The free-market capitalism was abandoned and the planned economy was adopted. ... For example, during the last years of Second World War the war, only children and expectant mothers in Germany obtained milk.25 "All-out- war required many changes to be made on the home front. Capitalism gave out to planned economy, and the production of wartime goods became the first priority. Aggressive steps were also taken to reduce and recycle the raw materials used by the civil population, and food rations were established. The new weapons and new methods of warfare that were developed during World W...

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The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... The movie Gettysburg is an epic retelling of personal and historical events surrounding the decisive battle of the Civil War (Gettysburg). ... In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War. ... It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods (Civil). ... During this time a surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. ...

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Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to find those promises withdrawn when they con- flicted with principles of self-determination.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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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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To follow from that, what happened fifty- six years ago - the end of World War II. ... Economies were reduced to rubble, as was most of Europe. ... Yet another irony both super powers did not want another war to start but they were plunging themselves into another war the Cold War. ... A more direct method of gaining allies was the Truman Doctrine of 1946 which was used to justify support for any nation that the United States government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period.2 It was the beginning of American policy for the cold war. ... However the attack on Pearl Har...

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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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Some of his Progressive reforms include the Workingmen's Compensation Act, which granted assistance to federal civil service employees during periods of disabilities; The Adamson Act established the eight hour day for all employees on trains in interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime, and The Federal Farm Loan Act, made credit available to farmers at low interest rates. ... Determined to avoid entering World War I, he rigorously pursued neutrality. ... In the end not even Woodrow Wilson could keep the United States out of World War I. ... In April 1917 Wilson asked Congress to de...

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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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