The obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. ... This was seen as the reason for the assassination of Ferdinand and his wife. ... This concerned Austro-Hungarian officials entering Serbia to perform an investigation into the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife. ... The conditions of the alliance changed after Italy was added and stated that countries would aid any other that was under attack from two or more countries. ... A country hoped to discourage an a...

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On June 28th 1914, a Bosnian terrorist group known as the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. ... Multiple countries often struggled against each other to assert dominance on land and at sea. ... Competition between countries was often over which would succeed to overthrow and claim a colony. ... Due to the imperialist ambitions of these countries, the threat of war extended to other countries worldwide. ... Many countries believed in the use of national military force to solve political problems, which influenced countries to join the fight. ...

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Many African Americans saw the need and want to fight for their country in WW II, but the inability of most to be part of the American armed forces on the front line and their service being limited to cooks and such led to a reconsideration of their social standing. ... Women during this time period not only wanted to help their country, but were encouraged to by war manufacturing factories. ... The opponents of working women were still believers of the widespread standard of a domestic wife (Doc 7). ...

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The shifting balance in power in Europe and the thought that all the countries believed they would benefit from war was key in the outbreak of war in 1914. ... In addition Russia had a lot of domestic issues as well including needing to modernize and it was such a vast country with sub issues. ... After Germany was unified as a country it created a disturbance in the balance, other factors including the boost in the population, the fact that the country could not ignore the middle class and the naval race with Britain proved financially difficult. However Germany became one of the most impress...

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But Stalin's grip on power was not shaken, save perhaps in his home, where his wife Nadezhda committed suicide in 1932. ... After Germany fell, he used Red Army troops to forcibly install Communist governments in Eastern Europe and further his country's interests around the world. ... Part 1:The Great Terror and the Nazi-Soviet Pact In the early 1930s, a famine developed in the Ukraine; learning of the suffering there, Stalin's wife Nadezhda confronted him, demanding that he remedy the situation. The couple had a tremendous fight, and Stalin ordered the arrest of the students...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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Norman Rockwell painted this picture because he wanted to send off the notion that all people will be able to pray in the same country without any consequences unlike in Germany where Jews were persecuted at that time. ... He wants Americans to feel that they have it good in this country and that Americans should lend their men and army so all the people in the world can experience the same type of freedom. ... The power drill symbolizes that women can do the same jobs as men and the muscular body represents the amount of work women put in to make the country run smoothly. ... This picture ind...

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"4 Chaplin himself in his autobiography describes his reasoning behind the decision: Whether I re-entered that unhappy country or not was of little consequence to me. ... Chaplin plays a king of the fictional country Estrovia, forced to leave due to a revolution. ... It is an indictment of the sort of tactics that the McCarthy commission was purported to have used. 8 Shahdov has already decided to abandon the United States to go back to his wife in Europe at this point, but not before going to visit the grief stricken child who feels ashamed of his actions. ...

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As national pride began to blossom in each country, there was an increasing belief in a national destiny in many of the countries that would play a significant role in initiating the First World War. ... While some countries experienced sweeping movements to unite a people or cultures, others maintain what could be considered national grudges over embarrassing events in the past. ... When Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power in 1888, however, the idea held by many in his country, which involved a Germany destined to be a world power, was finally embodied in their king: We want to be a World...

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