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What Was the Selective Service Act?
The Selective Service Act was drafted and passed by the US Congress barely 6 weeks after the US declared its…
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USA in WWI: The Zimmermann Note
In it, Germany’s foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann laid out a proposal suggesting that Mexico ally itself with Germany in an…
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The May Fourth Movement and the Rise of Communism in China
China undoubtedly experienced an almost miraculous transformation from a poor and colonized agrarian nation to a full-blown world economic power…
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Colonial Warfare in German East Africa
World War I’s East Africa campaign took place in what is modern-day Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. Under European administration of…
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World War I’s Christmas Truce
During the beginning of World War I, German attacks through Belgium were largely repelled by British and French forces at…
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Jihad of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman empire was suffering greatly by the time of the outbreak of the Great War. Having suffered immense land…
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The USA and WWI: Nationalism, Imperialism, and Militarism
The United States of America did not officially involve itself in World War I when it began on July 28,…
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End to All War? The Kellogg-Briand Pact
Also known as the “Pact of Paris” for its signatory city, the Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement between nations who…
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