The tension among the strong nations of Europe was huge; however, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of the Austrian throne, in June of 1914 was the last crucial act that led to the war. Following the assassination of their throne's heir, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, who stood behind the murder of Franz Ferdinand. ... Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made up The Triple Alliance. When Austria declared war on Serbia, Germany felt obliged by their alliance with Austria to declare war on Russia and next France, the ally of Russia. ... Such alliances consisted of...

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The American government could not take a foreign position that would not in some way benefit one of the belligerents and harm the other. ... This meant that Britain and her allies could receive American supplies but American supplies were unable to reach Germany and Austria-Hungary. ... While some Americans complained about these restrictions on America's ability to trade with Germany and Austria-Hungary, most Americans and the American government tolerated the restrictions because Allied purchases alone from the United States were enough to promote prosperity. ... In April, 1916, after t...

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This argument leads one to believe that Wilson was performing in a purely democratic way by helping the more democratic governments in Europe defeat the autocratic governments, such as Germany, Austria and Turkey. ... The telegram was from Germany to Mexico suggesting that if the Mexican government joined the war against the USA Germany would ensure that Mexico would control New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. ...

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In 1947, the American Government for the first time included special funds in the War Department's budget for the financing of necessary funding. This program of aid, called the "GARIOA Program" (Government and Relief in Occupied Areas), covered part of the urgent import needs. ... Marshall took part as the new Secretary of State, convinced the American Government of the need to counter the advance of communism. ... In this Committee, which was the pioneer of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), 16 European states were represented: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Franc...

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It formed modern government in many countries, made drastic legislative changes, and even spurred a major war for many countries. ... Large areas of Belgium and France had been devastated and two of Europe's most powerful countries, Germany and Austria-Hungary, were defeated and exhausted. ... The German government ordered the workers to strike as a form of passive resistance. To compensate these workers the German government printed huge amounts of new money. ... They lacked mass support and had no chance against the military force of the government. ...

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I will also go over an example of each and get a grasp of what our government's two political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, say about these. ... In fact, the United States got involved eight times from 1904 to 1934, then again in the affairs of Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and the destruction of the leftist government of Brazil after the second world war. ... But when Germany, Japan, and Italy tried to expand by force into China, Ethiopia, Poland, Austria, and present day Czech Republic, Britain and France declared war on Hitler, and the United States did nothing. ... ...

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These people came to the U.S from southern and eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, Austria-Hungry, Russia). ... In the beginning the government took no action the helping for equality among African Americans. ...

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Opposition to further trade liberalization from special interest groups and some governments will not erode the basic trend toward expansion of trade." ... From the CIA World Factbook data I have drawn these conclusions through a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that I created: Country GDP (as of 1/1/00) Military Spending as of (1/1/00) Austria $190.6 billion $1.7 billion Belgium 243.4 billion 2.8 billion Denmark 127.7 billion 2.822 billion Finland 108.6 billion 1.8 billion France 1.373 trillion 39.831 billion Germany 1.864 trillion 32.8 billion Greece 149.2 billion 4.04 billion Ireland ...

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The term "globalization" refers to the process in which people, governments and companies of different countries interact and integrate with each other through various processes such as trade, investment and information technology. ... Prior to globalization, governments and politicians only had to scrutinize the security and military of their own country, however with the growth of globalization the borders between nations becoming more indistinct and countries now have to manage things on a greater global scale. ... Germany was brought into the war by its ally Austria-Hungary and e...

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The government was curious if it would be beneficial for teacher's to stay with the same set of children through three, four or possibly five years. ... Formally, looping was introduced in Germany, by Rudolph Steiner, an Austrian educator and philosopher in the early 1900's (LAB Brown University, 2003). ...

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