Causes of WW1

One of the main causes of World War 1, was mutual defense alliances. If a country was attacked, their allies would step in and help them out. These alliances included Russia and Serbia, Germany and Austria- Hungary, France and Russia, Britain, France, and Russia and Japan and Britain.
Another major cause of WW1 was Imperialism. The increasing competition for greater empires led to an increase in confrontation which eventually pushed the world into World War 1. ANother great cause of WW1 would be Militarism. All countries were constantly battling to have a better, stronger military. This as well led the world into WW1. Nationalism also played a huge role in starting WW1. Countries were always battling on which country is better. The immediate cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This assassination led to Austria- Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia. This is how World War 1 started. The Zimmerman note declared that we as a country would start submarine warfare on Fe 1st

T.E. Lawrence

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T.E. Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence was a British archeological scholar, adventurist, military strategist and was the writer of “ The Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. T.E. Lawrence was born in 1888, and lived till 1935. Many people over the years have attempted to discredit his accomplishments, but his legend has remained very strong.

T.E. Lawrence was better known as “ The Lawrence of Arabia”. He achieved this name by the astonishing role he played in helping the Arabs against the Turks in World War One. By the age of 31, Lawrence was an international celebrity. Sadly his life came to an abrupt stop when he fatally crashed his motorcycle in 1935 at the age of 46.

T.E. Lawrence became an extremely influential figure in the Arab forces. In particular his Guerrilla warfare proved successful in undermining Germany’s ottoman ally. Lawrence was injured several times during his campaigns. He suffered many bullet and shrapnel wounds.

In 1917 Lawrence took the port of Akaba and led his Arab forces to the dessert, distracting the Turks when the British army began its invasion of Palestine and Syria. Lawrence acquired the knowledge of the language and the customs of the Arab people. Soon after the outbreak of WW1, Lawrence was assigned to intelligence as an Arabian expert. in 1916, Lawrence joined forces with Arabian Sheik Feisal al Husayn. In "Seven Pillars", (a book written by Lawrence", he describes his first meeting with Feisal." I felt at first glance that this was the man I came to Arabia to seek- The leader who would bring the full arab revolt to a full glory. Feisal looked very tall and pillar like, very slender, in his long white silk robe and his brown head cloth… His eyelids were dropped; and his black beard and colorless face were like a mask against the strange, still watchfulness of his body…
In 1916, Lawrence was captured and subjected to beatings and homosexual rape by the Turkish Governor of Daraa. Though he escaped, he was shattered by the experience.
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1) What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?
Sinclair believed that the qualities of people needed to be in order. He believed that the ability to work on your own and mind your own business was a necessity. If you were easily distracted, then you were not Packingtown material.
2)According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal?
The main goal of the plant owner was to make as much money as possible. The matter wasn't how the money was made, or who it hurt. All that mattered was the amount of money made..
3) What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
What Sinclair meant by this quotation, was that basically the money was more important than the workers. As long as there was money being made, the quality of workers lives wasn't an issue.
According to Upton Sinclair, the only way to rise up the ranks in the meat packing industry was by telling lies and spying on your fellow coworkers. If you ever met a man rising up in Packingtown, he was a knave.
the main goal of the meat packing owners was to make as much money as humanly possible. One tactic they used to do this was to use calve meat. Which was not up to standards when it came to food. As well as using low quality meat, if you were injured in the process, you would be fired because you no longer can provide help.

Imperialism and industry

The Industrial growth  that happened in the United States continued through the civil war. Machines replaced hand labour when it came to manufacturing,  increasing production exponentially. The new railroads helped the transport of goods hugely. Inventors were coming up with ideas that everyone had to have. Bankers and investors supplied huge amounts of money that business leaders had to expand their operations. The new business activity moved to cities. Due to this, people moved to cities in record numbers. There was a sharp contrast of the rich and the poor which stirred up widespread discontent. This caused more unions to form. The industrial growth centered in the North. The war-torn south was lagging behind the rest of the country. In the West, frontier life was ending. The United States eventually built up its military strength and became a world power.
             The value of American goods increased almost a ten fold between 1870 and 1916. Many interrelated developments and contributed to this growth. The use of machines took over the manufacturing field and was at much more efficient.
            Life for a worker in the Industrial Revolution was brutal. If one was lucky enough, they would get about a thirty minute break for breakfast, and a thirty minute break for lunch, and they would work usually from five in the morning till eight at night.

John Davison Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8th 1839- May 23rd 1927) was an American Industrialist and Philanthropist. John was the founder of a Standard Oil company. After the first year of business closed, the business's gross was $450,000. In 1870, Rockefeller founded the first great U.S. business trust and ran it until he retired in 1897. Rockefeller revolutionized the Petroleum Industry and defined the structure of Philanthropy ( Love of humanity). As the drive for gasoline and kerosene increased so did Rockefeller's wealth and he became the richest man in the world and the only American to be worth more than a billion dollars.

Hiring Workers

Many Chinese peasants started arriving on California's shores in 1850. They were pushed by poverty and overpopulation. In early 1865, the Central Pacific had enough work for 4,000 men.  Most of the early workers were Irish immigrants. Some Central Pacific officials believed that the Irish would spend their wages on liquor, and that the Chinese were unreliable. "Wherever we put them, we found them good." Crocker recalled. "And they worked themselves into our favor to such an extent that if we found we were in a hurry for a job of work, it was better to put the Chinese on at once." Toward the end of the line, Crocker was so convinced at the skill of the Irish and Chinese, that he pushed for a new railroad building record. Ten miles of railroad tracks in one day.

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