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Many historians agree that the assassination was a significant event however; the writer would argue it was not the major cause of World War 1. The writer would suggest that the major powers had been ready to go to war long before the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. This was the spark that ignited the war. The writer would argue the major causes of World War I were nationalism, militarism, leadership, imperialism, colonialism and alliances. Nationalism is extreme patriotic feelings…

ines are widely considered to be one of the greatest advancements in the history of public health. Despite that some of diseases that were once considered eradicated are back and on the rise. There are widespread misconceptions about vaccinations and their effects. These misconceptions have caused many people to fear vaccines and stop getting vaccinated all together. It has gotten to a point where peoples individual and personal beliefs are becoming stronger than scientific proof.…

The United States is a country founded on the principles of liberty, one of the rights of the people is to challenge the government if need be. Thus, entwined with the history of the United States is the act of rioting. A riot is a group of individuals, about a dozen or more, attempting to insight change, many times with violence. Riots can be incited for political, social and or economic reasons. So much so that there is no period in the nations story without a fair share of riots. The early…

In Tuchman’s book, The Guns of August, she highlights Bismarck’s fateful prediction that “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans” would be the requisite spark igniting the powder keg of tension between the major powers in Europe and Russia—a spark ultimately leading to an explosion we refer to today as “World War I.” This prescient forecast manifested itself as Gavrilo Princip’s trigger-pull on June 28, 1914, and the successful assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand fulfilled the…

To continue, nationalism was an element of growing popularity and importance among nations worldwide. There were countries seeking to become the most powerful nation that they could possibly be, but there were also some groups of people wishing to achieve national autonomy. For instance, Slavic people living in Austria Hungary wished to achieve sovereignty as a common ethnic group. “Many small nations under Turkish or Austro-Hungarian rule seethed with nationalistic fervor. These Balkan nations…

Muslim American Witch Hunt Versus Salem Witch Hunt The Salem witch trials was only the start to “witch hunts” in the United States. Throughout history, there has been witch hunts for witches, communists, and one of the more recent, Muslim Americans. Ever since the terrorist attack on 9/11, there has been a stereotype that all Muslim Americans are terrorists or dangerous in some way. Hate crimes have only increased against them. The Salem witch hunt is all too familiar to the Muslim…

Law abiding citizens do not kill people at a whim. It is the crazy and the desperate that murder hundreds a year, if not thousands. Bryce Williams is a testament that the mentally ill go on rampages. He even stated to the press, “I’ve been a human powder keg for a while… just waiting to go BOOM!!!” Bryce had been gloating on social media on his kills of his coworkers. He was insane in every sense of the word, yet people are still only going after the weapons used in his…

The Problems We Face in America and How We Should Fix Them Hunter Unthank Civic Memorial High School The Problems We Face in America and How We Should Fix Them Every single person faces different problems in their life while in America. Some problems are more significant than others though. We the citizens of this great nation believe that these are the biggest problems that we face in our lives today racism, violence, terrorism, immigration, consumerism, and the war on drugs.…

Abe Lincoln is Dead, and You are not Free: The Memphis Riot of 1866 and Its Roots in the Social Upheaval of the Reconstruction Nathin J. Birkrem Abstract On 1 May 1866 in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, an altercation between black Union soldiers and Memphis police officers started a chain reaction that eventually brought about what has come to be known as the Memphis Riots of 1866. The group of amicably intoxicated soldiers reacted negatively when told by a small group of officers to break…

“Marie Antoinette was a person who liked people, and bore little resemblance to the cold villain portrayed by her protractors” . As an Austrian foreigner turned French Queen, she was one of the most attacked public figures in the history of France . Marie Antoinette was an innocent victim, despite public belief and conditions in France during her rule. Her marriage to Louis XVI was less than blissful, they were polar opposites and frustrated each other greatly. She was wrongly accused in…