World war I was the first world war that cause about 40 million deaths and over 300 billion dollars of damage. The Allies and Central powers were fight most for power and respect. The Franco-Prussian war triggered tension and the alliance system and the arms race. The Franco-Prussian was the one of the main reasons the war started anthers reason was the assentation of the archduke of Austria-Hungry Franz Ferdinand assassinated. I believe that they should not have joined the war. When Germany started
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The way I see it the Americans won the Revolution and the British lost a colonial war for independence. At the beginning of the war‚ there was not a regular American army like we have today‚ just a militia made up of civilians‚ most of which were farmers. So naturally‚ they were not used to the long battles with the British Regulars. As a result thousands quit. What signaled the beginning of the American Revolution was the first battle on April 19‚ 1775 at Lexington. General Gage was in charge
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The Civil War divided the nation into two parts and was a war fought between the northern states and the southern states. The north was called the union and the south was called the Confederacy. There were quite a few reasons why the south broke away and why both halfs started to fight. The reasons for the Civil War were political‚ social and economic‚ things such as the Election of 1860‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ cotton production and slavery were big contributions to the war. The Election of 1860 was
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The president did not want to enter the war because he knew what it would do to his country‚ and to the men and family‚ who were fighting for it‚ until he believed was forced to because of Germany’s actions. Mark 12:31‚ 1 Corinthians 10:24‚ and 1 Peter 3:8 all talk about loving one another with all your heart and going to war over the sinking of a couple ships is not an example of loving one another (English Standard Version Bible). The second main reason for why it was detrimental for America to
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What it Takes GEN/200- Foundations for General Education and Professional Success Steven Lopez June 28‚ 2013 WHAT IT TAKES For a young person the term personal responsibility is an abstract concept that is mostly learned the hard way. College is expensive and mentally hard‚ but going back to school while working full time and having a family of your own is especially rough. Personal responsibility is not only important for the individual but for society in general
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On may 4 1961 6 black men and 6 white men chose to come together and form an alliance called the freedom riders. The leader of the freedom riders was jame farm. James farmer was just an african american man who wanted to be equal to everyone else and he is a strong individual that work alongside martin luther king jr. The main purpose for the freedom rides was to end racism and look at everybody to be created equally. Also They were on two busses headed to the deep south and they intended to test
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World War I initially started because of the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. He was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. The U.S got involved in World War I as a result in economic trade binding America to the Allies (Brower). World War I or as many people like to call it The Great War was from 1914 all the way to 1919. It was one of the most brutal and destructive wars in European history. “Of the 65 million men‚ who were mobilized‚ more than 10 million
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Suffering During The Civil War African Americans have made great strides over the last few generations‚ but there is still discrimination because of the color of their skin. The toughest time for these extraordinary‚ hard-working people would have to be the grueling Civil War. In this paper‚ we will be talking about African Americans during the Civil War. We wouldn’t personally know what life was like for a slave‚ but the responses when asked about it came in varieties of ways. We know this because according
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The Cold War‚ a non-violent war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union‚ served as a period of great paranoia for many Americans and the rest of the world. On the brink of nuclear fallout‚ the world lied in the hands of the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist United States. The two countries emerged from World War II as the strongest nations in the world‚ but the stark differences in government and economics led to a bitter rivalry. Furthermore‚ Stalin’s aggressive plans to spread communism throughout
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less than apocalyptic; it seemed like an end. It’s not‚ the war was not the end but the beginning of everything. World War I‚ which lasted from 1914 to 1918‚ was one of the greatest wars and the first modern war in the world. This world war I became the gateway to new things. From the political‚ social and economic fields. This war not only inflicts tremendous damage but also costs a lot and affects the world order afterwards. World War I brought down the four greatest empires in Europe without a
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