German American

Russia (who also had a military alliance with Serbia), and was naturally opposed by Austria-Hungary (which had alliances with Germany and Italy), since it would actually weaken their empire. Conversely, nationalism helped unite and strengthen the German speaking territories of Central Europe and the Italian speaking nation-states of the southern peninsula.…

enter the country as a master of the English language, but they will need English to thrive. Considering the economic and social benefits from it, non-speakers are keen to learn English. Passing legislation would devalue years of ethnic blending in American history and while being highly unnecessary. America is what it is not because of one language, but because the lack thereof. America is great because it is a land of blended cultures, languages, and…

Would World War 1 have broken out if the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand wasn't assassinated? In short, yes, there had already been extremely high tensions around the world. Every country had an enemy and some sort of makeshift alliance with other countries. The assassination of the Archduke only added more wood to the already burning fire that was the outbreak of, “The War To End All Wars”, that was World War 1. The reason…

without warning (Textbook, p. 418). However, Germany had used unrestricted submarine warfare before because on May 17, 1915, they sunk the British passenger ship Lusitania which killed 1,198 people (Textbook, p. 418). Of those passengers, 128 were American so as a result, the United States joins the war with the Allied Powers (WWI: Key Fronts and the Home Front Lecture, 12/3/15). This proves Germany is to blame for WWI because they devised a plan before the war broke out to defeat their…

there were various fronts that battles took place, the Western and the Eastern being the main ones. On the Western front one example is the Battle of Somme which took place in France in 1916. The Battle of Somme, fought between the British and the Germans, is one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Great War. The reading we looked over in class called “Voices from the Battle of the Somme,” had original testimonies from young soldiers, or just young civilians fighting for their country…

Russia. However, we had to pass through Belgium in order to get to France, and there will be great consequences from Great Britain. They will declare war on us, and it will be the entire world against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Let us hope that the Americans do not decide to join, as they hold no political or economical value and would only distract us from completing our goal of winning this war. Germany plans to win Paris, in 6 weeks, a feat that no country has ever been able to achieve. It…

World War 1 began in 1914 lasting until 1919, beging as a squabble between two neighboring countries escalating into full scale continental warfare. The Great War took place all over the war torn europe from France to Russia and even Italy. This continent wrecking war held an abundance of nations in its grasp including Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy and Turkey. The immediate causes of World War 1 were alliances, imperialism, and militarism. The primary cause of this…

Language, a very pressing matter in our globalized society seems to be more and more of a controversial topic as time progresses. Continents with diverse environments seem to be having the hardest time with mutual intelligibility and for purposes of unification discuss ways to make do with what they are able with translators. Diverse places with plans such as the English-only movement in the United States intend to make English the sole language, although not the entirety of the United States…

able to speak more than one language such as English, French, German and Spanish gives us a greater opportunity at acquiring a job that will pay our dream house and car than those who don’t, especially in the United States because it’s one of the most diverse countries in the world. Being bilingual or trilingual opens many doors for people to be able to progress, but some people feel that multilingualism is detrimental to the American Culture and that the only language that should be spoken is…

teleological endpoint of history. While the nation-states of the far west of Europe papered over their fractures early on with nominally unified central governments (pay no attention to lreland, the Basque Country and Belgium behind the curtain!), German historians had a hard time finding fig leaves, given Central Europe 's…