WORLD WAR I

4 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR:

.  ECONOMIC COMPETITION & IMPERIALISM: When a large/strong country decides to take over another smaller/weak country / Country tries to have much more money.
.NATIONALISM: When the citizen of such country, is very patriotic for they're country.
.ALLIANCE SYSTEM: When countries were to be in groups, so that they can go to war or participate of warfare to the leading or other country alliances.
.MILITARISM: Countries would have to compete on which one has a higher rank of navy officials, army soldiers, etc. trench warfare, etc.,
ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND: The assassination of Francis Ferdinand sparked the World War 1. Francis Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28 1914, heir apparent to the Austria -Hungarian throne and was killed by Gravilo Princip.

        Two events that "dragged" the United States into the WWI was because of the following:

lusetania sinking

The sink of the Lusitania
In the sink of Lusitania, there was 1000 passengers, as well as 128 of them being Americans. The Lusitania was sunken because Germany had found out that we had been not been staying neutral and supplying materials to England, that's when they said , they would not let us have one of our ships around them, as they would sink it. We had to sail at our own risk. 128 Americans died, as they were innocent , in 1915. Many rumored that there was bombs and cannons in the boat, but that was never proved.
Zimmerman Telegram

zimmermann telgram

The telegram was coded, dispatched by  the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Author Zimmerman, and was intercepted by a British man. The telegram was supposed to go to Mexico, as coded, it says that if they side with Russia, they would give them back the land we took away from them. That was strike number 2. The Americans were very frustrated with Russia.That's when Wilson finally asked Congress to declare war.





     Wilson's fourteen points are basically sets of laws that tries to make things "equal" here are them:

1. No more secret agreements ("Open covenants openly arrived at").

2. Free navigation of all seas.

3. An end to all economic barriers between countries.

4. Countries to reduce weapon numbers.

5. All decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial

6. The German Army is to be removed from Russia. Russia should be left to develop
    her own political set-up.

7. Belgium should be independent like before the war.

8. France should be fully liberated and allowed to recover Alsace-Lorraine

9. All Italians are to be allowed to live in Italy. Italy's borders are to "along
    clearly recognisable lines of nationality."

10. Self-determination should be allowed for all those living in Austria-Hungary.

11. Self-determination and guarantees of independence should be allowed for       the Balkan states.

12. The Turkish people should be governed by the Turkish government. Non-Turks in
       the old Turkish Empire should govern themselves.

13. An independent Poland should be created which should have access to the sea.

14. A League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial
       independence of all states.

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Wilson wanted to make things at a stable manner. In January of 1918, he spoke the speech. In November of 1918 the speech became legal. I think the speech was great and many people sided with his theory and ways of justice.

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2 Important Laws that Changed America

article of 14th amendment

                                                                       Jim Crow Law
                                                                JIM CROW LAWS
         After the reconstruction Era of Abraham Lincoln, Jim Crow laws was held, as, separate but equal "facilities for blacks and whites" were constitutional. Whites would be making the lives of black citizens hard, especially by not voting and having equal rights. By 1945, the southern states was more successful with Jim Crow Laws than with second- class statuses of the blacks' ancestors. Jim Crow laws were introduced in 1896 by the case of Plessy V.S Ferguson , as the supreme court legitimized it. Jim Crow Laws did not survive much of because of the social, economic and cultural changes WWII had already made. Jim Crow laws did not let many blacks buy certain things, as well as enjoy political and financial ways of life. In the case of Plessy V.S. Ferguson, the Jim Crow laws were made because of racial discrimination. By 1954, the Jim Crow laws were abolished by the Brown V.S. The Board of Education of Topeka, which desegregated whites and blacks.

                                                         14TH   AMENDMENT
           The 14th amendment is: All citizens of the United States are entitled to be treated equally and fairly and to have their legal rights respected. Southern states were forced to ratify the Fourteenth amendment before they were re-admitted into the Union. The 14th amendment was introduced in June 8th, 1866, and finally ratified June 13th, 1866. Many whites became fanatics. They wanted to hurt and kill all negro African-Americans. Soon, all this obsession with whites and blacks soon lead to Klu Klux Klan , then , the religion of, Nazi. The blacks were mistreated for so many CENTURIES that it was time to act. the law was made so that the African-Americans can enjoy life the same way EVERYBODY has their GOD GIVEN RIGHT to. The 14th Amendment defended many blacks, but that still didn't end discrimination and racism, even today.

                                          HOW ARE THEY ALIKE?
The laws/amendments above has something to do with each other somehow. Its like an " Cause and Effect " relationship. As you can see, the blacks were really never accepted into society. To help them out, the government had to take action because of the torture and cruelty and mistreat that the blacks had. Whites would enslave them, discriminate, degrade them, make them feel like they are worthless. The economy was in a little debt, because of the reconstruction era. Then blacks started working and don't you think they paid them too? yeah, they did. the economy wasn't so great but neither was society so we did a great job. We acted soon enough. the Jim Crow laws talk about how much blacks aren't useful and how they have to be dealt as an outcast.

My resources: Ferris.edu
                      http://www.nps.gov/
                      http://www.loc.gov/