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- 731: Roaring Twenties
- THE ROARING TWENTIES Americans, in the years following the end of World War I found themselves in an era, where the people simply wished to detach themselves from the troubles of Europeans and the rest of the world. During the years of the Twenties, the economy was prosperous, there was widespread social reform, new aspects of culture were established, and people found better ways to improve their lifestyle and enjoy life. The ...
- 732: “All Quiet on the Western Front”: Effects of War
- “All Quiet on the Western Front”: Effects of War All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a considered a great war novel in that it describes, in amazing detail, the experience of a German Soldier at front lines of World War I. As it describes the effects of war, we can also consider this book one of the greatest anti-war novels ever written. War puts men who are similar, all except that they ...
- 733: German Unificatio
- ... beginning of the Congress of Vienna. The Congress was called in order to restore the balance of power in Europe and also to ensure that France could never again expand outside of its original pre-war borders. The countries that had participated in the coalition in the battle of Leipzig (Russia, Prussia, Britain and Austria) were the major players at the congress. Lands that were originally parts of the French empire ... he was even willing to trick William in order to accomplish the very things that William sent him to do. Bismarck believed in power. In a famous speech, he declared that "iron and blood" (meaning war and industry) would gain unification, not speeches and declaration as in the revolution of 1848. His campaign called for an active foreign policy, and emphasized that Prussia had to keep its power together at all ... s liberalism, but at its power. "I want to play the tune the way it sounds to me or not at all...my pride bids me command rather than obey" - Otto von Bismarck Germany At War Bismarck knew that to achieve his goal of a unified Germany under Prussia, he was going to have to get the people on his side and stop other countries from forming a coalition against ...
- 734: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- ... made him one of the greatest of the nation's Chief Executives. He was an exceptional administrator, and an admirable commander in chief who did a masterful job of articulating the moral goals of the war for he strongly believed in the preservation of one nation indivisible. (The Civil War, pgs. 14-16) Lincoln's primary concern was for the preservation of the union. Abraham Lincoln, "Honest Abe" came to Washington as a newly elected President early in 1861. In an attempt to allay southern ... be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority....In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection...." (The American Presidents, pg. 137-138) In his famous "House ...
- 735: Modern European History
- ... rights of individuals. During that time, people began to believe in the Enlightenment, industrial developments were just starting and scientific advances began to take place. People then really believed in progression and further developments. Unfortunately, World War I broke out. Nevertheless, the optimistic people of Europe still did not doubt the outcome and were so convinced that it was not going to have any long term effects. They looked toward happier times and hoped life will go back to where it was before. But little did they know, as a result of the war, total war broke out and crushed all the hopes and accomplishments that the people had established. This shocking reality was unbearable and uncomprehending to the people's hopes and dreams. And as this lasted ...
- 736: Civil War: Northern Attitudes
- ... 000 blacks in the state were slaves, and most Delawareans opposed the extension of slavery. There was never any movement in Delaware to secede from the Union, and it remained loyal during the American Civil War (1861-1865) that followed the secessions. More than 13,000 Delawareans, nearly one-tenth of the state’s population, served in the Union Army, and several hundred fought for the Confederacy. Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, was garrisoned by Union Army soldiers and served as a prison for Confederate prisoners of war. In 1861 Lincoln proposed that Delaware’s slaves be freed and the owners compensated. That proposal failed, partly because of party politics on the part of the Delaware Democrats, and in 1865 the 13th Amendment to the Constitution freed the slaves with no compensation. The Democrats controlled the legislature throughout the war and repeatedly railed at the Republicans as the party that had started the war and was going to make blacks equal to whites. In the 1864 presidential election Lincoln again failed to carry Delaware, ...
- 737: Pablo Picasso 2
- ... and his mother, Maria Picasso, was an Andalusian of Majorcan origin. In 1896 Picasso entered the school of fine arts where his father was a professor. In 1900, Picasso visited Paris, at the time the world's centre for art and literature, and became infatuated with its street life, in particular, the area of Montmarte, Paris' bohemian district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly ... the general rhythm and construction of the picture will oblige me to show that roundness as a square." Just when Picasso's Cubism started to be recognized for its colour and imagination, the outbreak of war in 1914 arrived and caused a climate unfavourable for his work. The war also caused his separation from his friends. In 1917, a young writer, Jean Cocteau, persuaded Picasso to leave Paris and travel to Rome, after the sudden death of Marcelle Humbert. Following a phase of ...
- 738: Airships
- ... four 1,050-hp Daimler Benz diesel engines. It could carry loads of 30 tons over transoceanic distances. It was scrapped in May 1940. A total of 119 Zeppelins were built, most of them during World War I, when 103 airships were delivered to the military. The most famous Zeppelin was the original GRAF ZEPPELIN, which during 1928-37 made flights to the United States, the Arctic, the Middle East, and South America; it also made one flight around the world. Another famous Zeppelin was the airliner hindenburg, which was destroyed by fire at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937. The British made intermittent efforts to develop the rigid airship; they built eight during ...
- 739: Roosevelt
- Roosevelt In the ancient world, the only way a person could become famous through out the world was to be some sort of king, master warlord, or a descendent of a holy entity. Monarchies, that last lasted long enough, kept the memories of their former leaders alive, conquered peoples never forgot the ... alive to care - a few men and women will stand out against the haze of time and represent the twentieth century. If there is a group, among them will be at least man involved in World War II. Roosevelt, Churchill, Tojo and Hitler -especially Hitler - are all candidates for the group because of their involvements in the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In this world,blood is a hard ...
- 740: Deng Xiaoping
- ... military post in the area. It was Yang Sen and Deng Weiming that decided that young Deng Xiaoping go study in France. Deng arrived in France in 1920, just barely two years after the First World War. While it was easy for the wealthy Chinese to study in France, less well off people had to find employment in order to study. Work, however, was not easy to find and so Deng went ... 24,000 left. Deng and Mao became friends during the Long March, thereby furthering his ascent into the upper echelons of the CCP. The next chapter in Deng’s political life was the Sino-Japanese war, in which the Communists once again teamed up with Chiang Kai-Shek. Deng Xiaoping was named deputy leader of the Main Political Department of the Army. His next appointment was to be the political ...
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