Nicholas II of Russia

The United States had no intentions of becoming part of this Great War when it first commenced despite their quest to reestablish American power in the Western Hemisphere. Even with their new found foreign policy; which was a much more threatening take on foreign involvement than it had been in the past, when the war first erupted the United States declared neutrality. However, this “neutrality” wouldn’t last to the end of the World War, and eventually the United States would join the other…

Kevin Hannaford History Term Paper 2/23/15 The Political War The so-called "Red Scare" refers to the fear of communism in the USA during the 1920s. “It is said that there were over 150,000 anarchists or communists in USA in 1920 alone and this represented only 0.1% of the overall population of the USA.” (history learning center - source 8) It is surprising looking back and seeing how the percent is so small that they scared the…

Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell that depicts the overthrowing of a farmer by his animals. Mr.Jones, an unhappy drunk, is the ruler of the Manor Farm. He over works his animals, gives them bad living conditions, and does not feed them regularly. The animals don’t necessarily view Mr.Jones as a bad man or feel like they are being treated unfairly since it is all they have ever known. One night, the farm animals gather with Old Major, a pig, as his life is coming to a close. Old…

the two kingdoms were Europe two most powerful families. The disputes lasted for fours centuries. It’s a long and complicated scheme of political marriages and comlex duty. Capetian dynasty extend itspower progressively over these two kings: Philip II and Louis IX. during Philip II’s time, most part of France were owned by England. In 1223, Philip through the feudal pretext was able to regain the land when the King of England was not present when he was summoned. Philip passed away in 1226. His…

fought in the war and how many casualties there were. Due to the art of propaganda, most of the citizens from each country during World War II were acting participants because it lit a fire in everyone’s stomachs to help their country’s cause in whatever way possible. A teaching fellow at the Alabama Department of Archives and History wrote, “During World War II, the government undertook unprecedented campaigns to engage Americans in the war effort. Private business followed suit, often…

cocky. Public interest only started to emerge after Fischer beat another grandmaster, Mark Taimanov 6-0 in the Candidates Tournament, an unprecedented performance. Alternatively, chess fell under ‘ideology’ in the Soviet political system. Tsar Nicholas II granted the first official ‘Grandmaster’ title. Both Marx and Lenin were keen chess players. Successful players were seen as heroes in their homeland. Chess held a political history within the USSR and had gaining social importance in the US.…

into a principle called Animalism. In the Russian Revolution once the main leader died three more men stepped up to follow through with the dream of communism which is in comparison with “Animalism” in the book. As Mr.Jones, also looked at as Czar Nicholas II, came to retrieve the farm he was ran off and overthrown by the animals. After this happened Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer set their plans up not knowing that each one had a different mindset of how to run the farm. Napoleon, who is…

According to Dante Aligheri’s Inferno a person must do something good in life to go to heaven in death. Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, or as he is most often known as, Leon Trotsky deserves to go to one of the levels of hell. And based upon Aligheri’s criteria Trotsky belongs in circle nine, the bottom level of hell where traitors go and where Satan resides despite his divorce from Aleksandra Sokolovskaya for his lover Natalia Ivanova Sedova which would place him in circle two, the circle for the…

Pogroms by the "White Army" in Siberia and Mongolia (1919). 5) Pogroms by anti-Soviet bands in the Ukraine (1920-21), in which thousands of Jews were killed. 1919 Abolishment of community organization and non-Communist Jewish institutions in Soviet Russia. 1919 Pogroms in Hungary: c. 3,000 Jews killed. 1920 Adolf Hitler becomes Fuehrer, of the National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), later known as National Socialist. 1920 Henry Ford I begins a series of anti-Semitic articles…

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian neoclassical composer born on June 17th, 1882. He was born near St. Petersburg, Russia. Stravinsky died of congestive heart failure on April 6th, 1971 in New York, New York. He moved many times in his lifetime, but ended up gaining citizenship in the United States. Stravinsky’s musical influence came from how successful his father was with the bass. His household was full of musical and theatrical influences. He took piano lessons and studies music…