Secondly‚ the guns show how long technology takes to evolve and than how quick evolution can happen. It took centuries to go from smooth bore to rifled bore in the guns. Flintlock gun were still being used at the start of the American Civil War‚ 1861. By the time the war ended‚ 4 years later‚ percussion guns were in style. The Gatling gun showed up around 1867‚ it was replaced in under 100 years with the .50 caliber machine gun. Thirdly‚ railroads and computers are a very interesting study on
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end of the 19th c.‚ (Edwardian period in BR history) despite the alliance systems‚ much talk about impending war o Everyone saying war is inevitable o Lots of war talk - Nature of a European war not understood at all - Colonial wars seen‚ which were quick (guns vs. spears) - For people at home‚ war was distant - Ongoing enmity between Germany and France - 1871 (conclusion of Franco Prussian War) territory taken from France (Alsace‚ Lorraine) o No “cleansing” effect from this war o Bismarck
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I can change the world If this was a movie‚ there would be superheros to change the world. But this is reality and it’s up to me. A whole bunch of things are happening around the world. But do you pay attention to what is happening TO our world? Our world is going chaos with this " end of the world" stuff. EARTH IS HERE TO STAY. The only thing that’s affecting the world is us‚ the people. We are the ones causing violence by killing each other and bringing hate on another. Everyday our loved ones
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Weapons In the First World War there were a wide variety of weapons used especially when you count their variation (or different models). Here are a list of weapons used: • Rifles • Machine guns • Mustard & chlorine gas • Tanks • Zeppelins • Flamethrowers • Torpedoes and submarines •
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In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “If I Were a Man” she successfully shows the subconscious thinking of a young woman who wishes with her heart and soul she would become a man. The story is based on a young woman named Mollie Mathewson‚ who ends up becoming her husband due to her wishes to be a man. She then goes throughout the day as her husband‚ Gerald. “She was Gerald‚ walking down the path so erect and square-shouldered‚ in a hurry for his morning train‚ as usual‚ and‚ it must be confessed
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World War I between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers began in early August of 1914. Germany was quick to declare war on Russia and France‚ initiating conflict between the countries. This conflict was expressed in the form of secret alliances‚ nationalism‚ etc.‚ beginning the first few years of the twentieth century. With hopes of preserving order‚ the United States declared its neutrality on August 19‚ 1914. Considering a lack of bias‚ it began that the US would trade with the opposing nations
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the news of the individual surrender spread‚ fellow Germans saw that they were losing the war and started mutinies. Many people told the Kaiser to seek an armistice with the allies. However‚ he did not show any intensions of giving up. With the end so close‚ many American newspapers started to create rumors that the armistice had signed been signed by the Germans. They assumed that our leaders were suing for peace. They were still only considering signing an armistice. The American armistice was based
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many men‚ who either joined the military and/or took jobs in a war production industry; women were obligated to move outside their traditional roles and take positions in employment historically reserved for men. For instance in the United States‚ images like "Rosie the Riveter" promoted the ideology that it was patriotic and not unfeminine for women to work in these various industries. Posters in Canada were launched illustrating a women holding a bomb stating "I’m making bombs and buying bonds." In
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battlefield. Feelings of guilt and shame haunted many of these soldiers as they found themselves removed from the heat of war. Barker discusses many issues plaguing the soldiers at the front‚ which gives insight into the reasons why many soldiers were getting disillusioned and turning against the war. The war is brought to life by the flashbacks the soldiers experience in their nightmares as well as in their interaction with Dr. Rivers. Barker offers realistic details of many horrible war scenes
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World War I Soldier James Viloria HIS/120 May 01‚ 2015 University of Phoenix World War I Soldier Second Battle of the Marne It was in the summer of 1918 that Germany would commence their battle against the Allied Forces in what would become known as the Second Battle of the Marne‚ which would be the last major German offensive of World War I (Michael Duffy‚ 2009). It was this battle that would mark Germany’s last attempt of turning the tables of the war in their favor‚ though it was destined
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