The South's attempts for expansion, justified by the economic need for more land and therefore increased utilization of the growing slave population, appears to have a deeper motivation, the need for the vindication of Southern life. David Herbert Donald, in “Why the War Came: The Sectional Struggle over Slavery in the Territories,” provides a counter view to the South's claims it needed expansion to monetarily survive stating, “there was no special reason why –- apart from the generally expansive temper of all Americans --- for the economic reasons it had to be extended into additional territory.” Why then did the South push so hard to “expand or die”? The South strikes back with calls for expansion due to the belief “they were daily threatened…
The years 1914 to 1918 were highly influential to history. This period of time became known as World War One, often referred to as “The Great war.” These four years would lead to drastic upcoming events centered in Europe. Creating a balance of power was not enough to prevent combat. More than 10 million lives of combatants and civilians lives were taken.…
World War I World War I started in the summer of 1914. Most of the war took place in Europe. The war was long and lasted four years. World War I was unlike any previous wars.…
There were many controversial topics throughout the world during the 20th century such as WWI, WWII, the Civil Rights movement, women’s rights, and the Vietnam War. Although this was a difficult time for most people (especially since the stock market crashed in 1929) there were a few influential people (Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks) that stood out from the rest in leading the fight for equality. What sparked the uproar in the east that eventually lead to the beginning of “The Great War”? On June 28th, 1914 a Serbian nationalist assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, while he was visiting Sarajevo a city in the Bosnia-Herzegovina province.…
Unequal Distribution of Blame A disastrous and chaotic time period of unconsolable mothers, wives, and children being left without the love of their family members and having to mourn on their deaths, was the result of something that could have been avoided, but was caused by confusion and pride. Europe was an envied nation due to their advance in technology, art, and music. Everything seemed to be going too well for the Europeans, but soon enough, everything changed. Europe had hope of creating a system which balanced the amount of power each nation had, in order to diminish the chances of one nation taking over the other, but many complications made it difficult for that plan to work out.…
The war birthed the concept of total war, and the assent of modern warfare. From a horribly tragic conflict came advancements in weaponry that contributed immeasurably to the weapons systems that many nations now have access to in order to defend themselves against potential aggressors. As David Silbergeld explains in his article Revisiting World War I Draws New Interest, “It [World War I] saw the rise of modern warfare in the form of new and deadly weapons that included poison gas, flame throwers, machine guns, tanks, aircraft, zeppelins and submarines” (1). However, what was the reason behind it…
Year 8 Genre Novel Study- Tomorrow When the War Began Genre can be defined as a category of literature, such as the young adult and the dystopian genres that will be explored in this essay. An excellent example of the dystopian and young adult genres is the novel Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden, first published in 1993. This essay will discuss how effectively this novel fits into the young adult and dystopian genre. It will consider the various features of both the genres and discuss them with references to the specific examples taken from the book.…
America has been the place where ideas have thrived. Throughout history we have seen many of these ideas come to life and helped us grow as a nation. Consequently these ideas brought frustration and difficulty to the colonies, but they proceeded on. With the dream to be a better nation, many reformed the nation with ideas known in history forever. Due to these ideas The United States, or the 13 colonies, went from a newly independent country to a transcontinental nation with the help of, economic improvements, the war of 1812, and westward expansion.…
1800 – 1865 Wars has been part of this nation since the beginning of time. War like the Civil War was fought in many parts of the United States. The war is important as well as the people that formed part of this war, and the history throughout the years of the 1800s. First, let’s go back to the time before the Civil War happened. The United States was expanding, new territories were bought from the French.…
Toba Ahmadi Ms. Kempin World History Honors 9 June 2015 “Chapter Questions” Question 1: Many factors triggered World War I. One factor was militarism. Right before the war, each country was concerned about growing and perfecting their army and to do so spent a lot of money. Countries expanded their armies and with the use of conscription were able to double the size of their military. Many militaries also practiced brinksmanship (or brinkmanship) in order to show strength.…
The hundred year was fought between france and england, and started when edward the third attempted to dethrone the king of france philip IV. The war began when france had captured aquitaine in 1337 which would eventually be the ending point of the war. There were three phases in the hundred year war, the first the edwardian war, the second the caroline war, and the last the lancastrian war. King edward declared himself king of france in 1340 and invaded most parts of france with his son the black prince during the edwardian war. The campaign of crecy was three battles, which occurred after the battle of sluys which gave england control of the see.…
The Barbary War began in 1801, and it lasted until 1805. The war was between the newly formed United States of America, and Tripoli. Tripoli was made up of four Barbary states, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya. It began during Thomas Jefferson’s first year as president, American ships were being taken by the pirates and held for ransom, along with their crew. The pirates had been taking merchant ships and their crews, and holding them for ransom for nearly 400 years.…
There are many reasons for conflict and war in this vile, crude world we live in. Throughout history armed conflicts have begun for various reasons, these conflicts have affected many people, religions and countries in the process. Two armed conflicts that occurred is World War 1 and the French Revolution. One important event was the french revolution which began in 1978 in france. It was a result of the third estate being heavily taxed and the unjust laws set.…
The Thirty Years' War was a great power struggle between Catholics and Protestants of Europe. Countries became involved for not only religious reasons but also political and economic reasons. Warring factions among the Protestants and Calvinists brought upon more unrest within the Christian community and it was only inevitable that a religious war would soon break out. Firstly, the Council of Trent led to suspicions of Catholic conspiracy. Moreover, Ferdinand stripped the political freedom of Bohemia and the Second Defenestration of Prague sparked a new war, which lead to thirty years of destruction of towns and villages affecting not only people but European society too.…
World War I was also known as the First World War and was a global conflict centered in Europe. It involved nearly all the biggest powers of the world. There were several factors that led to this war that was fought from 1914 until 1918. Tension over foreign policy between the countries had been building and one thing continued to lead to another. During this time Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia but Bosnia wanted to be its own independent country.…