No battles were fought on American soil, and because of its late entry into the conflict, America suffered a lot fewer casualties than the other nations. In addition, unlike the economies of many European countries, the American economy remained strong until 1929. Unlike Europe, the United States had come out of World War I with a dynamic industrial economy. Adding to that the United State's Allies owed them huge sums of money, and these loans more than canceled out America's prewar debt of $4 billion. ... Governments were almost bankrupt, and revolution threatened much of Eastern ...

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This money was sought in the Americas almost exclusively. Since America had continually been increasing it's industrial power, it had an enormous amount of capitol to invest as it saw fit. ... Even industrial workers, whose strikes for higher pay had availed them little in previous decades, benefited. ... When Germany refused to pay all that was demanded, France and Belgium occupied the coalmines in the Ruhr industrial area. ... Hitler felt it was the right time to start a revolution. ...

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Revolution in Russia (1917-1918) Summary The Great War dragged on from 1914 through 1917 with little change. ... Though out of chronological order, we will treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. ... Seeds of the Russian Revolution, however, had been sown years before. ... Resulting in the deaths of scores of Russian workers and their wives, Bloody Sunday, as it came to be called, may have been the proximate cause of the Russian Revolution. When news of the massacre spread, uprisings erupted throughout the countryside as peasants seized landlord holdings and t...

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(Remak 20) The French took advantage of the demilitarized zone in the Rhineland in January of 1923 and moved into the Ruhr industrial region of Germany. ... Milton Mayer, an American social scientist, interviewed a group of ex-Nazis on their feelings toward parliamentary democracy. ... Of course, because Jews have the money .Germans should unite and fight against the Jews We must struggle until the last Jew is removed from the German Reich, even if it comes to a coup and even more, to another revolution." (Spielvogel, 30,31) Hitler's ability to captivate an audience and manipulate ...

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In all these actions, the model of the Russian Revolution, although it was only vaguely understood, encouraged the development of local radicalism. ... Neither party preached revolution, yet both urged wide-ranging social and economic reforms. The rising radical tide, especially seen against the backdrop of the Bolshevik revolution, worried other social groups. ... They gained the respect of the middle class and landowners and intimidated many others by forcefully repressing radical movements of industrial workers and peasants. ... The Italian economy was placed under the management of twenty-...

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The industrial revolution started the bringing of change, but by the mid-1910s much of the change was negative. ... According to David Dowling, many Europeans went off to war to escape the harsh realities of the industrial revolution "to discover comradeship and the satisfaction of physical labor and risk- (8). ... John Reed, and American war correspondent, visited Serbia during the war soon after typhus had hit. ...

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This essay will discuss the development of theatre in the 20th century. It will be discussed in chronological order. It will trace the development of theatre from the late 19th century through realism, naturalism, symbolism, Epic theatre, Existentialism and the Theatre of the Absurd. With each new g...

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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis conducted in decades after the event, lead to a shift from the guilt perspective, to a broader one of various interacting factors. Although almost nine decades have elapsed, one question still persists: "Which explanation is best suited as the cause of WWI?" To provide an answer, the views of six h...

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