Reasons why Europe was on the brink of war. Look at Ch. 27 Sec. 1 and write 4 general reasons why Europe was on the brink of war in the early 1900s. Do these same conditions continue to cause international tension today?
4 reasons that Europe was on the brink of war in the early 1900s are that patriotic French citizens still longed for revenge against Germany and recovery of the �lost provinces,� in 1912 several Balkan states attacked Turkey, imperialism divided nations and competition for colonies, and expansion of armies and navies. I think that song of these came conditions cause international tension today like the expansion of armies and navies. The most powerful countries in the world are creating new explosives and biological weapons because if other countries have them and want to use them then they should have them too.
Ferdinand assassination - Pretend a president is assassinated by a foreign assassin. Would you blame the country from which the assassin came? Would you want both assassin and homeland punished?
In my opinion if a foreign person kills our president I don�t see why we would punish the country unless the assassin was from a terrorist group that the country was housing or supporting. If the assassin was on his own and the country didn�t have anything to do with it and it was not housing a terrorist group then I would only want the assassin punished. But then again, we did punish the country and the assassins from 9/11. Maybe you could punish the country to a certain extent just because the assassin was from the country but nothing like you would punish the assassin.
Journal Entry- Read excerpt of Treaty of Versailles pg. 711 Do you agree or disagree with the content? Predict how it affected the political climate in Germany and all of Europe.
I agree with the content of the treaty. I believe that Germany should be punished for causing as much damage as they did. I think that the allies were a little harsh in the sense that Germany had already lost so many people in the war.
Television has had a major impact on the world of world . People are watching reality television shows, and are looking past the controversies of the world and looking towards their own kind. This is much like the Cold War scenario. Around 1953 nearly half of the continental US had televisions. These televisions broadcasted not only the war, but also offered entertainment to get people's minds off their work and the tragedy of the world. However this new culture not only added television, it also added more fashion. Fashion that not only changed people's appearances but also the way people looked at life. Fashion was now heavily based on what the French models wore, further opening the door to interdependence and the spreading of one's culture.
Like almost all modern day wars, this one specifically dealt with technology. During the Cold War, new missiles were being developed like the ICBMs, or intercontinental ballistic missiles. However, all though more weapons were being developed and the race for the moon began, technology grew in a good way. Without a doubt, if it wasn't for the cold war then we would never have had computers. We would never have invented the microchip, and therefore things, like cell phones, pagers, PDAs, and even something as simple as a calculator. So one could say that this new technology has brought forth a lot more deadly weapons, it also however gave us many modern day appliances that we use nearly everyday in our life.
Espionage is something that goes hand and hand with war. The enemy is always trying to get spies into the opposing side and most of the time they do succeed. And with the Cold War there is no exception. For example, a tricky and clever spy named Nikolai Khokhlov from the KGB killed people with what looked like a cigarette case. In fact though bullets came out of the false cigarettes filled with poison that eventually killed it's victim. Other spy toys (weapons) include a gun thin enough to be slipped into a newspapers and fired off, and a key ring gun that could shoot a .32 bullet that could launch gas off. With these inventions it was no wonder that espionage was everywhere.
Bombs, one of the other three main parts of a war. We have technology that develops them, culture that accepts them, and espionage which makes them be used. Even the US to this day has spent money developing bombs. In fact they have spent more than 5.5 trillion for doing this. With this money, "Represented as a brick of new $1 bills (such as the type available in banks, with $200 per inch), the stack of bills spent for nuclear weapons would stretch to the moon and nearly back to Earth." That's a lot of money. Think of how may people it could feed or how many roads could be built with it. It's amazing how much money one country will invest in order to gain the upper hand in technology.
Berlin epitomized the Cold War in Europe. That is where it all started with the blockade of 1948, and where 40 years on it all came to an end. Two dates, one dramatic, the other a joyful occasion, mark the highpoints; 13 August 1962, when the Wall went up; 9th November 1989, when it came down. Under the terms of the agreement of 1944-1945, the defeated Germany was divided into four occupation zones overseen by four commanders in chief, which together formed the Control Council. The positioning left Berlin stranded in the midst of the Soviet Union, 180 kilometers from the border with the western zones. This unusual geopolitical situation became difficult to handle once Interallied relations began to deteriorate. The wall was not an �antifascist wall of protection� intended to avoid aggression from the West. It was entirely for domestic use, being designed not to stop people getting in but to prevent people from getting out. Cut off from its natural hinterland, West Berlin lost over 340,000 inhabitants in the period from 1961 to 1983 and only survived with federal aid. To make up for the population shortfall, the city called in immigrant labor, including from Turkey (131,000), Yugoslavia (35,000), and Poland (22,000). The Wall cut through 192 streets, 32 railroad lines, 8 S-Bahn and 4 underground lines, 3 autobahns and several rivers and lakes. The Wall fell as the combined result of both internal and external pressures. The evolution of the USSR played a crucial role in this process. Today the Wall is barely visible, although where it stood has been marked out in downtown Berlin over a distance of 20 kilometers, with a red line or a double row of cobblestones. All that remains are a few vestiges here and there, kept as memorials. The people of Berlin were impatient to see the back of this painful scar. Berlin has been completely transformed since 1989, not all traces of the Wall have been erased from the city or from people�s minds.