... was traditionally men's jobs. This kept the Australian industries going. During World War II women made up to 40% of the working force in factories. By October in 1942 the were over half a million women working in Australian industries. Their working hours were long, and often they had heavy ... working loads to deal with. In most cases these women would still had to return home to do their household duties. These women were still receiving little compared to men who were do the ... same job. By 1950 women earned only 75% of the male rate of pay for the ... in supporting women's libera...

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... global war? On July 5, 1914, Austria sent a request to Germany, stating that if Russia and Austria were to enter a war, Austria would have Germany's full support. In response to the request for support, Germany sent Austria a reply, informing them that they'd have their backs if that became necessary. On July 23rd of that year, Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia ... , to factories and army platoons. The two revolutions occurred during harvest, enabling the Russian people to make money and feed their families. Young Russian men were at war, so the older men were unable to plow or harv...

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... . After a long journey, today we have women doing great things in the workforce, and men have put on aprons and are raising the future of America. This change in the day-to-day lives of families required the husband accepting the responsibility of helping with the children, as well as upkeep of the home, until the last 30 years, this was an unheard of practice in American families ... run their homes in such a different manner? It is likely to be a time management situation. In the 40's and 50's the stay at home mother had 18 hours to devote to the upkeep of her home and the raising of h...

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... to vote, this significant change of the feminine role was officially declared. This new found female individualism was expressed through every aspect of life. A Time of Economic Change An explosion of consumerism hit the 1920s. Americans began to work fewer hours, earn higher wages, invest in the stock market and buy more products than the generation before. The technological advances acclaimed from World War I created possibilities ... for more productive work places. The efficiency of standardized mass production was made viable through the use of factories and machines. Since manufac...

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... were routines such as toilet habits, smoking, getting food, spare time activities, and flirting. When the soldiers" toilet habits were described, it was described in such a manner that it was made to seem that the toilets were a social "hangout" for the soldiers. They all sat there for hours on end talking with each other about such things as their dreams, hopes, hobbies, past experiences ... , etc. The soldiers regarded the toilets as the most relaxing place on the whole front. Smoking was also a highly regarded habit. As time passed, it ... was obvious that smoking was no longer a hab...

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... to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war." (foreword). This quote explains the whole meaning of the book "All Quiet on the Western Front". It tries to convey the point that war is complicated. It not only affects you physically, but also psychologically. So those who ... , without faces; we find one man who has held the artery of his arm in his teeth for two hours in order not to bleed to death." (page 134). The quote alone is enough to have an affect on someone. Imagine seeing these things. The shock of it is bound to have a ...

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... to vote, this significant change of the feminine role was officially declared. This new found female individualism was expressed through every aspect of life. A Time of Economic Change An explosion of consumerism hit the 1920s. Americans began to work fewer hours, earn higher wages, invest in the stock market and buy more products than the generation before. The technological advances acclaimed from World War I created possibilities ... for more productive work places. The efficiency of standardized mass production was made viable through the use of factories and machines. Since manufac...

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... Kemmerich's excellent boots. However, Paul remembered Kemmerich's painful parting with his mother, and knew that she would be broken-hearted upon receiving the news of his death. Among the others that died were Tjaden, Muller, Detering, and Haie. All of them made an impact on Paul, but he grew increasingly ... truly experienced. However, his worst moment came when a French soldier fell into the shell hole where he was trying to hide. Paul was forced to try to kill the man, and had to sit for hours waiting for the other soldier to die. Paul felt horribly about what he had to do, especial...

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... place great value on the lives of their countrymen and allies, but very little on the lives of the enemy, except for the instance where Paul, the character telling the story in first person, is stuck in a hole and must stab and kill a Russian soldier who falls into the hole and then must stay in the hole with him for hours. This traumatic part of the story presents many questions ... of the value of a human life to the reader. In "Some Barbarian ... Is Waving My Shield" by Archilochus, the person telling this story escapes with his life losing his shield. Should ... ...

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... in a shell hole. He regrets instantaneously stabbing hem, and tries to help him. He is unsuccessful, and is regretful when the man dies. Baumer's troop has the assignment of guarding a supply depot. They help themselves to whatever they need. One day Kropp and Baumer are wounded while evacuating ... The soldiers experienced horrible living conditions, sadly though, the soldiers lived better than those on the home front. Soldiers were often fed inadequately, and malnourished. Healthcare was very primitive, which caused many lives to be lost. The people who lived on the home front often ha...

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... was taken by the Canadians in a couple of hours. The Canadian were also the first victims of the Germans secret weapon, Chlorine gas, which was the first chemical gas attack in history. Canadian troops inspired all the other European men that were fighting next to them. Canadian troops increase the allies" moral in the war, without the Canadians who knows what could've been the outcome of the war. The battle of Vimy ... Ridge is one of the greatest battles ... ...

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... flourished in these harsh conditions. It was often difficult to remove the dead and this led to large colonies of rats emerging which fed on corpses and the rations. Almost all of the soldiers suffered from lice. They spread diseases like dysentery and typhoid. Many soldiers whiled away the hours burning the lice out of the seams of their clothes with a match, but it was futile. "One ... night, as we lay in bed after doing our two hours' sentry - we did two hours on and two hours off - my friend Jock said 'damn this, I cannot stand it any longer!' He took ... lay his cap splashed with ...

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... know that some rats tried to eat soldiers in their sleep, while they tried to get a couple hours sleep in the less bombarding daytime hours. These bombardments were not anything good either. The constant sound of exploding shells and vibrations in the ground as shells landed all around the soldiers sent them insane. This was shell shock and men would shake uncontrollably and stammer. This even ... effected soldiers years after the war was over. One of the main tactics of the war was to "go over the top ... ". This tactic begun with a continuous bombardment of the opposition trench. This...

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... . All these new weapons were the reasons for the three consequences of the Great War. The first consequence that the war caused was increases in casualties. The use of machine guns and mortars automatically increased the number of men that died in battles. "At Loos, in September 1915, twelve attacking British battalions- about 10,000 men- lost 8,246 in just three and a half hours, mainly because of machine ... -gun fire." (Windrow, 18) This quote shows how thousands of men died in hours from machine-gun fires. Another weapon that increased casualties was artillery. "Even in "quiet" period...

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... provided with "mustard gas-, this was the most effective chemical weapon of world war one. The mustard gas was almost undetectable except for its mustard stench. The mustard gas hovered over the ground in fogs, seeping into your clothes and as well as through your masks. The mustard gas was easy to deliver and effective. Within three hours of inhaling the gas your air passag e would start ... who anticipated ending this war quickly by attacking France and Belgium immediately and taking over before Russia even had a chance to mobilize. Germany wanted full control over Belgium due to the ...

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... is elected president, and James S. Sherman is vice president.  1908 Muller vs. Oregon. The Supreme Court rules that an Oregon law instituting the maximum hours a woman can work is constitutional.  1909 The Smoking Opium Exclusion Act prohibits importing of opium for other than medicinal purposes.  1909 The NAACP was founded by W.E.B. DuBois.  1909 Payne-Aldrich Act passedwhich lowered tariffs.  1910 ... many things during his presidency some examples are giving railroad workers eight-hour days. He also ordered the expansion of our military to protect the U.S. citizens. Wi...

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... When I was 19 I WENT abroad to study. I studied law at University College in London. . Fellow students USE TO snuB ME because I was an Indian. In MY lonely hours I studied philosophy. In MY reading I discovered the principle of nonviolence as enunciated in Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," and I was persuaded by John Ruskin's plea to give up industrialism for farm life and traditional ... die before obeying an anti-Asian law. Thousands of Indians joined ME in this civil disobedience campaign. I was imprisoned twice. Yet in World War I I again organized an ambulance corps for t...

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... poison gas continued to escalate for the remainder of the war. After the use of chlorine gas came the use of phosgene.   Phosgene as a weapon was more potent than chlorine in that phosgene caused much less coughing with the result that more of it was inhaled. It took 48 hours for a healthy soldier to be taken down after inhaling the gas. Both the German and Allied armies quickly ... adopted this weapon. Germany remained ahead in the development of gases, and unveiled an advanced new gas that was hard to ... gas. Mustard gas penetrated leather and clothing, and affected the skin severa...

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... required - Yes, it was produced by a group of people. They were woodworking and electrician. - The artifact changed, the product and technology improved. - Made by hand, machine and assembly lines. What was the occasion? - It was made in 1921-1938 in Canada - Radio, throughout the years, has provided us with countless hours of entertainment. People in outlying areas found radio not only entertaining but it also ... helped to lessen their many hours of loneliness. When television first appeared, newspaper headlines declared that radio would ... soon die, however that was, not the ease. M...

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... became involved in the war. On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was very early in the morning and came without warning. The United States forces were completely surprised by Japanese submarines and carrier-launched bombing planes. Two and a half hours after the attack at Pearl Harbor the Japanese declared war on the United States and Great Britain. Once the United States was ... fully committed to the war in December of 1941, patriotism soared in American society. Americans" willingness to carry out blackout and civil defense drills; to ... recy...

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... . As popular music started to become more widespread and a way of life to Americans, jukeboxes started appearing on the street corners and in restaurants. While Europeans were struggling with their countries at war, Americans were actually enjoying themselves and their eyes were finally ... to continue. Roosevelt responded with what is now called "The Green Light Letter", and said, "I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that ... th...

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... "Billy" Bishop, was Canada's top ace who had a total of 72 victories. He started his career as a calvery officer and later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He received his Victoria Cross for a pre-dawn one man raid on a German airfield for which he was credited with three victories ... the raid. This shows that both Prisoners of War and Allied airmen had witnessed the raid and told the truth. If these events did not occur at all, why would the Prisoners of War and the Allied airmen say that they had witnessed the raid for no apparent reason? This shows that this indeed happened. Wi...

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... "Billy" Bishop, was Canada's top ace who had a total of 72 victories. He started his career as a calvery officer and later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He received his Victoria Cross for a pre-dawn one man raid on a German airfield for which he was credited with three victories ... the raid. This shows that both Prisoners of War and Allied airmen had witnessed the raid and told the truth. If these events did not occur at all, why would the Prisoners of War and the Allied airmen say that they had witnessed the raid for no apparent reason? This shows that this indeed happened. Wi...

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... The Russian's hated Nicholas II because he said he was not going to go to war but he did. The Work Force was suffering with low pay and long hours. After a few workers were let go from a factory they When the procession of workers reached the Winter Palace it was attacked by the police and the ... Cossacks. Over 100 workers were killed and some 300 wounded. The incident, known as Bloody ... Sunday, started what became known as the 1905 Revolution. ... force or by fraud, by tricks or by midnight treachery.- Henry Cabot lodge Article X means if one country in the League of Nations gets ...

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... as the "chancellor dictatorship" (1883 - 1887), Bismarck developed a common currency, a central bank, administrative reforms, and a single code of commercial and civil German law. He also instituted a programme of social reform which, despite violent opposition, saw a workers compensation programme for sickness, accident and old age insurance, limited woman and child labour and established maximum working hours. Particulars ... of this social security system included employee, employer and government contributions. Bismarck's revolutionary economic policy resulted in the rapid expansion ...

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