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The Fourteen Points And Treaty Of Versailles
703 wordsWhen Woodrow Wilson came to power as a president, four important elements came to his mind: covenants are kept public, world be kept safe to live in, treat everyone as equals, and allow people to live their own life. He believed that all people should be allowed to decide their own future; he called this "Self-determination" and he wanted an end to the empires which European countries had built up. This systematic view showed true to his personality as he formed many visionary acts for the remov...
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Britain And France Treaty Of Versailles
1,115 words... m loans that could be withdrawn at any time. The problem for Germany came with the Wall Street Crash of October 1929... America; Thousands of companies lost millions and there was a sudden rush of people trying to withdraw their savings. The banks, who couldn't cope with this, withdrew their German loans which caused thousands of new and vulnerable German businesses to go bankrupt, 30 % unemployment, poverty, homelessness and starvation. In Germany's abysmal position, people began to look fo...
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The Assessed Causes Of First World War
884 wordsLong Term Causes And Arguments: In 1838, a agreement was formed to protect Belgium if attacked or invaded. Briton along with other major European powers signed this therefore dragging themselves into the First World War when Germany invaded Belgium to fight France. In 1848, Austria-Hungary under Franz Josef lost a war against France, beginning a long rivalry between the two countries. In 1860, Italy was founded which aggravated Austria-Hungary as parts of it land had originally been owned by the...
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Germany France Serbia
296 wordsThere was an extreme amount of tension build-up in central Europe during the turn of the 20 th century. This tension was due to the strife between France and Germany. The two countries had fought a war in 1871 and the French had lost. They had to give up several provinces of land to Germany. France was sore about the lost land and made threats to take it back. Imperialism is one country being sovereign over another without direct rule. The British rule over the American Colonies preceding the re...
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St Century World Community
1,370 wordsVictory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. -Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), 'Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, ' May 3, 1919 Even though the world community has so far failed to come to a conformity to give a specific meaning to the term" terrorism, " yet it is assumed to be a planned system of brutality and terrorization particularly for political means or religious ideologies. In laymen's term, it is understood to indicate premeditated and organized acts of slaughter, ...
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Britain And France Hitler Made
643 wordsAfter gaining power, Hitler aggressively built up the German military and in 1936, occupied the Rhineland, a formerly German area designated as a buffer zone to protect France. Britain and France were preoccupied with Italy's invasion of Ethiopia and made little protest. By 1938, Germany had the most powerful military force in the world. In that same year, Hitler demanded and was given the Sudetanland in Czechoslovakia. It was highly populated with Germans and Hitler claimed to be liberating the...
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Animal Farm Compared To The Russian Revolution
1,157 wordsEducation is not as prominent in the book as during the Russian Revolution. In the book, education is mentioned when Snowball finds old spelling books, once belonging to Mr. Jones. He begins to teach himself, followed by the other pigs, and finally he helps the other animals to read and write. Some of the not so intelligent animals find this quite taxing, whereas the pigs being the most intelligent, learn the fastest. Snowball is the most interested in educating the animals, and the well being o...
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Proud To Be An American U S World
490 wordsThe Associated Press has quoted 19 -year-old Colin Zaremba, whose own name suggests immigrant origins, as saying, Im proud to be an American, and I hate Arabs and I always have. It seems like everyone is proud to be an American these days, however, like Zaremba, most people, especially Americas adolescents, know nothing about being one. Being patriotic doesnt mean scurrying to your local Wal-Mart and buying the U. S. flag gear or harassing Arabs; its much more than that. The democratic ideals of...
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Native Americans Peace Treaty
480 wordsDuring the numerous years of colonization, the relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans of the area was usually the same. Native Americans would initially consider the settlers to be allies, then as time passed, they would be engaged in wars with them in a struggle for control of the land. This process of friendship to enemies seemed to be the basic pattern in the majority of the colonies. When the English landed in Jamestown in 1607, the dominant tribe of the area was ...
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United States Congress Meriwether Lewis
531 wordsDear President Jefferson and the United States Congress: I have some feelings, agreeing with your ideas about the expedition headed by Meriwether Lewis, that I feel I need to share with The United States Congress. I have read some of the journal entries written by some of the men that are currently on this expedition. My main message is: You men should be proud of your president, his Captain, Lewis, and Lewis's co-leader, Clark. They have done many wonderful jobs with very little strays from the...
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Critique Of The Historical Debate On Versailles Treaty
1,341 wordsThe treaty of Versailles that closed the First World War was set up as a way to ensure peace. It was hoped that the treaty would ensure that the first world was had been the war to end all wars however this was not to be and the treaty became the subject of much scrutiny pretty much from the get-go. Many of the youthful insiders from the American and British delegations claimed immediately after the conference that Wilson had abandoned his earlier plans and had in effect betrayed his supporters....
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World War Ii End Of World War
680 wordsWhen World War II in Europe came to an end on May 7, 1945, a new war was just beginning. This war became known as the Cold War and was between the two world superpowers, the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991. Fears between the two nations, which started in World War I, and grew in World War II, caused the Cold War to break after the end of World War II. The conflict in the Cold War was the difference in politics between the US and the USSR. The...
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December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor
1,048 wordsPearl Harbor is a very popular event in American History. There was a recent movie about it, and with the recent World Trade Center attacks, it is likely that Americans are going to compare the two. The Japanese attacked us with no forewarning and United States never seen in coming. The attack was right out of the blue. Americans were not pleased with the attack, thats for sure. On December 7, 1941 at approximately 7: 53 A. M. , Japanese bombers approached Pearl Harbor. There is a US Navy Bass b...
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European Power And The Seven Weeks War
850 wordsThe Seven Weeks War, also known as the Austro-Prussian war, was a brief struggle between two rising European powers. On June 14, 1866 Austria and Prussia engaged each other in battle. Prussia received support from only a few small north German states in the country of Italy. Austria's allies Saxony, Hanover, the Hesse's, Bavaria, Baden, and Wurttenberg. This war was deliberately provoked by Otto von Bismark who was the prime minister of Prussia under King William I. King William ordered Bismark ...
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Analysis Of President Bush State The Union Address
593 wordsAs we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and our world faces unprecedented dangers yet the state of our union has never been stronger. In the State of the Union Speech that President Bush addressed Tuesday evening was a strong, confident, powerful speech. From the beginning he made it clear and direct that the nation is still under attack. That it may have won the first battle but the war, and the threats far from over. And he emphasized that homeland security mus...
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World We Live Groups Of People
524 wordsThe world we live in today isn't the same as it was a couple hundred or thousand of years ago. But we still live in kind of the same way and concept. As each year, decade, and / or century goes by it gets more complicated and more technologically advanced, which makes it more difficult in a way and easier in another way. The style we live in also changes. The world around us changes as well. The Iliad and Aeneid are two examples of books that relate to our modern livings today. The Iliad is abou...
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Crash Of 1929 Stocks And Bonds
942 wordsCauses of the Great Crash In 1929 there had been a bull market for some time, and it seemed like it would never stop. However, such prosperity would not last forever. In October of that year, the market came to an abrupt halt. It was not a simple matter however. There was no single reason why the market finally crashed as it did but rather there were many factors that had lead to this devastating event. The first reason that had helped contribute to the stock market crash of 1929 was the huge mi...
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Soviet Union Atomic Bomb
393 wordsAfter WWII, there was an iron curtain dividing eastern and western Europe. And there were also two superpowers left standing, the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States dominated in western Europe while the Soviet Union dominated in eastern Europe. Tensions grew between the two superpowers (once allies) as they both realized the other superpower was a threat. They both did not want the other to dominate the rest of the world. They both had opposite views and beliefs of how to run ...
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Treaty Of Versailles League Of Nations
938 wordsAfter the allied powers won the war over Germany in 1918, they tried to build a new and a safer Europe based on democratic principles for the generations to come. Several treaties between different countries were signed. These treaties aimed to punish Germany for its aggression and to normalize the relationship between all the parties which participated in the war. The Peace Treaty of Versailles which was signed in 1919 was considered to be the most significant one. Here arises the question to w...
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Athens And Sparta Peloponnesian War
262 wordsThe Peloponnesian War America can be compared to Athens and Sparta in terms of being the superpower nation in its time. For America, we can learn lessons from the Peloponnesian War to help us be better informed of the causes of war. One reason for the cause of war between Sparta and Athens was their involvement of allies in which President Washington warned us against doing. Because of alliances, Athens and Sparta the two superpower in its time were responsible for protecting their weaker states...
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