Representation of the People Act 1918

politicians and military leaders in the Weimar Republic were betraying their own government. Also known as stab-in-the-back-myth. “The Germans did lose the war- in fact, it was the military leaders Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff in October 1918 who convinced the civilian government that it was necessary for peace” (BERGEN 27). While looking for an explanation for the surrender and defeat the stab-in-the-back…

next line of that stanza, the words crowned, false patriotic, and wreath makes me think of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is crowned with seven spikes that represent the seven seas as well as the seven continents in the world. This representation should make others think that everyone equal, and together we can unite. We know Hughes believed in equality because in line fourteen he states “there’s never been in equality for me.” Just being able to read that one line you notice the…

Americans were granted equality due to the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments which, outlawed slavery, defined citizenship and protected all Americans, and extended suffrage to all men. The Freedman’s Bureau/Civil Rights Act also helped blacks play a role in the governments, economies and society by allowing them to be elected to political office. White America found it difficult to accept the fact that African Americans could ever be considered their equal and…

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Changes in Empire Time Frames Significantly, the expansion of the empires was motivated by the need to control large swaths of land in the specified colonial areas. For instance, the conflicts that involved the French, Britain, and Spanish kingdoms were regulated by the need to exercise power in the North Americas geographies. As such, the battles contributed to adversities and challenges to the populations that existed in the New World which revolved around food…

first settled in Australian during the 18th century their relationship with the aboriginal peoples was peaceful. However, tensions began to rise between the two groups when Europeans moved to gain more power, by abusing the aboriginals. Many people do not know that a genocide was committed in Australia during the 19th and 20th centuries. A genocide is defined as the mass extinction of a whole group of people; an attempt to destroy an entire population and wipe them out of existence. Although…

These two men dedicated their lives to help people who were being oppressed. Equality and civil rights were their focus. They were different in many ways, but were committed to fighting for equality. Gandhi like Mandela studied law. Gandhi practiced in South Africa. He advocated in South Africa for…

Urban legends are very complex and interesting aspects of culture. They often inspire holidays, movies, poetry, stories and more. But urban legends go far beyond how they seem on the surface. Their origins and the messages they send must be decoded to understand the true context of any urban legend. Illustrating the messages, urban legends may be benign, or malicious. In the context of this paper, an urban legend is a story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true…

wished for, it was best for the growth of the Russian economy. “The justification of government is, of course, that it serves the people. It may come from the people or it may be imposed on them; its justification is the same, that it guides, directs, helps, serves.”(Salter, 301) According to the social contract theory, the ruler must abide by the general will of the people. The general will is not to please the citizens, nor grant them luxury. The general will instead is the responsibility to…

The government used quotas. The quotas limited the numbers of people that could immigrate. By the 1930s, the total number of immigrants dropped to 240,000 a year. The government gave each country a quota. Some countries, such as Great Britain and Germany, had higher quotas. Other countries, such as Italy and Spain…

perceiving the modernization. As I said before, there were people who saw the modernity as something wrong and dehumanizing and in the other hand there were people who exalted the machines and dynamism as part of the positive change and modernism. In the other hand, what I found interesting about cubism is that, based on what I read, I consider cubism is not really based on the facts about how Modernity was perceived, I consider cubism is an act of Modernism itself. Even though it seems to be…