send the United States back into depression. However‚ consumer
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January 27‚ 2010) was an American historian‚ academic‚ author‚ playwright‚ and social activist. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books‚ which included his best-selling and influential A People’s History of the United States.[2] He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements‚ as well as of the labor history of the United States. His memoir‚ You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train‚ was also the title
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race well into the 20th century. While many countries‚ notably Germany‚ the Soviet Union‚ and USA attempted to develop technology leading to weapons of mass destruction in the World War II period‚ the US was the only country that successfully built an atomic bomb before the end of the war. There was significant research conducted by scientists in a number of countries leading up to and throughout the war‚ but the Americans success at creating nuclear bombs‚ as well as the German and Soviet failures
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WW2 Big Ideas 1. War changes a society. Societies make good and bad decisions in a time of war.Political decisions have implications and consequences on future events. 2. The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of the U.S. as a super power. 3. The failures of post-World War I policies led to World War II. 4. World War II dealt a catastrophic blow to humanity. 5. Cultural‚ economic and political factors led to the rise of dictatorships. 6. World War II ended the Great Depression and
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Britain and France could have prevented WW2 from ever occurring at The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland‚ Munich Conference and The Invasion of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France could have also lowered reparations for Germany as Germany was bankrupt and with extremist parties taking power such as The Nazis would dislike the Allies and The Treaty of Versailles. The major causes of WW2 were not the weaknesses of Britain and France as Czechoslovakia was too far away from Britain and France to help
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“Risk can be identified and controlled. Therefore all industrial disasters are preventable.” Discuss. This essay discusses the apparently logical proposition that if risk can be identified and controlled‚ industrial disasters are preventable. It first examines the concepts of ‘risk’‚ ‘identification and control’‚ ‘disaster’ and ‘preventable’ before examining the nature of the industrial disaster through a systems approach; it will be shown that a disaster can be deconstructed in order to present
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The Treaty of Versailles was the most important peace treaty that brought World War One to an end. The treaty was signed on June 18‚ 1919‚ in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. The terms ordered Germany to take full responsibility of WW1 and the allies imposed reparations for war damage. This left German’s outraged at their Government‚ the country became very weak‚ with no real future. However‚ the ‘Big Three’‚ Britain‚ France‚ and America showed a total lack of empathy as they were
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Extended Essay: How has realism in war films developed since WW2‚ and what effect has this had on audiences? Candidate name: Daniel Fairweather Candidate number: 001851-0012 School name: Haut-Lac International Bilingual School Supervisor: Barend Schweigman Subject area: Film Word Count: 3’334 Abstract: The aim is to examine the role that realism plays in war films particularly post World War Two as this is seen as a key point in the progression in development of war films. It is a well-known
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World War 1. After the Germans had lost the war‚ the League of Nations agreed that she had to be punished. They (Mainly Britain‚ France and America) decided that Germany would be punished by a treaty of terms called the Treaty of Versailles. This was a very harsh treaty and Germany suffered a lot. America felt sorry for Germany and agreed to loan her money. With the extra money the Germans started to recover‚ but with the Great Depression which started in 1929‚ the German economy fell
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Could WW2 have been prevented? WW2 was a tragedy that killed 60 million people‚ it brought international distrust‚ repressed feelings and resented economic hardship‚ however‚ could it have been prevented? The Treaty of Versailles‚ which formally ended the war‚ did little to address unresolved issues and promoted international indignation while harsh economic conditions devasted millions of people. I believe if the world leaders had addressed these issues and taken a step to international trust‚
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