America's desire to establish an economic empire determined most of its foreign policy between the Civil War and the end of World War II, and fueled the U.S. into three wars: the Spanish-American War, WWI, and WWII. ... (Zinn, 303) Negotiations with Spain were also taking too long, so the U.S. decided to use the "open door policy," as an excuse to enter in a war against Spain. In doing this, the Cubans would allow American investments to continue in the country and Spain would have no right to shut America out. ... "American diplomats and businessmen worked hard to make sure that whe...

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The CPI was headed by George Creel and was used to distribute posters and pamphlets discussing the reasons America had gone to war. ... With the exploitation of film and growing anti-German sentiment, vigilantism emerged as another tool to socially prepare the citizens of America for war. ... This draft was different from the one used prior to the Spanish-American war because it also included African Americans. ... Another factor that was vital to organizing the army in preparation for war was the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). ... Social propaganda campaigns were used to convince the Am...

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Prior to World War I Americans wanted to be a model society for a number of the countries that were thought to be "barbarous" and "backwards." ... The "Splendid Little War" that took place between Spain and America, did not originally have an imperialistic intent (Doc E), but as the battling ended a number of actions that were taken seemed to once again work in America's favor. Since Americans did not relish the fact that Cubans were being mistreated, and handled as slaves by the Spanish, they put a stop to this mistreatment by fighting the Spanish forces that were stationed in the Phil...

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After World War I ended Hemingway moved to Paris. ... Jake was an American who was in the Italian army during World War I. ... Hemingway moved to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil war in 1937. Jordan is, like the others, an American soldier fighting in a foreign war, the Spanish Civil war. Jordan and his comrades were fighting against the "Cabrones" (bastards in Spanish) or fascists (108). ...

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The Spanish American War marked the appearance of the United States as a world power. ... This sparked a short war, known as the Spanish-American War, which was quickly decided by the two naval forces. ... America came out of the Spanish-American War as a major naval power. After having routed Spain the United States secured undisputed control of the American Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. ... The enforcement of the Roosevelt Doctrine was the basis of America's stance on war, at the end of the World War, despite much loss; America had reached its imperialistic cl...

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Since the war ended, the war factories that created guns, bullets, and other war materials were shut down. ... On top of that, the Spanish flu epidemic hit Germany which caused many people to die quickly. ... Although the President of America's goal was to make the treaty to end the war and avoid revenge from the other countries, that did not happen. ... This was the hatred that started the next World War. ... Therefore, if the President of America did not think of the Treaty of Versailles and just allowed the war to continue, history would have changed between the European countries....

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Later, Woodrow Wilson was charged with continuing America's influence on a moral basis, as well as tying America into the First World War in Europe. ... He liberated Cuba from the greedy hands of Spain and then watched over its development. ... While America was occupied with Latin America, it did not fail to recognize that it had vital interests at stakes in the European war. Aside from ancestral [genealogical] and political camaraderie with many countries that were involved in World War I, Europe was a vital economic trading partner, as well as a crucial loaner. ... The fear of German d...

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Jake Barnes, the story's narrator, fought in the war. ... Undoubtedly, Jake's views of America were tainted afterwards. However, the veterans of the war were not the only Americans desirous of becoming expatriates. ... While visiting Spain, Brett started having sex with nineteen-year-old bullfighter, Pedro Romero. ... Brett's anger and his own guilt for his pugnacious behavior, made Robert realize that it would be best to leave Spain, with lower self-esteem. ...

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It especially focuses on expatriates who were unhappy with America after World War I, and left the country to find freedom in Europe. ... The major theme of A Farewell to Arms is the reality of war and death. He shows this in the detail of how bad war really was, and that nothing good, not even love, can grow out of war. ... For Whom the Bell Tolls is another great piece of work, describing three days in the life of a man in the Spanish Civil War. Robert Jordan, an American College teacher, volunteers his service to the loyalist in the Spanish Civil War. ...

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From 1900 to 1945, America went from the top of the world, to the bottom, and back up again. The high of the imperialist dream replaced by the lows of the Great Depression, and the rise to a world super power following World War II. ... We had very recently assisted them in the fight to receive independence from the control of Spain, and we had promised them that once winning the war they would achieve independence in due time. However, once Cuba became free of Spanish control, we attempted to impose control over the nation, and after much fighting and protest from the Cuban citizens, we event...

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Many Brits and Americans felt that the Treaty of Versailles had been too harsh and therefore felt the need to compensate for this in many ways leading to Britain's own policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 1930s. ... Lessons had been learnt from world war one and no-one wanted to enter into another war lightly. ... This was in 1933 and here Britain forsook Eastern Europe as low on its priritys to Germany in return for the British Empire. 2) Anglo-Naval agreement breaking the stresa front 3) No real strong brit action at Abyssinia 4) No stance against Hitler's invasion of t...

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Orwell traveled to Barcelona to join the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and was shot in the throat. ... For example, Orwell lived through both world wars and experienced great patriotism as a boy toward WWI and as WWII approached, he warned people about the upcoming war in two novels. Orwell lost all the patriotism he had felt as a boy during World War I, and openly detested World War II and everything the war stood for and represented-mainly the political views represented during the war. ... He lived in extreme poverty for two years in London and Paris, he joined the Spanish Civil War, he live...

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Stalin's Soviet Union was a major factor in the defeat of Hitler in World War Two, and Stalin emerged from the war as leader of one of the world's two superpowers, quickly building a 'Communist Bloc' in Eastern Europe. 4. ... Under her, England managed to avoid a crippling Spanish invasion. Elizabeth was also able to prevent the outbreak of a religious or civil war on English soil. ... Christopher Columbus Though Columbus' intentions were incorrect, he was the first to discover the Americas which helped initiate colonization of the "New World." 17. ... Ferdinan...

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The First World War was, to many people "the war to end all wars" because of the death and destruction it had brought to Europe. ... Everyone feared war. ... At that time, America was isolationists because it had been devastated by the Depression and they needed to rebuild their own country. ... As a result, America could no help America in any struggle with Germany. Hitler had strong weapons, as seen in the Spanish Civil War, and many countries would not be able to compete with his weapons. ...

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