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- 10181: The Marshall Plan
- ... better known as the Marshall Plan, was an extraordinary act of strategic generosity. How a few policymakers persuaded their countrymen to pony up for the sake of others is a tale of low politics and high vision Yet their achievement is recalled by many scholars as a historical blip, a moment of virtue before the cold war really locked in. A truer, if more grandiloquent, assessment was made by Winston Churchill ...
- 10182: October Crisis/War Measures Act
- ... the previous spring. (Des, 186) Their demands also included the release of, political prisoners and an aircraft to take the kidnappers to Algeria or Cuba. (Des, 186) The demands of the F.L.Q. were high, and they used terrorism. This was not only the wrong way of getting demands met, but is not tolerated by any government. The War Measures Act was issued on October 16 1970, by Prime Minister ...
- 10183: The Aztec Civilization
- ... In 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes landed on the East Coast of Mexico and marched inland to Tenochtitlan. The Spaniards were joined by many of the Indians who were conquered and forced to pay high taxes to the emperor. Montezuma did not oppose Cortes because he thought that he was the God Quetzalcoatl. An Aztec legend said that Quetzalcoatl was driven away by another rival god and had sailed across ...
- 10184: First Civilization Arose In Asia
- ... were established through concessions ie. contracts, economic treaties. The colonies of North America became much more highly populated by colonists and were much more diverse than the South American empire. As a result of their high population and expansion within the colonies. A labor shortage soon took place. Some indentured servants were brought over, but the use of slaves from Africa was much more utilized. The Islamic Turkish Empire which consisted ...
- 10185: The French Revolution
- ... 1793. The revolution gradually grew more radical-that is more open to extreme and violent change. Radical leaders came into prominence. In the Convention, they were known as the mountain because they sat on the high benches at the rear of the hall during meetings. Leaders of the Mountain were Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Jacques Danton, and Jean Paul Marat. The Mountain dominated a powerful political club called the Jacobin Club. "Growing ...
- 10186: Hitler's Impact On Germany
- ... as the Nazi. After the changes which Hitler has made to his party, the number of members increased to 3000 members by1921. By then, some people in the party wanted to strip Hitler of his high position, but Hitler soon settled all this by letting them realise that they were nothing without him. He later became the rightful Fuhrer of the Nazi Party. Between 1921 and 1923 Germany experienced horrendous financial ...
- 10187: The Start of World War Two
- ... office he began securing his position in power. Hitler took steps to eliminate all opposition, including political parties and anyone else who spoke out against him. The death of President Hindenburg in 1934 clinched his high standing, and he in effect became dictator of Germany. Hitler held the titles of Head of State, Commander in Chief of German military forces, Chancellor, and Chief of the Nazi Party (Elliott 57). There was ...
- 10188: The Invasion of Spain
- ... only with banishment. Two days later (Christmas Day, 800) took place the principal event in the life of Charles. During the pontifical Mass celebrated by the pope, as the king knelt in prayer before the high altar beneath which lay the bodies of St. Peter and Paul, the Pope approached him, placed upon his head the imperial crown, did him formal reverence after the ancient manner, saluted him as Emperor and ...
- 10189: Atomic Bomb
- ... fact the major manufacturing of wartime products was being conducted here. Now, I'm going to be honest, I don't believe that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the best places to bomb, due to the high civilian numbers; however, it is still my belief that the Atomic Bomb was necessary to end the war. Also, leaflets and warnings had been issued to the people of those cities warning them of an ...
- 10190: The Medieval Period
- ... and primitive ideas about the anatomy of the human eye (Turner 195). This helped lead Islamic physicians and mathematicians in the right direction. Much of the knowledge gathered from these early scientists is taught in school access the nation, as well as the world. The Islamic physician Ibn alHaytham came up with an idea not far from what is understood today as the process of human vision. Haytham diagrammed how an ...
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