1916

During the early 1930’s, at a time of high unemployment, poverty, famine, and governmental chaos, the Nazi Party in Germany gained growing support. Adolf Hitler was the leader of this extreme right-wing political party, the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party. The Nazis persecuted Jews, Roma Gypsies, political opponents, and many others, blaming the failures of Germany in the past as attributable to the Jews (Rothman). Hitler and his regime promised hope of a “new Germany” to those…

When people think of the most dangerous creature lurking the ocean depths they think of sharks. More specifically, they think of the largest predatory shark and most well-known species, the great white. The great white shark has grown a reputation as the deadliest and most fearsome creature to ever swim in the ocean. These beliefs have come about mostly due to Hollywood’s overexposure of the predatory fish as a deadly, human devouring monster. Although the great white may not be exactly exempt…

German submarine sank a British ship in the ocean of Lusitania. The sinking of the ship led to the death of 128 US citizens out of the 1200 passengers. Even though there was a great uproar from the United States, they still remained neutral. In the year 1916, Wilson Woodrow was reelected on the platform pro-neutrality rhetoric and antiwar. By the time he was reelected into the oval office, the war had left economies and cities in ruins, many dead and no pivotal victory on any warring side. It…

block of time is hard to capture in a few sentences, however, it is best understood by examining what are two events similar in nature, though vastly different when looking at the details. The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the Battle of the Somme in 1916 are prime examples of this; both were European war battles, though there are more differences than similarities, which, at least in part, can be traced to a number of events occurring in the time between; most notably, the Industrial…

“It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.”- Emma Watson (Ferguson, 238). In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, women did not have the right to vote. The dominion act of Canada stated that “no woman, idiot, lunatic, or criminal shall vote”. Women could not be elected into federal or provincial government. The woman was supposed to keep house for her husband and children. In the west, women could not claim homestead. Girls could rarely get a…

The War To End All Wars One June evening in the 1914, in the Ottoman Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were visiting the town of Sarajevo to speak with the mayor and other officials. Six members Serbian nationalists set out to assassinate the Archduke, they had no idea the magnitude of the impact their actions would cause. Later that day, one of the men shot Ferdinand dead and sparked a war between the Serbia (the country the assassins represented) and Austria-Hungary. Shortly…

system of the ruling establishment which had allowed the war to occur, including the arts movements establishment which they displayed as inextricably linked to the discredited socio-political existing state of affairs. Break out at the same time in 1916, in Europe and America, its leaders were young, in their early twenties, and most had left, avoiding drafting in the shelter of neutral cities by likes of New York, Zurich and…

Women during the Progressive Era of the late 19th century on into the early 20th functioned in separate spheres, which meant that the men went out and worked and the women stayed home. During the 19th century women became more active outside of the home and wanted to be more involved. In 1890 the National Consumers’ League was founded in New York and went on to become national in 1899. This organization was put into place to provide protective legislation for women and children. Consequently,…

WWI World War 1 consisted of 36 battles and all of these happened between 1914-1918. Soldiers died in World War 1 to keep the world safe. The four most important battles of WW1 were Verdun, Cambrai, Marne, and Mons. The Battle of Verdun happened in 1916, and took place in the Western Front. 714,231 soldiers fought in this battle. By the end 262,308 were missing or wounded. This was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of World War 1. The battle lasted for over 10 months. The French and…

artists who rebelled in any way they could – they used their skills as writers or artists to say that nothing in the world had meaning. That they wouldn’t take part in the new direction the world was going. Dada only lasted seven years, spanning from 1916 to 1923, and was most often ready-made art, altered slightly and signed to be claimed as the artists. There was only one known rule of Dada, and that was to not follow any given rules. It became an international ‘non-movement’, as it was…