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Luke singletary: The Shefflin War The Schlieffen plan and the two front war had major impact on the World War I. The Schlieffen plan was supposed to be a surprise attack on France planned by the German General Count alfred Von Shefflien. The plan Created in 1905 was Germany’s plan so they would not have to fight in two places with going to war against France and Russia. The plan was modified by Helmuth von Moltke to help make the attack successful to not create a two front war. Germany knew…

The novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell is uses subtle, creative and humorous ways to represent a real life event, the Russian Revolution. The genre of this book is fiction, politics and satire. Animal Farm starts off with the story of an old pig's dream about a non-existent utopia where all the animals on Manor Farm are free. After the old pig dies he still has his two disciple pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, to carry out the tasks in order for his dream to become a reality. Napoleon and…

To begin, the result of the Homestead Strike was that the chance of having another strike like that is slim to none. For instance, sending in the State Militia sent a message to unions across America that having a successful strike and getting what they request is harder than it seems. Andrew Carnegie became the richest man in the world and with his money he created establishments to better the American people. For example, Carnegie…

Sherman’s Total War Sherman’s March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign employed total warfare, an essential tactic to defeating the Confederate Army. Union General William T. Sherman’s plan was a key factor in winning the civil war. His plan was to lead a destructive march to the sea and through the Carolinas, a risky idea. On this brutal march Sherman guarantees success with total war; a tactic he pioneered. The resistance that was left to face Sherman’s army was a picnic for him to defeat.…

During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were partners. They had teamed together to defeat their common enemy, Germany. In spite of this successful partnership in defeating their common enemy, several developments and factors from 1941 to 1949 increased suspicion and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. One major development that emerged within this period of time was differing philosophies. The United States believed in democratic forms of government,…

American athletes felt uneasy around the Soviet team. The American team felt to urge to defeat the rival, Soviet Union. Bob Matthias, United States competitor, felt the urge to defeat the Soviet Union. In a magazine interview, Matthias, stated how the United States team wanted to beat the Soviet athletes in many sports (doc 3). The tension between the United States and the Soviet Union ,also took place in the Olympics games. The Cold War and it’s tension has affected the development of the…

The "Gilded Age" is a sarcastic term used to describe the time period when many industrialists gained wealth and luxurious lifestyles through corruption. Although people can be described as living a golden existence, under all the gold paint many sins in this era where still beneath it. Small farmers and others with low paying jobs felt as if society was being dived between what people do have, and what people do not have. Many of the lowerclassmen did not have the advantage that many of the…

well as what the country stood for, known to not only his people, but to the world. Since the mid-1940's the United States found itself as a participant in the Cold War, despite the name it was not a war, but instead a conflict between the Soviet Union due to its totalitarian and communist government. Communism was seen as a "red cancer" that served as a threat to democracy. The Berlin Wall acted as a symbol for communism, serving as a barrier separating the East, which was communistic, and the…

Strategic factors are not war strategies, nor are they emotions or motivations, such as fear, honor, and interests. Finally, strategic factors only occur within a state’s strategic context or what they deem as important. For example, the Soviet Union attempted to place nuclear weapons on Cuba to gain an advantage over the United States. This was a strategic factor for the United States because, first, their national culture was already convinced the Soviets could not be trusted. Second,…

Zakaria, suggested that, “During the Cold War, we [Americans] were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war.” The Cold War refers to the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1991. The two sides never confronted each other within battle. Americans, however, still lived in constant fear of communism and a war with Russia. A technique I learned earlier within this class was that our society tends to…