The September 11 attacks‚ also known as 9/11‚ were the most horrific events on American soil. 9/11 was the beginning of the age of terrorism and America’s fight against it. On September 11‚ 2001‚ Islamic extremists known as al-Qaeda‚ hijacked four planes and caused great damage. Two planes hit the World Trade Center‚ one hit the Pentagon‚ and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. American Airlines Boeing 767 which carried 20‚000 gallons of fuel hit the World Trade Center in New York City at 8:45
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On June 28th 1914 Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria-Este was assassinated. A 19 year old man that goes by the name of Gavrilo Princip apart of the black hand group assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination lead to other events that eventually caused World war one. Belgium’s ports were close to the British Coast and during the war Germany took control of Belgium. This was a major threat to Britain. On August 4th 1914 Germany attacked France through Belgium and within hours
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World war one was one of the darkest times in our history. There were many horrors associated with world war one that weren’t associated with other wars due to advances in technology. Additionally‚ fear was also a major factor during the war‚ as people constantly feared for their lives. To make matters worse‚ the soldiers that fought in the war lacked the proper motivation after everything they have experienced. World war one was horrific‚ frightening‚ and unfortunate war that nobody wanted to fight
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Franz Ferdinand: In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was a trigger for WW1‚ but imperialism‚ nationalism‚ militarism and alliances were the major causes of WW1. Many countries had strong interest to expand their empire by colonizing smaller countries. A good example of this was the colonization of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary‚ which eventually led to the killing of Franz Ferdinand. While imperialists felt that they had the right to colonize other countries
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The causes of the Thirty Years War can be traced as far back as the renaissance period. It was during the renaissance that such ideals as secularism‚ humanism‚ individualism‚ rationalism and above all else secularism was first apparent in main stream society (5). The Thirty Years War was one of the most important and bloodiest of the religious wars. An uneasy truce had existed in Germany since the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. This agreement allowed Lutheran and Catholic rulers to determine the religion
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Year 9 HSIE Assessment Task 2 Due Date: During the assessment period in Week 4‚ Term 2 Weight: 25% Submission details: students are to submit their research log and essay scaffold by 8:35am to the Humanities staffroom on the day of their HSIE assessment during the Week 4 assessment period. The essay is to be completed during their scheduled HSIE assessment period. Question: describe the experiences of Australians in WW1 and WW2 for either: Australian Nurses OR Australian Prisoners of War Part 1 –
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How far did WW1 change the position of the Liberal Party in 1918? WW1 changed the position of the LIberal Party significantly because of many factors. One major change would have been Asquith stepping down as leader. This was because he was seen as not being able to lead the war‚ the public disliked the way in his methods with events such as the Shell crisis which led to thousands of unneeded deaths. This was were Lloyd George took over as he was seen fit to lead this war‚ or control the many
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The malevolent utilization of unrestricted submarine warfare by the German navy was unequivocally a breach of the rules of war. In early 1915‚ Germany controversially declared the waters surrounding Britain a war zone and threatened to sink all merchant ships approaching Britain even those from neutral countries. It was irrational to believe neutral countries would halt trade with Britain as that would result in huge economic losses. Several merchant ships including the British ship Lusitania were
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How the European Alliance Helped Cause World War 1Historians have spent many years analyzing the origins of World War 1. Many factors are considered by historians when asked this question; nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ etc. However all of these factors are influenced and tied together by the alliance system in place at the time tensions in the Balkans erupted. In this time period the Ottoman Empire had lost much of its control and power in the corridor to Europe. Many of the leading nations
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