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that led to the one party state. In 1918 military positions collapsed and the abdication of the Tsar was a reality. Who became the nest prime minister? Shortly after the abdication, a new government known as the Weimar Republic went into power…

Workers’ Party almost died one morning in 1919. It numbered only a few dozen grumblers’ it had no organisation and no political ideas. But many among the middle class admired the Nazis’ muscular opposition to the Social Democrats. And the Nazis…

in religion and the beliefs it is made of. This all leaves me confused at times. Religion explains the creation of humankind, since I have no religious beliefs then where does this leave me in thought about where I came from? Actually it left me no…

those two devastating and frightening words are brought up one thought comes to mind, The Cuban Missile Crisis. This was the closest the world has ever come to being blown apart by the people living on it. In April 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev…

in South Africa. By April 1994 he was the elected president of his country. In his early years he had led the armed struggle against South Africa's official policy of racial segregation, called apartheid. Ultimately he became a worldwide symbol…

statesman, and Nobel laureate, who was elected the first black president of South Africa in 1994. Mandela rose to national prominence as the leader of protest against the white minority government's policy of rigid racial segregation known as apartheid,…

the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact, until the mid-eighteenth century, most English colonists had very little, if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news…

factors: government, religion, social structure, and settlement pattern. If the culture of New France were threatened by British rule then new France would face many serious problems leading up to the disintegration of the French Canadian culture. The…

1905, western nations began what is today called “New Imperialism.” The major powers of the western world started to gain a need for expansion. Italy, France, Great Britain, United States and Germany started to feel the pressure being exerted on them…

unmapped territories for a number of reasons. Some are looking for treasure, some for fame, and some just to map out and claim new lands for their kings and queens. These are just a few reasons among many. Some of the best known explorers are Marco…