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    this did contribute to Poland having civil rights independent of the Soviet Union in the ‘Polish October’ of the same year. Tsarist Russia was a very difficult place to live in for those with an ethnicity other than Russian, due to the harsh policy of Russification, and while the Communist leaders were not the ones to begin such processes as Russification, they did not do anything to directly counteract or stop it. Russification, along with Stalin’s Purges in the 1930s, made life for those…

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    The Progressive Monopolies

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    Industrialization caused considerable growth in the United States economy but wealth was spread unevenly and economic and social problems came about as a result. “Progressives wanted to bring reforms that would correct these problems and injustices” (Lapsanky-Werner 548). The Progressive presidents were Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson and they held office between 1901 and 1921. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson believed that government needed to regulate the power of big…

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    The Caste System

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    Atrocities) Act. In addition, quota-based affirmative action such as reservation of seats in parliament and spots in universities for the lower castes also attempts to level the playing field for the traditionally disadvantaged castes. All these policies, to a certain extent, empower people of the lower castes with more opportunities to attain higher levels of education, better paying jobs and greater political representation. Therefore, despite the rigidity of the India’s caste system, people…

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    1920-1930 Timeline Essay

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    The Great Depression 1390 The Great Depression was the worst economic problem faced. The depression was caused by certain things. Many people blamed Stock Market Crash, but it is actually a “symptom”. When rescission occurred, businesses were slow. If the business cycle continued rescission can become very serious…

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    The Great Depression was the economic slump that began on October 29, 1929, which occurred after the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street crashed. Since many European countries were dependent on US loans, this recession spread into Europe and lasted nearly a decade. It caused unprecedented levels of poverty, hunger, unemployment and political unrest. In Germany, this meant that the US asked the banks and businesses to repay the money they had borrowed at high rates of interest. It also…

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    In 1763 Britain issued the royal proclamation outlines its plan for a new colony, it acknowledged that Aboriginal people sliced as nations which had a claim title to their traditional lands. Elders in the treat 7 area, for example, say their oral history shows their ancestor believed they were singing an agreement of peace…

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    After fighting in the First World War, he joined the German Worker’s Party (DAP) and by 1921 he was the leader what was now the Nazi Party. He resented the right-wing side of politics and promised extreme answers to Germany’s post war problems. After being appointed Chancellor in January 1933, he took advantage of his newly gained power and eventually became the outright leader in Germany. Stalin and Hitler’s policies played a huge part in their rise to power and I will discuss the similarities…

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    developed in the absence of wartime alongside a scale economy with the invention of new products, the incorporation of new management techniques, and a fuller utilization of existing technology. Economic prosperity gave the American people greater leisure…

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    Commonly referred to as the “Roaring Twenties,” the 1920s was a time of economic prosperity in the United States where jazz music was embraced, flappers challenged the norms of a conventional society, and Americans experienced the rise of Hollywood as the world’s film capital. Unfortunately, it came with great disadvantages for immigrants following World War I, where Americans were left distrustful of communist, socialist, or anarchist ideologies shared by many foreigners. This led to the…

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    Pan-African Revolution

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    Events was very different than Guatemala The main difference was the leaders Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, at 26 he led a 150 man attack made of farmers and factory workers against the military barracks in Santiago de Cuba in 1953. They were out maned so he fled to mountains but was captured weeks later. Another difference was the makeup of the two societies. Cuba was mad up of decedents of slaves. Castro 's revolution would develop under the shadow of American government when it was a colony of…

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