On April 6‚ 1917 America officially joined the war‚ with a vote of eighty-two to six in the Senate and three hundred seventy-three to fifty in the House of Representatives (social). America went from neutrality to war within three years. When America claimed to be neutral‚ they also accounted neutral rights to fund either side through loans. The Allied powers ( Britain‚ France and Russia) borrowed two point five billion dollars‚ while the Central powers only borrowed twenty-seven million dollars
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Why do policemen break the law? A Case study of Police Constable Tsui Po-ko Introduction The role of policeman is very important. Policemen help to prevent and detect crime in the society‚ so that we can have a safe and stable society. If a policeman commits crime‚ the public will lose trust towards the police. It will influence the public order in the society. This paper aims to analyze the causes and factors which contributed to the commission of serious crime by policemen in Hong Kong through
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Crispus Attucks Look out for a runaway slave! He is of American Native and African blend‚ his knees are particularly close together‚ has curled hair‚ and he stands about six feet two inches tall. He is clothed in blue stockings‚ buckskin pants‚ and skinned beaver coat. This was how William Brown- a slave owner in Framington‚ Massachusetts described his runaway slave‚ Crispus Attucks on October 2‚ 1750 in an ad in the Boston Gazette. After he ran away from his master‚ Attucks became a sailor and landed
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America entered the First World War on January 31‚ 1917‚ when the German military leaders had brand new submarine weapons in the Atlantic. This became a problem for the United States because they had planned to send vessels for France‚ Italy or Britain‚ but this would have destroyed the plan by sinking them. Woodrow Wilson was not angry but sad about this‚ because he knew this meant war‚ and he did not like wars‚ in fact he disliked them. The Germans called out the United States in a newspaper by
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Did the South have a chance at victory? The Civil War had many factors at play when determining who would win. The South were believed to have the best chance at winning at first. This is mostly because the South had the “LeBron James” of military generals‚ which was Robert E. Lee. However‚ as it turned out‚ the North had emerged from battle as victorious. Although the South seemed to have a decent chance to win at first‚ the military‚ economic‚ and political factors did not give the South a chance
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recognized as the Black Hand(Wars for Democracy). In June of 1914‚ Princip went out and assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand. No less than three weeks later Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.At this point other countries start choosing sides based on previous alliances. Because of these rigid plans most of europe plunged into war because of this single event. America started out as the neutral country during the start of the war. During the beginning America
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"The Americans who went to Europe to die are a unique breed. They crossed the seas to a foreign land to fight for a cause which they did not pretend was peculiarly their own‚ which they knew was the cause of humanity and mankind. These Americans gave the greatest of all gifts‚ the gift of life and the gift of spirit." Wilson wanted to remain neutral. Germany pushed too far and the U.S. entered the war breaking way for allied victory. Back home propaganda was heavily used. After WWI we went back to
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World War One Imperialism‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and the assassination in a way sort of all cause World War One. But the real question is which one caused the World War One more? We can definitely cross out imperialism and nationalism from being the most impacted on the World War One. Therefore that only leaves the other three that the most impact on World War One. Nationalism means being a supporter of a country’s rules and interest. Nationalism
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Humanism‚ Printing press‚ and Renaissance art changed Europe Europe was changed by humanism‚ the printing press‚ and Renaissance art. Humanism stressed the study of classical subjects. The printing press had a good impact on Europe. The Renaissance also had a good impact on Europe‚ it resulted in unique works. Humanism is a Renaissance cultural movement that turned away medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. The goal of humanism was to make good people.
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Introduction ___________________________________________________________________________ In 1939‚ the world witnessed the beginning of arguably the most devastating of all combat in the history of mankind‚ World War II. The conflict would ravage the entire European continent and far beyond extending into the far reaches of the planet‚ stretching from the lands of the African continent and waters of the Atlantic‚ to the Philippine islands in the Pacific. Previously‚ tensions had arisen with Germany’s
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