HIST 230 Jack Heyburn 2/2/12 The First World War is generally accepted to be the first conflict to bring warfare to a global scale. The four years of worldwide hostilities were brought on by a synergism of both domestic and international issues. Although both factors played a significant role in the outbreak of war‚ the international issues contributed more to the eruption of conflict than did the domestic. The international landscape leading up to World War I was marked by imperialism‚ high
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Discuss the causes of the First World War World War I started in summer of 1914 as apolitical power play in Europe. Russian and Austria-Hungary competed for control of Balkan region. Many Serbians wanted to unite all Slavs into a one country‚ so Austria-Hungary started to worry for the Pan-Slavic movement and they annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina. This angered many Serbians‚ as they wanted to be in control of Bosnia. Thus‚ on June 28 1914‚ Serbians assassinated the heir of Austro-Hungarians throne.
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People that spoke the same language‚ shared the same history‚ or had the same culture helped them start a country. Nationalism made people proud of their country. People cherished the idea of having a mission to fulfill. People would try to solve world problems to make their country look better. Countries built up their armies‚ and added more weapons for more power; to show that they were better or deserved more respect from other countries. When a country builds weapons it makes nations around
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The Effects of the First World War There are many after effects of the First World War. One of the first effects is‚ that because the death toll was quite high for the war and the injured civilians and soldiers was also very high. The effect of this was that because most of the population was unemployed and all the injured civilians and soldiers were in hospital being treated‚ it was costing the government a lot of money to treat the injured people and the economy was getting damaged by this
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first world war poetry Web definitions A war poet is a poet written at that time and on the subject of war. This term‚ at the beginning applied especially to those in military service during World War I. then‚ documented as early as 1848 in reference to German revolutionary poet‚ Georg Herwegh The main figures in the first world war Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)-1 Siegfried Sassoon was perhaps the most innocent of the war poets. John Hildebidle has called Sassoon the "accidental hero." Born
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culture trends that influence the worldThe world’s media will descend on Japan for the Soccer World Cup next summer‚ when it plays co-host with Korea. What they’ll find there is the epicenter of Asia’s youth‚ media‚ and fashion culture: the place and people who decide what’s chic and what’s hip for much of Asia. Even trends from America and Europe are filtered through Japan‚ and its capital‚ Tokyo‚ first. Japanese brands like Nintendo‚ Sega‚ Sony‚ "Hello Kitty‚" "Pokemon‚" and "Purikura" are the
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Modernism and the First World War The period of the World War One‚ which took place between 1914 and 1918 may seem short in the history of human being or art‚ but its influence on technology‚ politics‚ people‚ their lifestyles and art was so huge that the war was called The Great War of all the history. It also affected the literature of the time. World War One changed people and their point of views; writers changed their subjects and their literary techniques‚ readers changed their expectations
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African American Soldiers in the First World War: Freddie Stowers and the 371st Regiment Day 1: October 10‚ 1917 371st arriving in camp… “our mob of embryo warriors…No one who saw that outfit could keep from laughing….The halt‚ the lame‚ and the blind were there actually. Every colored derelict…must have been picked up when the draft order was received.” Captain Chester Heywood‚ US Army Day 400473: January 26‚ 1919 371st departing France… “The 371st has shown the very
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Impact of WWI When Great War started‚ it influenced the entire world policy and economy. Millions of people died and equal number of people became homeless. Big empires of 20th century fell apart and new small national countries were established. We can say that WWI caused a really big disaster‚ especially for country which was participant. But there are similarities and differences how it did effect. On different countries in the same way war had different influence. The example for that is
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Women and the First World War World War 1 had a massive effect on all sides of human life and almost everyone in Europe felt some change as a consequence. One group for whom it is often described as a true turning point‚ largely in employment and enfranchisement (voting)‚ were women. Women’s reactions Women‚ like men‚ were divided in their reactions to war‚ with some championing the cause and others worried by it. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies‚ a spearhead for women’s right
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