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Cartoon shows two men dressed in tattered clothing talking outside the Pottsburg Political Club. One holds a cup of pencils. Depicts a time period of decline in terms of adoption of Liberalism. After 1945, liberal democracies had begun to slow down…

This is a news article on Russian defeat in the Russo- Japanese War. Like other nations during this period, Russia was determined to to increase its imperial power. Sometimes this resulted in conflict with other nations.This article shows how Russia…

This political cartoon is depicting Walter Ulbricht, the First Secretary of the East German Communist Party who was one of the people who ordered the Berlin Wall to be constructed. In this cartoon, Lang draws Ulbricht as a giant sitting on Berlin. He…

The picture describes a fight going on in France. There’s a man firing his weapon .There is also a women that appears to be dead ;laying on the floor. The dead woman looks like she was an innocent bystander as she had a bowl and spoon laying close…

The purpose of this source is to introduce the Industrial Revolution in all of its aspects. The value of this source is that it thoroughly touches upon all the characteristics of the industrialization occurring in this time frame. Throughout the…

The second treaty of Paris was signed on November 20, 1815. This peace treaty was made after Napoleon was defeated at the battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. This treaty was for France and it was less generous than the peace treaty that was done in…

The Holy Alliance Treaty was signed on September 26, 1815. This treaty was formed between Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Tsar Alexander had the idea and was the main leader in the treaty. The main principle of the treaty was that the three powers…

Winning World War I was definitely a moment for the allies to celebrate, but in the aftermath, there were still precarious situations that needed to be dealt with in Europe and across the globe. This poster's exclusion of Russia's flag highlights one…

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was written by philosopher, Adam Smith. It outlines one of the key components to the classic philosophy of liberalism, a free market economy. A free market economy or laissez-faire is one…

This is the speech given by Adolf Hitler during his inauguration as Chancellor of Germany. He uses his oratory skills to rally the German people and appeal to many issues at hand. Some of these include the German economy and division of the German…