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    The United States joined World War One on April 6, 1917, three years after WW1 originally began. Before that day, America would try to stay out of the war. President Woodrow Wilson tried to keep the United States neutral, but Germany continuously violated their conditions/neutral status. Based on the facts, The United States did have good enough reasons to join the war with the allied powers, against the central 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…

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    said what happened that night he said they should probably go check it out. They went and checked it out and found a pile of seaweed of very high the short they wondered how it got there they moved it out-of-the-way and there was a lot stuff as in hats with swastikas and German cigarettes. They went and asked Theo a guy from there boarding house and asked what he would do if that happened and he said he would call the FBI. He gave them the FBI phone number and said to show it to the k3f club.…

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    exhausted, he can no longer resist his “German will” and has to explore the city one last time, for he had seen a flickering flame in the temple and has to explore the city one last time, for he had seen a flickering flame in the temple. “My own German will no longer controls my acts, and volition is henceforward possible only in minor matters.” (Lovecraft, 38) He prepares his diving suit, writes his manuscript, and goes off into the abyss of Atlantis and knowingly walks to his death. 6. The…

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    Lusitania Research Paper

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    First the british government failed at protecting the lusitania from attack. British intelligence knew that attacks have been made towards them, the location of the U-boats and still decide to pretend that they knew nothing. Leading the sinking of the Lusitania; “The Lusitania remained a passenger liner, but with the hull of a battleship”(12). In addition, on May 1st, no one on board knew about the American oil tanker or that in washington the incident had sparked concerned as to the safety of…

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    In August 1914 war broke out in Europe. Russia, France , Serbia, Belgium, and Great Britain were the Allies. On the other hand Germany, and 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…

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    scientific management technique was made up of 4 components replace traditional methods with scientifically proven efficient methods, select, train and develop each worker scientifically, co-operate with workers to ensure that methods are being followed and divide work equally between managers and workers. This would enable managers to apply methods and workers to follow them. The scientific management technique was applied due to the labour shortages mentioned in interpretation A, businesses…

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    Many Americans died as a result of the German attack on British 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…

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    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…

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    Germany's Response To Ww1

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    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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    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 Rifle, one of the first lever-action repeating rifle. Because it was a repeating rifle, it would allow for a very effective and high fire rate of 20 rounds per minute. Evidence even suggests that the used rifle would allow for the Indian victory at the Battle…

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