Ashleigh Warwick

[Ashleigh Warwick @Ashleigh_Laraa]

@Adam_CNM from reading the material in this course, I now believe that the way the world works = progress through trial and error.

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@stevesafir After the fall of the wall, many from the east side questioned the benefit in being a part of a unified Germany.

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@Tregensberg and government jobs are very secure due to the government funding of education, healthcare, etc.

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@Tregensberg a question that shouldn't even have to be a question. My thoughts exactly.

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@JanayJonesCNM this reminds me of the article about the washing machine costing a years' salary for someone making minimum wage.

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@stevesafir did you know that the first nuclear bomb was made here, in Los Alamos, and tested in 1945? I didn't know until a few years ago.

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The different Euro bills do not depict any significant leader or site, but rather generic images (ME. Pg 850). #H1102

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After centuries of religious persecution, most Europeans are hesitant to identify themselves as believing in one faith (ME Pg. 848). #H1102

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Thatcher and Blair developed market economy, like that of the US, providing incentive to business owners. (ME pg. 847) #H1102

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In newly formed European democracy, no one questions the sovereignty of the people (ME Pg. 846). #H1102

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In the 1990's, almost half of Sweden's government consisted of women politicians (ME Pg. 823). #H1102

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Even police officers "behind the Iron Curtain" listened to Beatles songs, which were contraband (ME Pg. 819).#H1102

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Between the 1940's and 1970's there was a 'baby boom,' which increased the population in Europe from 264 to 320 million (ME pg. 811). #H1102

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Dubcek's socialist reforms brought about the publishing of many works, which had been kept secret up until then (ME pg. 810). #H1102

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Though it concerned the West, the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957. (ME pg. 809) #H1102

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Though education was 'Stalinized,' approx. 250,000 Poles were educated at college level in the post-war era. (ME Pg. 804) #H1102

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@Tregensberg seems as if everyone was thrown into the war efforts, regardless of how they felt.

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@tmlayton Lithuania, Ukraine, and Belorussia, to name a few, viewed Nazism as better than what Stalin had put them through. (ME. Pg. 785).

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@tmlayton Europe has lots of liberties today. All shapes and sizes welcome!

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@tmlayton For soldiers to be subjected to death, before most of them had even gotten the chance to live their lives, is horrible.