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- 1421: Referring to the Spanish Civil War
- ... the north, and the other from the south would eventually converge and snuff out the Republic. The National Front eventually won the civil war, not only because it had financial and military support from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, but also because the Popular Front had it's own internal conflicts. Franco's regime proved quite successful. He managed to overcome internal disputes and balance the different Nationalist groups; he left ...
- 1422: Effects of the Great Depression on Canada
- ... picnics, dances and church socials due to shortages of cash. The immigration and birthrate of people drastically reduced during the 1930's. The growth of the population was very low. European Jews who fled Nazi Germany were denied entrance into Canada. In Saskatchewan, the rural population grew faster than its urban population. Henry Jacobson, a 78 year old said," The depression took away my wife, my home, a sector of good ...
- 1423: The Battle of the Spanish Armada
- ... with Parma's army from the Netherlands. Together they would invade England. (Mckee 53) The organization of the "Great Enterprise" (which this plan began to be called) was a huge task. Philip sent agents to Germany and Italy to buy cannons, armor, gunpowder, swords, and all other weapons of war. However, more than just weapons were needed. Enough food had to be supplied for six months. Eleven million pounds of biscuits ...
- 1424: The Neandertals
- ... be forced south again. The Neandertals could be found as far north as England and as far south as Spain, from Gibralter to Uzbekistan. Neandertal bones have been found in the Neander Valley and Dusseldorf Germany, in Altamura, Italy and Vindija, Croatia. These are major sites for the European caves the Neandertals lived in. Although the Neandertals went to the southern tip of Italy, they never crossed the Mediterranean Sea to ...
- 1425: The Holocaust
- ... the Hocsacaust. The Holocaust just means exactly what is in the dictionary, "great or total destruction especially by fire." And by no means is the genocide of European Jews, and other groups by the Nazi Germany during WWII. To me the Holocaust means the most current gigantic thing to happen to a group of people. In my opinion, not the last either. To those of you who say that there is ...
- 1426: US Intervention In Haiti
- ... economically marginalised. In 1915 the US occupied Haiti "to protect Chase National Bank assets, to halt mob violence, or to prevent the German community there from extending its influence at a time when war with Germany seemed more and more likely."(7) Which of these was the prime motivating factor is still a matter of debate. The occupiers undertook to develop Haiti by doing things such as road building ( using forced ...
- 1427: Curfews
- ... in Washington, DC, led by President Bill Clinton, claim youth curfews to just be an example of a status law (The Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws in California 3). Adolph Hitler implemented status laws in Germany as well. Ten years later his country was in ruins, destroyed by war. Granted his status laws were much more tyrannical than that of curfew laws, but it had to have started somewhere. Nighttime and ...
- 1428: Racism In World War 2
- ... California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Pesilvania, USS Tennessee, and the USS Utha. They also destroyed Hickman Feild, the US air base on Hawaii. The result of this attack was a declaration of war on Germany, Italy, and Japan by the United States. It also had an effect on the Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast. American citizens had property taken away and were encarrsirated by their fellow citizens with ...
- 1429: Where Would We Be Without Freedom?
- ... the limits for criminal punishment. It states that "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." Sadly, this statement does not protect everyone throughout the world. Nazi Germany represents the absence of such a right. Hundreds of thousands of people were gassed; many were subjected to back breaking labor and starved to death. Our eighth amendment protects us against such an injustice. The ...
- 1430: Relations Between Canada and Japan
- ... discrimination begin against the first Japanese generation (Nikkei) in Canada. During the Second World War, Japanese Canadians were persecuted and were the victims of national discrimination. Japan had entered the war as an ally of Germany and had bombed the United States. As a result of the bombing at Pearl Harbour the relations between Japan and the US deteriorated which had a direct affect on Japanese living in the States. The ...
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