... . Austrian control was restored in Northern Italy. In fact,the fall of Metternich signified the end of the Metternich system and the reactionary era in Europe. The supremacy of Austria in continental Europe came to and end. Although Austrian control was restored, the autocratic and reactionary rule was weaked and unable to suppress the nationalism and liberalism in Italian and German states. The defeat of Austria in Austo-Prussian war in 1866 revealed her ... to abdicate, Louis Napoleon applied Caesarian democracy to conceal his dictatorial rule. Evenmore the Second Republic of France ch...

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The Failure of the Weimar Republic The German Weimar Republic was born amidst the defeat of the imperial army, the revolution of 1918 against the Hohenzollerns, and the hopes of German Liberals and Social Democrats. Its name derived from the city of Weimar, in which its constitution was written and promulgated in August of 1919. While the constitution was being debated, the republic, headed by the Social Democrats, accepted the humiliating terms of the Versailles Treaty, the part of the Paris settlement that applied to Germany ... . Although it had signed only under the threat of an Allied inv...

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... Germany claming compensation from Russia from the time of the revolution. In January 1923 Germany failed to pay reparations by a non - delivery of a shipment of timber. As a result of this France occupied the Rhur. The Rhur was the biggest industrial area in Germany. This hit Germany hard because it deprived Germany of its main source of income. When the French occupied the Rhur the workers engaged in a campaign of passive resistance. This had affects ... reparation payments. The idea of the Dawes plan was to reduce the amount Germany owed each year and spread the payments over a longer ...

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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 2 By the end of WWI Europe was very bad economically and it was also politically divided, having the possibility of social revolution. The unfair treaties signed after the war and the incompetence of the League of Nations contributed greatly to WWII. Europeans had little experience with democracy. Also, when difficulties arise in countries the political parties are weakened by divisions within the group. People may then be willing to sacrifice democracy in ... -Rome Axis and also a pact with Japan called the Anti-Comintern Pact. Both pacts were a preparation to fight agains...

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... change things-revolution. The loss of territories and colonies meant loss of income, loss of resources, loss of agricultural land and industrial land and in the future it could mean revolt from the people who considered themselves German and had the need for re-unification. The League of Nations and the exclusion of Germany gave the Germans a feeling of inferiority. and in the future could cause the need for allies and temptation for breaking the terms of the treaty and ... because of their guilt were still relatively small, considering the amount the French would have liked to take and...

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... that belonged to different nations. In 1800 Italian nationalists attempted to unite Italy. Giuseppe Mazzni, called "The Heart" because he did not fight, started an organization called Young Italy, which try to make Italy a nation-state. Mazzni lead Young Italy during the revolution in the 1840's to throw out other European nations that controlled Italy. Mazzni failed and was sent to exile ... a nation-state. He says "Let the people of liberated provinces lift high their voices in championing the cause of their brothers who are fighting!" by saying this he encouraging the to cheer for th...

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... -alliances; one of the most important was with Russia. At the Congress of Berlin in 1878, after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, he confirmed his dominant position as negotiator between the great Powers, Britain Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, and Russia. Bismarck negotiated the exceptional Austria-Hungary alliance of 1879 which was "the first formal alliance between two Great Powers concluded in peace-time since the outbreak of the French revolution and the end of the ancien ré ... ;gime set a rigid pattern which shaped international relations until the First World War." (2) Bisma...

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... together collecting folktales and attending the same university brought the brothers closer together. However the death of their mother, Dorothea, brought them even closer because they were forced to help support their other six brothers and sister. In 1808, Jacob took a job as a librarian in Kassel, Germany and Wilhelm soon followed. In 1810, the French Revolution and Napoleon I brought an end to the declining Holy Roman Empire and forced ... the German states notably Prussia, to accept his social, political and administrative reforms (Antonsen 38). Jacob hated being ruled or forced to...

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... Spanish civil war. (1) A: In July of 1936, The Spanish revolution with Franco to restore a fascist government was assisted by Hitler and Mussolini by sending supplies and even helping bomb enemies. R: Stalin and the Soviet Union sent some weapons to the republicans in Spain but not enough to make a difference in the outcome. Britain and France wanted the republicans to win also but did nothing to ... and France declare war on Germany. Push to Dunkirk. June 1940 (5) A: French and British troops tried to resist Germany but were pushed back to the port of Dunkirk. R: Britain rushed all kind ...

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