World War II‚ also known as the Second War was the most significant period of the 20th century. The war affected the entire population in many different ways‚ such as Japanese American‚ African Americans and women in the poor who were the most experienced the discrimination during World War II because of their races‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ religious and so on. However‚ it also brought a positive way to the society which was increasing the job opportunities for employment. Although in the World War
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Nurses played an important role in World War I‚ helping heal those injured on the battlefield. Over 3000 canadians served as nurses in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the first world war including Laura Gamble‚ Ruby Peterkin‚ and Anne E. Ross. One nurse who served with the Canadian military during the First World War is Laura Gamble. She was born in Wakefield‚ Quebec and worked for the Toronto General Hospital before she joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She served as a nurse in
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Chapter 16 17 & 19 test – World War II Chapter 16 Questions 1. Yes‚ I believe it was right for us not to join the war because we didn’t have any provocation yet. Seeing as France had their behinds handed to them in WWI‚ I don’t see how the fact that they were in the war had any effect on us not joining in yet. Plus‚ we were out of the war area‚ anyway. Everything going on in Europe had nothing to do with us. 2. Japan had been at war LONG before it broke out in Europe. They were trying
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Effect World War II had on America “The world must know what happened‚ and never forget.” - General Eisenhower ("World War 2 Quotes."). World War 2‚ also known as the Second World War‚ was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and‚ during much of the 1930s and 1940s‚ in Asia. The war in Europe began in earnest on September 1‚ 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany‚ and concluded on September 2‚ 1945‚ with the official surrender of the last Axis nation‚ Japan. However‚ in Asia the war began
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When you think of WWII‚ do you think of women? Women played an important role in WWII‚ disregarding what men think. They nursed injured soldiers‚ the entertained the troops to loosen them up and most commonly‚ they took over the jobs that men left behind. Even though women didn’t fight in war directly‚ doesn’t mean they weren’t important during it. During war it is obvious that people get hurt‚ so who’s going to help the injured? The women did; without them the soldiers would’ve been in even more
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World War I began with the assassination of‚ Austria-Hungary Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand and his wife in 1914. Even though this did not start the war single handedly it “lit the fuse to the fire” known as The Great War. Militarism‚ imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and alliances played a huge role in the war from beginning to end. Nationalism is a sense of belonging in a country. It involves putting ones country’s needs before any other country. Nationalism was a significant cause to World War I. Prior
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Ludgie Gabriel After the war of 1812 essay 2nd period The economic changes of the years following the War of 1812 varied from new innovations to government policies. Eli Whitney’s greatest inventions‚ the cotton gin and system of interchangeable parts‚ both helped spur the growing American economy and industrial revolution. The cotton gin improved the output of workers by a thousand percent and in ten years‚ the production of cotton in the country rose from 5 million pounds to 63 million pounds
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World War 1 was considered to be a very brutal and most destructive war ever in human history that begun in Europe in August 1914. It was the very first war that included nations in it. According to a historian Sydney Bradshaw Fay; who says “it was a complex assortment of causes‚ notably imperialism‚ militarism‚ and alliances that pushed Europe into a war”. Where historians like Fritz Fischer and Niall Ferguson blamed one country particularly. According to a historian Eric Hobsbawm; who dint find
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being suppressed. A fascist supports this system. Weimar Republic – A period in German history when they were republic. First they had an emperor a Kaiser‚ abdicated because the War went bad. So they created a republic. They formally created it in the town of Weimar so the period was called Weimar Republic. Post-war Germany 1919-1933 Hyperinflation (in Germany)- Extreme inflation. Inflation is when money loses its value. 1921-1924. German workers had to be paid twice a day. Blackshirts – A fascist
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World War II Invisibility and its resistance There were many difficulties immigrants from Japan faced‚ one of which is that they felt invisible and were sent to camps to protect the general population of caucasians. During World War II Louie and Miné were both people who felt the repercussions of racism. Many feel invisible or as if no one cares about their wellbeing. Louie felt this when he was abducted and held as a POW. Miné felt this when she became an internee and was forced away from the general
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