12 09 2013 History Final Multiple Choice Review Nativism anti immigrant hysteria brought about by the red scare Southern and Easter Europe Sacco and Vanzetti revolutionary anarchists stole 16 000 from a shoe factory and killed the paymaster New efforts to restrict immigration were put into place o Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 restricted European immigration to 3 of what it had been on the 1910 census o Immigration Act of 1924 reduced this number to 2 The new Klan against African Americans roman Catholics Jews and immigrants Thrived in small towns and cities in the North and Midwest With strongholds in Oregon and Long Island New York Essay Part Events that lead US entry into world war II in Germany and Japan Similarities and differences between entry into World War I and World War II and the endings of the two wars The First World War WWI was fought from 1914 to 1918 and the Second World War or WWII was fought from 1939 to 1945 World War I a k a the First World War the Great War the War To End All Wars was centered on Europe The world warring nations were divided into two groups namely The Central Powers and The Allied Powers The central powers group consisted of Germany Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria The Allied powers group consisted of France Britain Russia Italy Japan and from 1917 the U S World War II a k a the Second World War the opposing alliances are now referred to as The Axis and The Allies The Axis group consisted of Germany Italy and Japan The Allies group consisted of France Britain the U S the Soviet Union and China World War II was especially heinous because of the genocide of Jewish people perpetrated by the Nazis Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914 Militarism Imperialism nationalism and alliance system Fought from lines of trenches and supported by artillery and machine guns infantry assault tanks early airplanes and poisonous gas Mostly static in nature mobility was minimal The German Russian Austro Hungarian and Ottoman empires were defeated Austro Hungarian and Ottoman empires ceased to exist The League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict War between countries for acquiring colonies or territory or resources Political and economic instability in Germany The harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles Rise of power of Adolf Hitler and his alliance with Italy and Japan to oppose the Soviet Union Nuclear power and missiles were used modern concepts of covert and special operations Submarines and tanks were also more heavily used Encryption codes for secret communication became more complex Germany used the Blitzkrieg fighting method The war ended with the total victory of the Allies over Germany and Japan in 1945 The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers The United Nations was established to foster international cooperation and prevent conflicts War of ideologies such asFascism and Communism The two wars are distinguished in the development and application of military technology While the state of military warfare was rudimentary and simple during the years of the First World War the Second World War saw significant advancements in military technology In the case of the First World War the assassination of the monarch of the Austro Hungarian Empire acted as a trigger in destabilizing what was then a delicate state of European political balance A combination of unfortunate timing of the assassination alongside the growing internal tension within the European powers gave vent in the form of a war on a massive scale The Second World War though cannot be attributed to any event or act of an accidental nature The blatant and brazen ambition of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich made the subsequent confrontation almost inevitable The First World War was characterized by the long periods spent by the armed forces in trenches so much so that the war is often described as trench warfare But contrastingly the Second war was predominantly an aerial one in that most of the strategic advantage was gained by the country that possessed a superior air force The most brutal demonstrations of the mighty German air power happened during the blitz that nearly decimated many towns and cities in Britain out of recognition This led to greater participation by women during the Second World War For example a whole class of women workers was employed in ammunition factories as well as in rehabilitation centers as nurses Similarities between the two wars Both wars involved Germany as the cause of and at the heart of the conflict Both wars ended up involving the nations of France Belgium England Russia Italy and the United States Both wars killed millions of people devastated vast tracts of countryside and cost billions of dollars Both wars were fought in the air on land and on sea In both wars international alliances were formed between the major world powers nations rose and fell disease decimated millions of people and genocide was rampant Both wars spawned political upheavals and shifts in balances of power within several nations Differences between the two wars Between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II technology improved considerably Gone were the horses trench warfare and biplanes Military equipment became bigger faster more reliable and more sophisticated World War II saw more air and sea battles than World War I Advances had been made in medicine between the two wars so that fewer people died from infected wounds and disease Whereas World War I was fought mainly in Europe and Asia World War II was total global warfare It involved over 100 000 000 soldiers and was considered the deadliest conflict in human history Sommerville Donald 2008 The Complete Illustrated History of World War Two An Authoritative Account of the Deadliest Conflict in Human History with Analysis of Decisive Encounters and Landmark Engagements Lorenz Books p 5 Nuclear power was used for the first time during World War II The League of Nations formed after World War I was supposed to prevent future wars from happening But its organization was weak and it lacked the power to enforce its sanctions Germany the major offender in the war was forbidden to join Then the Versailles Treaty s terms totally destroyed Germany paving the way for the rise of the Nazi Regime The United Nations on the other hand was and still is a stronger organization which all nations are encouraged to join Composed of