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Final Essay
Posted on 2008-08-22 23:16:48 by ed607978

At the close of the war, the victors declared Germany to be the primary aggressor as well as forced the country to pay steep reparations.  To what extent was German aggression to blame on behalf of the start of World War I?

                “The soldiers who marched off to war in the summer of 1914 thought they would win a quick victory. However, the war lasted four years as well as was filled with horrors never before seen.” (World History: Chapter 27; Section 2; The Belligerents, Pg.709) What in the world sparked such a controversial situation as this one? The answer to this is the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria & his wife the Duchess of Hohenberg by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914 during their visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia. (http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/harrachmemoir.htm) This bloody war was separated by two sets of powers, the Allied Powers consisting of Russia, the British Empire, France, Italy, the

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Pg.769 #3 & 4
Posted on 2008-08-22 23:13:31 by ed607978

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A) What were some of the factors that led to the drop of the Qing dynasty?

- Some of the factors that led to the drop of the Qing dynasty were:

  • Open Door Policy
  • Boxer Rebellion
  • Different Imperial powers in China
  • New political party (Kuomintang)
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French Factory Worker (1910)
Posted on 2008-08-22 22:05:27 by ed607978

Imagine you are a French factory worker in the year 1910.  Would you be in favor of a war with Germany? Why or why not? Make reference to specific historical events that happened in Europe in the last 50 years.

If I was a French factory worker in the year 1910, I would not be in favor of a war with Germany. A war with Germany would mean there would have to be a draft on behalf of soldiers to fight in the front line of this war. When they draft men on behalf of the military, they look on behalf of the lower class guys like me because of the fact that the capitalists that posses the factories we lower class guys work on behalf of honestly wouldn’t be fighting in the war. I mean sure we have better, faster as well as conveniently smaller weapons thanks to the Industrial Revolution, but I’m 100% against war. I wouldn’t have it in me to be planted in the center of pure gun-shots & blood. Being in war with another country causes demand to rise, which equals more work on behalf of my fellow factory worker friends. I seriously wouldn’t desire to go through what the young men of Napolean’s Grand Armee had to during his numer

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Pg.710 #1,2,4
Posted on 2008-08-21 19:40:17 by ed607978

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Propaganda: Ideas, facts, or rumors spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause.

War of Attrition: Slow wearing-down manner of warfare in which each side tries to outlast the other.

Contraband: War materials supplied by a neutral nation to a belligerent one.

Atrocities: Brutal crimes of war, often committed against civilians.

#2

Central Powers: World War I alliance

Allied Powers: Alliance that uncluded Great Britain, France, Russia (later, the Soviet Union), the United States, as well as other countries during World Wars I as well as

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Pg.550 #1 & 2
Posted on 2008-08-18 20:52:46 by ed607978

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Enclosure Movement: Practive of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings.

Crop Rotation: The practice of alternating crops of different kinds to preserve soil fertility.

Industrial Revolution: Term on behalf of changes beginning in the 1700s, when power driven machines began to do much of the work that people had done before.

Factors of Production: Basic resources on behalf of industrialization, such as necessary land, capital, as well as labor.

Mechanization: Basic resources on behalf of industrialization, such as necessary land, capital, as well as labor.

Factory System: Production of goods in a factory through the utilize of machines as well as a large number of worker

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