Think again about the causes of world war i. nationalism was one of the main causes. it can be defined as extreme feelings of loyalty or devotion for one's country. feelings of nationalism led the people fighting in the war to believe that they were fighting for a right and just cause. additionally, as you've learned, literature prior to world war i glorified war, making it seem heroic or even romantic. based on the excerpts that you read from all quiet on the western front, what did erich maria remarque think about the nationalism that caused the war? why do you think he decided to write a book that showed the war experience to be so harsh and cruel? your answer should be about 100 to 200 words long. it should also provide evidence from the excerpts or from any outside research that you conduct. be sure to list any sources that you use.

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.