Compare And Contrast The Tension Between The United States In The Late 1800s And Early 1900's

As we continue to unfurl into the 20th century, we leave behind the bevy of constraints previously placed upon us by the Victorian ideals by the 19th century. What will the future look like for Americans, for ALL Americans? As I hear all of you speak here at Polly’s, I am emboldened, for if our, admittedly nascent, community here in Greenwich Village is any indication, the future looks bright. We may have differences in opinion on what issues deserve the most attention for reform, be it labor concerns, woman suffrage, or the suffocating and liberal social structuration of our country, but we are all asking the right questions and questioning the right authorities. It

Another major foreign policy action was the entry to World War I. On August 4, 1914 there was an outbreak in Europe. A war started between the central powers and the allied powers. The central powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungry, and the Ottoman Empire. They were also known as the Triple Alliance. The Allied Powers, also know as the Triple Entente consisted of Britain, France, and Russia. An immediate cause of the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Some long term causes that started the war were militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. America tried to keep themselves isolated from the war in Europe. Before the war, America had an idea of neutrality. Neutrality is when American lives and property is not threatened. There was great ethnic diversity in the United States which led to a public union about war. The United States also had the idea of freedom of the seas. This meant the routes for trading were open. The United States had the desire to trade with both the central and the allied powers. The United States had a great economic interest in the war at this time. There were many different

Before the start of WWI, there were two major alliances in Europe. The Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy, and the Triple Entente with France, Russia and Great Britain. These alliance, along with the extreme feelings of nationalism and militarism, were the main causes of the Great War.

The alliance system divided Europe into opposing groups, causing each nation to begin to increase spending on its military (Document 1). Militarism increased tensions between the Great Powers of Europe. Germany, France, and Britain felt pressure to increase their military power. France and Germany each wanted

Can there be two different economies in one single country? Looking at America during the 1800’s, one can prove that can be a diverse economy – depending on one’s region. There is a vast difference between the modern, industrial economy of the North, and the rural, antebellum setting in the South. The North embraced modernization in its economy, while the South tried to delay it eternally.

Before America stepped into World War I and II, nations around the world were not getting along. The fear of radical change and the fear of not having peace and freedom lingered in the air, meanwhile, America did not want to be in any part of both wars. It wasn’t until the U.S. came under attack that they stepped in to help fight off the enemies. America entered both wars in order to bring back peace as well as promote democracy and ideas of freedom, which led them to being a world power.

The United States’ involvement in foreign political affairs as a global power was minimal before the country declared war on Germany on the 6th of April, 1917, officially entering the First World War. A great deal of U.S. citizens had hitherto endorsed a policy of isolationism, admiring their President, Woodrow Wilson, for his efforts to keep the country away from the almighty European conflict. However, before entering the war, America often traded with countries of both the Triple Entente and Central Powers alliances. It became apparent that the U.S. favored Britain as a partner in trade, and so Germany tried to prevent the Entente country from receiving imported goods. Forced by circumstance, America joined the war chiefly because several German offenses against the U.S. had provoked them to counteract.

To begin, throughout the nineteenth century, there was a variety of wars that took place on Earth, which aided a country's economical aspect throughout their harsh times, due to the necessity of numerous resources. Firstly, throughout the course of a war, both countries on each team, must need resources such as ammunition,medication, and etc in order to have a chance in winning the war. For example, during the World War one (1915-1919), the Central Powers, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire went to battle the Allies, which was made up of Great Britain, France, U.S, and Russia. Throughout the four years of War, there was an economic boom for both players because they needed ammunition to fight each other, which

2. The U.S. used harsh, but appropriate, measures to civilize the inhabitants of the west.

It was during this time that the United States amended the Neutrality Acts in order to implement the cash and carry program. This allowed the United States to sell weapons and goods to other countries, but the other country would have to pay in cash and transport all goods to their own vessel. Once the United States entered the war Roosevelt developed the Lend-Lease program which allowed the United States to provide weapons and goods to their allies without these allies have to pay for them at the time they received them. This aided the United States with rebounding from the war effort. Between this and the sale of War Bonds, the United States funded their wars against Germany and Japan. It was again the ideas and bills put into place by Roosevelt that aided the United States is supporting the war effort to defeat those responsible for Pearl

In addition, the number of combatants that were killed and wounded is overwhelming, although some people may argue that this war had to be fought and that the amount of people that had died was unavoidable. The destruction of buildings and cities because of the war cost a lot of money from the government and the civilians that had to pay to rebuild their countries also affected the economy and trading systems mainly in Europe. There were shortages of workers as all the men went to the war and women had to take care of the men’s job until they got back, or course after the war ended and the men came back home they went back to their jobs and there was equal job distribution. There was also a huge shortage of food

The alliances of this war are what made it a “World War”. Before the war there were two main alliances and they were the Triple Alliance consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy and the Triple Entente which had Britain, France and Russia. This all changed when Ferdinand was murdered. Austria declared war on Serbia, causing Russia to declare war on Austria. Through Germany’s ties with Austria they then declared war on Russia. France had previously agreed to help Russia so Germany declared war on France. Later when Germany invaded Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany due to its ties with Belgium. Italy then eventually joined Britain, France and Russia. America was later brought into the war in 1917 by its connections with England. So during the war the alliance systems changed to the Central Powers consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire and the Allied Powers which were Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, United States and, Japan to a small degree.

Although the Americans tried to stay neutral during the First World War they were forced to join due to the actions of Germany, and as a result they gained recognition as a major economic power. There was a struggle among the great powers regarding who would gain the support of the Americans, and eventually the allies won not only the aid of the Americans but also the war in general. The entry of the United States into the war was greatly debated among congress, leaders and the public but after the harsh acts committed by the Germans it made the decision easier. The financial state of America is very critical in assessing how they aided the allies and came out as a major power.

“The fought together as brothers-in-arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation” (Admeal Chester). In the 1900’s people did not feel much of a need for war, everyone was working, making money. European countries competed for the overseas which eventually made the peace evaporate. They had these things called alliances which was one of the main causes in the starting World War 1, they were built to keep peace. Unfortunetly ,they weren’t doing much because countries were still competing against each other. There was a triple alliance which included; Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. On the other side, was the triple entente including; Great Britain, France, and Russia. A disagreement between these two would not be hard for a war to be

While the war was overwhelming for France and the United Kingdom, these nations had the ability to recoup financially without a lot of trouble. It was Germany, that especially endured financial struggles after the war. Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was required to make financial payments to the Allies, called reparations. The substantial reparations, combined with the crushed financial foundation all through out Germany and political strain under the Weimar Republic, prompted a money strain.