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| | :The Allies won the “Great War” or World War I in 1918. Although the fighting was over, the terms of peace were not resolved. Unfortunately, when the terms were eventually resolved, Germany was treated unfairly. They were not allowed to join the League of Nations and they had to give up all its colonies in Africa and the Pacific. If the Allies had not let revenge blind them, World War II may have never happened. (Jenna N.) | | :The Allies won the “Great War” or World War I in 1918. Although the fighting was over, the terms of peace were not resolved. Unfortunately, when the terms were eventually resolved, Germany was treated unfairly. They were not allowed to join the League of Nations and they had to give up all its colonies in Africa and the Pacific. If the Allies had not let revenge blind them, World War II may have never happened. (Jenna N.) |
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| | + | :If anyone came out of the war the better for it, it would be America and Japan, and that is only because they managed to remain fairly uninvolved. There were no winners in the war, but there were definite losers. Austria-Hungary entered the war with an empire, and left as a bare shadow of a nation. Russia lost a lot of territory, military strength, and ended with a dysfunctional government. Germany, however, fared the worst. It was disarmed and prohibited from rearming, was heavily fined, forced to give up land, and blamed almost entirely for the war. The Allies lost as well, by setting up perfect conditions for World War II. (Michelle) |
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| | 3. Pick your favorite battle of the War and describe it. | | 3. Pick your favorite battle of the War and describe it. |
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| | 7. '''Current events question''': Do you think our economic problems today are -- or are not -- similar to the Great Depression? Explain by including some history about the Great Depression. | | 7. '''Current events question''': Do you think our economic problems today are -- or are not -- similar to the Great Depression? Explain by including some history about the Great Depression. |
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| − | | + | :I think they bear some similarity to the Great Depression. The government obviously has not learned to leave the economy alone, and that stimulus bills will not fix it any more than Roosevelt’s New Deal. I hope, though, that it will not take a war to get us out of this one. (Michelle) |
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| | H1. Concerning "work", which do you prefer, the motto of Captain John Smith or of Leon Trotsky? | | H1. Concerning "work", which do you prefer, the motto of Captain John Smith or of Leon Trotsky? |