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Major Players of WWI
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ISM’s (Reasons to go to war) Nationalism- love for ones country Militarism- strength of military (flex your muscles) Impearlism- conquering other land and people (thing of Africa) –Stanley and Livingston –British take Suez canal –French in North –Berlin Conference in Africa
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Woodrow Wilson United States Nationalism & Alliances Glory: Wilsons 14 points & Created the League of Nations now known as the United Nations to solve problems not war
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Giuseppe Garibaldi Italy Nationalism Glory: United modern Italy & Father of “modern Italy”
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T.E. Lawrence Britain Militarism & alliances Glory: wrote books & created maps of the Middle East and helped defeat the Ottoman Turks & of military service, “Lawrence of Arabia”
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Queen Victoria Longest monarch in English history Alliances & Imperialism Glory: she is the grandmother of the Tsar Nicholas, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and King Edward VII of England. Legacy: Created the foremost global power of her time.
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Otto von Bismarck Prussia/ Germany Militarism & Nationalism Glory: United Germany with his statesmen ship Legacy: Father of “modern Germany”
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John J. Pershing United States Militarism Reason for Glory: Lead the Allied Powers in WWI. Highest ranking military person other than George Washington & trained Allied leaders for WWII (Marshall, Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton)
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Stanley & Livingstone Europe & USA Imperialism Glory: charted the interior of Africa and published amazing stories that created an interest in Africa & created the scramble for Africa
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Berlin Conference Europe and Africa Imperialism Glory: a new country to explore& creating colonial empires with out any input from people that lived there. Problems today of poverty, dictatorships, human right issues, and genocide.
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