WW1 Essay

As the war progressed overseas and our allies fought in the trenches, American patriotism rose. With the war advancing and the United States joining the Allies in 1917, there was a need for a major influx of cash for the military to spend. This was the beginning of the US’s war bond or Liberty Bond Campaign. These bonds were sold as a means to raise money for the military and to help fund the American effort in the war. Buying these bonds eventually became their own patriotic symbol. One of the…

World War I: A time during which all of humanity was in panic. Men were fighting, people were dying, and food was scant. Imperialism had caused tension between almost every nation, which sent the armies running for their weapons. However, The United States originally tried to stay out of the conflict and remain neutral. That is, until 1917 when America declared war on Germany. There are many reasons why the U.S decided to detour from their original plans of neutrality, but there are two that…

Despite increased job opportunities and an apparent boon to independence, women were ultimately used as tools during the First World War, and thus experienced no real change in how society viewed them or how they were expected to behave. Firstly, when all Canadian men capable of labour went abroad to fight, women were offered jobs heretofore off-limits to them, such as manufacturing. With every household breadwinner gone and unsure to return, this would seem like an unprecedented opportunity for…

Imagine being the one to blame for millions of lives and billions upon billions of dollars lost. World War 1 caused devastation for four long years when it was only supposed to last a short 18 months. Once the war ended, all the blame found its way onto Germany’s shoulders through the Treaty of Versailles, article 231, war guilt. Article 231 however is wrong; Germany should not be taking all the blame because of, firstly, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which Serbia was…

Discuss the importance of technological advancements to the two 20th century wars, each from a different region. Technological advancements had major impact on the outcome of the first world war in Europe and world War II in the Pacific. Europe saw new technologies be introduced to the battlefield between 1914 and 1918 such as aircraft, land-used mainly weapons or battleships, while the US saw improvements in those technologies and some new advancements. The 20th century wars saw great…

Kenneth Bevan Professor Wood HIST 334 23 February 2016 The Innovation of Propaganda in WW1 During World War One, propaganda was employed on a global scale. Propaganda was a new found method for nations to spread their ideals and stances on the war and bring them to their homeland and neighboring allies on relatable scale. With propaganda came many different forms and technics of implementing these ideas to the people on both sides of the Allies and Central Powers, they were forms of…

Around the time of World War I (1914-1918), women’s right soared to new levels in the United States socially, economically, and politically while men’s presence in these areas declined due to their participation in the wartime effort. The United States entered the wartime effort in 1917, leading to a decline in men’s presence in the American workforce. This absence of men in America’s workforce led to the movement of middle-class and upper-class white women into the workforce transforming the…

The Trenches were a horrible place to fight and live in during the war. Most of the trenches were filled with water and mud, some were filled with the dead bodies, and others were filled with millions of rodents and bugs. All the men here in the trench are as disgusting as the trench they are in. The hurt soldiers had inflamed and infected wounds. The trenches were the place where you will most likely die of getting infected. The worst place to be in the war were the trenches because it was a…

Within this article, the author starts a story about Winston Churchill and his fight against pneumonia. The author talks about the story about penicillin saving the PM’s life, and how the father of penicillin himself, Alexander Fleming, disproved that story. The author then goes on to talk about the predecessor of penicillin: Sulfa(sulfonamide) drugs. The discovery of sulfa drugs led to a huge revolution in America, talking about how sulfa drugs saved so many American soldier and citizen lives…

It is better for a few to suffer greatly in order for the majority to prosper than it is for all to suffer an equal amount. If every single person suffers the same amount then no one will be able to enjoy life. Also if everyone suffers the same amount no one would know what things could hurt or even kill us. Parents wouldn’t have to worry about their children suffering as they grew up if a few suffered for the majority to prosper. Their children could have a good life and wouldn’t have to worry…