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    Between 1945 and 1975 there were two groups that were protesting, how they were treated, viewed, and being rejected in general by society in that day and age. These two groups fought for equality, and had to the drive to change the way society treated them: African Americans and women. Both groups wanted to be treated with fairness and equality and wanted to complete end of racism in the United States. 1950s and 1960s were two of the most important decades for these two groups, it was during the…

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    Uneven Ground: Appalachia Since 1945, by Ronald Eller explores the devastation of traditional culture and land use in the Appalachian region at the hands of the coal industry and local, state, and federal leaders and policy makers. His perspective comes from one that separates growth from development and is highly critical of efforts to force Appalachia into a national economic model that is not aligned with the regions unique historical situations. After briefly setting the stage in the Civil…

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    Between 1945 and 1949, a series of trials called the Nuremberg trials had taken place.These trials were for the Soviets who were involved with the concentration camps that killed 3 million jews.The jews had been tortured by some of these people. Some were involved, but didn't commit the horrendous actions others did. Some people committed suicide to avoid facing the trials. Hitler committed suicide before the commence of the Trials, but who knows if he did it to avoid facing his treacherous…

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    survived but after wanted to leave europe everyone that lived in europe wanted to leave because of the holocost. only 60 percent of all jews lived in europe the railcart is only for ages 50 for the safe condition of the rail cart 1941 to 1945, Jews were systematically murdered and alot of people came from europe and most of them left. when they built the railcart most people…

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    Youth played quite a significant role in Germany from 1933 to 1945.Youth were important to Hitler and Germany as a whole. The reasons for believing this are as follows. The youth in 1933-45 were the next generation of Nazis even after the end of World War II. German school were training the children to be German nationalists like Hitler. Finally my last reason for believing that youth played a significant role in Germany from 1933-45 is that Germany’s education system was training them to hate…

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    Compare and contrast US and Soviet policies in Germany between 1945 and 1947 After Germany was defeated, the Allied powers agreed on turning Germany into a four state country and they removed the old government. In those states they implemented policies in each zone; however some policies were abandoned such as reparations. The US and Soviet Union policies that were created between 1945-47 opposed each other and contrasted, these lead to relations between them getting worse or tensions…

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    Russia between the years 1917-1945 was a time period of change and uprisings. A time of propaganda and government corruption. Where new Russian leaders stood against the government and led a revolution. This time period was very important for Russia to become a world super power. Wars started the time period and was at the end of the time period to, which were also important to Russia’s future. I am going to look at how the Soviet Union succeeded and the Tsarist regime did not. By looking at how…

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    World War 1 began 1939 and ended 1945. The countries involved were Germany, Australia, Italy, Japan, Britain, France, Canada, New Zealand, India, China, USA, and the Soviet Union. Australia, Britain, France, Canada, New Zealand, India, China, USA, Soviet Union all won the war. The United States entered 1941. The war began because people wanted to take over other countries as their own. World War 2 began in 1914 and ended in 1918. The reason this war started is because people wanted more land…

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    201405247 Why did a Cold War develop in Europe after 1945? During 1946, relations between the Soviet Union and the United States began to decline. By the following year, a ‘Cold War’ had broken out which was to become the characteristic feature of East-West relations for the next two decades with the world divided in to two camps; the capitalist Americans and the communist Soviets. The Yalta and Potsdam conferences were held in 1945 to negotiate terms for the end of World War Two, after the…

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    day after Japan bombed them. Japan was an imperialist nation trying to extend their authority over other nations lands with military power. Why did President Truman decide to use atomic bombs against Japan in 1945? President H. Truman ordered the use of the atomic bomb against Japan in 1945 in hopes that it would help shorten the war, but the primary reason was to limit Soviet involvement in international affairs. The United States of America was clearly not playing games with the rest of the…

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