traded with people we could trust‚ accepted people and did not get into wars that did not involve us. Even though we came from Europe‚ why get into the fights that they frequently go into? On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was killed‚ forcing countries to pick a side. The assassination of Franz and the forcing of choosing a side would ignite one of the largest and deadliest wars in history. Although the world was at war‚ America tried to remain neutral and stay out of
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World War I - Results The First World War “ended” in 1918 in November‚ when the Treaty of Versailles was signed to create an armistice. Though this treaty became active on that day for Western Europe‚ this treaty did not take effect in Eastern Europe until up to mid-1920s. Political‚ cultural‚ and social order was changed immensely in Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ even countries not directly in the war. As a result of the damages from the war‚ many new countries were formed. Also‚ millions of people
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Why Did The First World War Break Out in 1914? Well there are many reasons why the First World War broke out in 1914. Firstly the war began when someone shot 1 bullet and then the whole war started. In this essay I will be talking about why the world war broke in 1914 and what are the causes of this war. The answer to this question is that the war began because of Militarism‚ Imperialism‚ Nationalism‚ Alliances and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. It was like a domino effect. (Source 5)
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The Impact of World War I: American society‚ European Society‚ and European Politics After World War I‚ America went under many social changes that sculpted American society today. There were both short-term and long-term social effects of World War I. Short-term effects were peace between countries‚ the decrease of population‚ and riots. World War I ended in November 1918 and it was said to be “the war to end all wars.” This meant that peace would last between each country for very long
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World War 1 Introduction: World war 1 happened 100 years ago this month‚ it remains the defining conflict of the modern day. To what extent is it true to say that WW1 changed popular understanding of war? Before World War 1 people thought that war was glorious and an adventure by the end of the war they realized that this was not true World War 1 changed the popular understanding of war. World war 1 changed the way that war is now fought‚ this happened because both mechanization and technology
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Significance of World War One World War One was an international war that happened in Europe and branched out to the United States during the final year. Many new advances appeared during this war. The new technologies of this century were incorporated into fighting against the enemies. Gas‚ a deadly weapon‚ was invented for the mass murder of soldiers and the impact it left still haunted the world into World War Two‚ twenty one years later. The Great War is often overshadowed by World War Two‚ but it
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After the armistice to end the fighting in World War I was signed in 1918‚ a treaty was signed that went against Germany that gave many consequences to them. The Treaty forced them to pay reparations to the allied and associated powers‚ along with giving the Alsace and Lorraine regions back to France‚ limiting the size of their armies and much more. Germany saw this as cruel and unfair to them‚ as they were given no role at the Versailles conference. Due to this‚ when Hitler rose to power‚ many
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World War I was the First World War and is considered to be the “War to end all wars” or the “imperialist war” but as a matter of fact it was the first modern war. Nationalism played the largest part of the beginning of the war due to nationalist conflicts between Russia and Austria-Hungary. Militarism played a huge part in the war because everyone was more than ready to fight and it was obvious. The toll that imperialism had on the war was that Great Britain had the most spread empire
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The First World War was a global war centred in Europe that began from 1914 and lasted until 1918. It probably involved most of nations in the world‚ which were divided into two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers (Willmott‚ 2003:10-11). Eventually‚ on 11 November 1918‚ Germany signed an armistice‚ and Allies won the war. As a consequence‚ the First World War not only transformed the world force pattern‚ but also generated many problems that affected nations’ development all over
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Clemente Hernandez U.S.H.H. 4/16/2012 World War 1 Propaganda Report My topic is on trying to get men to join the military during World War 1. On my poster I have a man that is in the military look as though he is the happiest a man could be. I have him clearly in military attire as he has bullets and a grenade on his waist. He has a big smile on his face to show how people are the happy in the military. Next to the man in the poster is the U.S. flag. Lastly‚ in the poster the man
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