Week 6 Reflection: US World Domination WW1
Hello fellow bloggers and readers I hope everybody is having a great week and continues to have great days ahead of them. This week we are getting into the best parts of US History as we are now talking about some of the biggest Wars in World History. This weeks topics is about Imperialism by the US and World War 1 that the US eventually had to be involved in. Just like other weeks we will start with some definitions that are important to these two topics.
Imperialism is when one country extends its control over the territory, political system, or economic life of another country, usually involves the establishment of colonies. Nationalism is devotion to the interests in one’s nation, great feelings of pride in one’s nation. Militarism is glorification of armed strength, nations competing to develop military strength to discourage aggression & protect colonies. Then we have Alliances which is the web of "friendships among European nations. Examples of Alliances or Allies is the Triple Entente being Britain, France, Russia as Allies, and then the Triple Alliance being Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary as the (Central Powers).
The start of the US World Domination started with imperialism, and you can start to think about this such as Napoleon capturing all of the colonies overseas. The US intended to control all islands and nations surrounding the US, which they eventually did. They took over control of Cuba, the Philippines, the Caribbeans, Hawaii, Haiti and other little nations that were still left. The US government had to know that some type of massive World War would begin to happen, so in other words they created a war with Spain. Spain had control over the islands and the islands wanted independence, so they US supported knowing that Spain would have an issue. Then the Spanish-American War happened which did not last long and was a small event to show what preparation is needed for the future.
This preparation improved the improvements in machinery from military guns to vehicles. The Spanish War ended in 1902 so that was 12 years of preparation as World War 1 was from 1914-1918. As usually the US gets involved as Supportive strategy and then usually sees a window of opportunity to create more power from an economic stand point or more imperialism. The US was just supporting the Allies with goods and weapons so they would not run out, but then the Central powers took notice and had an issue. President Wilson wanted to create peace upon the world so he created the draft and this is how we got involved in the war. While the war was happening the US started to dislike Germany for great reason. This hate will lead to other events in the future that will be future topics on this Blog.
Bibliography: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3158
https://www.nidokidos.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/World_War_1-800x500.jpg
Imperialism is when one country extends its control over the territory, political system, or economic life of another country, usually involves the establishment of colonies. Nationalism is devotion to the interests in one’s nation, great feelings of pride in one’s nation. Militarism is glorification of armed strength, nations competing to develop military strength to discourage aggression & protect colonies. Then we have Alliances which is the web of "friendships among European nations. Examples of Alliances or Allies is the Triple Entente being Britain, France, Russia as Allies, and then the Triple Alliance being Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary as the (Central Powers).
This preparation improved the improvements in machinery from military guns to vehicles. The Spanish War ended in 1902 so that was 12 years of preparation as World War 1 was from 1914-1918. As usually the US gets involved as Supportive strategy and then usually sees a window of opportunity to create more power from an economic stand point or more imperialism. The US was just supporting the Allies with goods and weapons so they would not run out, but then the Central powers took notice and had an issue. President Wilson wanted to create peace upon the world so he created the draft and this is how we got involved in the war. While the war was happening the US started to dislike Germany for great reason. This hate will lead to other events in the future that will be future topics on this Blog.
Bibliography: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3158
https://www.nidokidos.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/World_War_1-800x500.jpg
Picture: shows some events and gives a visual on what that time period looked like.
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ReplyDeleteGood information and this was very interesting how the US knew a strategy and what they did to begin with. Well written and said. This gave me a better understanding about the WW1. I can say that we are funny acting with Spain, it's like we knew what we was doing.
ReplyDeleteThis was good information i like the way you broke it down so we was able to understand. This help me better understand how WWI went and it’s crazy how it left a effect on both the winners and loser both sides lost a lot.
ReplyDeleteGood information yo seem to have the best reflections when explaining what and how you feel about situations and how the US has become a strategy for what has happened in the past. I love the way you broke things down by adding details to make it more stronger and having a better understanding on things.
ReplyDeleteWassup Braxton. I enjoyed reading your reflection of WWI. I like how the US knew what it took and so that's what they did. But I also like how Spain wasn't scared to stand and go to war for what was there's.
ReplyDeleteFirst off I want to start off by saying your page is dope. I love the science lab vibes it's giving me lol. Your post makes this weeks readings very easy to follow. I enjoyed your break down of the wars and the way you refereed to it as " US World Domination" . Those words aloe show how much power the United States had and still has til this day.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post Braxton! I love coming to your blog! it's one that I ALWAYS enjoy reading. There's a different swag about your posts lol I understand what you're conveying e v e r y t I m e! So, Kudos! Thanks for taking the time to break things down!
ReplyDeleteHey Braxton I love how you started your post. Instead of just diving into your topic, you acknowledged the differences between imperialism and nationalism.
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