The Lost Generation was a group of rebellious youth appeared in America after the First World War. The 1920s was an age of Prohibition. Alcoholic beverages were outlawed by a constitutional amendment. However, young people cheerfully evaded the law in thousands of “speakeasies” (ill...
In what ways was WWI a product (result) of prior history? How did life change for American women during World War II? How did the Holocaust impact America? How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany's military? How was the balance of power in Europe and the world changed by the ...
There is an urban legend that the brassiere was invented by a man named Otto Titzling (“tit sling”). There is absolutely no truth to this. The myth was started in the 1971 bookThe Uplifting Tale of Otto Titzling and the Development of the Bra. The word “brassiere” comes from the...
How WWI Was Waged at Sea Deck
The Spanish Flu Was Deadlier Than WWI In the United States, “flu season” generally runs from late fall into spring. In a typical year, more than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized for flu-related complications, and over the past three decades, there have been some 3,000 to 49,000 flu...
This was a primary drive behind the invasion of neighboring countries like Austria. Hitler believed that Austrians were part of the Aryan race and should thus be part of the German State. With the Aryan race united under his rule, Hitler believed Germany could conquer the world. When the ...
Soon his home was outfitted with stuff other people no longer wanted and his friends caught on fairly quickly. He became the guy who people called when they saw an interesting chair or an old television sitting alongside garbage cans. "In a way I started to change people's perceptions of ...
How did American imperialism affect WWI? How did imperialism begin? How did the Age of Imperialism influence World War I? How was imperialism rationalized? How did American imperialism end? How did American imperialism relate to British imperialism?
WWI began in in 1914 but there were many things leading up to the start of the war that were major factors. About 10 years before the war Imperialism was a major player. Imperialism is the expansion of a country overseas to gain useful resources. This moved U.S. power overseas along wit...
While World War II was a geopolitical event with underlying economic causes. Reparations imposed on Germany following WWI left the country poorer, leading to economic woes and resentment amongst its population.3 The Great Depression of the 1930s and a collapse in international trade worsened the ec...