countries were reaching a messy discharge in the way of war. Hostile alliances that split the nations‚ upturned nationalist and militaristic sentiments. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ in 1914‚ was the final affront and war broke out. Overseas‚ however‚ the United States held neutral and remained uninvolved with the foreign fighting‚ for now. America would not decide to evade the foreign war forever‚ and eventually they took up arms on April 2‚ 1917 (Doc. 7). The United States was justified
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In the 1960s‚ after the abolishment of slavery with the 13th amendment‚ slaves were free to live their lives as they so chose. Freed slaves and others in the south after the civil war needed to find a new way of living. Slaves were not paid for their labor‚ however‚ they were given food and shelter by their owner. Freed slaves had to figure out how to get those necessities on their own. Since slaves were used to working with crops‚ they looked to sharecropping as their means of work. Sharecropping
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that changed‚ the war was over‚ it was finally over. The whole war for everyone lasted over four years‚ but only a little over a year for America. World War One killed nine million soldiers‚ injured 21 million soldiers‚ and at least five million civilians died‚ and that was only in America. The official war started June 28‚ 1914. On August 4th‚ 1914‚ Woodrow Wilson officially announced America would be neutral in the war. Bankers were allowed to lend money to both sides‚ America was allowed to trade
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The main reason World War I started was because of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Many countries were in this war. The countries were either in the Allied Powers‚ Central Powers‚ or neutral. This war lasted four years‚ from 1914 to 1918‚ but the United States didn’t enter until 1917. The United States was right to enter WWI because Germany was sinking America’s ships although they were neutral‚ the U.S. was being plotted against by Germany‚ and Germany would’ve won the war. Germany was
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The First World War‚ a conflict that impacted civilization and the way humans see it‚ initiated the 20th century. Furthermore‚ it changed the course of history‚ influencing all countries around the world in various ways. After World War I‚ political policies and economic systems started changing drastically worldwide. Countries in North America and East Asia both experienced similar transformations in their political position in the globe‚ but separated paths when the effects of the war forced them
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The Euthanasia Program implemented during World War II killed thousands of people that did not fit the Nazi agenda. These included the mentally ill‚ disabled‚ homosexuals‚ and people not of German descent. Euthanasia was used as a way to achieve “the perfect Aryan race” envisioned by the Nazis This program was led by Phillip Bouhler and Karl Brandt and protected under the Führer Chancellery. Correctly dubbed “T-4” this program was named for its coordinating office in Berlin‚ or Tiergartenstrasse
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World War I started on July 28th‚ 1914. The war started because on June 28th‚ 1914‚ a young Siberian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. Austria-Hungary needed to prove its authority after such a horrendous crime in order to maintain its credibility as a great power and a force in the Balkan region. With Russian threat of intervention looming and an unprepared army‚ Germany was required to help
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On April 6‚ 1917 America officially joined the war‚ with a vote of eighty-two to six in the Senate and three hundred seventy-three to fifty in the House of Representatives (social). America went from neutrality to war within three years. When America claimed to be neutral‚ they also accounted neutral rights to fund either side through loans. The Allied powers ( Britain‚ France and Russia) borrowed two point five billion dollars‚ while the Central powers only borrowed twenty-seven million dollars
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World War I was a devastating war on everyone. It did help the American economy crawl out of the great depression‚ but our initial plan was to stay neutral. But with Germany constantly trying to pick a fight‚ we could see war coming sooner or later. Throughout 1915‚ several U.S. ships traveling to Great Britain were sunk by German mines. Not to mention that Germany pledged to the safety of passengers before sinking unarmed vessels‚ but in November sunk an Italian liner without warning‚ killing 27
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After the civil war had ended‚ devastation had hit the South as the Southerners tried to rebuild what was broken or lost in the war. As reconstruction began to take place‚ the citizens of the South had begun to start work in industrial businesses. The Industries gained thousands of newly working civilians. Though the Southerners worked extremely hard for their pay‚ they received very low wages which did not provide much tax revenue. Without tax funding‚ it was very difficult for a Southern Industrial
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