from the Berlin Conference that the Europeans did not care about the African’s at all. They did not care about there opinion of the matter‚ even though it would affect the Africans the most. At around 1880 every European power wanted to colonize Africa. The started to do this because of the discovery of diamonds and gold in South Africa. Naturally as the European powers started to claim land things started to get tense. The countries in Europe started to fear war with themselves. To avoid potential
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World War I was the first globally encompassing war. To many Americans with a general knowledge of history‚ the entrance of the United States into World War I was merely about one thing and one thing only: the sinking of the Lusitania. Though it is a viable reason and provides a moral rationale for American entrance into the war‚ numerous other reasons for American entry are often lost in history. The American government led by Woodrow Wilson and Progressives had both economic and socio-political
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overcome the problems this assumption caused. The failure of communism is due to human nature. Power corrupts. If Stalin was not corrupted by his power‚ then the system may have worked. Also‚ since everyone would get paid anyway‚ they did not overly try at work and in turn their work was shoddy. The Soviet economy was slowly becoming stagnant‚ whilst military spending went through the roof. Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative was seen as a threat to be countered‚ and in response the Soviets
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were racing to examine the Americas. Some explorers wanted to journey to the Americas‚ just to explore‚ and gain knowledge and glory‚ but to do that they needed financial backing and with the royalty’s money came the political agenda. First‚ Spain sent crews to examine the newly found lands. Soon after‚ England and France followed. While their timing may have been different‚ the goals of the European powers were very similar. The Europeans ventured to the new world with a hope of spreading Christianity
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The New World experienced a great many changes as the Europeans explored‚ traded‚ and exploited the native peoples and lands. The way the Old and New World influenced one another was huge‚ including everything from spread of goods/ideas/diseases‚ to taking slaves‚ to colonizing in the New World. It was all driven by European greed‚ them wanting to gain wealth‚ not really caring what they did in order to gain that wealth. Different Nations from the East took to making many voyages to and from the
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16th through 19th century Europeans enslaved those from Africa for many reasons. The Portuguese were one of the first European nations to establish outposts in West Africa. In West Africa‚ and to a further extent Africa itself‚ slavery was already an old tradition. Upon discovery of the new world‚ areas in places such as Brazil were converted to cultivate highly profitable crops (such as sugar). Since the natives were very susceptible to European diseases‚ they were not a good source of labor
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they did not pretend was peculiarly their own‚ which they knew was the cause of humanity and mankind. These Americans gave the greatest of all gifts‚ the gift of life and the gift of spirit." Wilson wanted to remain neutral. Germany pushed too far and the U.S. entered the war breaking way for allied victory. Back home propaganda was heavily used. After WWI we went back to isolationism. These are just some of the ways the United States was involved in WWI. President Wilson’s view on the war was to
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Historians have concluded‚ that the economic impact of the first World War caused the Great Depression in the1930s. Yet they disagree as to whether exogenous shocks or economic stagnation following the war lead to the depression. Peter Temin‚ Christina Romer and Michael Calamaris believe that a series of monetary shocks during the late 1920s‚ that had their origins during and after the great war‚ turned an economic downturn of 1929 into the depression of the 30s. Temin argues that the “collapse of US agriculture
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Why did the United States enter World War I in 1917? On June 28th 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian archduke‚ and his wife were murdered by a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip. This assassination triggered declarations of war. Firstly‚ this gave Austria a reason to attack Serbia. This then led to Russia mobilizing their army in order to defend Serbia‚ which then led to Germany executing “The Plan” and attacking France through Belgium. The domino effect continued and war broke out
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RENAISSANCE the Rebirth Learning objectives: Meaning of Renaissance Debate among historians over Renaissance Factors that led to Renaissance Characteristics of this period Why Renaissance took place in Italy Scholars and historians mark the era spanning two centuries from the 1330s to the 1530s as the period of rebirth of European civilization. It was a rebirth from the disorder and conflict of the semi barbaric middle ages marked by oppressive feudalism‚ bigotry of the church‚ the prolonged crusade
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