Before World War I‚ Britain had no alliances with any countries. Meanwhile‚ Germany‚ Austria‚ and Russia formed the Three Emperors League. But in 1879 the alliances started to fail when Germany and Russia started to fight. Germany wanted protection from Russia in case of war and formed a dual alliance with Austria and then Italy joined two years later‚ making it a triple alliance. But with all these alliances going on Britain started to get worried and went to France to form an alliance and in 1892
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World War One brought a variety of different turning points‚ both good and bad‚ which made Canada the nation it is today. One of these turning points includes the discrimination against the Ukrainians. At the time‚ Canada strongly encouraged immigrants from Eastern Europe to settle in Canada’s West. The British and Americans were most welcome however‚ under the new ‘open door’ policy‚ we were willing to accept Northern and Eastern Europeans; especially Ukrainians. Ukrainians were next desirable because
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Fibonacci was one of the most talented mathematicians in the Middle Ages. Few people realize that it was Fibonacci that gave us our decimal point when during fractions or other Math problems. When he Fibonacci was studying mathematics‚ he used the Hindu-Arabic symbols instead of Roman symbols which didn’t have zeros and lacked place value. Fibonacci also created the Roman numeral system. It’s no wonder that such a system caught on so quickly with merchants and other people in professions where
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Notable Women in World War I: -Edith Cavell‚ a British nurse‚ humanitarian and spy who helped some 200 allied soldiers escape from German—occupied Belgium to Holland during World War I. She was court-martialled and was sentenced for treason and killed by a firing squad. -Mata Hari- Was a Dutch exotic dancer‚ whose real name is Gertrude Margarete Zelle‚ who was shot by the French as a spy on October‚ 15‚1917. Still unclear about her alleged spying activities‚ in The Hague in 1916 she was
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And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing- eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to.And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing- eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to.And his being blind bothered
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World War I: Trenches – Weaponry and Tactics Tactics – Germans * Gases: Mustard gas was the most poisonous chemical used in the war. It was odourless and took about 12 hours to take effect. Gases caused internal and external bleeding and completely burn the throats and lungs. * Tunnelling: Specialists dug tunnels under the enemy defenses and place mines to collapse the opposing trench. * Scorched Earth: Retreating German troops applied scorched earth policy to prevent any use of facilities
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or that citizenship in a state should be limited to one ethnic group‚ this belief was also greatly impacted by the enlightenment of WW1. After a Period that saw great rise to the idea of nationalism throughout Europe‚ the time that came after the war brought vast change and meaning to how nations were described. May 7th 1919‚ German foreign minister
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Discussion and Conclusion: Preparation of 1-Bromobutane The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate the conversion of a primary alcohol‚ 1-butanol‚ to a primary bromoalkane‚ 1-bromobutane‚ a SN2 reaction. The conversion of 1-butanol to 1-bromobutane relies on sulfuric acid which plays two important roles. First‚ it protonates the alcohol of 1-butanol to form an oxonium ion which is a good leaving group. Secondly‚ it produces the hydrobromic acid‚ the nucleophile‚ which attacks 1-butanol causing
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Green vs. yellow=4.12218E-05‚ green vs. red= 2.40477E-05‚ yellow vs. red= 0.001873048. All of these p-values lead to the null hypothesis being rejected. Meaning that there was a statistical difference between the sets of data. Alternate hypotheses 1 was supported because the mean of green was 7.000 and the yellow was 1.375‚ proving that green have more growth‚ also the standard deviation of green was higher than the standard deviation of yellow. Also alternate hypothesis 4 was supported because
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Anne Osias December 11‚ 2012 Mrs. Mellon Essay World War I There are many important events in history. Through 1914-1918 there were great conflicts that made World War I. There have been many different causes of WWI‚ and tremendous effects‚ as a result of the first modern war. There were many different causes of this war. The first cause was militarism. Militarism is when a country wants to have a better military better than the others. Germany was one of those countries. They
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