One of the many key aspects discussed while having a debate about World War I‚ asks the question‚ which country is held accountable for starting the “Great War”? Well‚ one could simply state that any country across Europe is responsible for this war‚ as there is no specific country to start this war‚ but one of its most important contributors would be Germany. In addition to involving themselves in an Austrian-Hungarian conflict‚ they also happened to lure a multitude of countries across Europe
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began- the Civil War. The war’s effects and consequences were life-shaking and they consisted of death and reconstruction. It is a very debatable topic on whether the North or the South were the aggressors in starting the war. The causes of the Civil War include slavery and everything that came along with it‚ popular sovereignty‚ and the secession of the South. These incidents‚ slavery‚ popular sovereignty‚ and the South’s secession are the most significant reasons that the Civil War began and all prove
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The Civil War was fought between the Northern and Southern states of of America. Was the Civil War inevitable? It was a conflict bound to happen due to the differences between the North and South’s views on slavery‚ society‚ and politics. The South wanted their independence and freedom from the North‚ while the North wanted unity. The Northern states‚ also known as the Union‚ had a very strong economy based on agriculture‚ industry‚ and free labor. They were independent and did not have to rely
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the League of Nations After World War I an organization was formed to try and make sure that another horrific war would not occur again. This organization was called The League of Nations‚ and it had some great ideas to help and prevent another war‚ but as history shows just a mere 20 years later World War II was beginning. The League of Nations had failed and Europe was in another total war that would take up the next 6 years of Europe’s History. I believe that The League of Nations failed because
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The first Punic War began in 264 B.C. and was fought between Carthage and Rome jostling to control Sicily because of its prime trade location‚ resulting in a Roman victory. The second Punic War was also won by Rome and was fought in Spain because of the incredible hatred Carthaginian general Hannibal had for Rome. The third and final Punic War ended in 146 B.C. when Rome destroyed Carthage. Although the Romans were lucky that Hannibal let many opportunities to attack them slip by‚ the Romans won
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and few out of many returned home.” (Thucydides‚ Peloponnesian War‚ 481) The Sicilian military campaign of Athens proved to be one of the most disastrous military campaigns in ancient times. The loss of thousands of soldiers and sailors‚ hundreds of vessels and vast amounts of money from the treasury reduced tremendously the Athenian ability to wage war; however‚ even in spite of such a loss‚ Athens was still able to prolong the war for nine more years until the Spartans defeated Athens in 404 B
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Was the Civil War inevitable? Did so many deaths have to occur to kill slavery? Would America be more prosperous if the North and South had permanently divided? To answer these questions one must look back and discover the reason the Civil War happened and how it affected America. The United States was built on slavery; it is woven into America’s history. Right after the Revolutionary War‚ slavery was abolished in most of the northern states. But it was rampant in the South where most of the citizens
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Both deadly World Wars were both unjust. It ranged from World War I having disputes between all counties and sanctions to take place. In World War II is when peace is completely vanshined from exterminations of many Jews and the the Atomic bomb drop. Together‚ all this caused dictators to rise‚ low employment rates‚ etc. Once again‚ the United States was on the winning side of World War II because they had a great military and extraordinary production of weapons. Standing up for others was shown
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to co-operate‚ especially in business and trade 3. to discourage aggression from any nation 4. to encourage nations to disarm In 1920‚ 2 years after the “the war to end all wars” has finally ended; a colossal concern within the population of Europe was how to maintain‚ establish and consolidate world peace. The president of the United States‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ came up with an original idea: The League of Nations- an international organization whose purpose was to satisfy the burning desire for peace
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Midway through the 20th century‚ towards the end of World War II‚ one of the most feared and important weapons was fabricated. The nuclear bomb‚ also known as the atomic bomb‚ was first constructed by the United States‚ with the initial project starting in August of 1942 (“Nuclear Weapons”). The first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the United States on August 6th‚ 1945‚ and on August 9th 1945 a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki (“Science behind”). By dropping two nuclear
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