... . Weekly Schedule Week 1-Gathering necessary materials and research resources Week 2-Extensive research on feminism and nationalism in Turkey -Meet with Dr. Ranchod-Nilsson for the 1st set of journal entries Week 3-Continuiation of the researches on Turkish feminism and nationalism -Meet with Dr. Ranchod-Nilsson for the critique of 1st set of journals -2nd set of journals Week 4-Finishing the research on Turkey ... on Japanese feminism and nationalism -Meet with Dr. Ranchod-Nilsson for the critique of 4th set of journals -5th set of journals Week 7- Finishing the research on Japan -Meet ...

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... , and if the sea is controlled, enemies supply ships cant passes so starving the country. Even though Germany is not an island it also needed supplies by sea being blocked from war fronts. So the sea could "lose the war in an afternoon". If theses supply ships were sunk or captured it could be a very ... war would be lost. With no ship to protect the seas supplies would be stopped and surrender inevitable. So both sides we anxious to put the ships into action for the above reason. With all the Navy did in the war, if either sides Navy collapsed the War would almost definitely be lost ......

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... government allied their country with Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, and, in the following year, occupied all of Indochina. Eight American battle ships and thirteen other U.S naval vessels were sunk or badly damaged. Almost 200 American aircraft were destoryed and approximately 3000 naval and military were ... Walter C. Short were the men. There was several other places attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941 such as the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, Midway Island, Hong Kong, British Malaya, and Thailand. The next day the United States Declared war on Japan, as did every other countr...

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... U-boat was a submarine equipped with torpedoes. In 1915, the Germans announced that they would weaken a blockade and disrupt American trade with the colonies by sinking ships in a war zone around the British Isles. Within a few months ships that had been in this war zone area had been taken out and sunk by the Germans, including an American ship. Although the British were ... camps which made the United States furious. The United States later sent a ship known as the USS Maine to Cuba to rescue any United States citizens caught up on the island. On February 15, 1898 the USS Maine was my...

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... better. Ideas soon turned into action. In 1893, an opportunity came up to annex Hawaii. Yet, the U.S. declined. The Dole Family saw this as an opening and took over the island, along with setting up their version of government. In 1898, the U.S. became involved in the war between Cuba and Spain. The U.S. took the side of Cuba since it wanted to ... ordained, was still fresh in their minds. Some Southern expansionists saw Cuba as an opportunity to gain slave territory. But because Northerners were against slavery, the plan was thrown out. Ships were stationed along the coast of Cuba, inc...

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... on top of World War I was coming to a close. The Germans had a naval blockade of any ships that had passed through around the United Kingdom. Despite the blockade, many ships decided to ignore the warnings that Germany sent out to the Allied countries. One of these ships was the Lusitania. The Lusitania was a ship that embarked on a voyage to England, with passengers from ... States had finally shown some sort of response to the actions that were taken by Germany. The United States tried to reason with Germany, and begged them to stop attacking ships with their submarines without warnin...

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... Lusitania was carrying munitions, it declared unrestricted warfare, claiming that the weapons onboard posed as a threat to the German Navy. They stated that they would attack without warning because the ships were now armed, and since it could defend off attackers, the Lusitania was considered a warship. (Source 6) Americans and British were outraged by this attack on a passenger ship, despite ... in William Bryan's name, requesting an apology for the U.S. and for Germany to pay reparation. He also subliminally threatens that if the Germans do not stop torpedoing, or sinking passenger ...

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... created powerful, destructive weapons that were new to warfare. The Germans in an effort to engage in underwater combat created one of the first U-boats, which were submarine like battle ships that were highly effective in the beginning of the war. The industrial revolution also brought upon the production of the first machine guns, larger artillery guns, barbed wired, flame throwers ... as men. Pat Barker's novel Regeneration is focused on the cause, effect and treatment of shell shock therapy and how the mental disease affected the male ego during World War I. Dr. W.H.R. Rivers is a p...

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... Lusitania was carrying munitions, it declared unrestricted warfare, claiming that the weapons onboard posed as a threat to the German Navy. They stated that they would attack without warning because the ships were now armed, and since it could defend off attackers, the Lusitania was considered a warship. (Source 6) Americans and British were outraged by this attack on a passenger ship, despite ... in William Bryan's name, requesting an apology for the U.S. and for Germany to pay reparation. He also subliminally threatens that if the Germans do not stop torpedoing, or sinking passenger ...

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... 's participation in the war had affected the whole of Australia, from the soldiers fighting in the war to the home front. As the Anzacs were preparing for war in their ships at dawn of 25th April 1915, it is doubtful they were worried about creating a legend. More likely they were dreading the Turkish bullets and bayonets. Despite the fact that the ... we had an advantage over the enemy and a larger force indicates a greater chance of winning. However, on the other hand the Labor Party, trade unions and most Roman Catholics particularly Dr Daniel Mannix, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of ...

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... upset to hear that the Germans decided to unleash the use of U-boats. Germany announced that any merchant shipping in specified zones around Britain would be a target, and neutral ships were not excluded. The Germans felt that many allied ships started flying the neutral flag so that it could assist in their safety. President Wilson warned the Germans that if any German ... ships sank an American ship he would hold them accountable. In May 1915, the Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat and 128 American civilians on board were killed. The Lusitania was ... promised that if Mexico decl...

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... were at home. The women went through many pains, but did their best and made thousands of airplanes that helped in the war. Women also helped make ships to use in the war. Shipyards were accustomed to a male workforce, and were slow to accept the women workers. In 1943 there was a demand ... that building a ship wasn't that difficult because of their previous skills with assembling airplanes. They found a similarity between cutting out patters for clothes and for ships; the only difference was they were using steel rather than cloth. The women also excelled at welding, operating drill p...

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... immanent. In Europe, Germany was unsuccessful in winning the war on land and had resorted to the war at sea. In order to achieve that goal, Germany warned all neutral ships to stay away from British Isles so they are not mistakenly attacked. In May of 1915 the Lusintania, a British passenger ship leaving from New York carrying over one hundred Americans ... argument started over the use of German U-boats. To avoid war with the U.S., Germany ordered all U-boats to stop attacking any passenger ships. A few months later another passenger ship the Arabic was attacked. In 1917 Germany declar...

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... and lower levels of wages. Shipbuilding Like cotton , before the war , it has high quality goods at low prices. In 1913 Clydeside alone built one third of the worlds ships. Most of these were for our own consumption. After war we need less ships because we have less trade. At the same time the Americans and the Japanese start building their own ... of these countries are now going to buy their own rather than British. We were a little bit shortsighted - building just basic cargo ships.Other european countries start building their own oil tankers. Social consequences - the Jarrow march C...

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... described as the lifeblood of industrialized countries. Fuels made from petroleum provide power for automobiles, airplanes, factories, farm equipment, trucks, trains, and ships. Petroleum fuels also generate heat and electricity for many houses and business places." (http://www.fueloil.com) The word petroleum is a compound word ... time. It is found in numerous Biblical references, where it is referred to as "pitch," and was used to build walls and ships, mummify the deceased, and pave streets. In the 1600's, missionaries observed American Indians gathering petroleum from surface pools, ...

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... 15, 1895. It was built by the United States so that they would be able to take over beaches and protect themselves from any other ships that were on the water. Secondly, there are many qualities of the battleships. They include length, displacement, size, how much it can hold and ... usually of about 20 knots. The price of these battleships is extremely high. They are around $100 million to $200 million dollars each. These ships were used during World War II so that the countries that owned them could instead of only attacking by land and air, could instead come from ... move very fas...

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... debate or any record of vote, President Wilson signed the bill in June that year. "The primary aim of the Act was to establish rules for the disposal of surplus ships, but the Merchant Marine Act is memorable for other reasons. For the first time, Congress issued a Declaration of Policy with respect to the U.S.-flag merchant marine. Also, Section 27 of ... the Act included cabotage language, championed by Sen. Wesley L. Jones of Washington that restricted trade between states to ships that are built in the United States, registered in the United States, and manned by American citizens. ...

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... neutrality, United States declared war on Imperial Germany and thereby entered World War I for several reasons. One, unrestricted submarine warfare destroyed American ships. Two, the Zimmerman telegram outraged the United States and gave reason to believe that Germany was planning to wage war directly on the ... and military supplies to both, the Allied and Central powers. However, due to British navy's successful blockade of German outlets to the ocean, American ships were no longer able to supply Germany with as much success. Instead, United States turned to trading more and more with...

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... and occupy the whole Europe, and Hitler desired to exterminate the Jews and dominate the entire world. As for Napoleon, his special personality drove him from a poor family in a small island of Corsica to the power of Paris, and even made him long for more. Hitler was also from a poor family, but he devoted himself to the career of rejecting the ... to convince a great amount of Germans to fight for him until death. Hitler is known to the world not only because of what he had done but also his speeches. Dr. Joseph Goebbels, a German politician, once stated,"Führer is the first person i...

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... greatest economic boom in the nation's history. The protests involved American goods and money and Germany's submarine policy threatened American's lives. The U-Boat threat was also an issue because American ships went down as a result of it. The pressure of preparedness advocates also influenced the decision. Wilson position was attacked because of his efforts to maintain peace and remain uninvolved. Wilson ... 's decision was ultimately changed when Germany began its plan for U-boats to sink on sight all ships. Five American ships were sunk as a result of these attacks. 4. What were th...

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... and they are completely surrounded by ocean. The boys, isolated from society, must now create their own. The island is ultimately a natural environment "untamed by man", uncivilized and primitive. Golding tries to convey the island like a cage confining the boys and isolating them from the rest of the world. We are told in ... of water". This gives us the sense that the boys are trapped. Golding brings the island to life through personifications: "among the skull-like coco-nuts. The dumb sand. The wind roared". This helps visualize the island as a character and helps set the mood for even...

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Launched at the River Clyde in June 16, 1906, RMS Lusitania was a grand ship and the first of the two sister ships to be launched. At 785 feet in length and 31,550 gross tons, she took the title of largest liner afloat. Her maiden voyage took place September 7, 1907, and in ... with a parlour, bathroom, and private dining area, for which they paid four thousand dollars one way. Second-class accommodations on Lusitania compared favourably with first-class staterooms on many other ships. The day before Lusitania sailed from Pier 54, U-20, skippered by thirty-two-year-old Kapitãnleutnant (Lt. ...

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... without mercy and soon affected the USA. President Wilson tried many ways to ask Germany to stop sinking ships with American goods and passengers but that often resulted in failure. Then February 1, 1917, Germany announced it will sink all ships from Great Britain and ships shipping to Great Britain. President Wilson then broke off diplomatic relations on February 3 and soon on April 4, USA ... ...

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... States to intervene in the First World War. In 1914, the Germans stated that the seas around Britain were a war zone and were blockaded. They warned that if they sight ships attempting to enter the war zone they would be risking the chance on being sunk by German submarines. The Germans used unrestricted submarine warfare and sank several ... the Americans found this out, they felt that this was a violation of neutrality rights and therefore an act of war. The Americans were neutral so deserved to send ships through the war zone. When the Luistania was sunk in May 1915, killing 128 Amer...

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... supplies to the Allied powers and we wanted to ensure that we would be paid back. America was kind of justified in entering the war because Germany was destroying passenger ships with American citizens on them and planning war strategies against America such as the plans stated in the Zimmerman note. The Senate voted for war on April 4th, 1917 and ... did the same on April 6th. Many things brought this about such as the Zimmerman note, the sinking of American merchant ships by German U-boats and the overthrow of the czar in Russia. America protested against the sinking of non-combatant ...

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