Post-World War 1 Tensions After World War 1‚ there were many problems and unresolved issues that caused a lot of tension. The economy was at risk because many nations owed each other a lot of money. England owed the U.S. money that they borrowed for the war‚ so they decided to use the reparation money Germany owed them to pay America back. However‚ Germany didn’t have any money due to the excessive reparations‚ so they borrowed money from the U.S. This circular system eventually collapsed and the
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World War I (1914-1918) involved more countries and caused greater destruction than any other war up to its time. An assassin’s bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the fight. The war lasted four years. It took the lives of about 9 million troops and more than 6 million civilians. World War I was originally called the Great War. Picture Weapons of World War I Several developments led to the awful bloodshed of the Great
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land. France also wanted Revenge on the Germans of the damage and loses which were 300‚000 houses destroyed and 8 million lives lost from the war. So Clemenceau Demanded a Treaty to weaken Germany as much as possible Lloyd George Lloyd George didn’t want the treaty to be too harsh on Germany because Germany was trading with Britain before the war‚ so they just want them to be strong enough to keep on trading with each other. Didn’t also want Germany to seek revenge on them. But he still
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During World War 1‚ submarines were used in the British Navy during World War one. The design of the submarines in world war one was very similar to the ones which were used in world war two. There was a volunteer branch in the Navy called the British Submarine Service who worked in the early designs of the submarines. The first ship to be sunk by a submarine was called ‘Housatonic’. It was destroyed using a spar torpedo from the submarine. The submarine in this process also destroyed itself. There
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There were many direct and indirect causes for World War Two to start‚ such as‚ Japan’s enormous expansion‚ Germany’s attack on Poland‚ and World War One’s repercussions on the involved countries. World War Two across the Pacific was caused by the Nationalists Party of Japan as they wanted to expand and conquer all the East-Asian and Oceanian countries‚ which caused the need for aggressive reactions from USA‚ and plunged both countries into the war‚ even though the US was strongly hoping not to get
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threats/rivals. Many may consider it considered the sole cause of the First World War‚ however militarism alone could not have caused the Great War. Instead‚ the alliance systems was the main cause of WWI‚ however the atmosphere that militarism produced made the Great War seem like an appropriate response. A common misconception is that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand‚ was the cause of WWI‚ however it was merely the trigger. The ‘cause’ was the alliance system that Austria-Hungary had with
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World War I (WWI) began on July 28‚ 1914‚ when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip‚ leader of a radical group whose purpose was to end foreign rule over Bosnia and Serbia. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as justification to launch a war on Serbia‚ blaming them for the radical groups’ actions. This regional conflict sucked in most of the great countries of the world. The
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Cause & Course of World War I Essay Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28‚ 1914 by Gavrilo Princip. This was seemingly the cause of World War I‚ but it was really just the spark that started the war in Europe. The four main causes of World War I were militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. They affected war in positive and negative ways. Militarism is building up military as a display of power and keeping an army ready for war. Most European countries did this
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Civil War DBQ Americans are a democratic society that are driven for success. During the early nineteenth century the Americans were living off the buzz of the constitution and working together to form a functioning government. As Lincoln wisely said later on "A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The issue of slavery was one of such magnitude that division on such an issue would inevitably lead to a war‚ and could not have been avoided by compromise. With the Missouri Compromise
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were four main causes of world war I: Imperialism. Militarism‚ Nationalism‚ and Allies. The two sides of the war grew to be the Central powers and the Allies. In the beginning of the war America responded with neutrality‚ the preparedness movement and the peace movement. Germany had pulled to many strings over time and America had enough. Things for American soldiers on the European front vs. things for people on the home front were very different. Eventually President Wilson came up with a plan
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