2/18/13 Mr. Zastrow Chemical Warfare During World War 1 The first World War has been reported to be one of the most brutal wars in the history of time for many reasons. One of those reasons was strategic usage of chemical warfare. Chemical gas was used on both sides of the line‚ which turned out to be fatal for many. World War I was mostly fought in the trenches‚ where soldiers lived in deep‚ v-shaped holes or underground bunkers. Both sides would occupy these trenches in order to escape from
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Hickman Period 3 10/3/12 War without a Cause It used to be an honor to go off to war and die fighting for your country. In today’s war‚ the honor is all gone. It used to be an entire country’s effort; everyone became involved. Today‚ people are less focused on it. During World War I‚ the Germans were sinking American vessels ( at the time America was neutral). This enrages the American people and the result is they all pledged their support when war was declared. At the time of World War II‚ Americans
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"But I figure if the world were really right‚ humans would live life backwards and do the first part last" Angela Johnson page 4."Things have to change" Angela Johnson page 4. In the beginning of the book angela johnson shares many quotes and symbols that could lead a person to thinking or imagining what would happen in future chapters and idea of Bobby coming to age and maturing. For example‚ In the beginning of the first part last one of the main characters Nia tells his boyfriend Bobby that
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photo‚ we just thought it would be an interesting photo to talk about and was not like the other World War I photos. The other photos are usually about soldiers‚ their daily life‚ and life in the trenches. This picture is unusually dark because of the destruction around the cross. The cross is usually a symbol of hope‚ and it showed how Jesus Christ rose back from the dead. I chose this photo because it symbolizes hope even though the war was a
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1010 Things I Hate About You is a American film that is an Shakespearean adaptation‚ one version of The Taming of the Shrew. The film begins in an American high school and then Kat‚ the main character‚ appears. She is a intelligent and attractive girl; the problem is that she has a sister and their overprotective father will just let the youngest date just when Kat gets a boyfriend. The sister‚ Bianca Stratford‚ is following a popular handsome and rich guy in school‚ Joey Donner. He also gets interested
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on World War I‚ from its earliest days through the formation of the peace agreement reached following the war‚ was nationalism. Prior to World War I‚ tensions were high in Europe. In many nations‚ such as Serbia‚ there was a large growth of nationalism and a desire for an independent state and strengthening of said state. The conflicts that arose from this desire led in part‚ to WWI. Nationalism reached its zenith during the tumultuous days of the early twentieth century‚ leading up to World War
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After World War I‚ economies of countries all over the world collapsed causing the Great Depression. Italy adapted a fascism government under Benito Mussolini. During the Russian revolution‚ Russia turned to communism under Vladimir Lenin. After Lenin passed away Joseph Stalling took his place. To them‚ Democracy led to corruption and weakness and put individual or class interests above national goals because all democratic countries at that time were experiencing difficulties. When Adolf Hitler
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Peter I. America at War: World War I. New York: Facts on File‚ Inc.‚ 1991. Dowsell‚ Paul. Weapons and Technology of World War I. Illinois: Heinemann Library‚ 2002. Lopez‚ Donald S. in Association with the National Air and Space Museum‚ Washington‚ D.C. Smithsonian Guides: Aviation. New York: Macmillan‚ 1995. Spangenburg‚ Ray and Diane K. Moser. The Story of Air Transport in America. New York: Facts on File‚ Inc.‚ 1992. About.com 20th Century History. “World War I”‚ by Jennifer
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Diane Ihlenfeldt February 13‚ 2004 "The more things change‚ the more they stay the same." The sociologist‚ Emile Durkheim stressed the importance of shared value and community in order to provide social order and stability. A sociologist would understand the clique‚ "The more things change‚ the more they stay the same" by analyzing how individuals and groups affect society and how society in turn molds individuals to be citizens. In order to analyze this we have to ask the question; why
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After the end of World War I‚ the previous international system was thrown away‚ and Europe was reorganized. The European nations that had fought in the Great War emerged economically and socially crippled. Economic depression reigned in Europe for the majority of the inter-war period. Germany especially was destroyed economically by World War I and its aftermath. The reparations to Britain and France forced on Germany by the Treaty
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