reasons it was disastorous List Two things the women fought for in the Womens Movement In a sentence or two describe he wa measures act Name the battle in which the British suffered 50,000 troops on the first day Summarize the Schlieffen plan. What was its primary purpose? What contributed to its failure? List the problems associated with trenches What happened to Russia after the war List atlest three types of trenches Why was life in the trenches hard What did the treaty of Versailles do especially…
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army had the most power. Later on the German army had most power. Even with the amount of power Kaiser Wilhelm has realized that his country’s power would only remain in Europe and he wanted to extend Germany’s power by making colonies. 3. The purpose of the alliance prior to WWI was because the European countries were fighting over power and there were a lot of problems going on and so they thought alliance would be the best solution. 4. Back then British had the most powerful army and the…
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The beginning of World War one started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Soon after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, this chained the declaring of war on many countries. Over the next four years the war would involve Italy, Japan, the Middle East and the United States. More than twenty million soldiers gave their life for the country in which they fought for, another twenty-one million soldiers were wounded, and millions died due to the spread the influenza virus that the…
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invention of the aeroplane and submarines. So now war could be fought on land, at sea as well as below the sea and in the air. As a result of this all powers now had large armies and or navies. Some had also developed ‘war plans’, Germany had the ‘Schlieffen plan’, France had ‘Plan XVII which Niall Ferguson described as “mad strategy”. We often think about leadership in the context of an individual being able to lead and influence others. King George V ruled Britain in 1910 – 1936, though all laws…
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mutinied and joined these demonstrations. 17. The death toll of WWI was between 8 million-10 million. 18. Influenza killed 20 million people worldwide between 1918-1919. 19. Lenin paid for the industriazaton of Russia by passing the New Economic Plan which allowed peasants to own land and sell their crops, private merchants to trade and private workshops to produce and sell them on the free market. 20. After suspending reparations payments the German government began to print money endlessly…
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former soviet bloc and the west prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern europe in 1989. Neil Armstrong – first person to land on the moon Apollo 11 Bay of Pigs – an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961. it's purpose was to overthrow cuban dictator fidel castro. it was sponsored by the u.sKhrushchev – soviet statesman and premier who denounced stalin. U2 – a line on the berlin u-bahn. North Korea – a country in the far east that occupies the northern part of…
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What were Germany’s motives for going to war in 1914? A. Plan of Investigation The investigation examines Germany during the years of 1870-1914, in order to understand its motives and reasons for going to war in 1914. This will be achieved by looking at the development of the German economy, its military, its foreign policy and political situation at home, as well as important events in the nation’s recent history such as her alliances, crisis and puny wars that may have caused it to enter…
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Empire. Militarism :a policy of aggressive military preparedness in particular, the large armies based on mass conscription and complex, inflexible plans for mobilization that most European nations had before World War I. OR as armies grew big, military leaders' (who came up with complex plans to become quickly ready for battle) influence grew. Their plans could never change. The Black Hand :The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophia in June 1914 was carried out…
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Russia, an ally to Serbia, mobilized its armies France, ally to Russia, mobilized its armies Germany felt threatened and ordered them to stop mobilizing France and Russia said no so Germany declared war The Schlieffen Plan Germany planned to attack France through Belgium (the Schlieffen Plan) Britain was allied with Belgium to protect the neutrality of Belgium When Belgium was invaded, Britain declared war on Germany Battles Gas Attack at Ypres Canada’s first major battle New weapon: chlorine…
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Modern Global Studies 21 – Midterm Study Guide Enlightenment Characteristics of Enlightened Thought No longer subject to Church and its ideas (ex. buying/selling indulgences) Not being fed explanations – Empiricism – Using science to challenge Church ideas Reason & individualism – Questioning Church Public education – “Enlightened” with truth Belief in progress More secular outlook Importance of individual Philosophes John Locke – Reasonable beings able to self-govern (democracy) All…
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