of 1917 allowed nurses and women in the armed services to vote; the Wartime Election Act extended the vote to women who had husbands‚ sons or fathers serving overseas; and all women over 21 were allowed to vote as of January 1‚ 1919. Provincially‚ women were given the vote in 1916 in the four western provinces‚ in 1917 in Ontario‚ in 1918 in Nova Scotia‚ in 1919 in New Brunswick‚ in 1922 in
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President. It seems that Hoover was the type of man who was a somewhat impatient when it came to certain things‚ for example‚ the food crisis. Shortly after the United States proclaimed war upon Germany in April of 1917 Hoover was told to come home. Upon his arrival the food crisis of 1917 was just in its peak‚ President Woodrow Wilson wanted Congress to provide
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Dulce et Decorum est is a poem written by poet Wilfred Owen in 1917‚ during World War I‚ and published posthumously in 1920. Owen’s poem is known for its horrific imagery and condemnation of war. It was drafted at Craiglockhart in the first half of October 1917 and later revised‚ probably at Scarborough but possibly Ripon‚ between January and March 1918. The earliest surviving manuscript is dated 8 October 1917 and addressed to his mother‚ Susan Owen‚ with the message "Here is a gas poem done yesterday
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I. War by Act of Germany On January 22‚ 1917‚ Woodrow Wilson made one final‚ attempt to avert war‚ delivering a moving address that correctly declared only a “peace without victory” (beating Germany without embarrassing them) would be lasting. Germany responded by shocking the world‚ announcing that it would break the Sussex pledge and return to unrestricted submarine warfare‚ which meant that its U-boats would now be firing on armed and unarmed ships in the war zone. Wilson
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newborn baby had just come into this world. That little girl was me. I grew up in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania with an impossible dream at the time of my childhood. Little did I know‚ that after many years passed‚ that dream would come true. On January 31‚ 1917 Germany had announced that they would resume unrestricted warfare on all ships‚ including American ships. Shortly after‚ German U-boats attacked four different Americans ships‚ resulting in the deaths of fifteen Americans. Later that year‚ all U
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“Why were there two revolutions in Russia in 1917? Why did the Provisional Government exist for mere months‚ yet the Bolsheviks had consolidated their authority in the country by Lenin’s death in 1924?” Between February and October in 1917‚ two revolutions occurred due to the Governments failing to fulfill the needs of the Russian people. With the Tsar in power during Bloody Sunday that formed riots and Government unrest and also the Russo-Japanese War and World War One that left the Russian people
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Name___________________________________ Period #___________ Date___________ Animal Farm 20 Questions Webquest Directions: Please use the suggested links to find answers to each of the questions below. Be sure to paraphrase (not copy) the answers/information you find on the internet. All these questions will have parallels in Animal Farm‚ so be sure to pay careful attention! For questions #1-2‚ please refer to your copy of the novel and to this website http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/opinion/essays/rhodi
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calliber of pilot who stood above the rest. Two of history’s most regonized aces from the first world war‚ are Manfred von Richthofen of Germany and Billy Bishop of Canada. Two very distinguished pilots and debated to be the worlds best but on April 30th 1917. To of the world best square up for one of the most famous dogfights of the great war. But as with every
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