This was done to keep national unity in Britain during the interwar years. ... World War One provided women with the opportunities to contribute in the economy. ... They were now eligible to work as members of the Civil Service, local government representatives and they had the opportunity to do jury service. This was part of a trend in British economy which continued both during and after World War Two. ... This is because whilst there was both change and continuity, more change occurred in society, politics and the economy....

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The full modernization of Russia has happened step by step, however if it wasn't for Russia defeat in the Crimea war then cause to change to modernize Russia would be later on in the future then in 1861 during Alexander II's emancipation of the serf. ... The Military conflict that gave a steady pathway for the making of modern Russia was the civil war. ... Furthermore the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 and the Bolshevik Revolution made Russia's situation worse, as 1/3 of the population was lost in the unasked war and only to be left more vulnerable by the Russian civil war 1918-1...

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Possibly the greatest crisis faced by the United States since the Civil War, the Great Depression completely changed the nature of American government. ... During WWI the US and the USSR became self-sufficient, and other markets were closed to Europe because the customers had shifted to more reliable suppliers. ... Political factors caused by the war also hurt Europe's ability to recover. ... During the war Europe was not only forced to liquidate their U.S. investments, but to take on debt as well. ... In fact, we financed eighty percent of the post-war relief. ...

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America's desire to establish an economic empire determined most of its foreign policy between the Civil War and the end of World War II, and fueled the U.S. into three wars: the Spanish-American War, WWI, and WWII. ... Then, during World War I, Wilson resolved to stay neutral, yet the thought of economic gains and pressure from the business sector induced his changing of policy. ... (Zinn, 362) During the beginning of WWI, America stayed neutral, and foreign markets truly affected the direction of the U.S. economy. "By 1915, war orders for the Allies (mostly England) had stimulated th...

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Nearly every conflict, almost all attempts at peace, and most all civil wars spanning the globe have either seen the involvement or fallen under the close observation of English eyes. ... The United States Civil War of 1861-65 was also an instance of which Britain openly sided with the enemies of the union, the Confederacy. ... Of course, one must also take into consideration the fact that the institution that the US in fact had had a civil war in the first place was slavery. ... During the war itself the US and British forces fought alongside each other in coordinated operations such as Ma...

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Abstract In this paper I will attempt to show how Nazism came to power in the events before and during their time. ... A lot of these officials who were positioned in the judicial and civil service departments and were not to keen on the new government themselves. Even though the government had negotiated to avoid paying most of the reparations and its economy was recovering, it all came down in 1923 due to the fiscal policies during the war aimed at an attempt to stop France and Belgium from seizing reparations directly from Germany. ... With the U.S loaning money to Germany to keep the econo...

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After the depression France and Britain were hard hit and therefore their priority was to build up their economy again, they had no intention of entering a war and also had no resources with which to do this. ... Lessons had been learnt from world war one and no-one wanted to enter into another war lightly. ... It had also suffered after the economic crisis and like Britain had little or no choice but to spend most of its resources building up its economy, therefore in self interest. ... This was in 1933 and here Britain forsook Eastern Europe as low on its priritys to Germany in return for th...

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The war had left Europe in shambles. ... When the Twenties rolled around, Americans found themselves engulfed in bolstering economy. ... With all the expansion, and the economy doing well, business became the foundation of society. ... The Stock Market became a very important aspect of the economy in the 1920's. ... After its defeat in World War I, Germany was forced to give up land, demilitarize and pay war reparations. ...

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Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to find those promises withdrawn when they con- flicted with principles of self-determination. ... Italy had long-standing problems that were made worse by the war. ... He began to reorganize the economy and labor, taking away the power of the country's labor movement. The Italian economy was placed under the management of twenty-two corporations, each responsible for a major industrial enterprise. ... Indeed, the government quickly aligned with big business, creating more of a corrupt bureaucr...

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Elizabeth was also able to prevent the outbreak of a religious or civil war on English soil. ... Adam Smith Father of capitalism and the free market economy. He had the idea of the invisible hand leading the economy rather than the government.  8. ... Otto von Bismarck Bismarck played a key role in the unification of Germany thus making it one of the most powerful nations in Europe during its time 13. ... Michelangelo During Renaissance, Michelangelo attracted attention to Italy through his work on the Sistine Chapel....

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During this period, war affected every day life. ... During the middle ages, the Roman Empire was the first state that fought wars in agreement with the state's will. ... The wars during the 19th century brought many new changes and advances to the art of warfare. ... The American Civil War also affected the evolution of modern war by first using guns and other portable and mechanized weapons on a large scale. ... During World War I, manpower and the economies of entire nations were deployed against each other for the first time. ...

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For Germany, the war was lost, their emperor had fled and the despondent citizens were rebellious. ... With these factors in consideration the revolution that had taken place in Germany during 1918-1919, we have to question the extent in which the German people gained a full revolution. ... The civil service remained unreformed after 1919 along with the judiciary and the office corps. ... Ebert needed the full support of the army; he could have changed the old elite and produce a complete socialist reform and he could have established the economy. ... The events that took place during what was...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. ... As early as that speech given on 13 November 1919, little more than a year since the conclusion of the first war, Hitler was calling for a new one. Fro...

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The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologies. ... The involvement in these wars drastically changed the way of the war and changed the home front and society of America during these times. ... At the time Woodrow Wilson declared that American remain in a state of neutrality during the war. ... During the war efforts at the home front had to be made in order for the war to be a victorious one for America and the Allies. ... Treasury loans during just the last two years of the war. ...

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While going into the background, history, and causes for the war is not necessary for this essay, it is important to realize that the systems in place during the pre-war period were essentially political "boiling pots" and these tensions carried over through the war into post war circumstances to shape new social movements. ... One difference was the remobilization of the French and British people to war by using democratic ideals to rally support for the war. ... Such exposure to new democratic ideals during the war put the old European empires under constant tension that would eventually lea...

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As Hitler and the Nazi's power rose in Germany during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, after World War I, we begin to see how this happened and compare it to the concepts of Democracy which we live by today. ... After World War I in 1918, Germany was a nation with political and social problems. ... With a strong economy, low inflation and people with jobs, all Hitler could do was step back and wait for his time to take control. ... During the world wide Depression, it was the people of Germany's responsibility to choose a leader by participating in the voting process. ... However, many ...

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It is policy that provides a strong national security, keeps a good economy with other nations, and it is a chance to provide influence in the world; but above all this is the want for international peace. ... It was during the beginning of World War II that the United States began to get more involved. ... During this second war the United States stepped in to take the place of France against the northern based Communists and the southern insurgents. ... During the course of the war Johnson relied heavily on the use of Selective Service, the drafting of Americans into the military, to send fo...

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During the summer of 1877 Theodore published his first work entitled "The Summer Bird of the Adirondacks" in Franklin County, NY. ... Yet, he returned to Harvard the following year, and it was during this time that he met Alice Lee. ... Also during this time Roosevelt had married his childhood friend Edith Carrow in England on December 2, 1886. ... When he won, Roosevelt hoped for a political appointment as compensation, such as Assistant Secretary of State, but was only given the job as a Civil Service Commission. ... Roosevelt would go on to file suit against more than 40 major corporation...

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During the summer of 1877 Theodore published his first work entitled "The Summer Bird of the Adirondacks" in Franklin County, NY. ... Yet, he returned to Harvard the following year, and it was during this time that he met Alice Lee. ... Also during this time Roosevelt had married his childhood friend Edith Carrow in England on December 2, 1886. ... When he won, Roosevelt hoped for a political appointment as compensation, such as Assistant Secretary of State, but was only given the job as a Civil Service Commission. ... Roosevelt would go on to file suit against more than 40 major corporation...

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By the end of the nineteenth century the pre-industrial economy and way of life had almost disappeared. ... The British won but it was a hollow victory, and the war inspired other colonies to rebel. The mass destruction of the First World War led many towards more extreme affiliations, and both Fascism and Marxism held attractions for many intellectuals and workers, particularly during the 1930s. ... In 1928 universal suffrage for women was obtained, paradoxically during a time when growing economic depression and slump appeared to lend increasing weight to Marxist analyses of the inevitable f...

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