and what triggered this minor event to lead into the outbreak of World War 1? June 28th 1914: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife by a Serbian nationalist‚ Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary saw this as an opportunity to take hostile actions against Serbia to get rid of the Slavic Nationalist movement. What started off as a minor dispute in the Balkans ended up as one of the most inglorious wars in history including all major European powers. Now the main question
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In April 1917‚ America faced the decision of joining World War 1 or staying unbiased. America was known for its neutrality in wars and stayed neutral over the years. However‚ the US decided to change it’s (concept) in staying neutral due to the Germans. The Germans believed that America was on the side of British. On May 7‚ 1915‚ the Lusitania was broken down by Germans. The Germans believed that the boat had supplies for British‚ so they attacked the boat with their submarine. However‚ not only
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Moscow? The land we know today as Russia began with native inhabitants known as the Slavic People. The term Slav or Slavic would later create the term in the western hemisphere‚ ‘slave.’ The Slavic people were enslaved by Scandinavian settlers known as the Vikings. The enslavement of the Slavs‚ created the western term of slave. The Vikings arrived in Russia via the Volga River basin. They came mainly from frozen Sweden‚ seeking better lands to pillage and farm. Russia turned out to become an extremely
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font. 1. When did World War I begin? When did the United States enter World War I? -World War I was initiated in 1914 by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles. The United States became a part of World War I in 1917. 2. How many Europeans died during World War I? How many Americans? - There were about 10‚879‚000 Europeans who died during World War I. About 120‚144 Americans died in action of the war‚ of wounds‚ of diseases
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Woodrow Wilson delivered his now-famous War Message to Congress on April 4‚ 1917. Four days later‚ Congress declared war and the United States became a formal partner in the war to end all wars. As the Wilson administration was to discover‚ however‚ declaring war and making war were two very different propositions. The former required only an abstract statement of ideals and justifications and a two-thirds Congressional majority; the latter required the massive mobilization of virtually every sector
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World War I has been a controversial topic in the sense that who should take responsibility for not only causing it but how it brutally affected the world. Professor V. R. Berghahn makes the argument that evidence indicates Germany’s role in World War I was the main factor responsible for the conflict. To prove his argument he focuses on the framework of Germany’s economy‚ society‚ culture‚ and politics from 1871 to 1914. While Samuel R. Williamson argues that the factors and conditions that led
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The settlement that ended World War I was called the Treaty of Versailles and was signed on June 28‚ 1919. The treaty was written to figure out how to deal with Germany after the war. The Treaty of Versailles was mainly drafted by the United States‚ France‚ and Britain. One of the main clauses of the treaty stated that Germany was to take full responsibility for starting the war. With this clause‚ Germany was also responsible for all the damage done by the war and was required to pay for all of the
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History 2063 AFRICAIN AMERICAINS IN WORLD WAR I Before WORLD WAR I‚ military service represented a source of black pride. Black educators‚ clergymen‚ and the press frequently referred to Negro heroes of America’s past wars. After the Civil War‚ the U.S‚ Army maintained four regular Negro regiments the 9th and 10th Calvary and the 24th and 25th Infantry. These units included veterans of the civil war and the frontier Indian fighting regiments. Retired sergeants often
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in the World Wars Right up to the outbreak of World War I‚ feminists on both sides pledged themselves to peace‚ in transnational women’s solidarity. Within months of the war’s outbreak‚ however‚ "all the major feminist groups of the belligerents had given a new pledge - to support their respective governments." Suddenly‚ campaigners for women’s suffrage became avid patriots and organizers of women in support of the war effort. Many of these feminists hoped that patriotic support of the war would enhance
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World War I Chemical Warfare On April the 22‚ 1915 at the start of the Second Battle of the Ypres‚ the first poison gas attack and the first use of chlorine gas in a battlefield started‚ even though the Hague declaration and Convention forbade the use of poison weapons in the warfare. The Germans attacked France with the chlorine gas‚ but the French were not prepared at all for this attack. The effects of the chlorine gas to the soldiers was very severe; within seconds it destroyed their respiratory
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