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How did Switzerland managed to stay neutral during World Ww 1 and WW2

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Answer: Switzerland's neutrality was guaranteed by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and so far has held up in spite of various unpleasantness in Europe. Part is due to tradition, part of it is the ingrained Swiss instinct not to choose sides and part is Switzerland is just not very strategically desirable land.  

Switzerland's neutrality wasn't under much threat from the warring powers in World War I. Even so, Switzerland mobilized its army and deployed most of its troops on its border with France though it stood down almost all its troops over the course of the war. In the trench warfare of World War I none of the belligerents regarded Switzerland as a easy invasion route to the enemy's heartland. 

Hitler was no respecter of international treaties so Switzerland was under relatively greater threat in World War II. 

However, Hitler didn't see Swiss Germans as naturally belonging to his Pan-Germanic empire and there was little affinity among Swiss Germans with Nazi Germany.

Switzerland was not the product of the Treaty of Versailles that Hitler was determined to undo so Switzerland was not among the first of Hitler's targets. 

Switzerland was somewhat awkwardly placed for the Axis, limiting rail connections between Germany and Italy to the Brenner Pass. The Brenner Pass was apparently enough for Germany and Italy, though some non-military related goods passed over the Swiss rail system between Germany and Italy.

In short, Switzerland maintained its neutrality by its tried and true methods: being useful to the warring sides without committing to either, having a big enough army to keep from looking like a pushover and being in a part of Europe that is not a natural invasion route between France and Germany.

So far no evidence has been turned up showing that German or Italian troops, concentration camp inmates or forced laborers passed over Swiss railroads. Some military goods and dual-use cargoes did but the traffic was not large and was further restricted over the course of the war

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Why did sienna shift her position on the gymnasium floor

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Sienna shift her position on the gymnasium floor because her skin and the gymnasium floor reached thermal equilibrium.

Her skin and the gymnasium floor reached thermal equilibrium.

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Which methods were used to turn Indians into Americans by the Americanization?

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The American government attempted to assimilate Indians into American culture. They did this by forcing them onto reservations and making the Indian children go to school with a white teacher that would tell them how to speak, act, and look like an American.

ASAP!!! Please help got 46 questions!!!1Which describes a tactic that the Cherokee people used to keep their land in Georgia?

A.
They formed a government, wrote a constitution, and adopted some white ways.

B.
They lived as they always had and prayed that the whites would leave.

C.
They marched to Washington, D.C., and attacked the White House.

D.
They went to prison and staged a hunger strike rather than move.

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Option(a) They formed a government, wrote a constitution, and adopted some white ways is correct.

The following describes the above statement:

  • The Cherokee's rapid acquisition of settler culture did not protest them against the land hunger of these emulated.
  • When gold was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia, agitation for the removal of the tribe increased.
  • Cherokee was thus gathered into camps while their homes were plundered and burned by local Euro-American residents.

Hence, option(a) is the correct answer.

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Who was Rosa Parks?

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She was an african american civil rights activist. When she was in a bus (back then it was separated by whites and "colored people") the white section was full so a white man asked for her seat, and I think it formed a lawsuit. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders as well, and known as the first lady of civilrights

Answer: Rosa Parks is the girl who sat in the Bus

What effect did the Industrial Revolution have on families?

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People like farmers went bankrupt and children were sent to work

Which external enemy proved to be the greatest continuing threat to the Byzantine Empire in the 15th century

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The greatest threat for the Byzantine Empire was the turkish invaders, who in 1453 would conquer the imperial capital, Constantinople, and give it it's modern name, Istanbul. The city had been conquered only once before in 1204 by catholic crusaders, and although it was reconquered in 1261 the Empire had been weakened and that allowed the turkish Ottoman Empire to grow in power, conquering Serbia and much of the Balkans in the 14th century, by the middle of the 15th century the Byzantine Empire was not much more than the city of Constantinople.
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