After the First World War‚ the economic condition of Germany became very weak. The German troops lost in the war and then Germany was economically destroyed. They were forced to pay war reparations to both Great Britain and France. Also‚ most of the people in the Germany were unemployed. Germans started making plans to find out the ways to generate new job in different fields like in power plants‚ transportation‚ and other related fields. Due to the huge increment in the social spending and sudden
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The First World War was the first ’total war’ - the whole nation had to be mobilised to fight. Men joined the army while women took over their jobs‚ but was this change lasting or a temporary effect of total war? The population at home - the basics People in Britain were affected by six main ways: 1. Recruitment - there was a huge poster campaign to get people to join up‚ and the government had to introduce conscription in 1916. Conscientious objectors could be imprisoned. Women were recruited
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Elizabeth offered a taste of the 16th century and all the obstacles Elizabeth the First had gone through. Queen Elizabeth was torn between the conflicting issues of politics and religion. She had suffered betrayal and tried to survive the attacks from France‚ Spain‚ and the Vatican. The trusting young girl who danced in the fields with her friends to the cold and calculating monarch‚ this transformation the Queen had gone through was one that made history. This was the witnessing of a creation being
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The direct cause of WW1 was the the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on June 28‚ 1914. Historians felt that a number of factors had to do with the rivalry between the great powers that allowed war to break out. Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Nationalism have a role to play in the cause of WW1. Africa and some parts of Asia were points of contention among the european countries. The raw materials these areas could provide‚ caused increasing competition. By 1914‚ Germany had the
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President Wilson was an idealistic president who wanted peace. His main emphasis was on a just war. The US started out in 1914 as a neutral country. While the sale of arms and supplies went to all countries‚ the US banks were more likely to loan money to the Allies. The US government accepted the illegal British blockade but protested the use of U-boats and their surprise attacks by the German government. In 1915‚ the German U-boat sank the Lusitania‚ which killed 128 Americans. Not wanting
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Leslie cosme World War 1 DBQ World War 1 began in 1914. This war started in Europe. This was a major conflict. In the war 65 million man fought. Soldiers struggled in the trenches but‚ there were many reasons why the United States entered the war. Till this day we still ask ourselves many questions. Like‚ what caused the war? What was life really like in the trenches? How did the United States enter the war in the first place? There were four main causes of World War 1. The causes were militarism
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World War One was started when Franz Ferdinand of the Austrian-Hungary empire was assassinated on June 28‚ 1914 by a group of Yugoslavic nationalists in Serbia‚ Serbia was tired of being in the Austrian-Hungary empire‚ The Austrian- Hungary empire quickly declared war on Serbia‚ starting the international conflict. The strife between these two nations escalated when Russia‚ an ally of Serbia‚ joined the war. Subsequently‚ other powers of Europe got involved because it was an agglomeration of allegiances
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World War One Causes by Kayla Owen The Great War‚ or more commonly known as World War One‚ was one of the most important wars in history. It was the first war which involved the whole globe. It took place in Central Europe when central powers such as Germany and Austria-Hungary aligned with other countries in order to obtain more land. Most of the states which were controlled under the Ottoman Empire aligned with each other against Russia. Russia then began to ally themselves with other states
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WW1 was a brutal battle that spread to many countries. Every country was trying to overpower each other and make everybody else like them. The 3 main causes of WW1 were militarism‚ alliances and nationalism; countries were building up there militaries‚ the alliances were surrounding another alliance‚ and nationalism was over ruling the countries. Militarism is a domino effect. One country starts to build up there their armies and other countries notice and start to build up there’s. In Document
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"The way WWI developed made it impossible to negotiate a peace settlement that all belligerents could accept." - To what extent do you agree with this statement? During the period of the First World War several peace initiatives took place‚ but none of them were successful‚ until an armistice that was signed by Germany on 11th of November 1919 after 4 years‚ 3 months and 2 weeks after the beginning of the war. After the fighting ceased‚ it took additionally 6 months to enclose the peace treaty which
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