Chapter 3 Study Guide I.Key Terms Sudanic societies: agriculture took root in Sudan first. The region used to be grassy with lakes‚ rivers‚ and streams. They domesticated cattle and became nomadic herders. After 7500 B.C.E they established permanent settlements. Around 5000 B.C.E Sudanic people had formed small monarchies and developed religious beliefs. “Gifts of the Nile”: Herodotus said Egypt was “the gift of the Nile” because of Egypt’s advantages over the floods from the Nile. With the floods
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Woodrow Wilson delivered his now-famous War Message to Congress on April 4‚ 1917. Four days later‚ Congress declared war and the United States became a formal partner in the war to end all wars. As the Wilson administration was to discover‚ however‚ declaring war and making war were two very different propositions. The former required only an abstract statement of ideals and justifications and a two-thirds Congressional majority; the latter required the massive mobilization of virtually every sector
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America‚ as elsewhere‚ ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation‚ and in the Western Hemisphere may force the United States...to the exercise of an international police power." The statement above is: a. William McKinley’s rationale for war with Spain b. Theodore Roosevelt’s corollary to the Monroe Doctrine c. William Howard Taft’s policy of dollar diplomacy in Latin America d. Woodrow Wilson’s rationale for intervention in Mexico e. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor policy
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font. 1. When did World War I begin? When did the United States enter World War I? -World War I was initiated in 1914 by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles. The United States became a part of World War I in 1917. 2. How many Europeans died during World War I? How many Americans? - There were about 10‚879‚000 Europeans who died during World War I. About 120‚144 Americans died in action of the war‚ of wounds‚ of diseases
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similar beliefs and birthplace as Andrew Jackson 10. Admission of Texas (1845) – it was approved by the majority of both houses of congress to invite texas as the 28th state 11. Oregon Country - Northwestern territory in dispute between Britain and the US‚ subject of "Manifest Destiny" rhetoric in 1844 12. Hudson‘s Bay Company – created by britain for profitable for trading in oregon with indians of the pacific northwest 13. Oregon Trail (1840s) - Two-thousand-mile-long path along which thousands of
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{text:bookmark-start} Why the United States Entered World War I {text:bookmark-end} The US entered the war for a variety of reasons. Here are some summaries of explanations. There were unauthorized German submarines along the US East coast. Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in the spring of 1917 provided the final straw for US politicians‚ and America declared war. The first and foremost answer would be the sinking of the Lusitania‚ an British cruise/transport
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World War I was a tragic historic event that lasted four years long- starting from 1914 to 1918‚ which had cost many lives. There are many causes that had resulted the war- militarism‚ alliances and imperialism. However the most significantly underlying cause of World War I is through imperialism. Militarism is an important cause of World War I. In 1890‚ the five powers of Europe- Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Great Britain‚ France and Russia- had spent British pounds mostly on armaments. In 1914‚ which
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1) Colonization has been prevalent since the age of mankind‚ likewise with economics. The economics of the world heavily correlates to the pattern of colonization that swept across the globe in the 1700’s. In the eyes of colonizers‚ their duties were strictly to enlighten the people of these univillied nations while retrieving goods to take back to their people. Going to places like Africa and Asia‚ natural resources were abundant‚ so colonizers felt as if taking these goods were not a disservice
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was the real Underlying cause of the war that changed millions of lives? in the summer of 1914 Europe went into war with itself. It was a war that many expected to be short. In fact‚ it lasted more than four long‚ terrible years‚ taking the lives of millions of combatants and civilians. The Underlying causes of world war I were mainly alliances‚ imperialism and militarism. The first underlying cause of World War I is Alliances. .Alliances caused world war I by alliances due to Russia providing
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During the Middle Ages‚ feudalism was common and people lived mainly under their lords. Peasants were assigned to work on their lord’s land and were not able to move around freely. Peasants generally lived under their lords and would only get the surplus food after they provided for their lords in exchange for the use of the land. In the late Middle Ages‚ peasants started fleeing local king owned communities and went to vast‚ open‚ and totally uninhabited land. The reason why this shifted is that
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