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    opportunities that arose for women during World War I had deteriorated when the war ended. The jobs that women had taken over were now reserved for men when they got back. Some states even banned women labor forces from employment. After the war had ended‚ women went back home to continue their roles as wives and mothers. When Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939‚ women again began pursuing careers that would help the war effort. Following the beginning of the war‚ more women made it their mission

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    Communism is an ideology that was created by Karl Marx in 1848. This ideology continued on after and was adopted by The Soviet Union and China‚ both countries adjusted the vision that was originally intended by Marx. This resulted in two very different communist states and ended with the failure of the Soviet Union. The theory of communism is that the middle class will rule‚ however‚ there are variations of this that have been applied. The Communist Manifesto showed the way of communism and the true

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    Why did the UK lose its status as a world power after the Second World War? The two World Wars had a tremendous impact on the British economy. Similarly but worse than the World War l‚ Britain experienced a huge loss of her wealth after the Second World war (1939‐1945). The extinction of British Empire mainly started with the outbreak of the Second World War. As a result her status as a world power weakened. There are many various factors that affected Britain so that she lost economic and political

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    Germany or any other country from creating another World War. This is because there were 58 commissions and committees that were created in order for all 32 nations to discuss the terms of the treaties and with all of these different nations pitching in ideas there were bound to be many conflicts in opinions. Therefore the Treaty of Versailles very quickly turned into a treaty of compromised terms that prevented any country from growing back after the war‚ the treaties had failed to establish political

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    Introduction In 1917 America entered World War one. By doing this America played a grave role in conquering Germany and ushering peace to Europe. However‚ the Great War also meant that the US would change dramatically through historical issues and changes which resulted in American society. Industries had started to realise that it was not as simple as it was before to abstract the immigrants. As the country developed and became more successful it attracted outsiders who were searching for chances

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    5.01 Assessment: World War Again    1- After the effects of World War I Americans were keen on the idea of isolationism.  They wanted to focus on improving their economy rather than helping another country across the ocean.  The new president Warren G. Harding had promised Americans their "return to normalcy" . They wanted their economy to stabilize and thrive‚ spending money on wars that weren’t their own wouldn’t favor them.  After World War I the ideas of isolationism were favored by most Americans

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    1. How did the lives of other Asian Americans (non Japanese) improve during WW II? Filipinos- During World War II‚ Philippines was taken by Japanese Army. Filipinos in America worried about their home land‚ Philippines. They wanted to join U.S‚ Armed Force to get back Philippines to fight for the liberation of their home land. According to page 359‚ chapter 10‚ "On February 19‚ 1942‚ Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced the organization of the First Filipino Infantry Regiment: this new unit

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    the rest of the world 1864: German convention; established the Red Cross‚ an international agency for humanitarian service in wartime Western socialists formed an international movement‚ based on the idea that working peoples should unite across national boundaries International movement had two weaknesses Based heavily on western dominance; arose at same time as nationalism; Olympics became international forum for fierce athletic competition between rival nations World Court established

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    World War II Posters “Trench of Ideas and Propaganda” During World War II‚ the United States government use propaganda in order to persuade people to join their efforts to stop the enemies of the fatherland. Posters were one of the most common methods of advertisement used by the U.S. government‚ and some of the many purposes of this posters were to encourage people to join the U.S. Army‚ raise funds

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    During World War Two‚ many people in the United States faced different homefront experiences. Some were treated very positively while others were treated very poorly. Some were looked a highly while others were looked at like they were like dirt. Some groups that faced different homefront experiences during World War Two include Jewish Americans‚ Japanese Americans‚ and many other groups. Jewish Americans and Japanese Americans faced two very different U.S. homefront experiences that included the

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