WHY 1) He had begun to approve of the idea of home rule‚ but he had no interest in exchanging government by British elite for rule by an Anglicized Indian elite. If swaraj was to come to India‚ he argued‚ it must come as part of a wholesale social transformation that stripped away the old burdens of caste and crippling poverty. 2) Gandhi had said – “I felt then that it was more the fault of individual officials than of the British system‚ and that we could convert them by love. If we would improve
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The First World War was a clash between the Allies and the Central Powers; lasting from July 1914 to November 1918. Despite President Wilson announcing that the United States would not be joining the war to avoid conflict with other nations‚ he asked Congress for a declaration of war on April 2‚ 1917. The critics of World War 1 were more patriotic than anti-American because they were attempting to improve their government‚ making an effort to protect their country‚ and they were defending what they
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The First World War officially began in August of 1914‚ when Austria declared war on Serbia and Russia on Austria then Germany on Russia until the whole continent almost became inevitably involved. But most historians suggest that the war began many years before that and it had been building up until it would finally break open and explode. The spark that set off and triggered the war was the assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife who were heir to the Austria-Hungarian Empire
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The underlying causes of World War One are a mix of militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Militarism is the belief that a country should have a strong military and is prepared to use it to defend their country. Alliances in WWI put the Allies‚ Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United States against the Central Powers‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Imperialism is when a country spreads its influences throughout another country through diplomacy or
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World war 2: Assignment The World War 2 was lasted from 1939 to 1945; it was very brutal and destructive. There were two groups Russia‚ England‚ France‚ United States on the other hand there was Germany Italy‚ Japan. These groups were led by many leaders most of them were very famous because of several federal and democratic reasons. The leaders were joseph Stalin‚ Winston Churchill‚ Eduard Daladier‚ Franklin d‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Hirohito‚ respectively as the countries are written
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Ouder 1 Jonathan Ouder Dr.Stinson EN 1113-18 21 Mar‚ 2014 Was Dropping the Atomic Bomb Justified While writing my exploratory essay about Mechanical Engineering‚ I stumbled upon Engineering in the Air Force. From there‚ I dove into different military research until I found a summary of the events in World War 2. World War 2 was a war that lasted 6 years‚ from 1939 to 1945‚ and there was many countries involved‚ including: The United States‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Soviet Union‚ Britain‚ and many
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the World: The Great Peace towards which people of good will throughout the centuries have inclined their hearts‚ of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision‚ and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise‚ is now at long last within the reach of the nations. For the first time in history it is possible for everyone to view the entire planet‚ with all its myriad diversified peoples‚ in one perspective. World peace
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in two‚ bitter and deadly World Wars. In 1914‚ World War I began. Until the war ended in 1918‚ the Americans fought tirelessly against their foes. Decades later‚ in 1939‚ World War II began. Again‚ the Americans were pulled into a massive war‚ the likes of which‚ the world had never seen. In 1945‚ the war ended. The United States of America‚ despite all the causalities‚ found itself on the victorious side of both conflicts. America’s success in World War I and World War II depended on the active
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aircraft and 5000 heavy artillery pieces. This would have made the war totally impossible to carry on. The allies instead of providing a peace settlement based on the 14 point plan as Germany had though instead made the treaty very humiliating with the aim of keeping the Germans down. The key points of the treaty that contributed to the conditions in Germany that lead to the rise of National Socialism are; 1. The war guilt clause 2. £6‚600mil to be paid in reparations 3. Disarmament
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The first link in the bibliography has tons of WW1 propaganda posters you can use.) World War I changed America greatly. It had an obvious effect on the way we handle business on the home front. Propaganda‚ rationing‚ and political views all played a part on American citizens in World War I. "Propaganda was a huge tool used to sway citizens toward a particular political view. "The U.S.A. entered World War One in April 1917‚ but lost no time in producing many more propaganda posters than any
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