The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the great depression because of the decline in international commerce and stock markets around the world, the rise of Hitler, and Franklin D. Roosevelt's "new deal" legislation, which changed the United States. ... The Stock Market became a very important aspect of the economy in the 1920's. ... The depression was the worst in the history of the United States and proved to be a terrible price to pay for the false sense of prosperity and national well -being of the roaring Twenties. ... From 1925 to 1930 Hitler built...

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The author writes about several key events during the war, such as FDR sending United States troops over to Europe, the President being in contact with the Nazi party and most importantly, him attending UN conferences to help understand what was going on and how the United States could step in and help. ... In all of these settings, one thing that I always questioned was why did the United States not do more. ... Lewis ship, United States visits to Europe and the Nuremberg Trials. ... Who would have known that when this decision was made, Europe would be in turmoil during the event? ... But ...

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Moreover, the growing dissent in Germany caused by the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Government's failure to restore order prompted the rise of one of the most dangerous leaders in history - Adolf Hitler. ... Germany was a country built upon its proud military history. ... On October 29, 1929, the United States Stock Market came crashing down and with it, the economies of the world. ... Hitler began implementing many policies that turned Germany into a totalitarian state. ... Events culminated on the night of November 9th when an all-out assault was waged on German Jews. ...

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The most important issue relates to the question of whether or not Hitler had evolved a clear and coherent foreign policy by the time he assumed office and to which he was to adhere until his suicide in the bunker. ... By the sheer exertion of his will and the response it elicited inside Germany, Hitler was able to impress his ideas on events rather than allow events and realities to reshape his ideas. ... From now on, war, for Hitler, became one of the most self evident means for achieving political goals. ... Also in 1920 Hitler showed how he could incorporate certain interna...

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This camp , out of all the rest tortured the most people. ... The solution to these questions, as well as others, was considered important by certain groups of Nazi administrators and scientists. ... They state, scientific results depended upon protocols which were soaked in iniquity. ... They state, We do not, to be specific, replicate the Nazi experiments. ... In regard to the infamous hypothermia experiments at Dachau, United States Brigadier General Telford Taylor, claimed that, these experiments revealed nothing which civilized medicine can use (Moe, 5). ...

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Nevertheless, he gained an interest in history and politics as well. ... Still, he continued to keep up on current events. ... (the several passages that follow are from related readings- All Quiet on the Western Front) " Still blinded at the train carried him eastward, Hitler was in a state bordering collapse. ... He became the most influential factor in the early twentieth century, the innocent teen lost for good. ... The failure of the putsch destroyed the party organization, and broke up influential ties between Hitler and other important people. ...

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• Grade Level: High School