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- 1461: Asia 2
- ... then pressed on local rulers. The ultimate result was annexation and direct rule. The imperialists built railroads, roads, canals, and some schools. They invested in the economy, but most economic profits went abroad. By World War II (1939-1945), nationalism and socialism had spread among the Western-educated Asian elite, and movements for self-government and independence emerged everywhere. The training of native armies and the education of an elite prompted reform and modernization. For example, a revolution in 1911 ended the Qing dynasty in China. However, idealistic reformers were pushed aside, and during World War I (1914-1918) China disintegrated into warlord rule. A long civil war followed between the nationalist Kuomintang and the Communists. Some nations managed to maintain their independence. Japan prevented foreign encroachment by rapid modernization. A victory over Russia in 1904 and 1905 boosted Japan's ...
- 1462: Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... Cuban Missile Crisis: Necessary or Not? "…Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war. To adopt that kind of course in the nuclear age would be evidence only of the bankruptcy of our policy- -or of a collective death-wish for the world" (Walton 142). -President John F. Kennedy ... to his own statement as quoted above, his choices in dealing with Khruschev and the Communist threat in Cuba put the world in extreme risk by forcing Moscow to choose only total surrender or total war. Due to fear, mistrust, and the desire to show political strength, JFK brought the Untied States and the world as close as it has ever been to global catastrophe. War was avoided, but there is room for doubt that this dangerous gamble was necessary to create peace. On April 17, 1961, an invasion force comprised of anti-Castro Cubans, who had been trained by ...
- 1463: The Women's Civil Rights Movement
- The Women's Civil Rights Movement Women's struggle for equal right has not been an easy or short road. All throughout U.S. history women have been fighting for their rights and for the rights of others. Women ... It prohibits employers from discriminating between employees on the basis of sex by paying different wages for equal work requiring equal skills, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for any employer to fail or refuse to hire or discharge any individual or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to compensation, terms or conditions or ... wanted - male and ‘help wanted - female" advertisements. Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970 strengthened the powers of the EEOC t bring suits in court after and investigation. It includes widened coverage of the Civil Rights Act to embrace employees and unions of eight or more workers, employees of state and federal government, and employees of educational institutions. It protects employees against sexual harassment, such as unwelcome sexual advances, ...
- 1464: A Farewell To Arms 5
- ... is a typical love story. A Romeo and his Juliet placed against the odds. In this novel, Romeo is Frederick Henry and Juliet is Catherine Barkley. Their love affair must survive the obstacles of World War I. The background of war-torn Italy adds to the tragedy of the love story. The war affects the emotions and values of each character. The love between Catherine and Frederick must outlast long separations, life-threatening war-time situations, and the uncertainty of each other's whereabouts or condition. This ...
- 1465: Labor In America
- ... Yet most American workers were generally better off than workers in Europe and had more hope of improving their lives. For this reason, the majority did not join labor unions. In the years following the Civil War (1861-1865), the United States was transformed by the enormous growth of industry. Once the United States was mainly a nation of small farms. By 1900, it was a nation of growing cities, of coal ... of Labor in the president's Cabinet. Most important of all, Congress passed the Clayton Act of 1914. Its purpose was to halt the use of antitrust laws and court injunctions against unions. During World War I, organized labor made great advances. The federal government created the War Labor Board to settle disputes by arbitration. Generally the Board was favorable to wage increases, the eight-hour day and collective bargaining. ...
- 1466: Brief Look at Jewish History
- ... incident was something the Jewish people were striving to obtain for generations. This, however, led to four major conflicts between Israel and the Arab countries. One of the most meaningful wars was the Six-Day War. Events such as the holocaust have also had a dramatic effect on world history and whose mysteries are still being unravelled. For twelve years following 1933 the Jews were persecuted by the Nazi's. Jewish ... in practically any business or profession, own any land, associate with any non-Jew or visit public places such as parks and museums. The victories of the German armies in the early years of World War II brought the majority of European Jewry under the Nazis. The Jews were deprived of human rights. The Jewish people were forced to live in Ghetto's which were separated from the main city. Hitler ... horrific events of the holocaust have let to some consequences which are beneficial and some are unfortunate to the Jewish people. The population of the followers has greatly declined. Also the Jewish people after the war still had problems finding jobs. They had to essentially start there life over. Most of them lost a close relative or at least knew someone who died in the gas chambers of the Nazi ...
- 1467: USSR: The Doomed Empire
- ... s and the next four decades after, were a time of bitter struggle between the US and the Soviet Union. National identity as well as ideological differences brought both countries to the brink of nuclear war, a revolutionary style of warfare causing the most disastrous demographic disaster known to man. There are numerous speculations on who actually started the war. It can be argued both ways that both the US and the USSR acted offensively towards each other. But the only real fact is that “one represented an open democracy and the other a closed totalitarian system” and both were the only real superpowers left standing after World War II.1 This split generated a bipolar effect bringing the entire world into a game of tug of war between the two superpowers. Throughout the four decades actual combative war never broke out but ...
- 1468: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... and to different degrees. At the beginning of the novel, on page 12, we see through Paul Bäumer s comments regarding Kantorek that he and his friends were taught in school of the glory of war. Bäumer stated, they taught that duty to one s country is the greatest thing Since Bäumer and his friends respected and trusted Kantorek, they hardly gave the prospect of not going into war a second glance. On pages 84-85, the conversation between Bäumer, Müller, and Kropp reveals that practically everything they were taught in school is of no use to them anymore. All of the knowledge they ... seen clearly on page 21, where Paul describes his and his friends enlisting to the district commandant. They had no plans for the future, having only vague ideas regarding life in general, giving to the war an ideal and almost romantic character . He describes a movement from what is important, before and after his experience in war. He learns that a a bright button is weightier than four volumes of ...
- 1469: Norway 2
- ... Orkneys, and Herbiides, the isles of man and the unpopulated Faeroe islands and Iceland. Following the rule of Magnus III s sons was the increasing power of church and monarch contributed to the century of civil war. The cival war continued until 1217 when Sverrirs grandson Haakon IV became King beginning the Golden age of Norway. He modernized the administration by creating a chancellors office and the royal council. Norway in WW II declared ...
- 1470: Jews in America and Their History
- ... this act of opening our borders probably is the origin of the descriptive phrase "the melting pot of the world." These German Jews rapidly assimilated themselves and their faith. Reform Judaism arrived here after the Civil War due to the advent of European Reform rabbis. Jewish seminaries, associations, and institutions, such as Cincinnati's Hebrew Union College, New York's Jewish Theological Seminary, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), and the ... that arrived. Their social history combined with the American Industrial Age produced an extremely diverse and distinct American Jewry by the end of the intercontinental migration, which coincided with the start of the Great World War (World War I). Almost two out of every three new immigrants called the big northeast municipalities (such as the Lower East Side of New York) their new home. They would take any job available ...
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