What were the causes of WW1? In 1914‚ World War I broke out. It involved around 100 countries around the world. Between 1914 and 1918‚ over 59 million troops were used‚ over 8 million died and over 29 million were injured. This is the biggest war anyone has any witnessed yet; this is why WW1 is also known as the Great War. The main reasons why WW1 broke out were the Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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The North and the South The North and South had similarities and differences in the 1800’s‚ but can the differences drive them to a civil war? Women were mad about having so little rights‚ slavery was being questioned‚ and the political parties couldn’t seem to agree. Women in the United States had little rights‚ but women in the North had more‚ but not where it really counted. In the North‚ women had ownership of their wages and property (Holt‚ pg. 427). New York demonstrated giving women more rights
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One cause for the British to colonize and spread out around the world was the fact that they were the most powerful and the most able to. Britain had the best military‚ best navigation‚ and best economy in the world. So‚ Great Britain set out in search for natural resources and get them with the use of any means necessary to could help their country
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arrived on the Mayflower. Much like the Native Americans‚ Africans were subject to this same type of abuse. Affluent European nations such as Britain‚ Germany‚ and Italy took it upon themselves to claim all the sovereign countries of Africa with a bogus claim of wanting to “civilize” the people of these nations. Missionaries came by the boatloads in an effort to rid Africans of their already established religious beliefs and convert them
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What were the effects/consequences of the Spanish Civil War? The Spanish civil war lasted 1936-1939. It had great consequences‚ seeing as the war brought huge complications to Spain in social‚ economic and political aspects. The social consequences were many. Around 100‚000 Republicans as well as about 70‚000 Nationalists were killed during the war‚ showing great losses for families and for the population. The killing also continued after the war as Franco launched a terror campaign‚ “White terror”
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Choosing a major for my undergraduate degree was difficult because of all the options available to me. "Choosing a college major is an exploratory process that involves careful investigation and decision making". In the military I was trained to use a five step decision making process to solve problems. I used this process to choose the right major for me. "The first step in the decision making process was to make a self assessment". "The more you understand yourself‚ the clearer your
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What You Pawn I Will Redeem I found Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” particularly interesting in terms of style and voice. The narrator seems very nonchalant about all of the events that occur in the story. The main premise is that the narrator‚ Jackson‚ a homeless Native American‚ finds his grandmother’s regalia in a pawnshop and aims to buy it back from the owner. He can buy the regalia back for a thousand dollars‚ so he sets off to try and make the money. The interesting thing
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some tasty food. It came up in ancient Rome‚ where there were shop stalls which used to sell bread ‚ sausages and wine(howstuffworks.com). Radley Balko states in his article “What you eat is your business?”‚ “We’re becoming less responsible for our own health‚ and more responsible for everyone else’s. Your heart attack drives up the cost of my premiums and office visits. And if the government is paying for my anti-cholesterol medication‚ what incentive is there for me to put down the cheeseburger?”(Cato
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In the early years of Christianity‚ there were no denominations. However much has changed since then and now there are numerous denominations all around the world today due to the development of historical events which has lead to many divisions. Many events in the history of the church have significantly affected denominations within Christianity. For example‚ the great schism between the Western and Eastern church which occurred in 1054AD. The well-known term the Great Schism refers to the
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Professor Course Date Shay`s Rebellion The 1787 rebellion was led by Daniel shay. He was not much literate‚ but he portrayed charismatic character. The “who`s who” of the day had been labeled a rebel‚ traitor‚ and coward. However‚ those allegations were nothing but distant from the truth. He was a devoted nationalist‚ and a decent military officer supporting America’s devolution. He had devoted over five years of his life in service of America`s government. In addition‚ besides devoting his life to
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