WW1 Essay

Have you ever wondered what the women did in WW1? The women’s suffrage movement and the 19th amendment were a tough movement for women to accomplish until its victorious day granted women the right to vote. To understand the women's suffrage. I will be diving into why women should vote and the conventions. The 19th Amendment lawfully promises American women the right to vote. In the early 1800s, women prearranged, petitioned, and demonstrated to win the right vote, but it took them years to…

WAR ERUPTS WITHIN EUROPE (Causes of WW1) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 28th of June 1914, archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie Chote were assassinated by Serbian nationalists in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Their motive, to end all Austro-Hungarian rule over Bosnia and Herzegovina, was carried out by Gavrilo Princip, Trifko Grabez, and Nedeljko Cabrinovic. Aided by the terrorist group of the Black Hand that held close ties to both the Serbian military and government,…

holding more power and many women becoming employed. All of these changes were driven from the women’s passion to support the war effort. Once WWI began, Australian women became much more important in society, due to a number of reasons. Throughout WW1, women became much…

understanding was that each member would support the others. As Phaedrus once said “An alliance with a powerful person is never safe”. “So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible.” (Nasrallah) And that is one of the reasons WW1 began, Imperialism and it had grown. The British Empire had built up its empire by taking over Canada, India, Ceylon, Burma, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and many others. France, the other imperial power, had taken over most of…

loyalty to ones country. Most people in this era believed that their country was superior to others and that their military could win a war against other countries. This made citizens believe that their country did no wrong and was not to blame for WW1. Rivalry, political leaders, and forms of literature fueled nationalism. Although nationalism can be beneficial to countries because it can motivate people to fight in wars and have a strong sense of pride for their country, it also increases…

The use of Chemical Warfare in World War 1 was horrifying as many soldiers would say. Chemical gases were used as a physical weapon as much as a psychological weapon. The first major gas attack happened on January 31, 1915 when over 18,000 tear gas shells rained down on the russian lines but as surprising as it may seem the gas did little to no effect on the russian lines as one soldier said “The results left him disappointed” (Pruszewicz, 2015). Even tho the first gasses weren't that effective…

Conscription in WW1 was forcing to take men 18- 40 years old for military service even if they did not want to unless if they were widowed with children or ministers of a religion. Everybody knows that there are a lot of cons too conscription some of these cons are violating free will to people because they don’t have a right to pick if they want to go to war or not. One of the pros of conscription is that it without it no one will join the war. Another pro is that it helps out with nationalism…

points would end up being incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War 1. One of those ideas was the League of Nations, an organization that consisted of multiple countries to create peace and minimize conflict post-war. At the end of WW1 in 1919 the 18th Amendment was ratified and banned the sale and manufacturing of alcohol. Afterword, in 1920 the 19th Amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote. There were still literacy tests and poll taxes in place that…

pushed onto women The enlistment of many men during WW1 resulted in labour shortages, prompting women to take on jobs that were previously considered for men. During this period, there was an increase in the number of women working as bank clerks, ticket sellers, police officers, railway guards, and…

The Battles of WW1 July 1, 1916: the bloodiest battle in the entirety of WW1 was fought. The Battle of the Somme managed to take out 60,000 British soldiers in one day. It became the most horrific fight to be fought of its time until the next world war. This battle, and many more eventually led to WW1 becoming the 2nd most casualties in American History, trailing behind the Civil War. Every single one of these battles had an important role in shaping the war and paved the way to the victory of…