1919

policies, and free-market policies into the Egyptian economy. As a result, starvation, rampant inflation, and foreign exploitation of domestic enterprises influenced the participation of peasants, landowners, and urban working class in the Egyptian 1919 Revolution. To address the concerns that threatened its livelihood, Egypt took crucial actions to voice its nationalist and self-preservative feelings. In response to the occupation, Egypt made strategic attempts to take control of its resources…

On American Institutional Economics During the emergence in the late 18th century, America was a country which was considered to be one of the most adaptive when it comes to technological changes. Due to this, they seldom experience the trouble caused by scarce resource because they had the power to produce everything in a faster and modern way. America was believed to have a competitive market system. Technology indeed helped their country to be in a healthy state. But, on the contrary,…

employers over workers. In the spring of 1919, the Winnipeg metal and building trades began negotiations with their employers. As they usually demand for higher wages and an eight- hour workday, the unions demanded the right to collective bargaining - to negotiate on behalf of their members rather than each worker negotiating for him or herself. The employers refused to considered their demands, then approximately 30 000 people walked out in general strike on 15 may 1919. The strike spread from…

WOMAN WORKERS During the first world war women entered the U.S. labor force largely to fill spots left by men who went off to fight. They took jobs from being office clerks to working on the rail road; women did what they could to help out the war effort. Before and after the war women were working in factories, offices, stores, or anywhere they could find a job. Daily they had to fight sex segregation and stereotyping from their male counterparts. Man still believed that the woman's place was…

The 19th amendment was passed in 1919 nearly a hundred years since the start of the fight of women 's equality. The amendment states, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” (1919, Our Documents) Giving women the right to vote, a huge leap forward in the fight for women’s right and equality. The women’s suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th amendment would ultimately lead to greater…

It is heavily debated that the rise of political extremists severely threatened the Weimar Republic, leading to its inevitable collapse. The upsurge of key figures such as Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in the Spartacist Uprising in 1919 displayed how the Republic were unprepared for any attack. Moreover, this threat was not noticed as two successive revolts took place in 1920 and 1923. However, other factors have surfaced to suggest that other threats were at hand. For example, it can be…

has been illegal since 1919 after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (Miron). After they signed this treaty the UN and other countries put a ban on all drugs on a global scale (Miron). Since then countries have been debating whether or not to override those rules (Miron). Jose Mujica the president of Uruguay a country near the UN, fully legalized marijuana on December 23, 2013 (Miron). When they did this it marked the first full legalization of an illicit drug since 1919 (Miron).…

He was first married in the year of 1903 to a girl named Maric Winteler. He fell in love with her when boarding at her families house. They divorced in the year of 1919 on February 14. He married his second wife in the year of June 2 of 1919. She was also his first cousin and wife at the same time. If you think about it you would think that Einstein was not very funny, but he did make this quote “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;…

The Weimar Republic survived from 1919-1924 because it had experienced leadership, the Republic did what it had to in order to survive even if it was not in the favor of the people or themselves. It had the support of the majority of the people. Also the Weimar Republic had the support of other countries like America. The Weimar Republic had an experienced leadership who did what they had to in order to survive. After the Kaiser had left Germany, Ebert stepped in and took control. Ebert…

and their government under the Treaty of Versailles was one of many examples of the sins of the father being taken upon the son. The Second Reich was under Hohenzollern rule, from the unification of Germany to the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1919. However, after Germany lost World War I, the kaiser fled the country and Germany was transitioned to its first democracy, the Weimar Republic. The problem with the Treaty was that it placed heavy punishments on the new, fragile democracy, for…