<span>John C. Calhoun
was the US South Senator who believed that slavery was necessary. He was a
political theorist that believed in republicanism, which also included the
approval of slavery. He defended slavery as a “positive good” and as a result
Southern minority threats escalated. </span>
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Mutual defense alliances was a significant cause for starting World War I. Basically, what happened was all of the countries were somehow alliances with other countries. Conflict between different countries caused the allied countries to be involved which eventually led to World War I.
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The Great Leap Forward
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Mao Zedong was the chairman of Communist Party of china (CPC) since its establishment in 1949 until 1976.
It was five year plan 1958-62 to industrialise china in the shortest amount of time and was aimed at producing mass amount of steel and grain. It was started in 1958 by Mao Zedong but the plan failed to industrialise the Chinese economy and thousand of Chinese were killed.
Commune was at the centre of the plan, a commune was combination of smaller farm collectives and had 4000-5000 households.
<span>At the beginning of World War I, Russia’s armies performed poorly. In response, Nicholas II appointed himself commander-in-chief, so he could take direct control of the military from Grand Duke Nicholas, against the advice of his ministers. Nicholas II spent much of late 1915 through August 1917 away from Tsarskoe Selo in Saint Petersburg.</span>
<span>Opium Wars : gave Britain control of Hong Kong.</span>