Wednesday, January 15, 2014

WWI Causes

1. Describe and define the four MAIN causes of WWI.
A. Militarism- The idea that the worth of a country is determined by the power of its military
B. Alliances- A system of agreements between two or more countries in which they promise to defend each other in times of war
C. Nationalism- Extreme patriotism. Loving one's country and taking great pride in it being greater than another country
D. Imperialism-The belief that one's country is dominant over others and must conquer them and expand
2. List, and define, and link to the start of the war.
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3. What was the spark of war?
The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand by Siberian organization, the Black Hand, was the spark that ignited the blaze of World War I.
4. Put in order, and explain, each of the following; include the date.

Zimmerman note, 
Sussex pledge, 
unrestricted sub warfare, 
Lusitania

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

The Jungle Questions

Sinclair believed that in order to ride in Packingtown, one must possess qualities of deceit and trickery. "Nobody rosin Packingtown by doing good work.... The man who told tales and spied on his fellows would rise; but the man who minded his own business and did his work, they would "speed him up" till they had worn him out, and then they would throw him into the gutter." -The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
According to the passage, the land owners goal is to make as much money as possible. It doesn't matter how it comes in, as long he gets a lot of money
"...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar...," is saying that the workers prefer money to friends. They'll sell each other out and try to do anything to  make more money, even if it hurts someone else.

Espionage and the Sedition Act

Working on it