Weimar Republic

Stresemann was between 1923-1929. I believe that Gustav Stresemann was significant to a certain extent. At some points he wasn’t all that significant but during a lot of other points he was very significant. Stresemann was appointed Chancellor of Weimar on the death of Ebert and served in this position around August 1923 to November 1923. After this date, he was to remain as Weimar’s Foreign Minister until his death. Gustav during these years had negative and positive outcomes when he was…

On October 8, 1971, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy in front of the House of Commons. This policy was implemented on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism in their final report, stating that minority groups should be given support and acknowledgement in preserving their culture. In short, the policy encourages a vision of Canada that is based on the values of equality and mutual respect in…

The 1937 French Film, The Grand Illusion, is a war drama released shortly before the second World War and not long after the first. Like the U.S., France had been going through a period of economic depression. This depression could possibly be one of the reasons for the more somber tone of the film. Our main characters are prisoners of war. Their airplane is shot down, they are captured, and throughout the rest of the film they must simply endure. They get so close to escape, so close to…

Some of the factors that had contributed to World War I were: a). militarism, b). alliances, c). imperialism/nationalism. The militarism was because Germany, Italy, and France began creating a massive military force in the European continent. So this could be considered A and B because militarism and alliances were building up together. The imperialism/nationalism was due to the fact that the Russian empire wanted to expand it's territory to the Caspian Sea to expand its trade routes. Meanwhile,…

On October the 3rd 1990, the reunification of both East Germany and West Germany was finally made official, almost a year following the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9 1989. As two states became one, the treaty of unification caused many people to face economic dilemma. East Germany faced an insane amount of unemployment, while the more prosperous West Germans had to deal with the heavy taxation and were angry at the economic cost. This resulted in a very unhappy society where racism and…

Between the years 1945-1991, Germany was a divided country with no national identity. Hitler had terrorized the world during World War 2 and left the country in guilt and depression. After the war the allies agreed upon splitting Germany up in divisions into to a West and East Germany. Along with the city of Berlin, which was split up itself between the Allies. The Allies worked together in rebuilding Germany one piece at a time, but there were conflicting issues between the Allies. For the…

Totalitarianism took place in Europe in the 1930’s after the treaty of Versaille failed to provide peace after WWI,which caused Germany to grow resentful.This resulted beneficial to Germany,and actually helped give the rise to the era in dictators.Totalitarianism is a political system that has total control over the lives of individuals.It is also a country headed by one person and one person only,which is the dictator.Here,the states have the authority to control all aspects of the lives of…

Germany in 1933 was in an economic crisis, the people were starving, and the government was unstable. This was the post World War I society Germans lived in and they were desperate for a leader to emerge in the chaos. This leader was Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Hitler and his Nazi party used a convincing combination of persuasive rhetoric and propaganda in the German people’s everyday lives in order to control the nation. With conditions just right, Hitler organized the perfect atmosphere…

Historical - Contemporary Perspectives As 9/11 is a relatively recent event in terms of time elapsed since the event, none of the historical economic thinkers were alive at the time of the 9/11 terror attacks, therefore, the historical perspective is based on what the economist would be likely to say given their past and the way their economic policies were. Historical Perspectives on 9/11 terror attacks John Maynard Keynes was an English economist often referred to as the creator of “Keynesian…

World War II has been considered one of the most horrendous tragedies to ever occur in history. Violence, hostility, death and aggression dominated the 1930s and 1940s in certain European nations. The determined German leader, Hitler played an important, yet prominent role during this time period. With the rise and domination of fascism in Germany and Italy, the goal to maintain peace, established by the Treaty of Versailles ended up in major disaster. World War II began with the poor economic…