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powers. Unrestricted submarine warfare was one of the most important reasons on why the United States joined war. Unrestricted submarine warfare is an approach where submarines sink merchant ships without warning. February of 1915, Germany created U-boats. U-boats would sink enemy ships without any kind of warning. International law…

to bombs capable of leveling cities in seconds. This massive change in weaponry begins to raise the question, at what point have we gone too far? To answer this, we must look at the evolution of weaponry, especially around World War 1 and World War 2 where this evolution was most predominant. Before the world wars, there is the time just after the American Civil War, in which the invented weapons would inspire those used in the world wars. One of these weapons would be the Winchester Model 1873…

Interpretation A supports the view that the First World War was the main reason for the booming economy as it gave impetus to agricultural and industrial expansion which is shown by the annual Gross National Product of the USA increasing by 40% during 1922-29. Furthermore, there was an increase of machinery and productivity, shown by the introduction of the assembly line which allowed for faster manufacturing, due to labour shortages during the war as the workers were at war this is a further…

Austria Hungary were called the central powers. During this world war many battles took place on land, but they also took place at sea. Germany had new weapons at the time called the U-boats, which was an underwater submarine that was able to sneak up on the enemy without being seen. So one year into war on May 1915 a German U-boat sank the British luxury ocean liner called the Lusitania. This killed 1,198 people and 128 americans lost their lives. This caused much debate in whether Germany…

ocean liner, the Lusitania in 1915. The sinking of the Lusitania had a big impact on America and the rest of the world during WWI. This attack on The Lusitania was one of the main causes of the United States entering WWI. On May 7, 1915, German U-Boat U-20 attacked the British oceanliner the Lusitania. 1198 people were killed, including 128 Americans. The ship sunk in only 18 minutes off of the coast of Ireland. The German’s released reports warning all ships in a designated area. “In early…

the situations these men are put under create depressing, drastic, and unnerving circumstances. What was the one thing that keeps Alberg-Ehernstein going? His “German will”, curiosity, and gut feeling that he had to move forward in scouting Atlantis. 2. The story is narrated as a “found manuscript” that tells the tales of the remaining days of Lieutenant- Commander Altberg-Ehernstein. “I do so because my of desire to set certain unusual facts before the public, a thing I shall not in all…

What makes a submarine so interesting?Submarines were invented in 1775. In the passage Dave Bushnell created a submarine to fighgt British forces. Bushnell tested the submarine for a while and got a hang of it. Bushnell got sick and wasnt able to ride the submarine and they used it to complete several missions. Many missions were completed by submarine and the first mission was a fail. The mission was not completed but the message got threw to their enimies and they succeeded with…

In early 1915, Germany had a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare which meant they could torpedo and sink armed merchant ships but not passenger ships. They broke this policy on march 24th 1916 by attacking a French cross-channel passenger ferry called the Sussex. 50 people died and even though no US citizens were killed, the attack caused president Woodrow Wilson to declare that if Germany continued with this behavior, the US would break diplomatic relations with them. In 1915, the first…

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Free Response Grading Sample 1: The student was asked to define core-periphery, distance-decay and child migration in part A. One point for each definition could have been awarded to the student. Sample 1 student did not receive a point for the definition of part A number one because the student solely focused on the financial well-being of specific countries rather than the unequal distribution of cultural, political and economic power. Spatial distribution should have been mentioned, a…