War is expensive. When World War One was over‚ Germany had sunk over 37 billion US dollars (estimated) . Only 6% of this was paid for by taxes ; borrowing covered the rest. This act of borrowing put Germany in a precarious spot before the war was even underway. By the time the war was over‚ Germany was even worse off. Not only was their national debt at record highs‚ but also they were forced to pay immense war reparations‚ and national pride was at an all time low. Together‚ this caused the perfect
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How and why was Germany allowed to annex Austria and the Sudentenland? Was there any justifcation for Britain and France’s policy of appeasement? France and Britain worked out an agreement to appease Germany. These lands had been taken away from Germany through the Treaty of Versailles. Millions of Germans were living in these countires and were showing signs that they wanted to be under German rule. Britain also felt that Hitler was up to something and wanted to appease Germany by letting Hitler
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Retrospectively‚ the First World War seems as if it was inevitable‚ but the arms race between the European powers can be conceptualized as a defensive response to the increasing military power by a country’s neighbours. Though some plans were indeed offensive‚ they were building not towards deliberately offensive maneuvers but rather an attempt to protect their borders should a neighbour invade. Germany’s answer to this in the Schlieffen Plan was an aggressive form of defence‚ hoping to avoid a war
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2 LECTURE NOTES • What was the first industry of the Industrial Revolution? TEXTILES • What was the biggest innovation of the industrial revolution? ASSEMBLY LINE • What group of immigrants were largely employed by the railroad? CHINESE • What group of people provided many of the technical advances of the Industrial Revolutions? INVENTORS • The role of woman in middle-class families changed from _____ _____ to _____ _____during the Industrial Revolution. INCOME PRODUCER‚ INCOME CONSUMER
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November 14‚ 2017 The Spanish Flu The Spanish Flu‚ or otherwise known as “La Grippe”‚ is known as the most fatal pandemic in the world’s history‚ affecting around 500 million people worldwide from 1918 to 1919. It had a huge toll on not just population‚ but health concerning all people. This outbreak was considered to be a global disaster‚ as it had a major impact across the nation during this time. The influenza is an extremely contagious virus that affects the respiratory system. A flu pandemic
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Many historians have described the decade following 1812 as the “Era of Good Feelings”‚ but was it actually something good. The Era of Good Feelings was during Monroe’s presidency‚ during this time period there were no major conflicts between political parties‚ because the Federalist party had disbanded and the Democratic Republicans were in power. America had just won the war of 1812 and everything had seem to be perfect‚ but not actually. I disagree with calling this time period the “Era of Good
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History May 23‚ 2024. Why Appeasement was the Right Policy in Response to Germany? The interwar period was one of the most fragile times in Europe as the nation grappled with the effects of World War I and the chaos from the Great Depression. As a new power formed in Germany with the name of Adolf Hitler‚ the Allied Powers had to decide whether to keep peace or resume the conflict between regions. The Treaty of Versailles was a punishment towards Germany that limited their economic and military
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Sedition Act of 1918 Steven Gilbreath HIST 2020 Darryl Austin March 31‚ 2014 On April 6‚ 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany. According to the University of Houston’s Digital History site‚ Woodrow Wilson stated‚ “there were ‘millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live amongst us‚’... ‘If there should be disloyalty‚ it will be dealt with a firm hand of repression’”. Within three weeks Congress began debating the issue of espionage during wartime. President Woodrow
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Why did Revolutions break out in Germany and Italy in 1848? The "Spring of Nations"‚ which consisted in the popular uprisings and revolutions that occurred in 1848‚ was caused by a series of factors which included social‚ economical and government crisis. Although these problems were serious and well eradicated‚ the major factor that caused these revolts was the rise of nationalist and liberalist ideas.
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most involved and most comprehensive problem in the whole of modern history". What makes Germanys ’ question so difficult to pinpoint is the fact that for all of its existence‚ until 1871 and again in 1990‚ it has struggled to unify a nation into a single state. As history shows‚ the German nation has struggled to create its own nation-state. Unlike France and Britain‚ Germany was a nation before it was a state. That is‚ its people had a strong sense of nationalism and common identity as a social
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