The Liberals’ policy towards State Control before the First World War was ‘laissez faire’‚ a policy of the government having a very limited impact on life in the country. However‚ the First World War forced them to scrap this policy and increase the restrictions placed on civilians in order to successfully fight the war. They did this in a number of ways‚ and this answer will include: Conscription‚ Censorship‚ restrictions on women and food rationing. It will be argued that the most extensive increase
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The conciliation and arbitration act 1904 - Maternity allowance act 1912 - Invalid and old pensions act 1908 - The conciliation and arbitration act 1904 - In 1904 the Australian parliament established the commonwealth court of conciliation and arbitration to conciliate and if‚ that failed arbitrate between unionists and employers in dispute. after the bitter strikes of the 1890s industrial harmony was high on the agenda of the new government. it was a part of the vision of creating a new
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Grenades in WWI There were many weapons used in WWI‚ one of them being hand grenades. Grenades are egg shaped explosives that are thrown and explode at a certain time. The discovery of the explosive dates back to the 15th century and further back. The grenade is deadly‚ not just for the amount of fire power but because the shell disperses and sprays the shards into all directions. In 1750‚ the grenade was abandoned because of how deadly it had become‚ until 100 years passed and Napoleon Bonepart
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What I think happened was‚ There was no single event that caused World War One (WW1). The war happened because of several different events that took place in the years building up to 1914. Firstly‚ there was the role of empire. Great Britain‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia all had empires. This meant that they ruled many countries
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Amaani Mehra AP World History Mr. Christopher Rhatigan 1st April‚ 2012 MEDIA BENEFITTED THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES FIRST WORLD WAR The US government used media in various ways during the First World War‚ to manipulate the public to support their purpose. The reason that the majority of people in the US had common views throughout the First World War was because of the media influence. When the US was under the neutrality agreement‚ the media helped people feel good about being neutral
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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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perspectives regarding the causes of World War One‚ these causes include‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and nationalism. Imperialism was a major contributing factor to the start of WW1. Tensions between Germany‚ Britain‚ and France grew throughout the years prior to WW1 due to the vast amount of land France and Britain had acquired. Imperialism also led to certain political alliances such the triple entente and the triple alliance. Germany was also very worried because Great
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I think that the Allies powers should have lost WW1. This is because of the size of the Axis powers‚ European countries blaming each other ‚ how much money the Axis powers spent on their army and navy‚ Bernherd von Bϋlow’s speech to the Reichstag ( German Congress) ‚ the England Octopus‚ the area of the colonial empires. One of the reasons that the Allies should have is because of the Axis powers military size. For example the Axis powers where bigger in size than the Allied powers. The Allies
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ASPECTS | SIMILARITIES | DIFFERENCES | THEMES | For the short story‚ The Drover’s Wife the theme is life is precious and needs to be protected. Four innocent life would be lost if the drover’s wife fails in the duty as a protective mother.For the short story Looking for a Rain God‚ the theme is also life is precious. The moral issue on life in this story is; no one has the rights to take his or her life. Life is the gift of God and it is precious. | For the short
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Extended Essay: How has realism in war films developed since WW2‚ and what effect has this had on audiences? Candidate name: Daniel Fairweather Candidate number: 001851-0012 School name: Haut-Lac International Bilingual School Supervisor: Barend Schweigman Subject area: Film Word Count: 3’334 Abstract: The aim is to examine the role that realism plays in war films particularly post World War Two as this is seen as a key point in the progression in development of war films. It is a well-known
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