The 95 Theses is what Martin Luther thought was wrong with the Catholic Church. Luther wrote the Theses and hammered it to the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31‚ 1517. When Luther wrote the 95 Theses‚ he criticized the Pope’s power and the church’s extreme wealth. Luther also used the Printing Press to spread his 95 Theses quicker. Without the Printing Press‚ this phenomenon wouldn’t have happened. The document was written in Latin and posted on the door of a church‚ the 95 Theses became very
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Joseph Stalin’s dictatorship was characterized by Russia’s ideological transformation of Communism under his reign. Widely regarded as a tyrant‚ Stalin was responsible for massive repression of his people. However Russians remember Stalin for his leadership‚ advances in technologies‚ and victory in World War II. His usage of powerful leadership attributes created fear and promoted a tense paranoid feeling during his dictatorship. Under his leadership‚ Russia experienced a return to pre-revolutionary
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In 1928‚ Joseph Stalin became one of the world’s most antagonistic leaders. During the period that Stalin was in control of mother Russia‚ he transformed the Soviet Union into a modern super power. He did this by modernizing the Russian economy with his Five Year Plans. Stalin’s Five Year Plans were designed to strengthen the U.S.S.R’s economy and make the nation self-sufficient. This proved successful in industrializing Russia and greatly increasing industrial output which improved the economy.
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Vladimir Lenin once said “Sometimes - history needs a push”. What Lenin is referring to in this quote is revolution‚ which is just what the animals on Mr. Jones’s farm plan to do in belief that animals are superior to humans and should be treated better than slaves to man in George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm. Mr. Jones treats the animals on his farm with little to no respect for their well-being‚ seeming to only care about the income they supply for him. When the idea of taking what they feel is
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Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were two of the most evil men in history‚ responsible for countless atrocities. They had many similarities as well. Both men committed genocide to further their political agenda‚ massively improved the militaries of their respective countries‚ had their own different groups of secret police and spies‚ and finally they were both tyrannical totalitarian dictators. Despite sharing many similarities‚ their government structure and political philosophies were very different
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To what extent were Hitler and Stalin similar? Hitler and Stalin were both cruel dictators around the time of WW2‚ but to what extent were these two men similar? Firstly they were both dictators throughout WW2; however they were both of different beliefs. Hitler was a fascist and Stalin was a communist‚ however they were both such extreme versions of these beliefs that they were‚ in many ways alike. Starting with childhood‚ Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in a small Austrian town called
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Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was born December 31‚ 1869. Matisse was known for his revolutionary effects during the early twentieth century which are his expressive use of color. Examples of his revolutionary and expressive work are of portraits‚ landscapes‚ nudes‚ and interior views causing him to be the very influential. Matisse was inspired by post-impressionists Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh when he lived in Paris. Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was raised in the northern part of France. Matisse
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Atlantis is a legendary city that was first described in the work of a Greek philosopher named‚ Plato. Many people believe that the city became lost or some might say it disappeared or sank. This being said‚ Atlantis still remains as a mystery 2‚000 years later and many conspiracy theories were created. A few theories are‚ Atlantis was mid-Atlantic‚ Atlantis was Antarctica‚ and Atlantis was the legendary Minoan civilization. Overall‚ Atlantis did once exist and can possibly be ‘till this day. First
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World War 2 (WW2) was one of the most destructive wars in history‚ which killed more than 38 million people. More than 50 countries were involved and it changed the world forever. After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919‚ WW2 became inevitable. WW2 began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. Although Germany’s invasion of Poland was a trigger for the war‚ there were multiple causes. The three main factors that caused WW2 to
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Clayton Was Wrong About Japan Clayton was born in a middle-class household to two White parents and raised Protestant. His Great Grandfather served in World War 2 fighting against Japan in the Pacific Theater. Coming from rural Indiana‚ he was not often exposed to people who weren’t also White Protestants of a similar class. Clayton was an American through and through. You could say that he bled red‚ white‚ and blue. He was very nationalistic about the United States‚ often saying things such as‚
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