After WWI, a deadly virus struck, called influenza. This pandemic killed 100 million people worldwide. A reason was that people didn’t care about the deadliness of the flu. This was the deadly most disease in the world at its time.

The influenza was not always taken seriously. Scientists now believe that the influenza came from hogs in Kansas. This H1N1 virus, struck in India, Russia, and China, so it was a global threat. It was a particularly lethal in people between the ages of 20 and 40 years old. Cities were more affected because people were not spread out; they lived close together.The influenza lasted nine months. Continue reading →

Margarine. You know, the fake butter stuff. It is a Food substitute. Food substitutes called ersatz foods, were first supplied in World War I. These food supplies were started because there was not enough food during wartime due to blockades around both Britain and Germany. Germany could not receive imports and was unable to produce enough food to feed its people. Labor was off fighting the war and fertilizer materials were used to build bombs.  Since basic food was not available, ersatz foods were created.

At the beginning of World War I, the governments believed that food supplies would run out in six months.  Scientists from both sides began to create “fake” foods for the public. Thus the ersatz foods were born. But there was a lot work to be done to make some really good ersatz foods. The first was Kriegbrot (war bread). this war bread was very good, Kriegbrot was made of 55% rye, 25% wheat and 20% potato. It  would not rot for several weeks, so it was made for winter storage. The ersatz beverages were coffee, tea, and cocoa. The coffee was made from acorns, the tea was made from raspberry leaves, and the cocoa was made from coal-tar and roasted peas and oats. This helped raise the public health of the Allies and the Central Powers.

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The United States should enter World War I to stop Germany taking over Europe.  Thousands of lives and dollars are being lost because a petty duke was shot. The Lusitania sinking, an outrage! 1,198 American and English lives have been lost because of Germany’s ruthless fighting.

The U.S. should enter the Great War because innocent lives are being killed and resources and lives are being lost.  Too many people are getting killed.  An example of this is in the Battle of Gallipoli, where more than 250,000 people died.  A second example for the high loss of life is the use of unrestricted submarine warfare. The Germans are torpedoing boats along the waterfront of the English Channel.   Additionally, the generals along the Eastern and Western fronts cause the men in the trenches to charge at each other to relieve boredom.    This causes a high loss of life without any military advantage.   If America entered the war, we could bring the Allies a swift victory.

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A ride of terror and blood,
the enemy yelled in horror,
At the Royal messager corps, of coarse!

After years of inaction,
sharpening, sharpening,
his sword to a razorlike sparkle,
in the swampy trench,
almost insane,

cutting through bodies like a pressure on the harvest.
Running at the foes,
demanding blood,
a machine gun sweeping like a broom of doom.

Your legs spouting blood,
arteries have been hit,
Like a Star Wars battleship.

You know what they say,
about a light at the end of the tunnel?
to you it was blood red right?
But who cares;
you are dead.

Imperialism was a strong force in the late 18th century. An imperialist is a person who believes they have the right to conquer other countries. An anti-imperialist opposes this idea. Some imperialists were Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie.  Mark Twain was a popular anti-imperialist. Imperialists had many differences with anti-imperialists but few similarities.

Imperialists believe that they have the right to conquer countries. Some imperialists were missionaries. They tried to convert “savages” to Christianity. Others were for the raw materials; lumber, iron, and coal were some of the raw materials that they gained when they took over colonies. Some imperialists were looking for the profit, and even more were seeking military conquests.  For instance, America sought the Philippines Islands for the strategic position in the Pacific, while Great Britain sought India for its location and its raw materials, mainly spices.

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The lace of Belgium is one of the best in the world.  Its population is culturally diverse, which is caused by the leftover of many invasions. Because of Belgium’s landscape, which is swampy and wet, it is a major trading port, with huge exports of veal, beer, and chocolate.

Belgium is located in central Europe. This small country is in between France and Germany. Belgium is lush and densely populated for a tiny country. The average rainfall for the nation of Belgium is 31 inches per year. About 950 people live in each square mile (Natgo 1).

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Land of the free
and home of the bullies.
But they don’t listen,
they say they’re brave.

“Black monkeys,” they laughed,
like the people of the Philippines,
were some inferior ants.

Now we protest,
and say they‘re human.
But they laugh and say,
“It’s for their own good.”