Third Party candidates rarely win elections but they can split parties. They can also effect the outcome of an election. When a third party candidate is considerably strong‚ or when the race between the two other candidates is significantly close. During the election of 2000 Ralph Nader and other 3rd party candidates said the election was going to be very interesting‚ and so it was. People all over the world were very confused over who was going to be the next president of the U.S. During the election
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barrel 30 meters long. The gun’s shells had to punch through seven metres of reinforced concrete or one full metre of steel armour plate‚ from beyond the range of French artillery. This weapon was originally built for the Battle of France in the Great War‚ but by the time the battle came‚ the weapon was not fully assembled. This giant cannon is the largest caliber rifled weapon that was ever used in combat‚ it is the heaviest mobile artillery piece ever built in terms of weight‚ and fired the heaviest
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Why did the Liberals win the 1906 election? In the1870s‚ the Conservative Party won three out of four elections and formed the government for 17 years out of a total of 20 years. It reflected the Conservative Party was the most powerful party in England at that time; they even had an overpowering majority of seats in the House of Lords. They had support from everywhere. However‚ the situation changed dramatically when the Liberal party won the general election in 1906 with an overwhelming majority
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nation. The communists won the civil war in 1949 for many reasons. Although they did not have many things the KMT had‚ they had enormous support from the peasants. As 95% of the Chinese population‚ the peasants were the main citizens of the country. Through this mass support‚ Mao Zedong was able to achieve many things. So why did the communist win the civil war? This essay examines the different reasons why the Communist won the Civil War. Ever since 1934‚ two main political parties in China
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Why did the Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War? The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies‚ led by the former officers of the Tsarist state‚ and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded‚ and often outnumbered by their opponents. At times‚ their situation seemed hopeless. Yet‚ by the start of 1921‚ the Bolsheviks had defeated
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William H. Winder was born on 1775 in Summerset County‚ Maryland. Growing up William became a great lawyer in Baltimore. When the War of 1812 started he was sent to the Niagara frontier as a colonel. After a year he was appointed to Brigadier General‚ shortly after William was given 800 men to pursue the British army‚ that was retreating towards upper Canada in Burlington Heights. Williams was met up with General John Chandler and had a combined 1‚600 troops. Soon after the British counter-attacked
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Although though the Civil War had started at Fort Sumter on April 12‚ 1861. It had really started at the battle of Bull Run. The Battle of Bull Run was fought in Virginia just a few miles from Washington D.C.‚ on July 21‚ 1861. The commander of the Union was General George McDowell‚ and for the Confederates General Joseph E. Johnston. The Union had a goal to accomplish‚ they wanted to open up a path to Richmond‚ the Confederate capital‚ and end the war quickly. The Union had 28‚450 men while the
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Boardroom Conquerors After I have read this article written by Philip Delves Broughton‚ I would like to make summaries and add up some extra information for each these great leaders that appear in this article. Ataturk was so successful as he parlayed his military victories in to a single minded devotion to raising up his fellow Turks and not worrying about keeping the non-Turks of the Ottoman Empire inside it. Hannibal was usually a ruthless and tactical genius‚ through oddly he let slip his one
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In recent times‚ it has become increasing clear that economic development and population growth are resulting in expeditious changes in natural ecosystems‚ globally‚ and particularly on the self-sufficient ecosystems of Hastings Point. In acknowledgment of this‚ the United Nations’ Kofi Annan presented a report: “We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century.” (2000) Annan called for Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in order to establish the consequences of change in ecosystems
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Viet Minh opponents in the south. Most of their fighting took place in Tonkin‚ a city in northern Vietnam. However‚ it did lightly spread all the way around the entire country and even into the neighboring areas. The reason this war began was that the Northern Vietnamese army wanted to unify their country again and France didn’t support them. The Northern Vietnamese army did win this war when the French colonies surrendered.
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