William McKinley was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last Civil War veteran to reach that position.
During the 1880s he was an important member of the Republican Party. As a congressman, he was responsible for the increase of import tariffs (McKinley Tariff), as a measure of prosperity. In his candidacy for the presidential elections of 1896 he promoted pluralism among ethnic groups. His campaign was designed by Mark Hanna, who introduced new advertising techniques that revolutionized political campaigns, and defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. With his mandate a period of Republican dominion began, in which the mercantile activity was fomented. The United States, moreover, became a world power after its victory in the Spanish-American War. This allowed McKinley to be elected President again in 1900 after another intense campaign against Bryan as well. Regarding international politics, he supported the independence of Cuba; the war with Spain gave the United States control of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
You'll need to form your own opinion, but in my opinion the Treaty of Versailles was essentially unjust and unfair. The treaty placed all blame for the cause of the Great War (World War I) on Germany as the leader of the Central Powers. In reality, as detailed by historian Barbara Tuchman in her Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Guns of August (1962), all the involved nations of Europe contributed to process of creating the war.
The Treaty of Versailles also was not a good peace treaty for the future, because the harsh terms put Germany in a situation that allowed the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, leading to World War II.
The Treaty of Versailles, which came out of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, was very punitive towards Germany. In addition to the "war guilt" clause of the treaty (forcing Germany to admit responsibility for causing the war), Germany also was forced to pay large reparation payments to the war's victorious nations. The German economy and national pride were deeply wounded. Then the Great Depression hit and made things even worse. (Germany's depression conditions were even worse than those in America.) The bad situation in Germany made it possible for a radical leader like Hitler, making all sorts of bold promises, to win over enough people to rise to power. Hitler promised a return to national greatness and fiercely rebuilt Germany as a military machine. The rise of Hitler and the Nazis brought about World War II in Europe.
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At the end of the war, England lost all its territory in France except for the port of Calais.
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New armor gave mounted French knights a big advantage over English foot soldiers.
C.
Edward III’s son, the “Black Prince,” captured Paris and the French king, but France did not surrender.
D.
Convinced that God had told her to lead an army against the English, Joan of Arc won the Battle of Orléans.
B) The kidnapping of a Catholic priest.
C) The lynching of a Jewish businessman.
D) The beginning of the influenza pandemic.
The answer is B. Great Britain imposed new taxes on the colonists to pay its war debts.