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    to society as a whole because World War I is the first major war that occurred in world wide. This war literally changed the whole world perspectives on one country to another. They become more aware of their neighbor countries-- upgrade their weapon-- in case there will be another war. This war also bring fortune but mainly destructions to many countries. For example, this war lead to the start of World War II, reading 4 stated, “It resulted in, inevitably, World War II and another revolution…

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    World War I started in 1914, when the archduke of Austria-Hungary was murdered, and ended in 1918 (Source 5). Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire formed an alliance against the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, and Japan (Source 5). World War I had many negative effects on the United States. It hurt soldiers, citizens, and it led to World War II. At first the United States wanted to stay neutral (Source 11). What changed their mind was two things. The first…

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    World War 1 was one of the most calamitous wars to ever occur. Every military involved lost a tremendous number of soldiers. While there was no real victor of the war, it was the Entente allies that acquired the least amount of restrictions in the Treaty Of Versailles. The allies — France, British Empire, United States, Belgium, Italy, Japan — were opposed to the Central powers, and eventually the Central powers surrendered to the Entente. The most significant member of the Central powers was…

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    In April 1917, the United States joined World War I with its allies—Britain, France and Russia. Despite that President Wilson proclaimed American neutrality and many Americans were not in favor of the United States entering the war, the United States finally did enter the war. So, why did the United States become involved in World War I and is it related to its growing power as an Empire? The main reason that the United States joined World War I because of the provocations by Germany and it is…

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    United States to stay out of European and Asian affairs. This policy was adopted after world war I, the people of the US wanted to stay away from another major war with the thoughts of the huge number of people lost during the first war. The great depression, in the 1930s, was another reason the people wanted to stay out of another war, no one could afford to do anything much less participate in a whole other war. This theory worked for a while. When president Roosevelt came into office Hitler…

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    themselves and not for the government. During both World War I and September 11th, the government always publically torments, stereotypes, and as well as advertising the bashing of cultures/ethnicity. During World War I, while America was fighting, the American government pretty much were stimulated the citizens to be very apprehensive towards the German-Americans. They would lynch or stone or kill the Germans. It was like the start of another race war except this one was of culture not of skin…

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    After World War Ⅰ, America wanted to remain isolated from the rest of the world. However the Americans changed to isolated to become decidedly interventionist after World War Ⅱ ended. After World War Ⅱ Americans became the Smokey-the-bear. After World War Ⅰ, Americans wanted to remain isolated from the rest of the world. The reason Americans wanted to stay isolated. The reason Americans wanted to stay isolated is because if they stayed isolated, they would not need another war. The…

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    I believe that the main reason for WWI was alliances The triple alliance of 1882 (Germany, Austria, & Italy) as well as the Ottoman Empire, were known as the Central Powers The Triple Entente of 1907 linked France, Britain (and Russia), known as the Allied Powers These alliances allowed for larger scale war to happen (grow exponential from what should have only been a regional war into an intercontinental conflict) • WWI started when Kings/Emperors/Queens still ruled but their armies were led by…

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    Germany’s shift of women in the workforce was not as significant as other European countries during World War I. However they did see an increase of the range of jobs available to women. The rise of nationalism and propaganda campaigns encouraged women to join the workforce and to contribute to the war effort . Women in urban areas often had many more opportunities for work available to them rather than rural area women. Middle and upper-class women had opportunities such as becoming a police…

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    turmoil of fighting countries boiled to their peaks by the end of World War I. The end of the war left countries left in ruins financially, geographically, and even governmentally. Influential countries, such as Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary, experienced change on a much more dramatic level. Revolutions were sparked by ordinary citizens and fueled by the desire to fix what had been done in the government both during and before the war. Russia had been lagging behind the rest of Europe…

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