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Write a three paragraph editorial about wilsons war message

weeeeeb [17]

Answer:Explanation: On the 3d of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. That had seemed to be the object of the German submarine warfare earlier in the war, but since April of last year the Imperial Government had somewhat restrained the commanders of its undersea craft in conformity with its promise then given to us that passenger boats should not be sunk and that due warning would be given to all other vessels which its submarines might seek to destroy, when no resistance was offered or escape attempted, and care taken that their crews were given at least a fair chance to save their lives in their open boats. The precautions taken were meagre and haphazard enough, as was proved in distressing instance after instance in the progress of the cruel and unmanly business, but a certain degree of restraint was observed The new policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character, their cargo, their destination, their errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thought of help or mercy for those on board, the vessels of friendly neutrals along with those of belligerents. Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and stricken people of Belgium, though the latter were provided with safe-conduct through the proscribed areas by the German Government itself and were distinguished by unmistakable marks of identity, have been sunk with the same reckless lack of compassion or of principle.

I was for a little while unable to believe that such things would in fact be done by any government that had hitherto subscribed to the humane practices of civilized nations. International law had its origin in the at tempt to set up some law which would be respected and observed upon the seas, where no nation had right of dominion and where lay the free highways of the world. By painful stage after stage has that law been built up, with meagre enough results, indeed, after all was accomplished that could be accomplished, but always with a clear view, at least, of what the heart and conscience of mankind demanded. This minimum of right the German Government has swept aside under the plea of retaliation and necessity and because it had no weapons which it could use at sea except these which it is impossible to employ as it is employing them without throwing to the winds all scruples of humanity or of respect for the understandings that were supposed to underlie the intercourse of the world. I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of noncombatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people can not be. The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind.

It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feeling away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.

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4 years ago

Which enlightenment Philosopher wrote "Leviathan" and proposed the idea of a social contract? *

yan [13]

Answer:

El concepto de contrato social de Thomas Hobbes

Hobbes escribió su obra cumbre, Leviatán (1651), en un período de guerra civil en Inglaterra donde se discutió quién debía ocupar la soberanía, el Rey o el Parlamento. En ella define la necesidad de crear un contrato social para establecer la paz entre los hombres.

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4 years ago

Jack is having difficulty understanding the 14th Amendment and 19th Amendment together. He argues that the 14th Amendment says t

iogann1982 [59]

i think C. This is the same argument that Susan B. Anthony made; it is how she proposed the 19th Amendment.

not 100% sure but it looks like the best answer

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4 years ago

The line dividing regions 4 & 5 on this map is known as the "Fall Line." Which of these represents an important factor of th

AVprozaik [17]

The Georgia Fall Line resulted during prehistoric times when the ocean, which covered a large portion of what is nowadays Georgia receded and marked the boundary division between the coastal plains and the famous Piedmont region of the state. It is especially important because of the rivers that originated at the piedmont region and flowed into the coastal plains because at the coastal plains, these bodies of water were more navigable while in the piedmont region it was not possible. Because large boats could navigate through the coastal region rivers but not the piedmont ones, trading posts surged along the coastal plains but not the piedmont. From this development were born four of the most important cities of Georgia, which were also, throughout the state´s history, the capital.

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3 years ago

Give two examples of efforts to standardize languages around the world ap hug

NARA [144]

1) German language

The modern German language is actually a somewhat artificial construct, as to unify the dialect and create one, common German language. Before this, many places each had their own dialects, and especially in the South, the dialects are often still spoken (along with the standard)

2) Galician - currently Galician has 3 standards, but there are efforts to create one standard, in order to strenghten the language's presence in Spain (but it's problematic since many speakers don't identify with the standard as much as with their own dialect)

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4 years ago