foundation of the League of Nations in 1919. Despite the inherently weak attempts to prevent a repetition of WW1‚ twenty years later‚ WWII broke out upon the invasion of Poland by Germany. Although exploding from a seemingly unrelated motive‚ the origins of WWII can be traced back to the aftermath of the First World War. The harshness of the treaty of Versailles and the economic instability which WW1 was responsible for‚ lead to a series of events which heavily complemented by independent factors such
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Technology caused slaughter‚ carnage‚ and destruction. Both technology and World War 1 changed the world. A. Torry Mclean’s article‚ WW1: technology and weapons of war‚ says Most technological advances occurred in WW1 such as making guns more powerful and planes‚ tanks and of course the submarines also. Improvements in machine guns were originally developed by an American whose name was Hiram Maxim. He made the power of machine
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Canadian Foreign Policy Introduction As the 20th century comes to an end‚ Canada is a transcontinental nation whose interests and representatives span the face of the globe and extend into every sphere of human behaviour. However this was not always the case. When the four colonies of British North America united to create Canada on July 1‚ 1867‚ the new country’s future was by no means secure. Canada was a small country‚ with unsettled borders‚ vast empty spaces‚ and a large powerful neighbour
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Important People / Events 1815-1850:Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was started to being built in 1815 and it finished in 1850 allowing many Africans Americans over to Canada. It was a secret way of reaching freedom and the railroad was made out of safe houses‚ rivers‚ conductors‚ trails and secret routes which all led to freedom. Ten of thousands of african Americans got to Canada using the Underground railroad getting them to Upper and Lower Canada. 1850:The Fugitive Slave Act The
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decline due to the lost of WW1 and being forced to pay a large sum for the devastation they caused. The reparations they had to pay for the war wasn’t the whole problem. It was the tariffs the other countries put onto German goods is what made it nearly impossible to pay the reparations. With Germany’s economical descent to the ground Hitler was able to rise to
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Erich Maria Remarque’s original 1928 novel‚ turned movie‚ All Quiet on The Western Front‚ is very useful in helping to understand the many social and cultural difficulties soldiers faced in WW1 during the period of 1914-1918. One could argue that the given film is reliable‚ but being a secondary source this is arguable. AQOTWF exhibits the saviour physical‚ and mental stress German soldiers of World War 1 encountered‚ and the raw emotional detachment from civilian life displayed by many on returning
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Eugene Debs- founded the American Railway Union‚ Internation labor federation‚ and Industial workers of the world‚ but he was imprisoned for speaking out against WW1‚ and ran for president 5 times. AT Mahan- Most improved strategest of the 19th century. "Sea Power" concept‚ US navy docterine. Reform Darwinision- A social evolution to adopt change which promoted breeding of high class people. Herbert
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gambling‚ adultery‚ and birth control. They were pro-white Anglo Saxon protestant and hated pretty much everything else that wasn’t that. They used fear‚ lynching‚ and intimidation to get what they want and to get things done. Seeing Red After ww1‚ America resumed back to the idea of isolationism‚ with that‚ they also expected foreigners that came to America to change their ways to a more American lifestyle. During this time‚ the “Red Scare” was on everyone’s minds‚ it was basically a fear of
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Music of World War 1 Music at the beginning of World War 1 (WW1) evolved from joyous sing song melodies to sombre recollections of battles‚ mates and tributes to those who had died. Australia was a young country it had only formed with a Constitution some 14 years earlier and this was its first adventure onto the world stage. Youth and enthusiasm was on its side. Men of all ages wanted to join the fight and the mother at home had no choice. Songs such as “Along the Road to Gundagai” “It’s a
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at the Palace of Versailles near Paris‚ France after the end of WW1. It was an agreement made between the Allied forces after many long months of negotiations as to what should happen to Germany after the Great War. Woodrow Wilson of America‚ David Lloyd George of Britain‚ Clemenceau of France were the “Big Three” at the Paris Peace Conferences and they all had different views on how Germany should have been treated at the end of WW1. Woodrow Wilson was the president of the USA and knew that
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