Essay - History Questions Answered 1. One of the Most Significant Changes...

History Questions Answered

*****. One of the most significant changes brought about by World War I was the structure ***** ***** European map. Major empires crumbled with hundreds and thousands of casualties left behind. The toll of the war was as much emotional as anything else. Chodorow maintains, "The tense and tumultuous atmosphere of p*****t-war Europe, however, was not conducive to ***** peaceful consolidation of democracy. The chaos left behind war and revolution soon proved too much for inexperienced parliamentary governments. In their place there emerged new dictatorial and totalitarian regimes, better suited to cope with a world in crisis" (Chodorow 886). One of the first regimes to emerge after World War I was in Russia in the twenties. "The victory of communism in that potentially powerful country introduced an entirely new and disturbing element into international affairs" (Chodorow 886). Political changes in Germany, Austria, and Hungary were closely associated ***** military defeat and "***** in *****se countries carried a blemish th*****t only time and success could erase" (Chodorow *****). It is not wonder that with so many countries in f*****ancial and emotional demise that recovery would be slow ***** painful. Other significant milestones that ***** from the war were ***** position ***** women and the infamous lost generation. Women and ********** ***** in society experienced an extreme change - they ********** valuable dur*****g the war in that they were instrumental in the labor movement. Work in general experienced a surge and "the wartime spur to industrialization produced a large increase in the *****dustrial ***** *****ce all over *****, and a good deal of labor unrest accompanied the transition ***** peacetime" (Noble 1033). In addition, post*****war America experienced a boom that ***** refer to as the jazz age. The jazz ***** is *****ten ***** ***** lav*****h lifestyles in America. Additionally, the world was becoming smaller. Thomas ***** adds, "Mass consumption was the reverse side of ***** mass production that made possible the ***** prosperity of ***** 1920s. As it became possible to mass-produce the products of the second industrial revolution, more people could afford automobiles, electrical products like the radio ***** phonograph, and clothing ***** synthetic fabrics, ***** possible by the innovations in chemistry" (Noble 1033). The war literally touched all and while it might have been *****, it was far from forgotten.

World ***** I ended with a series of treaties, the ***** important being the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty forced Germany to disarm and provide reparations, including "civil damages" (Craig 933). While ***** did attack first, it ***** virtually impossible for Germany to pay for all of the damage that occurred as a result of the w*****r. *****, Germany "had not deliberately planned and instigated World War I" (*****). I agree ***** this notion because the ramifications of the treaty were *****o overwhelming for any ***** to overcome. The debt that was placed upon Germany was too great to bear and only contributed to the economical burdens across ***** globe. It is also important to realize *****