...Primary Sources: Woodrow Wilson's 14 Principles to End WWI Editor's Note: On January 8, 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson delivered a major speech to Congress. At the time,?World War I was still raging in Europe. On one side of the conflict known as "the Great War" were?the Central Powers ? Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.?Wilson referred to them as the Central Empires. On the other side were Britain, France, Italy, Russia, the United States and several other allies. The war had started in 1914. In his speech, the president outlined 14 principles the U.S. would insist on during any peace negotiations.?Wilson's speech is below. Roman numerals were used to number the principles. Gentlemen of the Congress: The spokesmen of...
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...destructive thing. What some people do not comprehend is, in war, consequences occur for everyone. Not only are the parties involved impacted, but almost everything else is influenced by the cancerous reach of war. The influence of war isn’t a positive thing either, everything can potentially be negatively impacted by its call, and for this, no war should be considered worth the effort. A good example of this is WW1, in which almost every aspect Canadian life was influenced by the war one way or another. WW1 lasted 4 years, and in this time period over 32 countries got involved in the conflict. Out of the countries the repercussions of the War affected, the primitive and young Canada suffered great negative impacts. One can...
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...Keith Thorkildson Fall 2013 Humanities The Impact of WW1 and Freudian theories on Western Societies The twentieth century was a huge turning point for the entire world. Europeans were experiencing something that had never happened in their lifetimes before. Early in the twentieth century WW1 breaks out in Europe and a new way of looking at the human mind emerges. These events and people would really change cultures around the world. Beliefs in the Enlightenment would never be the same and modern day societies are still influenced at what was achieved and destroyed during this time. I am going to highlight the life of Sigmund Freud’s and how his theories impacted how we look at the human mind today. Then I will go over World War 1 and how it completely changed cultures of the west. Finally I will explain how WW1 and Sigmund Freud connected and changed western societies forever. Sigmund Freud was born in Freiberg, Moravia in 1856. There is not a lot of information on Sigmund Freud’s early life because he chose to keep it out of the public’s eye. “Little is known of Freud’s early life as he twice destroyed his personal paper, once in 1885 and again in 1907” (Psychologist, World). His personal papers were closely guarded in Sigmund Freud’s archives and only available to Ernest Jones his official biographer. Freud published countless theories that created a lot of controversy in his time and still in our modern world today. Sigmund published many works but most of them if not...
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...Though morally, World War One would be seen as a frowny face in society, it actually had greatly impacted the United States in some good ways and would affect the future of the Americans way of living and preparedness. During World War One (WW1), the United States faced many problems with the war. The war gave opportunities and at the same time caused many problems. WW1 made social, political, and economic impacts on the U.S. Homefront. The social impact WW1 had on the U.S. was that it gave women and African Americans the opportunity for better work in the North while the white men were away at war. Women got to prove that they can do a “man’s job”. In which, opened the eyes of America of what women can do, and this helps women greatly...
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...History Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has, and always will be seen as one, if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars,’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors, which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system, Imperialism, The Naval Race, The Schlieffen Plan and finally, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. 1. The alliance system: At the end of the 19th century, alliances were made between countries. The alliances were formed so that if any of the countries in an alliance went to war, the other countries would have to help the country that had gone to war. At this point, there were two major alliances. The first consisted of Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy, named the Triple Alliance. The other, made up of Britain, France and Russia, was named the Triple Entente. As these alliances were formed, there became immediate friction between the two alliances, as each one tried to overpower the other. 2. Imperialism: At that time, Kaiser, as well as the rest of Germany wanted a vast empire, like the British. Although they had the money as well as the resources, they had nothing to show for it. Kaiser wanted Germany to have access to raw materials and new markets. He also wanted to give Germany more respect. This angered Britain as Germany were...
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...has taking a toll on land across the world that war has been fought on, and war has also taken an even bigger toll on those who were involved and those who have yet to be involved in war. For century’s war has played a large part in our history and with the most resent war in Iraq this couldn’t be more true. War is something that can bring things together that might not of been on any regular day and yet war has the power to rip it all apart. War has been here since the beginning and war will be here till the end there for lasting forever in our history. War Past and Present When World War 1 began many thought that the soldiers would return home to their families by December 1914 victorious, yet what started out with high expectations ended more than four years later than the original hope. According to Jennifer Rosenberg (n.d), “World War 1 was an extremely bloody war, with huge losses of life and little ground lost or won“ (para 1). Soldier’s that fought in WW1 were fighting their enemies by hiding trenches firing artillery and lobbed grenades, but when ordered the soldiers would have to leave the safety of the trenches and venture in to what was called “ No Man’s Land “ (Rosenberg, (n.d), para 4) to lead a full on attack. Millions of young Men’s lives were lost do to the lack of armor protection and the lack of evolved weaponry. In 1897 the French introduced early in WW2 the French 75mm cannon that had rapid firing power up to 20 rounds a minute,...
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...WW1 was one of the worst international wars and the first part of the war america stayed out of it. It caused a boom in the economy because they had guns and supplies and they sold it for really high prices to britain and france. But america entered because they were attacked by germany and innocent civilians died and it stirred people up in anger and then caused the U.S.A to enter the war. America's contribution was essential to the winning of the war or else the war would have been won by germany. One reason why the U.S enter the war was because germany kept killing innocent people and threatening to torpedo down our passenger liners because they were trying to keep britain from receiving supplies. But also the fact that a us building was bombed and that stirred the people up in anger with the german’s so that led us to support the allies in ww1 and 2 and the germans tried to keep us out because they believed they could win but they stirred us up in anger and got us to enter and defeat germany....
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...Why World War 1 was the worst world war? World War 1 was one of the worst world wars ever because of the new innovations of that time which made war more deadly and dangerous that previous wars. New inventions such as tanks, gas attacks, and trenches brought in more deadly. WW1 also started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It eventually would start with Germany invading Belgium. WW1 would shape Europe and the world forever. How did WW1 start? It started in Sarajevo, Bosnia Sunday, June 28th, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary rode in a parade to the town hall of Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip a Bosnian-born Serbian and six others had plans to assassinate the Archduke. The six of them...
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...Marxist feminist Michelle Barrett (1980) argues that the role ideology plays in convincing women that unpaid domestic labour is fulfilling is important. Barrett discusses the ideology of ‘familism’ the notion that female fulfillment lies in the family. For Marxist feminists, the cause of female oppression is rooted in capitalism. They argue that although individual men benefit from women’s subordination, the main beneficiary is capitalism. Women are an unpaid labour force, as unpaid housewives, and have been used in WW1 as a reserve army of labour. This oppression is believed to be maintained by the role women adopt within the capitalist’s system as the unpaid homemaker in the family. Women are conceived that this unpaid role is natural and normal, through the ideology of ‘familism’ that promotes female fulfillment as achieved through motherhood intimacy and sexual satisfaction. Marxist feminists believe that in order to end female subordination, we must overthrow capitalism as well as the ideology of familism. This would free the sexes from restrictive family roles and ensure that domestic labour was shared equally. Strengths of Marxist feminists include the fact that they have demonstrated the power of structural factors, such as capitalism and ideology in constructing an explanation for women’s subordination. However, Marxist feminists have been criticised for failing to explain women’s subordination in non-capitalist societies. Marxist feminism also places insufficient emphasis...
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...After the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, WW1 began. For about the first half of the war America stayed neutral. ,“The U.S. had been following the doctrine of neutrality and noninterference with European affairs since the Monroe Doctrine, about 90 to 100 years, so neutrality had strong roots and support because it had served the United States well”(Blair). America was split in two during the time of ww1. Many of the American people wanted to enter the war while many including President Woodrow Wilson wanted to stay neutral. America had one big decision to make during this time. In the end the U.S had no choice but to enter the war due to the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram and the huge economic boost the war would offer America decided to enter the war....
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...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 became very popular in America during World War I. As a matter of fact, World War I proved America to be the largest producer of pro-war propaganda in the world. Originally elected as the pro-isolationism president, President Woodrow...
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...Germany’s leader agreed to help Austria and Hungary in what later became World War 1. Austria declared war on Serbia on July 28,1914. In that same week the allies were lined up and ready to start World War 1. Serbia, Russia, France, Belgium, and Great Britain were allies in WW1 against Austria, Hungary, and Germany. Germany began invading west Belgium on August 4,1914. The German troops were lead by Erich Lundendorff. The German troops killed the...
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...of the League of Nations was drafted by a special commission, and the League was established by Part I of the Treaty of Versailles. On 28 June 1919,[25][26] 44 states signed the Covenant, including 31 states which had taken part in the war on the side of the Triple Entente or joined it during the conflict. Despite Wilson's efforts to establish and promote the League, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 1919,[27] the United States did not join the League. Opposition in the U.S. Senate, particularly from Republican politicians Henry Cabot Lodge and William E. Borah, together with Wilson's refusal to compromise, ensured that the United States would not ratify the Covenant." In other words it was created BECAUSE of WW1, to premote the peice and stop anything like that from happening again. "Germany expected a treaty based on these fourteen points. However, negotiations between the 'big four' Lloyd George of England, Orlando of Italy, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of America did not go smoothly. Wilson believed that his fourteen points was the only way to secure everlasting peace. The French however, wanted the defeated nations to be punished severely and believed Wilson's plan too lenient. Privately Lloyd George sided with Wilson although he was concerned about the threat from Communism, however, the British public, like Clemenceau, wanted Germany punished severely. Lloyd George knew that if he sided with Wilson he would lose the next election...
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...The peace agreements after WW1 tried to address lasting peace and redrawing of Europe. First, the peace agreements tried to achieve lasting peace, which was done in a multitude of ways. First, the peace treaties punished Germany to prevent them from starting another war. Germany was punished by loss of land (colonies and portions of homeland), large amount of debts, and loss of military. Lastly, the peace agreements addressed the map of Europe. The map of Europe was changed with the addition of countries that were normally a part of other empires. Countries like Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Hungary, and many more counties. Overall, the peace agreements dealt with a multitude of issues including war prevention and redrawing the European map. Wilson’s...
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...WW1 Significant events Many battles were fought in World War 1 and many lessons were learnt. Whether it is the advancements of technology or the new war tactics. Three of these kind of events stand out: the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, which is important as its failure influenced many countries who participated in the battles. The battle of Verdun which was the longest battle in WW1. And finally the US entering the war which, although happened towards the end of the war, influenced the battles and the decision making around the war. After the examination of these events, the most influential event of WW1 will be established and further proved to be the significant turning point in WW1. The first turning point in World War 1 is the British Campaign at Gallipoli in 1915. This campaign was important because it improved the morale of the British public, it allowed grain to more easily flow to Russia, and it kept Russia in the war, which was needed in order for the Allies to win. On November 25th 1914, Winston Churchill suggested his plan for a new war front in the Dardanelles to the British government’s War Council. On January 15th 1915, the War Council gave its agreement and British troops in Egypt were put on alert. The Central Powers were fighting primarily on two fronts – the Western and Eastern Fronts. Creating another front would force the Germans to split their army still further as they would need to support the badly rated Turkish army. When the Germans went to assist...
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