Treaty of Paris

The Rhineland was an area west of Germany that had been demilitarized as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. The Rhineland was demilitarized because France wanted assurance that Germany would not attack them and by doing that, France was protected. Rhineland was an important area for Germany because it was an industrial area that could produce a lot of coal. When the Treaty of Versailles was signed, Hitler did not agree with the conditions because he believed that it made Germany look weak and…

Spandana Shankara Ms. Murphy APUSH 20 March 2018 United States Foreign Policy Between 1920-1941 June 28, 1919 marked the remarkable end to World War I with the Treaty of Versailles. Germany, deemed responsible for the start of the war that killed millions, was faced with Article 231, also known as the War Guilt Clause. The clause stated that Germany was responsible to pay for the damages caused by the war, leaving their country in an economic disaster. With rising debt, Adolf Hitler gained…

As the start of World War II just happened caused by Germany's invasion of Poland. Ended up with France and Britain, fighting together, to go and fight Germany. While on the northern side of France there was a battle going on in Dunkirk. Also known as the battle of Dunkirk. The purpose of the Battle of Dunkirk was to defence, protect, and help evacuate some of the British army and other Allied forces in Europe safely home. It lasted from 26 May to 4 June 1940. When the German army gets through…

In 1914 they invaded and conquered Belgium another neutral nation. This was an uncalled for action for the Germans to do because they were a neutral nation not wanting to be involved in this bloody and costly war. In May 1915 The Germans used the unfair game of submarine warfare against the Lusitania a passenger ship. A lot of civilians were killed and this was an uncalled for action towards innocent people. In January 1917 the Germans announced that now they would be using submarine warfare…

for example Britain raised taxes. They had to pay the reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles which said that Germany was at fault for the war and therefore had to pay reparations to the other countries. As well as dealing with the money issues that followed ww1 Germany was also dealing with the restrictions placed on the German army, which for a country of Germany’s size was…

By January 1348, the plague was in Marseilles. It reached Paris in the spring, 1348 and England in September, 1348. Moving along the Rhine trade routes, the plague reached Germany in 1348, and the Low Countries the same year. Historians agree that 1348 was the worst of the plague years. In May, 1349, an English wool ship brought the plague to Norway. The Great Mortality then made its way to Greenland and after killing a large proportion of the population there encountered the towering ice…

Wilson’s blunder Like Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson is one of the best presidents who just served at a bad time as claimed by Kendrick A. Clements, a historian formerly at the University of South Carolina. Clements praises the Wilson administration for its foreign policies and helping America emerge as a world power. Jim Powell of the Cato Institute, on the other hand has a different opinion. According to Powell, Wilson is the worst president in American history. He says, in his need to join the…

In the years prior to WWI many changes were happening around the world. While the assignation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, in 1914, was the breaking point for the Austro-Hungarians, there was much greater turmoil lingering across the world. The turmoil helped to create the forces which undoubtedly contributed to the outbreak of WWI. Forces Leading to WWI During the 19th Century each nation strongly believed their way of life to be best. The nations strived…

Agency for Sanitary Surveillance is a federal agency that is responsible for overseeing the production and registration of drugs, food additives, medical devices, and tobacco and tobacco products (USDA 2005). The Ministry of Health is very similar to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in the United States. The FDA is a federal agency that aims at protecting the health of consumers whether it is people or animals. Brazil is also looking at the labeling of genetically modified foods from…

Laykyn Rainbolt Mr. Domino Art Appreciation 04 October 2017 Otto Dix: The Skat Players Krieg hat uns alle verändert. German for “the war changed us all”. I think that sentence was very illustrative of the surprising artwork from Otto Dix. I loved the piece The Skat Players. I think this piece represented so much more than just the authors style or the war. Using his personal events and knowledge he gave the world a chance to experience the things he did in his life. All those events…