Belgium

I. The Jews in France have received all the rights of citizenship in 1791. During the Napoleonic wars in Europe in the conquered lands they canceled privileges by birth and proclaimed the equality of all citizens. So the Jews were emancipated in Belgium, Holland, Italy, and Germany. But in independent countries who were at war with France, was declared the emancipation of the Jews in order to be in their…

fact that people do not vote simply because they do not trust the government. I have never understood why we are seen as the model of democracy when our voting turnouts have been tremendously low in the past decades. As you mentioned countries like Belgium and Turkey have compulsory-voting laws within their countries. So, this means that they require all registered voter to vote or they may receive a consequence. Those consequences are like fines, requirement to service community service hours,…

America was the place to be during World War 2, but only so many people could go. Refugees everywhere like Germany, Syria, Japan, and etc wanted to come to America. Unfortunately, America turned a lot of people were turned away because the more came the less jobs there were to go around. The reason more people couldn’t come to America because they were in depression and jobs were scarce for many people. Some Americans thought refugees coming into the U.S most people they did not have…

giant” until “nations such as Germany, France, and the United States had more abundant supplies of coal, iron and other resources than did Britain.” These nations had an advantage over Britain by being able to follow their lead. For example, “like Belgium, latecomers often borrowed British experts or technology.” In Pawtucket, Rhode Island the first American textile factory was invented and they had “plans smuggled out of Britain.” (242) The nations that “industrialized slowly” were most likely…

easily takeover Poland. The German forces were large in numbers both on land and in the air. Hitler was attempting to expand Germany by occupying as many countries in Europe as possible and succeeded in taking over Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Yugoslavia and the majority of France. One critical mistake Hitler made from 1939-1941 was attempting to invade the Soviet Union and declaring war on both the USA and the Soviets. Germany could…

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a documentary about the life of Robert S. McNamara. McNamara is the former United Stated Secretary of Defense, therefor has a large military background. McNamara gives first hand insight into different decisions made during his time in office, as well as eleven lessons he learned during his lifetime. He outlines these in his documentary, which interviews McNamara as well as illustrates some of the things he saw while in office…

The two most significant obstacles to effective Allied innovation during the interwar period were 1) social, political and economic constraints, and 2) different interpretations of lessons learned from WWI. “General revulsion for warfare and all things military” following WWI resulted in social, political and economic constraints that inhibited innovation. The bloodshed was so great that no one throughout Europe or in America wanted a repeat of WWI. In 1928, fifteen nations signed the…

Europeans have imperialized many countries from different regions of the world. They have begun to look at Africa and Asia for future colonization. This time period is known as New Imperialism, which took place from 1800-1914. Before Imperialism, England went through an industrial revolution. Since Britain was the world’s leading colonial power, New Imperialism allowed them to colonize other countries for raw materials and new resources. The people in Britain were also good nationalists because…

people believe that god is the only one who can control our life span and when we are actually going to die. Thus, making people not agree with Euthanasia. Secondly, look to Belgium and Netherlands to see how out of control Euthanasia is. For instance, Sunday Telegraph reports that voluntary Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since 2002. Therefore, deaths by Euthanasia have doubled in just 6 years. Thirdly, life is hard but ultimately precious. To illustrate, Sunday Telegraph tells us that,…

July 28, 1914 was the start of World War I, the first global conflict which included many great powers such as Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Liberia, Russia, United States to name a few. The start of the world war began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife; the group responsible for the assassinations was a Serbian nationalist secret society known as the Black Hand, that same day Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia the…