World War 1 was the 3rd most deadliest in the world! Over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded.America needed so many soldiers that America had to set up a draft. While men were being sent out to war women and African Americans helped out around the country. They took jobs that the men had after they left for war. And with all the men and women who would have to help out the country you would think that our country had been attacked and that we were fighting back‚ but that’s not how it started
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Did Jackson progress democracy? Andrew Jackson took several controversial actions during his presidency‚ which consequently led to objections and approval of his motives. Neither perspective is incorrect‚ and despite Jackson’s ways of enforcing his ideas‚ he did expand democracy. Democracy is fulfilling the peoples’ needs‚ which is precisely what President Jackson did. When Jackson lost to Adams in the election of 1824‚ his ambitious supporters made sure that he wouldn’t lose a second time‚ and hence
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People wonder why the world can’t be a peaceful place and have no difficulties. The dilemma with the world is that an action always has its consequences. This is the reason why in the fourteenth century‚ Europe faced problems after problems. Even though Europe encountered many different economic or social issues such as peasant revolts and upheaval from the nobles‚ I still believe those weren’t some of the major troubles at the time. In the fourteenth century‚ although they were experiencing many
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World war I was the first world war that cause about 40 million deaths and over 300 billion dollars of damage. The Allies and Central powers were fight most for power and respect. The Franco-Prussian war triggered tension and the alliance system and the arms race. The Franco-Prussian was the one of the main reasons the war started anthers reason was the assentation of the archduke of Austria-Hungry Franz Ferdinand assassinated. I believe that they should not have joined the war. When Germany started
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German targets. Then‚ Britain and France joined the war with the willing of ending the war and keeping the peace. But‚ Germany still occupied Poland and turned to attack France on 10 May 1940 and France only kept 35 days then it was defeated. So‚ I believe that France is forced to enter the war‚ and it’s fight for peace and justice during the WWII. There are three reasons for it. Germany attacked Poland‚ and then Britain and France declared the war with Germany to keep the peace. Germany attacked France
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Justina Saed Mr. Caldron 4/8/13 Per.7 World War I World War I was a destructive and horrible war. It lasted from 1914 to 1918. The causes of WWI were alliances‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. What do you think was the underlying cause of WWI? The idea of the term underlying simply means the main idea. Also‚ the definition of the word cause in this case meant the reasons WWI began. The three causes of WWI were alliances‚ militarism‚ and imperialism‚ however the main cause was imperialism.
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The Persian Wars were wars that were fought by Greek States and Persia over almost half a century. The Persian Wars started from two conflicts that occurred between 490 and 479 B.C.E and set against the Persian Empire against the Greek city-states. The conflict began after Athens and Eretria helped the Ionians in their revolution against Persia. The first Persian War was the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. The Persians sailed down the coast of Greece and landed at the bay of Marathon‚ about
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Historical Background World War I‚ also known as The Great War‚ was an international conflict lasting from 1914 to 1918. The driving force that led nations to war was imperialism. It was fought between the Central Powers (consisting mainly of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Turkey) and the Allied Powers (consisting mainly of France‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ Russia‚ Serbia‚ the United States‚ and Japan). The United States maintained neutrality in the conflict until 1917‚ when war on Germany was officially
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Spain. This is the beginning of the European foothold in the New World. What isn’t all that clear is Americas‚ at this point‚ was already discovered by many. Between the Natives already being there and the belief of the Vikings‚ Chinese even Russian travelers discovering the new world‚ Columbus‚ was the only one to successfully settle. Leif Eriksson‚ for example‚ was a member of an early voyage to North America and is‚ “widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America
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sole country for starting a war. Although there is never one country entirely responsible for starting warfare there is commonly one country that is more at fault than the other. In the case of the Revolutionary War‚ I believe the British were to blame for igniting the flames of revolution due to their overtaxing of the colonists and practice of mercantilism. The war itself though was completely unnecessary and should never have taken place. One of the main reasons the war started was because of Britain’s
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