Armistice with Germany

Dead Souls Euro Paper During the Nineteenth century in Russia, many people had serfs and land, which was a form of wealth just like the feudal system in Europe. There were also some people who tried to exploit the wealth like Pavel Ivanovich in the book Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. Some major points in the book include the Social class based around the amount of serfs and land a person owned, the poverty of serfs, and the ways wealthy children were treated. Pavel tries many times to buy a…

On a warm June day in 1855; Robert “Fighting Bob” Marion LaFollette was born. Wisconsin, the state of his birth, would also serve as the backdrop for his accomplished, if under-celebrated, political career. He went to school at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and shortly after was accepted at the bar shortly thereafter. He started his political career as Dane County’s District Attorney, and culminated with his loss in the 1924 Presidential election, and his death the next year. In betwixt, he…

According to extensive research done careful historians, the bloodshed was very extensive. “Campbell may be referring to the martyrology of Samuel Clarke, written in 1651. Perhaps this figure of 68 million came from Brownlee or somewhere else, possibly the writings of Llorente or Clarks Martyrology, cited above. Such figures sometimes appear in recent books, such as Wilders, but in general, all the figures about the number killed by the Papacy go back many years and have reputable sources. It is…

In the Monster Who Fed the World you learn about a German Jew named Fritz Haber. Haber was a genius chemist who learned how to take nitrogen out of the air and turn it into a liquid form to contain to use for fertilizer to help grow food for the overpopulated German nation and later the world. Unfortunately, some things and most things can have good and bad uses. Fritz Haber was born on December 9th, 1868. He was the son of a Jewish merchant in a small town. He had all ways longed for a better…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is Time Magazine's "Person of The Year." CNN reports the 61-year-old German leader has won the title for her "steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply," wrote Time editor Nancy Gibbs. Merkel topped the magazine's list followed by Islamic State leader Abi Bakr al-Baghdadi (2nd place), US presidential candidate Donald Trump (3rd place), activist group Black Lives Matter (4th place), Iran President Hassan Rouhani (5th place), American…

The term Brutalism refers to the post World War II Modernist style that despite dominating the 1950’s and 60’s British design, is considered one of the 21st centuries most controversial architectural and design styles. This essay will look at the reasons this style is so debated, despite it dominating in the past……. The term brutalism could be considered controversial by the misunderstanding the name conveys. The word suggests something that is harsh, ugly and unfriendly due to the incorrect…

War I, a war that caused so many deaths and had countries from different continents fight with each other. Many of the countries apart of this war were divided into two alliances. As said in Document A, one was the Triple Alliance who was formed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy but not for long because they decided to switch sides a year later after the war started. The second alliance was the Triple Entente who was formed of France, United Kingdom, and Russia. The United States joined the…

Lauren Hamner Rebecca Pickle Pre-AP World History 16 March 2017 The Schlieffen Plan and Its Effect on the War Unwilling to consider a compromise with Serbia, Austria-Hungary declared war on July 28, 1914. Russia now mobilized first on its borders with Austria, but soon ordered general mobilization. This made the German generals anxious, as their only plan for a two-front war with France and Russia was based on the condition that Russia would mobilize slowly with delay. The German government,…

The Dreyfus Affair in one of the most notorious trials in France, even still known as the “Affair” today. In 1894, an agent of counterespionage discovered a note, now known as the Bordereau, which included information about a new gun, information about different troops, artillery formation, information about Madagascar movements, and a draft for a firing manual. The firing manual was the most concerning to the French, who had discovered it since it was so difficult to obtain. This led to an…

The German Fusiliers were a type of German soldiers rented to the British to help fight in the Revolutionary War in America. During the American Revolutionary War, German princes hired out some of their regular army troops to Great Britain to use to fight against the American troops. About 30,000 of these men served in North America. A large amount of them were called Hessians, because the largest group came from Hesse-Kassel. They didn’t come as individuals, but as entire groups of soldiers…