Peacemaking 1918-1919 and the League of Nations Key issue: how did the treaty of Versailles establish peace? a) The Paris peace conference The war against Germany ended with an armistice on 11th November 1918. The war had been a disaster for Europe. Millions of soldiers on both sides had been injured. Large areas of France and Belgium had been destroyed. Even the victorious powers were almost bankrupt from the cost of waging war for four years. The leaders of the victorious countries met in
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as a huge prejudice‚ and that they would have to carry on being second-class citizens until they received the right to vote because a lot of women thought that having a say in general elections would give them more opportunities and rights. Before 1918‚ only men had the vote‚ even though they had to qualify by meeting the property qualification (which was someone who earned 40 shillings a year and was a freeholder). Therefore‚ not all men did qualify‚ but many women did qualify‚ and as a result could
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Pandemic Paranoia The 1918 flu pandemic‚ otherwise known as Spanish Flu‚ was an unusually fatal influenza pandemic which struck the lives of many between January 1918-December 1920. It’s said to have been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. This influenza received its notorious name from the exceptional number of deaths in Spain‚ supposedly killing eight million. This viral epidemic operated very strangely; seeming to target the young and healthy‚ being particularly
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explain why some women got the vote in 1918 by discussing male and female spheres‚ the emergence of the suffrage societies and the similarities and differences between them. It shall proceed to discuss anti-suffrage‚ the role of politics‚ discuss how the war affected the women’s movement and finally the 1918 Representation of the People Act. It shall conclude was a summary of the points discussed. To understand the reasons behind some women getting the vote in 1918‚ one must look back at the history
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American Pandemic In the early years of 1918 through 1920‚ influenza stormed around the world in the worst pandemic in recorded history‚ killing at least fifty million people‚ and more than half a million of them were Americans. Yet‚ despite the devastation‚ many groups of people within the United States handed this epidemic very differently from each other. There were differences between “men as well as women‚ whites as well as people of color‚ middle and upper classes‚ as well as the working
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the decision of war‚ while some people would strongly agree with the concept of war. The question is‚ is there a limit to what is allowed and is not allowed when discussing opinions of war. In June 1917 Congress passed the Espionage Act‚ and in May 1918 it passed the Sedition Act. Under this act any individual could be fined up to $10‚000‚ and be sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal‚ profane‚ or abusive about the government or the war effort
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Rhetorical Essay The Great Influenza The 1918 influenza epidemic inspired author John M. Barry to write about the importance of uncertainty in science and research. In his piece‚ The Great Influenza‚ Barry endeavors to reveal to both researchers and men of modern science that science is not a domain in which one can rely on the comfort and strength of certainty. Rather‚ it is a domain that is reserved for the courageous and one in which the “weakness” of uncertainty must be embraced. To stress
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The Great Influenza is an account of the 1918 flu epidemic written by John M. Barry. Barry writes about scientists and their research of the great epidemic that killed thousands of people. John M. Barry uses many rhetorical strategies in his story to characterize scientific research. He also uses descriptive words to help the reader envision the story. Barry uses repetition to convey his point across to the reader about scientific research. Barry talks about the certainty and uncertainty in the
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jack did nit know what to do with Polly and Jessie was hesitant to go through whit it whit it without proof of jack’s divorce -Jessie’s parents also noticed jack was drinking Chap XVL A decision reached -Jack moves to Saskatoon on September 17‚ 1918‚ leaving Polly behind -September 15 Jessie pushes john for a final answer and a proof and a week later‚ he tells two of his men that he is getting married that weekend (Friday or sat) -Jack write Jessie that he is getting the marriage licence and
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War‚ at the time known as the ‘war to end all wars’‚ owes much of its horror and length to the slow and laborious aspect of the offensive during it‚ which makes it difficult to understand the precise reason for it finishing in an allied victory in 1918 and not in any of the previous years. Any number of events could have brought about the end of the war or the capitulation of one of the main protagonists‚ such as the Battle of the Somme‚ Verdun or even as early as the Battle of the Marne‚ but none
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