There was not one single cause of World War 1; many chaotic events lead up to it. Although the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand sparked the war‚ there were many other incidents that caused the tension that influenced his murder. Three major contributions gave rise to the war: imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and the new alliances. If these things had not happened‚ the war may not have occurred or may have turned out very differently. In the age of New Imperialism‚ from 1881 to 1914‚ European powers were
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the Great War in 1914 and its association with the Great War was inevitable due to its promised alliance to Russia in case of war with Germany. The casualties faced by the French economy in this process are massive. Having started with a population of about 40 million people‚ France has lost 1.3 million people directly to the war‚ twice as many are wounded and about 400‚000 people have fallen prey to the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 which is a direct consequence of The Great War. Considering
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World War I was iniquitous but imperative for women so that they could make a change in gender equality‚ however‚ in the fascist countries women were given extraordinarily different back trialing changes in terms of gender equality. World War I although horrible‚ was beneficial to non fascist countries because it caused women to go into work in jobs they would have never been able to previously do until the war occurred. Women were becoming independent with these new jobs because they were not relying
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To what extent did the First World War change the role of women in British society? INTRO In the lead up to the First World War‚ the suffrage movement was making significant advances towards the enfranchisement of British women. By 1914‚ the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) had 52‚000 members and attracted annual donations totalling £37‚000. Furthermore‚ the increasingly militant actions of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)‚ attracted greater public attention to
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industry. Industries that had previously excluded women now welcomed them. There was a particular demand for women to do heavy work such as unloading coal‚ stoking furnaces and building ships. Women moved into the labour force to fill this need. During World War I‚ for example‚ thousands of women worked in munitions factories‚ offices and large hangars used to build aircrafts. Of course women were also involved in knitting socks and preparing hampers for the soldiers on the front‚ as well as other voluntary
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People in America were struggling to survive in a nation that was once a pretty wealthy nation but now is in an economic drought. World War ll helped get America back to what is once was‚ maybe even better than before. After World War ll‚ America was “the Arsenal of Democracy‚” as proclaimed by President Roosevelt. America had became the greatest industrial power in the world and America had surpassed all expectations in our production. It was far from where Germany or Japan thought that America would
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World War-I Introduction World War I (WWI) was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world ’s great powers‚ which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central
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of ratonnades (a rat hunt)‚ and kill tens of thousands of Algerians. This massacre provoked the formation of the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN)‚ which emerged in a spectacular assault on French positions in Algeria on All Saint’s Day‚ November 1‚ 1954.” The Algerian people were tired of being kept down‚
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recognized as the Black Hand(Wars for Democracy). In June of 1914‚ Princip went out and assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand. No less than three weeks later Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.At this point other countries start choosing sides based on previous alliances. Because of these rigid plans most of europe plunged into war because of this single event. America started out as the neutral country during the start of the war. During the beginning America
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in North America‚ during World War One‚ had to face various problems and obstacles. However‚ the biggest problems women had to face during the World War One were political‚ social‚ and economical problems. Women were mistreated by men and did not feel like they had what was necessary to be as powerful as they wanted to be. Only after the war did Women get the rights they deserved. Furthermore‚ only after the war did women get recognized for their struggle and only then did people start to notice that
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