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    Despite the isolationist values the United States had during the era of World War I, it was almost unavoidable that the country would eventually join the war. Which is why it is critical to look at President Woodrow Wilson’s speeches he made before and after entering World War I. His speech that was created before the United States entered in 1917 “A World League of Peace” hold subtle, but important differences and similarities from his second speech, “The Fourteen Points.” I honestly believe…

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    In world war II, latin Americans had fought in the war. Between 250,000 and 500,000 hispanic Americans served in the United States armed forces during world war ll. They fought and engaged in every major American battle in the war. Hispanics served as active combatants in the European and Pacific parts of the war. They also served on the home front as civilians. Hundreds to thousands of hispanic women joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), serving as nurses. The WAACPs were the first…

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    There is a strong argument from the documents that the Dardanelles campaign was not ‘a civilian plan’. The decision to launch the campaign was taken by the War Council, which included both politicians (including Asquith as PM, Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty) and experienced military personnel (Kitchener as Secretary of State for War and Fisher as First Sea Lord). In addition, the plan itself was devised and prepared by the British Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet (Vice Admiral…

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    Napoléon Bonaparte has died at Saint Helena, but his legacy of power and domination still shakes Europe. The empires of the Americans are shattered, and the empires of Europe hear the first rumbles in a gathering storm of nationalism. The Vienna Congress that brought the Napoleonic Wars to an end was meant to restore the old monarchical order, but the concert of balanced powers it sought to establish is already looking precarious. Whichever nations can seize this moment will dominate a new age.…

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    Some of the factors that had contributed to World War I were: a). militarism, b). alliances, c). imperialism/nationalism. The militarism was because Germany, Italy, and France began creating a massive military force in the European continent. So this could be considered A and B because militarism and alliances were building up together. The imperialism/nationalism was due to the fact that the Russian empire wanted to expand it's territory to the Caspian Sea to expand its trade routes. Meanwhile,…

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    Western Culture The Western culture changes as a result of World War I in many ways such as they invented scientific theories, got more industrialized, and made changes in culture. In late 1800s/1900s, when every countries where going through roughly equal poverty then things started to change. The World War I was a disappointment and painful. It made no one happy, it killed many people ,and was not the way things were expected about it. Imperialism also took place because of World War I…

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    There were various underlying and immediate causes of World War One. The difference between underlying and immediate is an underlying cause is a long term event that indirectly leads to a specific event, and an immediate cause is a short term event and leads directly to another event or series of events. While the immediate cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, there were three main underlying causes. They are Alliances, Militarism, and Nationalism.…

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    Totalitarianism took place in Europe in the 1930’s after the treaty of Versaille failed to provide peace after WWI,which caused Germany to grow resentful.This resulted beneficial to Germany,and actually helped give the rise to the era in dictators.Totalitarianism is a political system that has total control over the lives of individuals.It is also a country headed by one person and one person only,which is the dictator.Here,the states have the authority to control all aspects of the lives of…

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    an English economist often referred to as the creator of “Keynesian economics” which helped rescue capitalism from self destruction and international communism. He argued that when countries that have gone through conflict or war are made to sign treaties that are unfavourable, such as Germany, they often retaliate…

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    Holger Herwig

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    The second author we discussed was Holger Herwig. Herwig explains that during 1914, Europe was at “a golden age of prosperity and decency”. In other words, the world situation as a whole seemed to be safe. Imperialism was not causing any tension to be built up towards another country. In the chapter “War: Now or Never”, Herwig explains why WWI started in Europe by quoting Lloyd George when he said “There was no unexpected slide into war” Herwig uses this quote to explain that war didn’t just…

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