Governments were often seen as corrupt, indecisive, and defeatist. ... The parliamentary government that was set up after the war failed to ease these dire conditions, and Italians wanted radical reforms. ... They attacked socialists, often physically, and succeeded in taking over some local governments. ... Without firing a shot the Black Shirts had gained control of the Italian government. ... He then moved to close down parliamentary government and other parties entirely. ...

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The governments within Italy were not only giving the appearance of being weak but they were actually weak within themselves. ... This led to an overall indecisiveness of the government and a quickly vulnerable ideology that was extremely unpopular with the common citizen. ... When a man cannot earn a living simply because there is nothing he can do no matter how willing he quickly turns on the government for help. ... Now at this time, Mussolini, seeing the situation he found his homeland in and the weakened state of the current government, grabbed at his Fortuna when he could. He founded ...

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He sought ways to build patriotism and to reshape the federal government to govern the nation more effectively. ... The progressive movement backed by Wilson called for some government control of industry and for regulation of railroad and public utilities. ... It also showed that America was powerful enough to compete without protection from the government. ... The Board would set national interest rates and manage a network of twelve major banks across the country. ... Amendments also provided for exclusive governmental control of the Federal Reserve Board and for short-term agricultural cre...

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In the aftermath of World War 1, lay a mutual understanding between the British government and society that never again should a catastrophe such as World War 1 occur, it was described as the war to end all wars reinforcing the view that it was a cataclysmic event which should never be re-enacted upon society. ... Therefore the British government sought to follow a policy of appeasement. ... Looking on with hindsight many historians have condemned the actions of Chamberlain and his government. ... It was essentially a divided nation fascism v democracy The Spanish civil war was init...

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Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country"(Internet 1). He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted i...

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In 1914 when the Great War started the British government wanted men to fight Germany; at the same time it wanted neutral countries to stay friendly to Britain. ... In 1916 the government introduced conscription, this is when every fit and able man had to go to war if he was called up. ... Firstly it was felt that the government needed to promote an attitude of cheerful British courage. In Jan 1940 the Home Intelligence Division was set up to see how the public reacted to propaganda. ...

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They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. ... The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. ... Now with all these views the North set out on its quest for the complete abolition of slavery (Dean). ...

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Nietzsche's idea of the "ubermensch" gave rise to a number of notions concerning the superiority of certain races over others and strengthened the argument for eugenics, where society or the government should intervene to assure the procreation of the strong in order to produce the "superman." ... The fundamental motive behind this Pan-Slavism was to unite all the Serb peoples under one government. ...

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History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. ... Indeed, the attacks on the Somme, and many other dismal affairs like it, Passchendaele for example, may well have not been possible, bar such unscrupulous recruitment practices, many of the enlisting Sergeants allowing underage enlistment, "smiling they wrote his lie: aged 19 years", (Disabled) sending five different sets of brothers from Eton alone, to their premature deaths. ... Th...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and thro...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generati...

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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. ... Continued Russian attempts to align more countries on its side made the United States (primarily) set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949. ... The American government after the war, realized it was in a very profitable position, with many of the smaller countries having to choose whether to side ...

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Government planning boards were created in order to prioritize and decide what was to be produced and consumed.18 In his annual message to the Congress in 1942, president Franklin D. ... Reichsmarschal Hermann Goering also stated in his 1942 radio broadcast to the German nation that raw materials such as coal and iron should not be wasted, and that anyone who "uses too much power is committing a sin.""22 Germany took an extra step and set up the War Raw Materials Board which rationed and distributed all kinds of raw materials, from foreign oil to barn manure.23 Moreover, a recycling prog...

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The Importance and Effects of U.S. Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologie...

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He had formulated this strict set of ideas several years earlier, and he consciously followed this plan throughout his twelve years in power. ... Hitler's revisionism did contain special traits from the start that would set him apart from other fringe politicians, and set him down the course to eventually developing his program. ...

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The Treaty of Versailles was not the only cause of World War II, however was one of the important factors. The treaty was neither severe enough to keep Germany from once again being a significant power, nor was it lenient enough for the German people to meet its terms and move on. Instead it was ...

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E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing while they smoked cigars inside a restaurant. The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to...

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