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Lenin And Problems After The October Revolution
<view this essay>.... of the revolution can be more critically assessed.
Lenin knew the importance of ending Russian involvement in World War I.
On March 3, 1918 Russia lost 1/3 of its fertile farm lands, 1/3 of its
population, 2/3 of its coal mines and oil fields and 1/2 of its heavy industry
to German peace terms. Though the treaty of Brest-Litovsk was harsh, the terms
were annulled once the Allied powers defeated Germany. Lenin managed to end the
war that had for so long depressed Russia's resources and morale. He succeeded
in focusing on the severe internal problems of the new government, and in “
saving the socialist republic” . One of the largest problems that Russia fac .....
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Reasons For The Downfall Of The Russian Empire In The Year Of 1917
<view this essay>.... Soviet system that replaced it in 1917.
The Russian Revolution began spontaneously in Petrograd in March 1917. There was a severe shortage of bread, which then led to enforce rationing and long lines at stores. The mere thought of hunger or even starvation led to demonstrations and strikes. On March 8, a huge crowd marched through the streets to demand the government to put an end to the bread shortage. Police officers broke up the march, but a few days later the demonstration grew and became stronger in the process. On March 11, troops were ordered by government officials to end the riots, but instead of restoring order the soldiers stood by or even joine .....
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Ford Car Company
<view this essay>.... to aid in the circulation of air and the collection of dust and other by products made in the plant.
The next component I found is another picture of the interior of the Rouge plant. This picture is one of many conveyer belts in the plant. This belt is moving engine parts from the engine assembly to the final assembly. Henry Ford was a pioneer in the use of the assembly line in the automobile industry, and the Rouge plant was the ultimate in that use of the assembly line. This photo shows the depth of the plant, being able to manufacture all components of the cars without having to ship parts to or from other locations in the country.
The next collection of ph .....
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History Of Music
<view this essay>.... art?” when inspected proves rhetorical: they are parallel mirrors which reflect each other.
W.H. Auden best expressed this when he said, “A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.”
Tracing the course of musical development through history shows how closely music (of all the art forms) in particular represents the time in which it was written. The “immediacy” Auden speaks of is evidenced in music’s ability to associate itself with a specific point in time or event and always remind the listener of that time or place. It is impossible to analyse individual interpretation of music, however it is interesti .....
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The Great Depression
<view this essay>.... appliances, jewelry, and candy. Yet on the other hand things like gasoline, radios, electric refrigerators, and cigarette sales kept going strong. Movies were one of the largest sales. It aloud people to escape their problems and look to the glamour of Hollywood. Families planted gardens on vacant lots. Fashion styles became more simpler. The Depression made people turn their backs on their families. Many people lost their homes. Some families had it worse than others. People who lost their jobs couldn’t afford proper medical care or food. This caused many people to turn to relief, which is government support to help families get throu .....
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Romanticism In The Aspect Of N
<view this essay>.... The first fully Romantic poetry was Lyrical Ballads (1798) by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Wordsworth's The World is Too Much With Us (1802) emphasizes a world being plagued by materialism while steadily losing its spirituality. He used Greek mythological figures to symbolize that the nature the ancients enjoyed could not be destroyed by the Industrial Age. Wordsworth, and Coleridge, described nature in an exclusive way because landscape was the main principal in their works. "Mind of Man," as Wordsworth observed, was a poets' response to the natural scenes that inspired their thinking. Despite all of this, nature commonly was the f .....
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
<view this essay>.... offenses as cutting down a tree that was thought to be important because it was planted as a sign of independence. People who were though to be a threat to the revolution or Republic were put to death by the guillotine. The movie showed how people may be wrongly blamed and arrested for a crime they did not commit. When situations arise like this in history panic and chaos breaks out, partly because of fear of being wrongly accused of a fictitious crime and partly for some people’s desire for power and death.
The movie contains more than one theme. The first, shows the importance of bravery and sacrifice and the second shows the ruthlessness and betrayal that go .....
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Economic Recovery During The 1
<view this essay>.... Government contributed to economic recovery.
Depression was felt world wide especially in America and Britain. America was affected by the wall street crash more than other countries because many people held shares and due to prices falling were unable to pay their debts which led to financial ruin. Due to many people relying on trade from America and little money being available meant that America could not provide trade to the same extent as previous years. Britain was badly hit by depression in areas where industries such as coal, steal and shipbuilding were based. Due to demand for trade in these areas being low many of these industries had to la .....
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