How far do you agree that the Impact of the First World War was beneficial to the economy and society of the USA? At the start of the First World War the US economy was beginning to develop at a rapid pace and by the end of the war it was in an even stronger position this was due to impacts of the First World War such as an increase in industrial production, low rates of unemployment and improving living standards. However it can also be argued that the First World War damaged the US economy as
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How far do you agree that Mussolini’s economic policy in the years 1922-39 was a complete failure? Having come to power in 1922, an immediate concern for Benito Mussolini was the current state of the Italian economy, specifically its obvious inability to support military expansion and move into a state of total war, with the aim of creating and developing an Italian Empire, which was Mussolini’s chief aspiration. Furthermore, the weak economy maintained and strengthened the north-south divide
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AS History How far do you agree that the most important cause of the revolution in February 1917 was the Great War? The February revolution which occurred in 1917 was the result of several causes, one of which being World War 1; in my opinion, it was the most important trigger. The Great War was the cause of Russia becoming financially dependent on Britain and France, decreasing the prestige the Tsar once held. Russia was unable to sustain its wealth due to the extreme costs the War brought: Anger
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“A dictatorship dependent on coercion” How far do you agree with this description of the regime established by Napoleon in 1804? Coercion is defined as the ability to “persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force and threats.” However, the opposite of ‘coercion’ is considered to be ‘persuasion’, therefore in order to determine the extent to which “a dictatorship dependent on coercion” is an accurate description of the regime established by Napoleon in 1804, the extent to which
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they would be granted to leave Russia and return to their original settlements. The liberals had little development as a party before 1905, although did publish a newspaper named ‘Liberation’ to spread their political views. The fact they were able to do this showed they had financial backing, and enough readers to make it worth printing. Overall, the Liberals had limited, but substantial support in the new middle and upper classes and national minorities, and limited development. The Social
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was also argued that King undermined the SNCC when he said that they should become a student wing of the SCLC. The split on political issues and the growling dislike of Martin Luther King made it to easy for the groups to be successful as a whole, so you could therefore argue that Black Power did damage the civil rights
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Arguably peasants working conditions did change however to a limited extent from 1855 to 1964. This was due to government reforms during tsarist Russia that had significant effects on peasants such as Stolypin and Alexander’s reforms as this was first steps taken to improve peasantry. However their freedom, transportation and the right to own land was very limited, redemption payments were almost impossible and they were still bound to the Mir. Similar to the communist era under Lenin, Stalin and
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The New Deal was a series of domestic programs that caused the federal government and president to join forces and do whatever was necessary to save the country from disaster. The New Deal played a significant role in the shift of the nature of the presidency as the president was allowed special powers by Congress to deal the Great Depression, however it was Roosevelt himself who brought about a fundamental shift, which lasted past the crisis situation. Specifically, the fundamental shift was brought
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How far do you agree that the main reason for the survival of Weimar government 1919 – 1923 was the weakness of its opponents? (30 Marks) The reason for the survival of the Weimar Republic can be shifted onto many factors such as the weakness of the opposition. The opposition can be said to be clearly shown through the the Munich Putsch in which there is clear evidence of movements against the government. However, this opposition never managed to over come the army and freikorps who through the
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How far do you agree that Carol Anne Duffy presents a cynical view of love and marriage in “The Worlds Wife”? I completely agree that in “The Worlds Wife” Carol Anne Duffy presents a critical view of love and marriage. She presents the reader with an array of relentless and unapologetically feminist poems consisting of a large number of personas, who are witheringly contemptuous of the men they have ended up with, generally inadequate, self-obsessed and immature. Each poem carrying an implicit
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