Name_______________________________________ Date____________________________ DBQ 21: Causes of World War II (Adapted from Document-Based Assessment for Global History‚ Walch Education) Historical Context: Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ toward the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the League of
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There are many reasons why World War 1 occurred in 1914; many still remain controversial and have been argued by many historians. The alliance system was the major role in the cause of the First World War‚ as well as the most controversial. However‚ like James Joll points out‚ there were other factors as well but the alliance system helped “shape it.”1 An alliance is “a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.”2 This been said the alliances involved
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WORLD WAR ONE The german war guilt clause The Allies (France‚ UK‚ US‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Russia and others) won Word War I. The German war guilt clause forced Germany to say that they alone caused World War 1 - and that it was therefore right and proper that they had to pay reparations. The war guilt clause was to justify repairs on what the germans had done. The german government were forced to accept the blame. World war one was blamed at Germany. the definition of the War-Guilt Clause
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The United States entered World War I due to a series of events. These events sparked public outrage‚ causing President Wilson to move towards war. The U.S. remained neutral until 1917‚ when it officially declared war on Germany. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused conflict between alliances‚ ultimately leading towards Germany’s implementation of unrestricted submarine warfare. Although the Unites States had a strict policy imposed on interfering with foreign affairs‚ the homefront
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What was the most important cause of World War 1 On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand at Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in World War 1. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism
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create some serious spinning‚ and you will have built an electric motor! So‚ what do windshield wipers‚ CD players‚ VCR’s‚ blenders‚ ice makers‚ computers‚ and talking toys have in common? They all contain electric motors! In fact‚ if you walk through your house‚ it is possible to find as many as 50 electric motors hidden in electrical devices‚ appliances‚ and toys in every room in your home. They are a very important and vital part of modern life. Have you ever played with magnets before? If so
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Ever since the day the South surrendered to the North in May of 1865‚ Americans have argued on why the South lost. Others argued that the South never had chance to win the war‚ yet more than half a million people were killed‚ homes were lost and destroyed and families were torn apart. There are many theories to explain this‚ many arguing that the South never had a chance to win the Civil War to begin with‚ for the North out numbered and had better resources than the South at almost every point‚ militarily
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by a Serbian group called the Black Hand‚ war broke out between Austria-Hungary and Serbia‚ eventually spreading to include many major powers of the time. During the summer of 1914‚ after refusal from Serbia to hunt down the group responsible for killing the archduke and failure to meet the conditions of the ultimatum given‚ Austria-Hungary prepared for an invasion of Serbia. Knowing that Russia was an ally of Serbia leaders fears that declaring war could potentially bring Russia’s allies‚ France
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Hitler began his quest for Lebensraum‚ or living space. These steps are what ultimately led to World War 2. He announced Germany’s rearmament in 1935‚ contradicting a main clause in the Treaty of Versailles. Unopposed by other European powers‚ Germany re-occupied the buffer next to France called the Rhineland‚ which had been established in the Treaty of Versailles. Still unchallenged‚ Germany annexed Austria in 1938‚ and then attacked Czechoslovakia. Pursuing the policy of Appeasement‚ the other
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fate changed when World War 1 swept into the United States. Women have contributed a significant amount for the development of the United States but they were not always independent. With the start of the Great War‚ improvements for women started to occur. The gender barriers for women were broken as women entered the workforce. World War 1 was a military conflict which lasted for four years involving nearly all the biggest powers of the world. As men started leaving for the war front‚ life on the
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