Do you know how World War 1 started? Well if not‚ in this essay I will be telling you the many reasons how and why the United States got involved in the war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife were assassinated on June 28‚ 1914. After the assassination there were a series of events that happened and triggered World War 1 to occur.The next reason why it started was because on May 7‚ 1915 a German submarine launched a torpedo at the Lusitanian‚ which was a boat that had 1‚959
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The office of Prime Minister‚ which walpole had created‚ was not understood by the politicians of the time. Indeed‚ the concept of a “sole” or “overgrown” minister was thoroughly disliked and was indignantly repudiated by those in power. The “outs”‚ those who were unimportant‚ came to resent the PM but nevertheless‚ such position was proving to be essential for the administration of government. The new administration formed in 1742 consisted of Walpole’s followers with the addition of some new Whigs
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To What Extent Did The Civil War Constitute A Revolution In American Society? Whether or not the Civil War constituted a revolution in American society has long been debated by historians. But if you take a look at history‚ you can clearly see that in fact‚ the civil war did constitute a revolution in American society by three big things: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural‚ Blacks being allowed to fight in the Union army‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln was the profound leader
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In this article‚ “Patterns of Development and Nationalism: Basque and Catalan Nationalism before the Spanish Civil War”‚ Juan Diez Medrano analyses the development and rise of nationalism in both the Basque County and Catalonia. Medrano developed two different hypotheses to support his argument. He first argues that‚ “traditionalist and separatist political nationalism was more intense in the Basque County than in Catalonia because Catalan peasantry and pre-industrial elites were better able to
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“America’s wars have often been controversial” (Roden 317). The Mexican- American War was not an exception to this rule. Many Mexicans felt that they were cheated their land. On the other hand‚ the US felt it was their destiny to conquer the whole North American continent and Mexico was in the way of their greatness (Roden 317). The belief in Manifest Destiny‚ that the USA started the conflict‚ and that the US had no right to Texas are all reasons that the US was not justified in taking about half
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win the war‚ what what you do? Truman was in that same situation when he was president. Truman had two options‚ option one was to invade japan‚ option two was to bomb them. While Roosevelt was president Truman had no idea about the A-Bomb he had no clue that their was an A-Bomb but as soon as Roosevelt died Truman was introduced to the A-Bomb. Truman wanted to end the war completely so he had to think of what he was going to do‚ option one or option two. While Roosevelt was president he knew how
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THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR The Mexican American war was the result of the idea of “manifest destiny.” James K. Polk (the president at the time) wanted to expand America’s western border to the pacific. After the annexation of Texas‚ Mexico became furious and threatened to take Texas back in a powerful way. Polk had about 4000 soldiers guarding Texas while he sent John Slidell to consult with Mexicans to sell both California and New Mexico for $30‚000‚000. Soon Mexico’s president found out about
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The American Revolution was the war that the colonists‚ people who had their government overseas‚ fought against the British to earn their rights and become Americans. This war happened between 1776 and 1781 because the colonists were being taxed against their will. After the war‚ Americans formed the first truly democratic government‚ setting an example for the rest of the world. Why did this war happen? The war started because of several unfair taxes and laws the British parliament had placed
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The Mexican American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico. This was a battle for land where Mexico was fighting to keep what they thought was their property and the U.S. desired to retain the disputed land of Texas and obtain more of Mexico’s northern lands. There were two main causes of the Mexican War. First‚ the idea of “Manifest destiny” meaning the belief that America had a God-given right to occupy and civilize the whole continent. As large number of Americans migrated towards
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Ageing population –any resolutions? According to the World Health Organization ‚ a country or a city is defined as an ageing society if the number of elders who aged 65 or above exceed 7% of the whole population. With 14% of elders in population‚ the country would be considered as an aged society. Worse still‚ if the amount of elders still keep on increasing and reach 20% of the population‚ the country would be classified as an hyper-aged society. Recently‚ the ageing population has been under the
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