European states were locked in a competition within Europe for territorial dominance and control. In the years 1871 to 1914‚ European diplomacy involved an increasingly precarious balance of power. The politics of geography combined with rising nationalist movements in southern Europe and the Ottoman Empire to create an increasingly confrontationist mood among Europe’s great powers. The European balance of power‚ so carefully crafted by Bismarck‚ began to disintegrate with his departure from office
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The Cause of World War I There are many different events being taught in History class every year; World War 1 being one of the main events that’s happened in the past. On June 28‚ 1914‚ in Sarajevo‚ Francis Ferdinand‚ the Archduke of Austria Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group. This was supposedly the cause of World War I‚ but it was just the spark that started the war in a Europe already inflamed by the true causes of the great war. The major causes that started World War 1 was
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led to the Emperor’s downfall. However the worst foreign power intervention came when Japan exploited the chaos in China and invaded in 1937. The Japanese army used brutal methods to crush any resistance. The two main parties left in China – the Nationalists and the Communists were supposed to join together to fight back. The Chinese communist party believed that China could be reformed by helping the peasants and removing the old corrupt ways. The leader of the Communists –
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Nixon’s Visit to China and its Implications for American Foreign Policy President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China from February 21st to the 28th of 1972 was a monumental shift in United States foreign policy towards China. However‚ the change did not just alter American foreign policy towards China. The announcement of Nixon’s visit to China sent shockwaves across the globe. The change in American foreign policy following Nixon’s visit to China in particular affected many
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When the Nationalist uprising began in Spain in 1936‚ General Francisco Franco wrote to Hitler and asked for help in transporting his troops from Morocco to Spain. This request was at first denied by the German foreign minister Constantin von Neurath‚ who believed that helping Spain would bring on another European war. Hitler disagreed‚ and sent word to General Franco that Germany would support the rebellion. In July 1936‚ Hitler succeeded in transporting Franco’s +/- 15 000 troops (known as “The
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not a good start for the Republic. There was continuous violence and unrest: In March 1920‚ there was a rebellion - the Kapp Putsch - that aimed to set up a new government as the rebels were angry at them for signing the Treaty of Versailles. Nationalist terror groups assassinated 356 government politicians. Many of the people in Germany were communists‚ who wanted to bring in a Russian-style communist government. There were a number of communist uprisings. For instance‚ in 1919 the Spartacists
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Anatolia to dominate the Turks and Italians – who were attempting to colonize Turkey. The Greek government envisioned re-establishing the ancient Greek Empire in a colony where there was a majority of Greek-speaking people. On the other hand‚ Turkish nationalists - commanded by General Mustafa Kemal - had the simpler objective of forcing all Europeans to leave. Page 65 Then‚ in August 1920‚ the Triple Entente “presented the Turkish government with [a peace treaty called] the Treaty of Sèvres. Anatolia
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To survive‚ Nguyen Sinh Huy was forced to travel throughout Vietnam‚ offering his services to the peasants. This usually involved writing letters and providing medical care. ¨As a nationalist‚ Nguyen taught his children to resist the rule of the French. Not surprisingly‚ they all grew up to be committed nationalists willing to fight for Vietnamese independence. ¨Ho Chi Minh’s sister obtained employment working with the French army. She used this position to steal weapons that she hoped one day
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John O’Leary‚ a Fenian‚ and Maud Gonne‚ a keen Irish Nationalist. He built up a relationship with Maud through theatre work and developed a futile life-long love for her. Maud was unusually beautiful. He expressed his frustrated love for Maud indirectly in many of his poems‚ often through an image of a woman with yellow hair. Yeats frequently proposed marriage to Maud but was rejected every time. In 1903 Maud Gonne married the Irish Nationalist‚ Major John MacBride who was executed in 1916 following
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cared much about literacy for the masses. Another differences was the characterization of the Russian revolution by World war 1 leading to the revolt against a ruling Tsar while China‚ was not affected by the war was more of a civil war between the nationalists and Mao’s peasants. Even so‚ both nations ended up with Communist revolutions‚ following the proletariat ruling belief. During the early 20th century‚ the Russian revolutionaries wanted all its people to be literate as to experience by reading
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