Novels by ye.tao185

As the Wilson Administration entered into its Second year, however, other events began to overshadow these efforts. The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June of 1914 lead to the outbreak of the largest and bloodiest war the world had ever seen. This conflict would eventually come to be known as the Weltkrieg. When the war broke out, Wilson, who was still focused on his agenda of domestic reform, was determined to keep the United States out of these devastating conflict. In this, he had the overwhelming support of the American people, who still clung George Washington's warning of getting the United States involved in "Entangling Alliances", the very thing that had start the war in the first place, as if it was Holy Writ. As the death counts continued to soar, the American people became less and less inclined to join the war. Things nearly came to a head though on May 7 1915 with the Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which carried 139 American passengers. Of these Ameri

"At the dawn of the 20th century, the United States was primed for greatness," Professor Johnston McConnor looks over the last row of his students, with head raising up, as if any grand gesture would help awaking all the helpless souls, "after all the destruction and loss of life of the Civil War during the past century, the United States had come roaring back in a way that is about to surprise the whole world. - Martin, please read the next paragraph out loud."The only student in room with any kind of recollection to the reality stands up, half flips the page and continues. "The pace of Industrialization continued to pick up steam in the already heavily industrialized northern states - and with the abandonment of slavery and subsequent economic restructuring that had touched every facet of the society, the South too was finally making progress in catching up to the North's level of Industrialization.""As with all things in the world, the increase