Storming of the Bastille - July 14, 1789, French peasants attack the Bastille which is a famous French prison that also held arms, the date of the storming is celebrated in France today
<span>Reign of Terror - once Louis XVI had been chased off the throne and a new republic established, the republic became bloodthirsty in its desire to protect its rule. Thousands were executed (mostly using the guillotine) including Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette.
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Ended the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI
Led to rise of Napoleon as emperor (dictator of France)</span>
Which of the following statements is true of the situation facing blacks during the Great Depression?
Answer: Out of all the options shown above the one that best represents the true statement of the situation that blacks were facing during the Great Depression is answer choice B) The government did little to put a halt to the practice of lynchings. White mobs would kill by hanging a person for an alleged crime.
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Answer: Upon achieving power, Hitler smashed the nation's democratic institutions and transformed Germany into a war state intent on conquering Europe for the benefit of the so-called Aryan race. His invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, triggered the European phase of World War II.
<span> He modernized the country, importing western technology and ideas. He also turned it into European power, by defeating Sweden( a local superpower of that day) in the Great Northern War. Finally, he established royal authority over the church.
Other, minor reforms, included having the nobility shave their beards.Finally, and perhaps most famously,he built the city of Saint Petersburg, later Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg again.
On the negative side, he was a paranoid tyrant who solidified Czarist absolutism, but as Lenin later said, to make an omelette, one has to break a few eggs. </span>
