The failure of the Weimar Republic can be blamed on Constitutional Flaws, Lack of Broad Popular Support, and the French Invasion of the Ruhr. ... Perhaps most important, Article 48 allowed the president to rule by decree in an emergency. ... Its constitution had flaws, they lacked popular support, which is essential to a successful government, and the French invaded the Ruhr, which resulted in extremely high unemployment numbers. The Weimar Republic, under its conditions, could have never turned out to be successful, hence, their fall in 1933, when Adolf Hitler took over, promising the peopl...

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Nostalgic writings were popular and authors wrote about the fading away of rural life in Canada. ... In the 1920's football, lacrosse, baseball, track an field, and hockey, were all very popular spectator sports. The Young Women's Christian Group (YWCA) encouraged women into playing sports as women's sports became more popular. The most successful team in competitive basketball was the Edmonton Grad's women's team, "w[inning] an astounding 502 out of 522 games, as well as winning four Olympic gold medals. ... Throughout the 1920's people fought for better wages, ...

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ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR topics in modern European history, both amongst Advanced Level students, and those continuing with history at college or university, is the origins of the First World War. ... This last point becomes very important in light of the assertion made by Herwig in a book published in 1992 that "most of the works on the July crisis written before 1961 are now out of date".1 The aim of this article is therefore to bring students fully up to date by means of an assessment of the historical debate on the origins of the First World War as it unfolded in the inter-war years which l...

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This popular political belief permeated throughout Nazi propaganda. ... A popular societal belief in Germany was that Jews were especially responsible for Germany's loss in the war because the Jewish community had certain members who profited during the Great War. ... The popular assertion that German Jews did not do their part in the war was invalidated by a census taken of the German military forces. ... Most of the German population went on believing that the Jews of Germany were not doing their part for the War effort. ...

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Why All quiet on the Western Front will be a superior movie With the film being narrated by Paul Baumer, such a war movie would have a most personal touch on audiences in much of an extensive way. ... With such a good story, character base and culture to work off of, why not turn this popular novel into a movie? ... In conclusion, If All Quiet on the Western Front, is made into a motion picture, it is promised to bring in revenue, fans, and most important of all a great film to be watched for years....

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This too was a way to spread ideas to a large crowd because it was such a popular and trendy thing to do. ... The stock market was also a daring place because many took their chance at becoming wealthier; eventually, this is where the lavish lifestyle will end for most people because of the stock market crash at the turn of the decade. ...

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Most people believed that the 20th century would be one of progress and peace, but WWI shattered this belief. ... The tanks did not work too well in the Great War because it wasn't as advanced, it went slow and could not cross broad trenches, but it became very popular in World War II. ...

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There are many words that can describe the character traits of him, but Dependable seems to stick out the most. ... Parties with laughter, dancing, music and people usually complete the package of a quite popular man. ...

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After World War I, Germany slumped into a devastating economic depression, which allowed anti-Semitism to reach its most vicious point. ... Many Europeans took the title of an anti-Semite and took a popular stance of defending the public against the Jews. ... In Eastern Europe, Jews were allowed to own no land and were forced to live in the western-most part of the Russian Empire known as the Pale. ... Most Germans believed they were no anymore guilty than any other country for the start of World War I and knew they had also suffered great losses, yet they were being punished. ...

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Most women still did housework, but their life changed for the better due to the invention of such useful home appliances as the electric iron, a range of new cookers, the sewing machine and the electric vacuum cleaner. ... The most popular form of entertainment, however, was the cinema. ...

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Most of the men in his army were from Prussia and they got very angry at the fact that Max Vonprattwitz let Prussia get attacked. ... In 1914, despite popular belief, there were planes around and they were used for spying methods and to deliver mail. ... They started to blame the Jews because most of them were involved in the Weimar Government. ...

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At the beginning of the First World War, popular opinion was that it would not last more than four months. ... The Belgian people fought back against the German's slowing their progress in Northern France; the French were able to mobilize their troops much faster than expected and most importantly, the Russian army mobilized very fast. ...

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As one of the many reasons for Canada's prosperity "Technology played one of the most vital parts in bringing the great economic and cultural prosperity that Canada experienced during the 1920s.... They both became extremely popular forms of entertainment. ...

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Although the theories in existentialism were present before the 1990's, existentialism was at its peak during the 20th century. Three major events of the 20th century explain the reason for existentialism's popularity. Those three events were World War I, World War II and the Cold War. During the ...

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The novel sales were the most dismal of any of Orwell's other works. ... Most of Orwell's novels are somewhat autobiographical in this sense. ... Most of Orwell's writings, whether essay, article, poem, or novel seemed to have some type of political view in it. ... Most novels enjoyed great success in England and America, and his last novel, his "masterpiece" as some might call it was "Nineteen Eighty-four." Although, not quite as popular as "Animal Farm" is today. ...

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On October 5, 1919, a Navy station in New York City inaugurated a nightly broadcast of "various items of interest to the amateur", in order to "maintain the interest of radio amateurs and to train them in receiving code", as reported in Navy to Broadcast News for Benefit of Amateurs, from the December, 1919 Popular Science Monthly. ... By this time, half of America had radios and most people accepted and applauded the idea of national broadcasting. ... America is a society where everyone owns at least one television set, and is the most used appliance in households where watching it daily ha...

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MACKENZIE KING The tenth prime minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King, loved luxury and comfort but most of all power, a fact reflected by him holding office longer than any other politician in the English-speaking world. (1) During the 21 years that he served as Prime Minister, Mackenzie faced many hard decisions. ... Mackenzie made many important allies during the war, and quite possibly prevented Canada from breaking out into a civil war. (2) "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government." (3) William Lyon Mackenzie King was born on December 17,...

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Harding was very popular because he returned the U.S. to prosperity. After his death in 1923 it became apparent that his administration was one of the most corrupt in America's history. ... Most Americans were brought up to at least a modest level of comfort. ... He also had the finest in automobiles for that time(the car-industry was one of the most important industries in the 20's and people actually started to become mobile ). ...

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Focusing on the most powerful threat first, the Allied powers wanted to focus primarily on stopping Hitler. ... Zoot Suits became popular among Mexican-Americans, and were used as a way to classify them. ...

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Hitler seems to have been infused greatly by the popular pseucb scientific theorist Aryan and Teutonic racial supremacy notably those of the French man count man.... Gopbels becomes the most powerful daliy in Germany. ...

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As popular music started to become more widespread and a way of life to Americans, jukeboxes started appearing on the street corners and in restaurants. ... The years of World War II were the most important years of the decade. ...

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It was not in any way popular, but these guys contributed the base for "Electronic Music". ... Although most bands used guitars, it was these electronic instruments that made their sound "different". ...

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