There once was a flower that was unable to settle down anywhere. From the mountains in Kazakhstan, the flower bulb wandered about in Persia, China and Turkey. Until a Dutch scientist took the bulb with him to a small European country. There the flower enjoyed the climate and the soil, and the inhabitants immediately fell in love with the flower and soon designated it a national symbol. It all sounds like a fairy tale, but this is the true story of the tulip.
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GOV 24.21 USA – Founding Father: Alexander Hamilton
Though he never attained the highest office of his adopted country, few of America’s founders influenced its political system more than Alexander Hamilton.
“He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”
Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr (CLICK HERE for PODCAST)
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AP 24.1019 Before WWII – Germany (Adolf Hitler)
“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”
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AP 24.1014 Before WWII – Italy (Benito Mussolini)
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.”
“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”
“War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.”
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AP 24.1011 Before WWII – Why was Spain Neutral in WW2?
CIVIL WAR!
After years of political violence and strife, a military coup in 1936 finally brings Spain into all-out civil war. Mass executions and revolutionary upheaval, as the eyes of the world focus on the Iberian Peninsula.
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AP 24.995 What Is Fascism and Totalitarianism?
fas·cism – noun
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of oppositionto·tal·i·tar·i·an·ism – noun
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
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AP 24.754 Khan – Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism (Compare and Contrast)
The Industrial Revolution created economic, political, and social transformations in Europe.
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AP 24.752 So What is Communism?
Com·mu·nism (noun)
– a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
– doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
– a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
– a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
– communist systems collectively eliminating of private property
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AP 24.750 What Is Socialism?
Socialism (noun)
– a political and economic theory (policy or practice) of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
– (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.
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AP 24.749 Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
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AP 23.343 Absolutism – The Russian Czar (Tsarina) – (Catherine the Great)
Catherine II was empress of Russia, and she led her country into the political and cultural life of Europe, carrying on the work begun by Peter the Great. She was an ENLIGHTENED MONARCH!
Under her reign, Russia expanded its territories and modernized, following the lead of Western Europe.
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AP 23.327 Absolutism – France (Versailles)
Before the French Revolution
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AP 23.326 Absolutism – The Attitude of Absolute Monarchy
“This, Madame, is Versailles”
What is Absolute Monarchy like?
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AP 23.325 Absolutism – What is it?
Absolute Monarchy
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AP 23.192 Medieval Europe – The Code of Chivalry
Knights Code of Chivalry dating back to the Dark Ages
The Knights Code of Chivalry was part of the culture of the Middle Ages and was understood by all. A Code of Chivalry was documented in ‘The Song of Roland’ in the Middle Ages Knights period of William the Conqueror who ruled England from 1066. The ‘Song of Roland’ describes the 8th century Knights of the Dark Ages and the battles fought by the Emperor Charlemagne. The code has since been described as Charlemagne’s Code of Chivalry. The ideals described in the Code of Chivalry were emphasized by the oaths and vows that were sworn in the Knighthood ceremonies of the Middle Ages and Medieval era. These sacred oaths of combat were combined with the ideals of chivalry and with strict rules of etiquette and conduct.
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