World War I started on July 28‚ 1914. It ended around November 11‚ 1918. The war involved Germany‚ Austria - Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ and the United States. The war started because of four main reasons. Those reasons are that militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Militarism is the desire of a government to have and maintain a powerful army or military. This was be a people believed that war was good. In the case of World War I‚ Germany took
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The Japanese Internment camps were a way for our government to make us feel safe during World War 2. The reason as to why they locked up Japanese Americans was because during World War 2‚ Japanese were the enemies and the U.S. predicted that there would be spies in the U.S. that could give away valuable information‚ such as the routine of naval ships. To avoid any type of spies‚ the U.S put anyone of Japanese ancestry into some camps. Some of the public were skeptical about how they were being locked
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The event of Cold War was shocking and controversial event which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to examine the many reasons why it started and how. While the why of what happened is still being argued‚ the what is fairly clear. The beginning of the Cold War was a basis of deep ideological differences as well as a series of misunderstandings or actions taken during WWII. The two immense powers USA and the USSR were showing some extreme behavior against each other. The conflict of
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Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington argues that the West only dominated the world because they knew how to fight and were good at it. This is largely true and is evidenced by their influence on Eastern nations throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries all the way until 1945. The West forcefully colonized Africa following the abolition of the slave trade. Similarly‚ they imposed their will on China and caused social‚ political‚ and economic turmoil in their wake. Finally‚ in Japan‚ they
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Why Did the Civil War Begin? On 22 August 1642‚ King Charles I raised his battle standard and declared a civil war against his enemies in Parliament. A civil war is a conflict fought between inhabitants of the same country. In this case the two sides that fought against each other in England were the King ’s side known as the Royalists and Parliament ’s side known as the Parliamentarians. The main reasons for going to war were part of three or possibly four topics; they were Money‚ Religion‚
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Why Did the Battle of the Somme go so Badly for the British Army? The Battle of the Somme took place during 1916 to take pressure off the French at Verdun and the Russians on the Eastern Front. The French were under heavy fire at Verdun and had been since February‚ and the army itself was close to cracking. The Russians had fought gallantly on the Eastern Front to try and avert the German Forces away from the Western Front. After launching many small offensives the Russians had gained very little
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Ofelia Vives Gladys Porter High School English III AP 11th Grade Why fighting when there is communication War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope good may come of it. While the killing of a person is a crime and it’s punishable‚ but indeed war is not even though thousands of innocents die for it. War is something that happens when communication fails between two or more nations. Reasons why war occurs varies from country from country‚ but often is generated by territorial
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repeating chore and only go because they are forced to. Some students get so fed up that they will even skip school just to escape the boredom. Many students wonder if getting a good grade in school will really help them in the future‚ or that going to school in general will help them. So‚ is going to school really worth it? The answer is yes. Going to school is incredibly important because it provides you with basic education that you need to survive in this consistently updating world‚ but also gives you
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hardly knew other inhabitants of the world. Whose population was estimated at 900 million at the
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The Cold War was by chance the most stressful part of the World’s history than anything else because it stretched across the entire globe and affected every country in one way or another. There are several reasons that the Cold War began and several different points that can be described as the beginning of the Cold War. By far the most influential part of the Cold War was the distrust that Joseph Stalin had between Winston Churchill and Harry Truman. The hostile relationship between the countries
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