Question 1 Many leaders and the common citizens at the time of the World War held a variety of beliefs pertaining to the war itself. Among these individuals was President Woodrow Wilson, the president of the United States during that time . President Woodrow Wilson held the belief that World War 1 was the war to end all wars. There were a number of reasons why he held this belief at the time. President Wilson realized the severity of the war and saw that it was destructive in a manner that had never been witnessed before in human history (Wilson, 2006). As he led America into the war he created phrases such as ‘The war to end all wars’ and ‘ a war to make the world safe for democracy’. his belief about the WW1 being the last war of that
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He was able to exploited the issues going on in his country to sweep into power. His actions as a German leader could not go unnoticed by the leaders of other nations and with this he was able to provoked a response from them. Some of the leaders joined forces with him and formed the Axis powers while the opposing nations came together to form the Allied forces. This division and the actions of Hitler and his Axis powers forced other nations to rise up against them in order to protect their national and economic interests from possible harm. This was one of the reasons that led to the rise of the Second World War. The arrangement of the Versailles treaty held Germany responsible for the devastation caused by the World War 1. The arrangement further stated that the country should pay what was termed as payment around several billion pounds. In addition to that it lost a significant portion of its mineral deposits, thirteen percent of her territory seized and ten percent of her population (Carr, 1939). This gave rise to the existence of divide in the country which provided Hitler with an avenue to influence the occurrence of the World War …show more content…
No progress was made as congress failed to approve most of his suggestions with regard to the economy. President Eisenhower came into power with a new economic policy referred to as the New Look policy (Kaufman, 1982). One of the arrangements was the reduction of federal or government expenditure. Under this economic policy the economy showed slight signs of recovery which progressed over a given period of time. The economy continued with its upward trend under the administration of President JFK.
The New Deal consisted of The Works Progress Administration which sought to provide employment to the large pool of citizens who were unemployed at the time. It also consisted of the National Labor Relations Act which oversaw businesses and sought to ensure that workers were not treated in any unfair manner. It also had the Social Security Act which guaranteed the pensions of many people in the country at the time (Leuchtenberg, 1963). The New Deal and its provisions would have served well to lift the country out the economic depression it was
He was able to exploited the issues going on in his country to sweep into power. His actions as a German leader could not go unnoticed by the leaders of other nations and with this he was able to provoked a response from them. Some of the leaders joined forces with him and formed the Axis powers while the opposing nations came together to form the Allied forces. This division and the actions of Hitler and his Axis powers forced other nations to rise up against them in order to protect their national and economic interests from possible harm. This was one of the reasons that led to the rise of the Second World War. The arrangement of the Versailles treaty held Germany responsible for the devastation caused by the World War 1. The arrangement further stated that the country should pay what was termed as payment around several billion pounds. In addition to that it lost a significant portion of its mineral deposits, thirteen percent of her territory seized and ten percent of her population (Carr, 1939). This gave rise to the existence of divide in the country which provided Hitler with an avenue to influence the occurrence of the World War …show more content…
No progress was made as congress failed to approve most of his suggestions with regard to the economy. President Eisenhower came into power with a new economic policy referred to as the New Look policy (Kaufman, 1982). One of the arrangements was the reduction of federal or government expenditure. Under this economic policy the economy showed slight signs of recovery which progressed over a given period of time. The economy continued with its upward trend under the administration of President JFK.
The New Deal consisted of The Works Progress Administration which sought to provide employment to the large pool of citizens who were unemployed at the time. It also consisted of the National Labor Relations Act which oversaw businesses and sought to ensure that workers were not treated in any unfair manner. It also had the Social Security Act which guaranteed the pensions of many people in the country at the time (Leuchtenberg, 1963). The New Deal and its provisions would have served well to lift the country out the economic depression it was