Revolutionary War. After they won their independence and the war‚ America developed into its own country. They developed their government and expanded westward. From 13 colonies to 50 states‚ America eventually became a global superpower and remains so today. However‚ all this couldn’t have happened out of nowhere. There had to be something that caused them to rise to where they are now. While some say their rise to power was pure luck‚ factors contributing to it were the Spanish-American War‚ Hawaii’s
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Australia`s involvement in the First World War began after The British Empire entered the war against Germany on August 4‚ 1914 . When The Great War broke out‚ it was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Australia and many young men were rushing to sign up and to take arms. Having in mind that Australia was part of the British Empire‚ the moment Great Britain entered the war Australia became part of the conflict. Prior to looking back at the motives and numbers of Australia’s involvement in WWI‚ I would
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“Great War” (aka) World War one was very bloody‚ that the U.S. had to become involved in the war. It started in 1914 to 1919 (1919 was when it officially ended with the treaty of Versailles). It was with the Central Powers vs. the Allied Powers. The U.S. needed to become involved because they sent war supplies to the fighting nations and Great Britain started to block U.S. ships and President Wilson thought that war zones were illegal. The U.S. was one of the neutral nations of World War one until
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Running head: UNIT 1 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT LITERATURE FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT ERA THAT CHANGED HISTORY Andre T. Hedges American InterContinental University Online UNIT 1 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT Abstract The Founding Fathers played a pivotal role in our countries foundation. These men were activist of their times. The literature they produced such as the Declaration of Independence‚ the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution we live under today
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World War I characterized as the "first modern war" . Advanced machine guns‚ bombs‚ tanks‚ attack aircraft and submarines were widely used in the First War. It is also accepted as the first "total war" ‚ where most of the nations mobilised all resources for the war. The map of Europe has been changed by 1919‚ as big empires brought to the end and new countries‚ nations were formed. Involvement of the USA in the war arose the country as the world’s new economic power. Soviet Russia was formed. The
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Honors U.S History The beginning of the 1900s marked the start of the Second World War Although the U.S did not want to become involved in this war‚ it eventually joined after the Japanese attacked U.S forces in Pearl Harbor. By dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and declaring war on Germany‚ the U.S had officially entered the war. Reasons why the U.S dropped these atomic bombs were and still are the subject of much controversy. After the first atomic bomb
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Historians comment the war as ‘a terrible disaster’ for Russia in which‚ the unequipped Russian army were routed by the Germans‚ defeat after defeat under the badly supreme command of Nicholas on the western front. Over 1.3m soldiers were killed and 4.2m were wounded in the battle
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Italy’s military involvement in event of a war with members of the Triple Entente (Britain‚ France and Russia). The Italian Government introduced military conscription in 1907. However‚ only about 25 per cent of those eligible for conscription received training and by 1912 there were only 300‚000 men in the Italian Army. Over 5.2 million men served in the Italian Army during the First World War. Italy’s total wartime casualties was 420‚000 killed and almost 955‚000 wounded. After the war Benito Mussolini
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James McCann American Involvement in Vietnam The Vietnam War was one of the longest‚ and most costly armed conflicts in American history. The North Vietnamese and its southern supporters‚ known as the Vietcong‚ sought to overthrow the South and create one unified‚ communist state of Vietnam. This goal pitted the United States and South Vietnam against the communist regime‚ and the US maintained a military and economic presence in the country for almost 25 years. The increased American presence in
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World War II started as an act of hatred directed towards the Jewish people. Since the leader of Nazi Germany‚ Adolf Hitler‚ blamed them for Germany’s loss during World War I and for the economic crisis they were having. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1‚ 1939 and claimed he did this for Lebensraum Living space for German people even though it was because he wanted to kill Jewish people. After this mistake‚ war was declared on Nazi Germany and the Axis powers to win what was considered‚ the war
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