The causes of World War I included a growing rate of militarism‚ which was accompanied by an arms race. Also imperialism‚ as economics and fighting for colonies among the European nations were prevalent. Alliances such as The Triple Alliance and The Triple Entente also started the war along side nationalism. The effects of the war included 8.5 million deaths just from soldiers‚ 16.1 million in total‚ higher taxes‚ rationing of food and other products‚ a propaganda war‚ and famine. Germany was blamed
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sociate Level Material Appendix B Causes of the Revolution Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. Pre-War Event Description Contribution to the Revolutionary War French and Indian War War between Great Britain and the French in 1754-1763 The loss of the 13 colonies were because of British’s victory which lead to the beginning of the Revolutionary war. Sugar Act Sugar Act was an act passed April 5th 1764
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Operation Just Cause‚ was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989. Sometime in late December to early January‚ Twenty-Third Air Force was part of reestablishing democracy in the Republic of Panama during the operation. Special operations aircrafts that were used were AC-130 Spectre gunships‚ EC-130 Volant Solo‚ HC-130P/N Combat Shadow tankers‚ MC-130E Combat Talons‚ and MH-53J Pave Low and MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. The Spectre gunship crews of the 1st Special Operations Wing
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People migrate because of environmental‚ political‚ and economic factors. The Bantu people migrated south because of environmental factors such as the Sahara advancing toward them‚ a push factor‚ and an abundance of land further south‚ a pull factor. The Aksumites migrated inland because of political factors like escaping the incoming wave of Islam‚ a push factor‚ and the ability to practice Christianity‚ a pull factor. The Ghanan people migrated inland because of an economic factor that they could
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II * Treaty of Versailles In 1919‚ Lloyd George of England‚ Orlando of Italy‚ Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson from the US met to discuss how Germany was to be made to pay for the damage world war one had caused. Georges Clemenceau wanted revenge. He wanted to be sure that Germany could never start another war again. The German people were very unhappy about the treaty and thought that it was too harsh. Germany could not afford to pay the money and during the 1920s
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Causes of Imperialism In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ imperialism- a force of a greater nation that controls a smaller‚ weaker nation- began to take over many parts of the world in a frenzy. The more dominant countries at the time‚ such as the United States and many European countries began extending their influence to areas all over the world‚ from the Phillipines (which would be 56.5% controlled) to the Africa (which would be 90.4% controlled) ‚ because
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Rui Zhao Mrs.Fried ENG 030 04 November 2009 Cause and Effect Becoming a foreign student is a very important and arduous experience in a person’s life. At the same time it is an experience that will change a person’s lifestyle and personality forever. When I became a foreign student‚ many things changed or had to change. Being a foreign student you are going to miss your country so much‚ you have to get acquainted with the new environment‚ and you
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The aspects and the motives of the crusades have caused heated debates where historians are determining the major motives of the Crusades. The Crusades were primarily caused by religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit. The question was that‚ which of the two factors had served as more of a catalyst. The Crusades were constructed on the basis of devoting to the religion of Christianity and leaders protecting their people and the future of their empire and leadership. Despite there being
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deals with the motives and causes of crime‚ which has no one clear cut explanation. There are several different theories on the cause of crime such as heredity‚ gender and mental defects‚ but each one is not substantial enough to explain crime and why it takes place. The theory on heredity as being the source of crime is based on the idea that criminal activity is predisposed by human genes. Gender being the root of crime suggests that testosterone‚ the male hormone that causes aggressive behaviour is
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The utilitarian theory of consequentialism defines morality in terms of the maximization of net expectable utility for all parties affected by a decision or action. It looks as the group as a whole and states that an action is morally right if the action is more favorable than unfavorable to everyone. Although forms of utilitarianism have been put forward and debated since ancient times‚ the most modern theory is associated with the British philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806- 1873) and his mentor
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