Centennial College The Making of the Modern World Corse Instructor: Dr. Jacob Meunier Group Number: 03 Name: Ng Sze Wing Date: 23th March 2015 Topic 2 By studying and discuss from the long- and short-term causes of the war‚ to understand how accurate was Article 231 on placing full blame for World War I on Germans. In June 1919‚ the treaty signed in this day had ended the war between defeated Germany and the victorious Allies. A one and a half year negotiation on armistice settled till
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During World War I‚ the United States attempted to stay out of the war. However‚ they had many reasons as to why they chose to stay neutral‚ the cost of war is very expensive‚ both financially and in the cost of losing lives. There was also a concern of their side losing the war. Continuing‚ the U.S. felt that it was a European problem and the U.S. did not really need to get involved. Lastly‚ there was the issue of trade. If the U.S. chose to get involved in the war‚ they could lose their trading
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Compare and contrast the role of women at home during World War I and World War II. Before World War I and World War II‚ women at home had the roles of maintaining duties for their family and children‚ such as cleaning‚ caring for the house‚ and cooking for the family. They were more likely judged by their exquisiteness rather than their ability. Just before World War I began‚ women were beginning to break away from the traditional roles they had played at home. Throughout both World Wars
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Why did men continue to fight in WWI? The Great War was fought between 1914 until 1918. It took the lives of millions of men and it is said to have had horrible conditions‚ the question still remains. Why did men continue to fight in the Great War? Was it because of their discipline in the army? Did they fight because of their friends in the army? Or were the conditions in the trenches not as bad as people say they were? This essay will argue that‚ even though all of these reasons were very important
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This survey paper will explore the early events of Reconstruction during and immediately after the Civil War. The topics that will be addressed in this survey paper will be the Thirteenth Amendment‚ the Freedmen ’s Bureau‚ the Black Code‚ the Fourteenth Amendment and finally some political and social achievements of Reconstruction. Reconstruction to African Americans began as a feeling of joy and triumph for their freedom which was taken away quicker than it took to receive but it just wasn ’t
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How Children Were Affected by World War One Debate over who or what started World War One has been happening for nearly a century. However‚ one thing that historians agree about is the far extending affects of World War One on the “Lost Generation” and the ensuing generations. Women of the ‘Lost Generation’ were the only people to gain anything from the Great War. A group of people that are not talked about commonly whenever discussing wars are the children. We seem to forget that daughters and
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The year is 1918 and the allies have won the war and many things all over america have changed here in chicago‚Illinois women have jobs and have fought for equal pay like men got. The war has made many women run for office as governors or representatives. My family has not really been affected very much by the war but still has been affected. The war has been bad for me because I was fighting in the war and my family lost a lot of money because of lower pay rates for women. This are things that have
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Woodrow Wilson helped to win the First World War; he lost the peace back in America. Wilson claimed that he was a pacifist and that America would not fight the war that raged with a bloody vengeance in Europe. Wilson insisted that America must stay neutral publicly‚ but behind closed doors‚ he sought out ways to support Great Britain and France through the means of financial support. While the majority of Americans were pleased with being neutral‚ many immigrants from German and Europe were wanted
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economic circumstances of the times varied‚ though at times correlated with each other‚ but there are extreme differences that help create a different atmosphere for each war. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June‚ 1914‚ precipitated WW1. He was shot by Gavrilo Princip‚ a member of the Black Hand‚ a Serbian group set up to fight for the unification of all South Slav territories that had been annexed by Austria-Hungary. Two months after the shooting Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
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TO WHAT EXTENT DID THE RESULTS OF WW1 INFLUENCE THE OUTBREAK OF WW2? INTRO: World War 1 ended with the Versailles Treaty in 1919. The peace-making process was extremely complex and even now it is doubtful whether any perfect solution to organising the post-war European order could have been found. After the settlement many international matters still remained unresolved and many countries were dissatisfied. To what extent did the results of WW1 determine the outbreak of another‚ big war ~20 years
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