structures and weapons developed along with the manufacture of new systems and devices. The United States Air Force made technological advancements in aviation‚ including weaponry‚ aircraft structure‚ and navigation‚ during the World Wars (1914-1945). Most strategists during the First World War saw no military future for aviation. The French Marshal Ferdinand Foch once said‚ “Aviation is good sport‚ but for the Army it is useless” (Bailey 10); however‚ as air technology advanced in the 1920s
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forming alliances to protect themselves. Realistically World War I was inevitable; the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was merely the catalyst. The tension causing World War I dates back to the industrial revolution in the late 18th century‚ over a hundred years before the war actually began. Britain’s pioneering role in the revolution held them in good stead and quickly became a superior nation. To remain slightly competitive with Britain the rest of the world had to form alliances‚ many of
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0 AP US History Document Based Question Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying documents. You will have 60 minutes to read and analyze the documents and answer the question. This question tests your ability to work with historical documents. To what extent was the decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830’s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since
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Carolyn Wilson February 16th‚ 2011 During his first practicum‚ Mr Needle was very excited to teach his first music class in the community in which he grew up. It was a rural community and had a very strong christian population although the highschool ( Super Duper High School) itself was a public school. About half-way through his practicum a student approached him and his associate teacher Mr Meer about the morning announcements for the gay-straight alliance. During the morning announcements‚ members
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World War One  Account for the feelings of hostility towards the Austria-hungry Empire by Serb nationalists in 1914:  Austria was what stood in the way of progress of the Serbian nation. Serbia was a direct threat to the survival of the multinational Austrian Empire and for that reason Austria felt it necessary to thwart Serbia’s plans for growth and development. The Serbs desired more land‚ especially a coastline with an all important sea port‚ Austria denied them this by‚ in the
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For centuries Europe has had used alliances for political‚ military or economic agreement between two or more nations. As a continent full of ethnic‚ territorial and political disputes‚ these alliances served as a great tool for larger states to take control of smaller ones. The three main alliances during the early nineteenth century were the Triple Entente‚ the Triple Alliance‚ and the Balkans. The Triple Entente‚ an alliance consisting of Britain‚ France and Russia was for political and economic
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PEASANT REVOLT DBQ This revolt lasted from 1524 till 1526‚ it began in the German states‚ and the main reason for the revolt was new Lutheran ideas that were beginning to go against the traditional Catholicism ideas. Documents 1‚4 and 5 give insight on the views those who were on the nobility side‚ Documents 2 and 3 give more specific details over the views of peasants and finally for Documents 7‚8 and 12 explain how the mainly how the revolt didn’t have much meaning behind it. Documents 1‚ 4
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Karen Sanchez Period 3 October 3‚ 2012 DBQ Essay During the late 1800s the United States was over growing in its population which it took over to the urbanization. There was a big over crowed in the citys on the United States and things just started to go wrong from there on. All these people started to come to United States. A act had been passed that allowed people to come to the United States. In document 3 in the picture shows a picture of the city of New York City‚ there was poor
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October 17‚ 2013 Farmers DBQ In the late nineteenth century‚ twenty years after the Homestead Act‚ farmers used their land in the western plains to produce both crops and profits. The farmers of this time struggled in the agricultural way of life by facing economic and political obstacles that were impossible to avoid‚ requiring them to do something about their complaints. Although the farmers had plausible arguments for most of their criticisms‚ their beliefs of the silver standard and overproduction
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Mike Chang 11/1/08 Mrs. Lee Global DBQ In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there were two main forms of government. The two main forms of government were democracy and absolutism. Both of these types of government were effective in there own ways. Absolutism was the most effective type of government during that time period. Absolutism is when the ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people of their nation. Many rulers had a democracy government but absolutism
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