speech contributed to the end of World War I‚ was the basis for many peace treaties and paved the road for future nations and alliances. "Covenants of peace be quickly arrived at so that this war can end and future nations can begin." These are some of the words of Woodrow Wilson said when he delivered the powerful Fourteen Points speech at the joint session of Congress and many other important meetings including the Paris Peace Conference. At this time World War I had erupted in Europe causing
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History of Volleyball: Who invented volleyball? William G. Morgan (1870-1942) born in State of New York‚ USA. He was a director of physical education at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). Why was volleyball invented? Mr Morgan was looking for a game that was less violent and intense than basketball (a popular and new sport at that time) that would be suitable for the older people Where was volleyball invented? Holyoke (State of Massachusetts‚ USA) How was volleyball invented
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Why did English civil War start? In this essay I am going to clarify why the civil war started. A civil war is a conflict fought between inhabitants of the same country. In this case the two sides that fought against each other in England were King Charles I’s side and Parliament’s side. The main reasons for going to war were parts of these three main topics: Money‚ Religion and Power. There were many reasons for the civil war‚ some of the proceedings of 1642 were the grand remonstrates made by
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The Civil War was fought between The North and The South. The war was fought on many different battlefields and there were about 620‚000 casualties the most in any war .The Civil War between The North and The South lasted four years. After all the deaths and the long battles The North came out victorious. The Civil War broke out because of slavery‚ the attack on Fort Sumter‚ and the election of Abraham Lincoln. The Civil War began because the northern and southern states were
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In the 1890’s the U.S. was building further economic growth and they were aggressively focused on building a more powerful nation. The Americans began to create a stronger US military and started expansion abroad. Many looking for political domination of other nation’s governments seeking resources and markets. The United States used there military in other nations a number of times. These forces were to protect the U.S. or to gain property. With a more modern navy the U.S. felt it was best
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Imagine going into war without any plans on what to do? Or even when everyone comes up with different plans on a topic‚ therefore everyone not on the same page? The white Russian army fought in the Russian civil war to be able to take control over Russia‚ but failed due to no combat plans and selfish generals. The Bolsheviks won this war because their army was better-organized and they had the best territory over the battle fields. Since the beginning their enemies‚ the Bolsheviks‚ always had enemies
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Why did Germany lose the First World War in 1918? The First World War was a huge event which ended abruptly; going from huge German advances after March 1918 to Germany asking for peace later that year: they were forced from a hard hitting offensive to defeat for various reasons: One of the key reasons for Germany’s defeat is the internal problems suffered by Germany from late 1917. Morale in the ranks of the Germany army was diminished to a painfully low point: they were exhausted from the spring
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Joshua never complained while he lead his tribe through the wilderness. He buried all those in his tribe who did not believe God‚ and could not enter into Canaan. Joshua was about eighty years old when Moses leads Israel to the Jordan river‚ to the place where God will allow them to enter Canaan. Moses was not allowed to enter into Canaan because of his own sin against God. Joshua was there when God delivered Og and Sihon to Israel. Joshua and those allowed to take possession of Canaan were shown
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Causes of World War 1 Vocab Term Definition Significance 1. Kaiser William II He was the emperor of Germany. He became emperor after his father died in March 1880‚ dismissing Bismarck from being chancellor of Germany. Kaiser William II is significant because he played a big role in the causes of WW1. He was very into making Germany powerful and to have Germany in “its rightful place in the sun”. Because of his very pro-Germany actions‚ it caused the other European powers to worry that
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There are several things that play into why the Civil War started‚ although the overall burning issue was slavery. Many people argue that the Civil War started over states rights. But when you look at it the states rights were to abolish or protect slavery. This problem seemed to arise as the north became more industrialized and the south stayed predominately agricultural based. As the north began to look towards a city life people began to work together as one. In the south cotton had become a very
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