Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for President as the candidate for the progressive Bull Moose Party (1912). Henry Ford developed the modern assembly line (1913). World War I: Austria-Hungary invaded the Kingdom of Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; triggering the start of World War I (1914). The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting women the right to vote, was ratified (1920). The Equal Rights Amendment, written
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the main causes are militarism, nationalism, the building of alliances and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The two alliances that fought against one another in this war were the Triple Entente which consisted of France, United Kingdom, Russia (whose place in the war would later be taken by the United States of America) and the Central Powers which consisted of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. WWI took place mainly in various parts of Europe. The Great War lasted for 4 years, from
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Philip Hackett History Research Paper Professor Saperstein 4/30/15 Neutrality and Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson, the leader of the progressive movement, was elected to be President of the United States in 1912. Amongst other accomplishments and struggles, the 28th President's greatest challenge would come in the form of World War 1. His legacy would begin as the man who kept us out of war and then the man who plunged us into it. Wilson had an impassioned stance of neutrality throughout his first
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Industry, Science, and Technology were the three things that shaped to coming together of nations between North America and Western Europe. This also brought relationship between two different parts of the country. Industrialization, religion, and war were the main three reasons of change. Due to different industrial development between the two, a sense of rivalry emerged, thus starting the second industrial revolution. With some of the changes helped other and in some cases hurt others. Such as
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After Frankfurt Assembly made the decision for the “Lesser Germany” which was led by Prussia, Germany began to enter an industrial era and eventually developed to the widespread industrial expansion. The victories of three wars over Denmark, Austria, and France finally led to a unified Germany and created a large domestic market which provided a solid ground for development of industrial capitalism. Under the leadership of Bismarck, Germany experienced strong economic growth and rapid industrialization
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"Terror is the curse of man," wrote Dostoyevsky in "The Devils," a novel portraying the multifarious political climate of 19th century Russia. This often-overlooked period, which presaged the Communist Revolution, saw Russia experiencing unprecedented levels of terrorism by an assortment of groups such as anarchists, nihilists, populists and socialists. The discussion of this tumultuous and critical period is among the most engaging passages in "The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to Al Qaeda
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- War between two nations would involve more than one country - Triple Entente- Russia, Britain, France - Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy Nationalism: a feeling of deep loyalty to one’s own land - Germany wanted to make empire - Nationalism strong in Serbia à led to assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand Imperialism: industrialized countries building oversea empires; desire to have a bigger empire - Major imperialist countries à France, Britain
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THE GREAT WAR US History online 2/23/13 World War I is also known as The Great War. In our readings from our text book it concludes the cause of The Great War was directly due to the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist Group who was bent on driving Austo-Hungarians from Serbia. (Schultz 2010) During that time period there were two major powers called the
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* “Sick Man” of Europe: 1914 This was a name given to the Ottoman's from the Europeans. It was based on the Ottoman's sultans inability to control the takeover of many states. It fails to recognize reform in the Ottoman's * “Stabbed in the Back”(1918): After germany lost the war the german people wanted someone to blame. Rhe german army believe they had been stabbed in the back by the Weimar Republic. This is because they were the politicians who signed the Armistice. Which made the known
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Introduction The First World War went down in history as one of the worst wars ever to be fought, owing to the magnitude of destruction and loss of life it left in its wake. The war started in 1914 ending in 1919, and has been described variously as the Great War, the War of Nations and the War to End All Wars. (Dwight E, 1966) It was fought by many nations around the world, with Europeans being the main players, and is very significant for the way it shaped the continents years after it ended
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