The new deal had many different features‚ but an underlying foundation beneath the entire idea‚ was the idea that the federal government had and should thus use its power to actively intervene in the economy and do what it could to improve the standard of living in America. It was a break with the past and an end to the previous Republican belief‚ that if income of tax revenues fell‚ then expenditure must also be cut to immediately balance the budget. Roosevelt’s idea was one very dissimilar‚ he
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1. What were the strengths and weaknesses of workers unions? By the end of the nineteenth century‚ workers unions had become major forces influencing wages and working conditions. In 1886‚ when successful strikes on some western railroads attracted a mass of previously unorganized unskilled workers‚ the Knights of Labor grew to a peak membership of a million workers. They bargained with employers‚ conducted boycotts‚ and called members out on strike to demand higher wages and better working conditions
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arrived on the Mayflower. Much like the Native Americans‚ Africans were subject to this same type of abuse. Affluent European nations such as Britain‚ Germany‚ and Italy took it upon themselves to claim all the sovereign countries of Africa with a bogus claim of wanting to “civilize” the people of these nations. Missionaries came by the boatloads in an effort to rid Africans of their already established religious beliefs and convert them
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against Mill’s Liberty Principle Mill’s principle of liberty is based on the concept of individualism. According to him‚ liberty should ensure the promotion of individualism. The main reason is the connection of individualism to man’s utilitarian nature that constantly seeks both social and personal progression. The dual utilitarian argument by Mill is therefore based on the value of choices and each person’s pursuit of happiness. This led to the development of his ‘harm principle’ that implied that
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What were the causes of WW1? In 1914‚ World War I broke out. It involved around 100 countries around the world. Between 1914 and 1918‚ over 59 million troops were used‚ over 8 million died and over 29 million were injured. This is the biggest war anyone has any witnessed yet; this is why WW1 is also known as the Great War. The main reasons why WW1 broke out were the Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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AN OVERVIEW OF PEACE AND CONFLICT DEFINITIONS: Peace is often seen as the converse of war. i.e. peace and war as two sides of the same coin. Hence the definition of peace as the absence of war‚ and that of war as the absence of peace The problem with this definition is that it does not explain everything about peace and war For example even in situations of war‚ some conditions of peace still prevail. E.g. in spite the long years of hostilities between the Israelis and Palestinians‚ both
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weapons. Moreover‚ humans naturally fear what is different. I know that if I was an Indian and saw these strange colored men riding these never before seen animals I would be weary. Native Americans had to deal with Europeans trespassing on their homes and were always in danger from European attack. I would also think that it would be a huge coincidence that natives were dying around the time the Europeans came around. I would take that as some kind of
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------------------------------------------------- What were the grievances of the Third Estate in 1789? There were three national ‘estates’ in France‚ the First Estate made up of all clergy ranging from Archbishops to Priests and the Second Estate made up of nobility were the ‘estates’ that did not need to pay any tax at all. The Third Estate was defined negatively as everybody who did not belong to the first two estates including the bourgeoisie‚ the artisan workers and the peasants. With a
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What were the effects/consequences of the Spanish Civil War? The Spanish civil war lasted 1936-1939. It had great consequences‚ seeing as the war brought huge complications to Spain in social‚ economic and political aspects. The social consequences were many. Around 100‚000 Republicans as well as about 70‚000 Nationalists were killed during the war‚ showing great losses for families and for the population. The killing also continued after the war as Franco launched a terror campaign‚ “White terror”
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1) What were the functions of the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues? The Delian league was set up by the Athenians for an alliance between all the Ionian Greeks so to stamp out the threat of Persia. Athens took charge because Sparta retreated into its own self-interests‚ so to only protect themselves so the Ionians looked for help among the Athenians. It was formed in 477BC at Delos (which was a neutral city). The league seemed successful because in they had some big victories such as in: 478BC Byzantium
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