...------------------------------------------------- How Propaganda Swayed the Public Opinion During World War I Rachel Corona Abstract World War 1 proved America to be the nation producing the highest amount of propaganda. Through his use of propaganda President Wilson was able to draw American Support for the war. Despite his being elected as the “peace” president. Many Americans believed he’d keep them out of the war, especially after he stated that, “so far as I can remember, this is a government of the people, and this people is not going to choose war.” Before his election, Wilson promoted American neutrality. He pushed for what he believed his Americans wanted. However, through his employment of propaganda, Woodrow Wilson was able to convince the American people to join the ranks, he persuaded Americans into accepting rations for food, he involved women in the war effort, he was even able to sway them into buying government bonds (liberty bonds) to fund the war. In the end, through his use of propaganda, President Woodrow Wilson was ironically able to change the popular American opinion and convince Americans to support World War 1. Propaganda, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is the “spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.” It is always biased towards a view or idea. Governments employ propaganda to sway public opinions towards supporting a cause. The use of propaganda...
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...On June 28, 1914 the assassination that sparked World War I took place. While visiting Sarajevo to inspect the army, a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke; assassinating both him and the Duchess Sophie. Although Archduke Ferdinand was annexing territories his assassination was unjust because his wife was also assassinated, the first attempt to assassinate him harmed innocent citizens, and this event sparked World War I. While visiting Sarajevo, Archduke Franz Ferdinand knew there was going to be risks. There were many Serbian nationalists who were infuriated by the Archduke annexing territories, as a result these nationalist planned to assassinate him. The first attempt was a bombing, which was unsuccessful. As...
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...made by Canadian Aboriginals during WW1 and WW2. 2). How have our Aboriginal peoples contributed to Canadian culture, some items may be so common you are unaware of their Aboriginal origin.. Domesticated edible plants (pumpkin, potatoes, corn, squash), raised animals, and discovered natural medicine. Mathematics and government were influenced Knew how to prevent scurvy by planting and eating plants with rich vitamin C 3). Research one of Canada's most decorated Native soldiers....summarize what he did and what he was awarded. One of Canada’s most decorated Native soldier was Thomas Prince he was a veteran of WW1 and the Korean war. He was presented with the ten medals for being canada's most decorated war soldiers. 4). Explain some of...
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...Daniel Walker (1554) What was the short term significance of World War One for Britain’s Empire in India? The First World War (WW1) would prove to embody the climax of British colonial ideologies and strengthen India’s international profile as an evolving nation. The Indian contribution to the war was extraordinary and Gandhi’s conscription efforts for the British Army was based upon the premise of fighting for ‘the good and glory of human civilisation’ – a contrasting attitude to the one displayed in the initial stages of the Second World War (WW2) when he boycotted the recruitment drive. At the start of the war in 1914 Britain was the world’s dominant power however WW1, although concentrated in Europe, threatened global British diplomatic authority and it was John Buchan who stipulated that the war only ‘blew the dry winds toward the Indian border… where the parched grasses await the spark’. In context, his prognosis prophesises the effects the war would have on not only the British government but on Indians also, whose tide of nationalist thinking was to be fortified. Word count: 292 Word count: 292 Word count: 558 Word count: 558 A sharp increase in anti-seditious government policy illustrates the embedded British fear of an Indian uprising as a result of the war, how it changed both the social and political landscape of India and enforced the Western ideals of democracy. The focus on the war effort in France, although with logical intentions, exposed the fragility of...
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...Word count= 2000 Word count= 2000 World War Two (WW2) and the situation it created within Germany saw the creation of two rival political systems which were influenced by rival foreign powers. In this aspect, it can be seen as the key turning point in German political systems. When Germany at the end of WW2 was conquered and occupied by the allies between the years 1945-1949 (point zero), the subsequent rift between the capitalist allies (Britain, France and America) and the communist allies (Russia) formed two opposing democratic Germany’s; The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). This is significant, due to foreign powers controlling Germany’s political system, as well as the departure from Sonderweg, meaning Germany no longer followed a unique path of development and that nationalism and militarism were on the decline. The significance of the previous German eras, Kaiser Reich (Semi-Autocratic Empire), Weimar Republic (Federal Democracy) and the Third Reich (Dictatorship) are also significant, however in political terms they are not as significant as post 45. The significances of post 1945 can be seen by its success of creating a working democracy in Germany after 1945, the FRG. One reason why the FRG was successful revolves around the sudden decline in German militarism and nationalism. This is evident in the fact that the FRG’s constitution was based on the Weimar Republics concept of ‘Grundgesetz’, which means basic law. The implications...
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...Sarah Christiansen December 21, 2011 America during the 1920’s I. War Debt A. $10.3 billion was owed to U.S from allies after WW1. II. Business’s Boom A. Business normalcy 1. Levying protective tariffs; promoting foreign trade; breaking strikes a. Laissez-faire 2. Fordney-McCumber Act a. Raised import duties to high levels 3. Bureau of Budget a. Making government more responsible for lowering war debt III. Restricting Immigration A. Red Scare- Suspicion of immigrants being communists (mild) B. KKK- Ku Klux Klan- Group of white supremacists prejudice against African Americans and immigrants C. National Origins Act 1. Only 3% of any national group could be accepted into America per year a. Total of 150,000 immigrants a year allowed b. Affected mainly Asians (Japanese) and Africans 1. Although most immigrants descended from European Nations 2. Sacco & Vanzetti-symbolized mistrust of immigrants IV. Prosperity A. Businesses grew 1. Luxuries were becoming necessities; wages rose; more leisure time; glorification of wealth and comfort B. Automobile 1. Symbol for the new age that came along with prosperity a. Garages, gas stations and diners had opened b. Tractors replaced animals on farms C. Business Formula 1. Mass production, standardized products and nationwide market 2. Stock Market- purchasers “invested in the future.” V. Women in 1920’s ...
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...Armenian Genocides Prashanth P. Samuel Professor Hicks History 116 The Ottoman Empire was a very powerful and influential force in the world during the early 19th century. As the empire was predominantly of Turkish decent, other minority groups started growing within the empire. Eventually it came to a period where the Ottoman Empire felt these minority groups such as the Armenians, Greeks, as well as the Assyrians were becoming to strong and felt they were threating the empire therefore they were persecuted and the mass killings of the Armenian people being. The purpose of this paper is to dive into the times of the Armenian genocides before during and after the April 24th 1915 genocide attacks on the Armenian people. The various sources and references used in this paper will explain the various situations the Armenian people faced and how this has correlated to other world events at the time and how this has affected Armenian people for generations to come. The first part which we will look at is determining if the mass killings of the Armenian people is considered genocide or not as the people of Turkey time and time again failed to recognize that it was genocide. The genocide convention in 1948 defined the word “genocide” as an incident which involves a significant number of dead, as similar to the number of dead during the 1915-1916 era. “On 12 March 2010, the Swedish Riksdag recognized the 1915 Genocide in Ottoman Turkey” (Avedian). As the Swedish have stated that...
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...The Holocaust The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." Adolf Hitler and the German Nazis were responsible for the innocent people who had died during this tragic time. The Nazis set up giant prisons called concentration camps, where prisoners were starved, tortured, and worked to death. Approximately nine million Jews lived in the twenty-one countries. It is impossible to know the real amount of people who died, but six million is a estimate. The Jews were not a threat, they were people who lived in a society where they were alone, hurt, and died brutally in the Holocaust, for no reason....
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...HIST 102 The Real Cause of War was Peace What drives a country to war? This is a great question to ponder when thinking about history. Most of history revolves around wars. Most countries would prefer peace, but there are times when war is unavoidable. This was true for World War I, but why after this war ended did another world war break out only twenty years later. To understand this one must examine how the first war ended, and what happened between the end of World War I and the start of World War II around the world. World War I was a long fought war between the Allied Powers—United States, Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy—and the Central Powers—Germany, Austro Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. The war began in 1914 and the United States entered the war in 1917. The war ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles. When President Woodrow Wilson spoke about the war he stressed how important it would be to have peace without a victor and that the only peace that could last is “peace among equals” (A., H.J. Rebecca, 2012). Peace among equals would mean that at the end of the war everyone was treated as equals with an equal say in the terms of peace. This is not how World War I ended. The Allied Powers were victorious and since England and France had fought so hard at such a great cost they wanted to punish the Central Powers and especially Germany. They imposed harsh sanctions on Germany and demanded they pay $33 billion in reparations. This angered...
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...But the question I have is why? In my speech, we are going to talk about the legislation that comes along with owning a pit bull, a little bit about the pit bulls origins and how they got their reputation, their temperament, how they are as a family dog, what it’s like for these dogs in shelters, and finally talk about what you can do to help these animals. So if you would let me, I would love to talk to you about...
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...Wars of the World World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand the heir to the Austrian throne. The war was fought by the Allies (Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan and the United States in 1917) and the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire). Although, the assassination of the heir to the throne might have triggered the war the state of the countries had been moving towards a war for a long time. There were many causes to World War I two of them were nationalism and militarism. A patriotic feeling is what nationalism is all about. This was one of the major causes of World War I. Not all of the ethnic groups had their goals realized in their state. Some wanted to have their own national state but could not achieve this goal. Some rivalries over colonies made the alliances of Europe’s great powers uneasy and added tension to the states. After Napoleon’s exile the Congress of Vienna tried to sort out problems in Europe. A new Europe was decided by delegates from Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia that left Germany and Italy as divided states. Some strong nationalism elements led to the unification of Germany and Italy. France was angry at the settlement of the Franco-Prussian war as they lost Alsace-Loraine to Germany. Another major cause of World War I was militarism. After 1900, the growth of many armies made tensions worse. Many of the armies had doubled in size in a few...
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...Labeled as the Great War, World War I was the first War in which all of the major Powers of Europe took part in. This conflict led to the destruction of two of Europe's oldest Empires, namely Russia and Austria-Hungary and brought about terrible hardships to countries which in turn led to the rise of fascism and socialism. This historic event in human history started on the 28th of July, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia as a result of the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. Unlike the Great Powers, specifically France, Russia and Germany who joined World War I as a result of the alliances they had in place, what lured Bulgaria and Italy to take up arms was the promise of new territories if victorious. Unfortunately this greed would lead to both nations suffering as a result of their participation in War. Italy, although victorious in the end, had to endure economic hardships and Bulgaria ended up with even less territory compared to when they joined the War. Bulgaria officially entered World War I on the 14th of October, 1915 by declaring war on Serbia, thereby joining the fight on the Central Power's side. Although Bulgaria and Serbia - once members of the Balkan League, fought side by side during the first Balkan War, which resulted in the end of Ottoman Rule in Europe, Bulgarians were dissatisfied about how the former Ottoman Territories, the most coveted one being Macedonia, were divided. This led to a...
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...This worldwide disease caused approximatively 50 million deaths in less than one year. The death of so many people in so little time had many negative short-term and long-term impacts over the societies. In the short term, the Influenza created a worldwide panic. People were afraid of outsiders because they feared the disease. The relation within the population was not good. Everybody was suffering from loss and whole societies were in a grim mood. Many kids were suddenly orphans. This panic and demoralization leaded to the closure of schools, churches, farms and factories. In 1918, there was already a shortage of physicians, grave diggers, morticians, and health care workers because of WW1. The epidemics increased this shortage because of the sudden deaths of many other workers. No social classes or profession was spared. The mix of these shortages with the sudden closure of many organizations made the economy fall at a phenomenal rate. There are many signs of the downfall of the global economy. There was a decrease in the number of manufacturers and a decrease in the supply produced by these workers. There was also an increase of the marginal product of labor and capital per worker. These phenomenon’s leaded to an increase of real wages and a substitution away from the more expensive labor to capital. All of this is due to the influenza mortalities. The basic materials, especially coal, sugar and flour were more difficult...
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...Running Head: DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER: ITS CAUSES AND TREATMENTS Dissociative Identity Disorder: its causes and treatments: What are the roots causes and treatments of Dissociative Identity Disorder Abstract Research shows that Dissociative Identity Disorder, the most extreme form of dissociative disorders, is usually developed in childhood as a means to cope with emotionally difficult situations, whether it is sexual abuse or other childhood trauma. In the past, it has been assumed that Dissociative Identity Disorder has no treatment because of the complexity of the condition. However, recent studies have shown that structured clinical psychiatry sessions can alleviate the symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder and actually reduce the number of memory relapses. These conclusions stand as testimonies to the fact that Dissociative Identity Disorder can be treated despite the claims of past studies. “What if pretending she was somebody else was the only way a little girl knew how to defend herself. But she had to pretend so intensely that the pretending became real” (Sargent, 2007). In the 2007 docudrama film Sybil, directed by Joseph Sargent, the main character Sybil Dorsett suffers from 16 personalities because of her Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which she developed as a child. Dissociative Identity Disorder is defined as “a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities (known as alters or parts), each with its own pattern of...
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