The cause of the Cold War revolved around both the United States and the Soviet Union attempting to gain worldwide control by influencing the rest of the world. After becoming the most powerful country in the world after World War II‚ the United States tried to use that power to proclaim a new global order that revolved around democracy and capitalism. The Soviet Union‚ however‚ preferred communism and a world revelation in the name of the worker. The Soviet Union also wanted to surround itself with
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The French Revolution was sparked by a combination of social‚ economic‚ and political factors that had been developing over a long period of time. One of the primary reasons for the revolution was the rising discontent among the French population towards the absolute authority of the monarchy and the unequal power dynamics among the nobility‚ clergy‚ and commoners. French society was divided into three estates‚ with the first two estates of the nobility and clergy enjoying special privileges and
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attacked. On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to Austro-Hungarian thrown was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb. On Saturday‚ July 18‚ 1914‚ Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia. The President of the United States‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ insisted on neutrality and did not want to get involved. Eventually the US pulled away from “absolute neutrality” and sided with Great Britain‚ France and Russia. War was still not declared‚ but right around the corner for the United States. Wilson wanted
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one ran from 1914-1918 which was also known as the Great War. It was also known as the first modern war and the reasoning behind it is because of all the new technology that was used‚ such as submarines‚ tanks‚ machine guns. It was estimated that in that four year time period there were 10 million deaths. When the Serbians assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Austria-Hungary viewed this as a threat. Germany decided to help out Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia was allies with Serbia‚ which
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path of revenge and aggression and the rise of the Nazi party in Germany. Beginning with the end of WW1 and Allied forces closing in on German territory‚ Germany agreed to a ceasefire on November 11‚ 1918. With the war over Allied forces decided how to prevent this from happening again at a conference in Versailles‚ which ended with the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty broke up the German empire and “declared Germany responsible for the war and subjected it to substantial military
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3‚ 1939. This war ended September 2‚ 1945. The invasion of Poland is what started World War II. It all came down to Truman’s decision to launch the atomic bomb‚ or to go in person. President Truman made the correct decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because the war ended much faster‚ he also ended up saving resources‚ and we got revenge from Pearl Harbor. The first reason why President Truman made the correct choice was because war ended much faster. This war ended much faster because in wars
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Americans. To some extent‚ Truman did act upon this air of civil rights. A year after the Committee published the indictment on the country‚ Truman promoted antiracist ideas by racially integrating
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real world which I will mention later. As most people know by now‚ The Truman Show conveys a message by depicting a series of fateful events in the life of Truman Burbank‚ (played by Jim Carrey) who has grown up‚ and lives‚ in a fake town full of actors. The town is enclosed in a giant dome decked out with high-tech simulators of sun and sky‚ in which the rain and wind are controlled by the special effects department. Truman alone has no idea he is in a giant TV studio‚ as the rest of humanity watches
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World War II. While the Allied Forces were fighting against the Nazi threat in western Europe‚ another part of the war was being fought in eastern Asia against the Japanese. This part of the war was known as the Pacific Ocean theater‚ and was mainly fought by the US‚ led by General MacArthur‚ against the Imperial Japanese Army. MacArthur’s victory in the Pacific Ocean theater would cause him to be hailed as a war hero by the American people‚ although he would not be greeted as such until he returned home
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parliament. To name‚ there are many causes which lead up to this‚ three major which are: money‚ power‚ and religion. It was said that Charles I wasn’t a strong king as was his father (King James VI and I) yet some blame parliament for their arrogance to the new power. This essay will explain the three causes‚ their triggers and which was the most important cause of the first ever Civil War in England. Charles I strongly believed in the Divine Right of Kings‚ a doctrine which stated that Kings were chosen
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