After the stock market crash in 1929‚ the Great Depression had begun. At the time‚ many people believed President Herbert Hoover had foreseen the depression and had not done enough to prevent or end it. The public desperately needed a new leader‚ so they turned to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He promised great government programs and reforms. With his first election‚ he introduced programs such as the Tennessee Valley Authority Act‚ the Agricultural Adjustment Act‚ and the National Industrial Recovery
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English FoA Notes: Propaganda “Lead this people into war‚ and they’ll forget there was ever such a thing as tolerance. To fight‚ you must be brutal and ruthless‚ and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life‚ infecting the Congress‚ the courts‚ the policeman on the beat‚ the man in the street.” - Woodrow Wilson – 28th President of the United States (Successfully convinced the USA to go to WW1) Propaganda in World War One was adopted on a massive global scale
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One popular event many artists used for their motivation‚ was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania‚ as the event “... made people angry because it was a civilian ship…”‚ killing many innocent people (How was information was shared). The British relied on more of the artistic side and effective slogans to make it happen‚ showing “posters…
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destroying all ships‚ military or otherwise‚ going towards the British Isles‚ it was in full knowledge that it would in all likelihood bring the US into the war‚ as they had used this as their main term to not get involved earlier after the sinking of the Lusitania‚ but the German decided it was worth the risk to knock the British out of the war before any decisive action could be taken on the ground. This did not happen and the US did get involved with the additional incentive of the Zimmerman telegram
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The Arms Race leading up to WW1 The great war of 1914 was one of the bloodiest conflicts modern man has yet experienced. Its consequences reached far from the battlefield and into the towns‚ homes and families of the soldiers. There are many arguable points one could debate regarding the origins of WW1 but much guilt resides on the part of the arms race. An arms race can best be described as one country adding a portion to its military then a neighboring country
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particular is called the William P. Frye‚ is belonged to the U.S army. Later Germany’s government apologized they said it was an unfortunate mistake. Another event that lead the United States to World War 1 was Lusitania. Lusitania was cruise line owned by Britain. Many Americans where cruising on Lusitania and because Germany didn’t like the United States they bombed it. After words Germany using the telegram (owned but the U.S) to send a message (Zimmerman note) to Mexico saying “Declare war agents the U
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World War I World War I was a time of struggle for Europe. Many factors lead to great tensions in Europe‚ sparking the need for a war. This war‚ otherwise known as “The Great War”‚ occurred in 1914 until 1918. It had many famous battles‚ such as the battle of The Somme‚ a battle of many casualties‚ especially for the British. The war was mainly fought between the members of The Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy) and the members of The Triple Entente (Great Britain‚ France
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World War I Test Study Guide Notes Central Powers (Triple Alliance) vs. Allies (Triple Entente): Who belonged to each? -Central Powers: Germany and Austria-Hungary. They were known as central powers because their location was in the heart (center of Europe). Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire joined later -Allies: Great Britain‚ France and Russia. Japan and Italy joined later‚ although Italy was part of the Central Powers first. -Reason for rivalries: What were the main rivalries between
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PSA: World War I World War 1 started in Europe in the year 1914 and went through 4 years and ended in the year 1918. The war started out with an assassination of heir to the Austrian throne by a Serbian nationalist. Austria then told Serbia there will be bad consequences for what they have done and Serbia had Russia as its allies and Russia threatened Austria then Austria told Germany the problem and Germany declared war on Russia and its ally which was France. Germany went into Belgium and then
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385). After losing more than fifty thousand young troops in a war that was viewed to be unnecessary‚ the American people began to view neutrality as the best policy. The reasons for American intervention into World War I‚ which included the sinking of the Lusitania and large foreign investments‚ were to be avoided at all cost in the unstable 1930s. The Great Depression and the New Deal promoted insulation from foreign trade in order to improve the economy. Extreme isolationist sentiment shaped and hindered
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