World War One

World War 1

The four causes of World War 1 were militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Nationalism is when the people of a country have a strong respect for it and feelings of pride for that country to the point where they would do anything to have the country at its best. Europeans started to feel this way. Imperialism was when strong countries would want to control smaller nations, and this is what Europe intended to do. The alliances were an issue because when two countries would have problems, other countries would join in to defend their ally. Militarism was when nations would create bigger and stronger militaries and navies. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the war.

    The Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegraph were two events that made the U.S enter the war. On May 7, 1915 Germans torpedoed the Lusitania where 28 passengers were American. The second event was when Germany and Austria-Hungary sent a telegram to Mexico. In the telegram they asked them to join the Central Powers and in return, when they win the war, Mexico would receive the southwestern region of the United States.

  When the war was over there was a peace settlement. Wilson’s Fourteen Points was when there were no more secret dealings in countries and Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided. In the treaty of Versailles the United States returned to isolationism, a country doesn’t get involved with others, and refused to join the League of Nations. I think that the peace settlement caused for the nations to recover. In the 1920s and 1930s I think that isolationism continued and the countries didn’t face more problems. 

Two Laws That Changed America

                                      The 15th and 19th Amendment

Voting

                                                  

Votes for Women

                  The 15^th amendment gave African American men the right to vote, but did not include women. In this time black men did not have the same rights as the white men. The amendment sought to address social problems because you couldn’t be denied the right to vote on your skin color or social status. The main intent of this amendment was that the rights of a citizen shouldn’t be taken away because of race or status. This law succeeded up to the extent where now African Americans have the rights as other men.

The 19^th amendment was the law for women's suffrage. This is where women got the right to vote. It was an important thing because women never had the same rights as men. It sought to address social problems because it gave equality to men and women. The main provision of this law was to allow women to be able to speak in what they thought should happen in the country they live in. The amendment extent to solve problems because men were not the only ones to be able to have a say in the things that happen to the country, now women were able to be part of that.

The 15^th and 19^th amendments are similar because they both target almost the same things. They sought to address social problems because it gave equality to those who were missing. African Americans and women were still being discriminated in these times. These laws solved problems because there would be improvement in democracy. After these laws came into effect, more people had a say in what would be happening.                                                              

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