110‚000 tons of gas were used during the war and resulting a casualty of 500‚000 person. Germany sank 5‚554 Allied and neutral ships but only lost 175 U-boat of 400 that were in build. One their victim was the RMS Lusitania. A German U-boat fired a torpedo at Lusitania. After Lusitania was torpedoed shell broke and began to sink‚ then in only 15 mins 1‚198 on board were dead in clouding 128 Americans. This action has made America joint the war which led to the bloodiest war the Hundred Day Offensive
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Logically‚ Illogical Peter Beinart’s The Incarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris engages the reader in his comparison of America’s leadership to old Greek Mythology. Specifically‚ in Greek Mythology‚ Incarus is the son of a craftsman‚ Daedalus. A story of hubris or fail ambition‚ Daedalus crafts wings made from fathers and wax for his son. The father tells his son not to fly too close to the sun‚ for it would melt. Incarus began flying modesty but‚ as he became comfortable‚ began to flying
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involving a large number of nations and armies including five empires with their associated colonies and common wealth states. Almost all of Europe and the United States were involved. The United States became involved in the war because of the sinking of the Lusitania‚ The Zimmerman‚ and the Russian Revolution. The Zimmerman telegram was a telegram
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Madaline C. Bolanos Mr. Chavez English III Block F March 25‚ 2013 Is the Monroe Doctrine still significant? Think of our country as a brick‚ our founding fathers as bricklayers‚ and our governmental documents as the cement. A bricklayer has to make the cement to lie between the bricks so they will stay together. In other words‚ our founding fathers held our country‚ or the bricks‚ by documents‚ the cement. To me one of the most important documents is the Monroe Doctrine. It still has
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Why did the United States enter World War One. The industrial era had many effects‚ not the least of which was plunging the world into world war. One must consider the relationship between eras and events as a student of history. The industrial era created a perceived need in America for raw materials and markets for goods. The United States was not alone in this desire for expansion. All the industrial nations were in open competition to develop vast empires that would provide them with the fuel
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Unrestricted submarine warfare was the tactic the Germans used during WWI. Many ships were attacked by these U-boats‚ without warning‚ one of these consequently being the Lusitania. In result of this tactic‚ the Americans introduced the Convoy System‚ and then recommended that the British navy do the same‚ but they believed that it would be too costly and could not spare the ships or resources. In the previous months of May
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Atlantic Oceans with supplies for the war. The United States was making a lot of profit from just selling supplies for the war. Then later on the United States got involved to the war because of the Lusitania it was shot and killed lots of people and Americans. The U-Boat was the one that shot the Lusitania down and it belonged to the Germans. On December 7‚ 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany.
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*Chapter 19 - The First World War -4 main causes of World War 1 1. Nationalism: Overinflated love of one’s country or intense pride in one’s country 2. Imperialism: Extending political‚ economic and military control over weaker territories 3. Militarism: Making sure one’s country does not fall behind in the arms race 4. Alliances -2 alliance groups -Triple entente: France‚ Great Britain‚ Russia -Triple alliance: Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy‚ Later on Ottoman Empire *How
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treat the United States as neutral in the war when the U.S. had been shipping great amounts of war materials to Germany’s enemies. In early 1915‚ the British liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. She sank in eighteen minutes‚ and 1‚198 people died‚ including 124 Americans. The United States claimed the Lusitania carried an
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United States History Section II Part A 1. When World War I broke out‚ the United States declared its policy of neutrality. To what extent did the United States follow a policy of neutrality between 1914 and 1917? On April 6 of 1917 America officially entered WWI as an ally power after much vouching of their neutrality. Up to that point many government officials preached to America the great strategy of neutrality especially the president of the time Wilson. At the beginning of WWI in
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