The Great War‚ World War I‚ famously known as the war to end all wars. At the time‚ this war was the bloodiest ever and was supposed to stop any future wars from happening‚ but as we can see‚ that did not happen. The Great War was sparked by two things. The main issue that sparked it was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The other reason that helped ignite it‚ was that there was a lot of religious conflict and national rivalries‚ countries were
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and their 2 flagships were damaged. Because of a misunderstanding of signals‚ the British attack was not as full on as it should have been so the remaining German ships escaped. The reason the Americans got involved‚ was when the cruise liner Lusitania was torpedoed twice and sunk. 1‚198 people died‚ 124 of them Americans. On August 19th‚ the British liner Arabic was lost and 4 more Americans died. 1916 The Battle of Jutland This was the only naval full-scale battle in World War 1. Neither side
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Alexander Lee GD 150 9/2/2010 History of Animation Animation began to develop in 1824 when a British physician‚ named Peter Mark Roget‚ described the concept of “persistence of vision‚” which means that the pictures appear to create the illusion of motion as we quickly look and retain them one by one.1 In the 1870s‚ Eadweard Muybridge started his photographic gathering of animals and humans in motion.2 While he was in the West Coast‚ he experimented and recorded the movements of a galloping
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Britain‚ the Zimmerman Telegram‚ and the practice of unrestricted submarine warfare. This type of naval warfare was used on Lusitania‚ a British luxury liner which carried passengers along with goods. This third political cartoon demonstrates America’s 28th President‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ making his decision to lead his nation into a war which was halfway across the world after the sinking of American ships using unrestricted submarine warfare enraged him and many American civilians. At the same time‚ due to
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Throughout history the United States Foreign Policies have changed drastically‚ and are still changing today. Over time it has been necessary for the foreign policy to change due to the vast advancements in technology and weapons. With WW1 and WW2 being the first world wars since America was founded‚ no one expected our foreign policy to perfect and it was not by any means. Throughout and following WW1 and WW2 our foreign policy changed dramatically and forced us to modify our policy‚ and modify
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Wilson administration faced was the threat of German submarine warfare. In February 1915‚ the German government‚ in consultation with its military leaders‚ decided to use submarines to wage economic warfare. On May 7‚ 1915‚ the British luxury liner Lusitania was sunk without warning by the German submarine U-20. In all‚ 1‚198 passengers died‚ including 128 Americans. Wilson issued a strong warning to Germany in a series of diplomatic notes. When speaking regarding the actions the United States will take
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flying the flag of a neutral nation to secure its safety. Wilson warned the Germans that he would hold them to account if any American ships were sunk. This threat was tested when on May 7th‚ 1915; the ‘Lusitania’ was sunk. 128 Americans that were on board were killed. However‚ the ‘Lusitania’ was not an American ship and Wilson accepted the Germans change in
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America at this time‚ has been trying to expand as a super power. President Wilson had his hands full during this time period in America. Wilson didn’t want to bring America into war but because of the unconventional submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania. Wilson was forced to involve the United States in World War 1‚ but socialist leaders like Eugene V. Debs was against the United States to go to Europe and fight. Eugene talks in his speech and says “In every age there have been a few heroic
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warfare‚ and resumed unrestricted warfare against neutral ships. Senator Norris makes an argument for this as well stating that the British have also violated international law by mining waterways. However‚ no major incidents such as the sinking of the Lusitania ever arose from British mines. Furthermore‚ Germany went back on its word‚ and started unrestricted submarine attacks again after explicitly promising not to. Second‚ Wilson touches
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Why did the Germans lose the First World War The war ended with the allies of Britain‚ France and Russia winning the war successfully. There were many reasons to why the Allies won the war. Some of the reasons were the effects of the long war on the German Economy‚ the Alliance Systems‚ The Allied Naval Blockade on Germany and the entry of the U.S.A. At the start of the war two alliances had formed‚ the triple Entente which consisted of France‚ Russia and Great Britain. The Germans saw this
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