League of Nations

One hundred years ago today, Congress voted to enter what was then the largest and bloodiest war in history. Four days earlier, President Woodrow Wilson had sought to unite a sharply divided populace with a stirring claim that the nation “is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured.” The war lasted only another year and a half, but in that time, an astounding 117,000 American soldiers were killed and…

Matteo Paoli WWI Assessment My topic is about Vittorio Orlando. Orlando was born in 1860 in Palermo, Sicily. Well educated, he became a professor of law and in 1916, and is also renowned for his 100+ writings on legal and judicial issues. He entered government as Minister of Justice. During the height of the Caporetto disaster, he was appointed Prime Minister. However, more favorably, his wartime leadership ended in triumph with the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto in 1917. In 1917 he was an…

outbreak of WWI. After his assassination is when Austria declared war on Serbia. Nationalism was also another cause. Nationalism encouraged the public people to support military buildups. The alliances would force a country to go to war against a nation that they had no dispute with. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the triggering of WW1 began on June 28th, 1914 when the Archduke’s car was fired upon by a Serbia assassin. This triggered World War 1 because it would start rebellion…

With "more than 2,400 Americans” (Roark 671) dead, the United States involuntarily joined the war. Dr. Seuss drew a cartoon and titled it "End of the Nap." The title explains how America has now ended their "nap" of keeping neutral with foreign nations and woken up to Japanese attacking and assaulting the American eagle. Geisel incorporated a deeper "message" through the eagle. Although there are several men attacking the eagle, it nonetheless remains seated. In addition, the Japanese soldiers…

underline message behind it. This excerpt stresses his concern for the future of the European nations. He reflects back into the past to ancient civilizations to make his point clear. He uses the ancient civilizations of Elam, Nineveh, and Babylon to convey his message that although they were strong civilizations these ancient civilizations did collapse, comparing his thoughts on post war European nations…

To remain strictly neutral, Wilson initially refused to trade with belligerent nations; however, this definition of neutrality made the nation prone to a recession. As a result, the U.S. turned to an alternative way of staying neutral: trading with all nations despite their political status. From 1914-1917, the U.S. restricted their involvement in WWI to economic relations. However, European military operations began to fight for control of the seas, prompting both Britain and France to violate…

if the Japanese controlled China, it would give the Axis greater power to win the war, which the United States wanted to prevent. When the United States placed the embargo on the Japanese, it led to the discussion of a compromise between the two nations, even though Japan already planned its attack on Pearl Harbor. When the United States would not give Japan the free hand it wanted in Asia, war became a clear prospect. Though neither country wanted to go to war, both would if they had to.…

Edward House was born into a wealthy family in Texas. He had a cotton plantation that made him financially independent for life; however, he devoted himself to Democratic politics. He was given the nickname of “Colonel” by the Texas governors whose election campaign’s House had managed. Most importantly, House had become President Wilson’s closest confident. House and Wilson started becoming close friends during the 1912 Presidential election. House helped Wilson obtain the crucial support…

World War 1 was one of the most important wars.You will be reading about causes,battles,problems that happened around the world.Why was it important or facts.World war 1 was from 1914-1918. Marne,Verdun and Gallipoli were one of the important battles in the first world war. All mostly occurred on the western front.They did have a good amount of combatants to worry about in their battles. First,Marne was fought by the Marne river near Paris France.By Germany had attacked both battles.Fought…

Samuel Bowles’ opinion piece titled Warriors, Levelers and the Role of Conflict in Human Social Evolution (2012) discusses the role of conflict in human history. His outlook is that intra-group conflict catalyzed major societal developments. The developments that Bowles focuses on are “democracy, the rule of law, and a propensity to help others and to abhor injustice” (p. 876). The formation of democracy, Bowles contends, was dependent on the culmination of a single national entity that…