... followed the torpedo blast (10,13). The second explosion was a mixture of coal dust stirred into the air by the concussion of the torpedo and the oxygen in the air. A spark, probably from the boilers, ignited this volatile mix (195). Eighteen minutes later the luxury liner was gone leaving 1,195 people dead, among them 123 Americans (10, 13). This tragedy was ... labeled as the "Incident that brought America into the war" (14). Indeed, this did spark U.S. interest in the war. The U.S. declared war on Germany on April 2, 1917. Shortly there after, the convoy system was implemented. U.S. ...

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... the various treaties that the Great Powers signed in the 19th C. and early 20th C. The only agreement that was not achieved, the Anglo-German one, was still not enough to spark the war. An agreement would have been achieved if "the Germans had been prepared to abate their claims to naval hegemony and world power." Joll thus concludes that "imperialist policies ... , strategic planning and militarism, provide the best explanation as to what ignited WWI, whereas Lammers' model is a good counter balance for Mayer's domestic policy explanation and explains what did not spark the conflict. Th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... joined the fight against Germany and Austria-Hungary, to gain appreciation from the internationally powerful Allies. The growing power and competition between these large European states created a tinderbox continent - the spark appeared in 1914. The countries of Germany, Britain, France, Russia and Italy were perhaps the most powerful countries of the time - and as such were ever more greedy for increased ... world. The growing Diplomatic uneasiness is also showcased in the film, "Breaker Morant" - British soldiers were eager not to harm German citizens in fear of a potential backlash ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... joined the fight against Germany and Austria-Hungary, to gain appreciation from the internationally powerful Allies. The growing power and competition between these large European states created a tinderbox continent - the spark appeared in 1914. The countries of Germany, Britain, France, Russia and Italy were perhaps the most powerful countries of the time - and as such were ever more greedy for increased ... world. The growing Diplomatic uneasiness is also showcased in the film, "Breaker Morant" - British soldiers were eager not to harm German citizens in fear of a potential backlash ...

• Word Count: 381
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... to fight would have been to lose, to fight is to win", knowing that if the British were aggravated enough, they would come down hard with retaliation which would spark revolutionary nationalism and unity throughout the Ireland. General Maxwell and those in charge failed in considering the long term political implications of their actions, only looked at squashing any short ... ...

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... since January 1st, 1994. Canada is recognized as a resource-rich nation and its wealth comes partly from selling its natural resources. Due to this, Canada felt it could benefit and spark an economic growth with this act. For example, there would be lower transportation costs, higher wages for Canadian workers, rising standards of livings for citizens and an increase in imports ... ...

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... like the other parties only if the cease-fire holds. Early in the New Year, the Ulster Democratic Party was charged in the killings by Northern Ireland's police for the spark of revengeful killings. The Ulster Democratic Party was readmitted after serving its suspension on the same day the IRA was suspended. The IRA was accused to be linked with killings ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The World War I had many causes. The spark of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (he was about to be at the throne of Austria-Hungary). Archduke Franz Ferdinand was chosen as a target because Serbians ... ...

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... of all the above reasons, the existence of alliances was the biggest contributor to the actual outbreak of a large-scale war involving many countries. The assassination may have been the spark, but this resulted in Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia with Germany's full support. Russia opposed this move, due to it's Serbian alliance after the Bosnian Crisis, resulting in Germany ... ...

• Word Count: 621
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... like the other parties only if the cease-fire holds. Early in the New Year, the Ulster Democratic Party was charged in the killings by Northern Ireland's police for the spark of revengeful killings. The Ulster Democratic Party was readmitted after serving its suspension on the same day the IRA was suspended. The IRA was accused to be linked with killings ... ...

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... in 1892 and in 1904 and 1907 Britain entered into ententes with France and then Russia. The assassination of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 was the spark that ignited the First World War. On June 28 the archduke and his wife were driving in the streets of Sarajevo. As the car suddenly stopped and reversed a Serbian student ... ...

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... to buy directly from them, which was hurting the merchants business. Taxes placed on the colonists were not the only irascible things that the British did economy-wise that helped spark the Revolution. The Currency Act stopped the issuing of paper money in the colonies. Furthermore, the colonists were forced to use sterling silver to pay for the taxes on the ... ...

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... that translates an idea into a blueprint for something useful, whether it's a car, a building, a graphic, a service or a process. The important part is the translation of the idea, though design's ability to spark the idea in the first place shouldn't be overlooked. The idea of design started with the new inventions and with the mass production in the beginning of nineteenth or at ... ...

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... War One. Every tension can be attributed to one of four causes, nationalism, system of military alliances, military build up and colonial competition. If these tensions were gunpowder then the spark that ignited them was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in June 1914. The assassination gave Austria-Hungary the ideal excuse to stop Serbian ambitions once and for all. The tensions ... ...

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... , which is a Slav state. To my opinion the assassination was not the reason for the break out of the war, there are many other main factors, this is only the spark factor. I think the main cause of the war is rivalry, there were rivalries between Austria and Russia. Austria had control to the black sea which Russia wanted to access to ... ...

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Britain was not the only country expecting war, for each European country involved had made plans. Many people had been expecting this war for sometime, waiting for a spark to set it all off. Now this trigger finally came on June 1914, where the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne in Austria, was assassinated. This set off a chain ... ...

• Word Count: 421
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• Grade Level: High School