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After Germany’s defeat in World War I, the Weimar Republic replaced the imperial government of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Lamar Smith Lamar Smith, a World War I veteran, had been threatened and warned to stop trying to register and organize African American voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The latter inspired André Dubonnet, a combat aviator in World War I, a winning race-car driver, and an inventor whose wife was named Xenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
The United States officially adopted DST during World War I—after Germany did so—but the unpopular law was soon removed.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Lamar Smith Lamar Smith, a World War I veteran, had been threatened and warned to stop trying to register and organize African American voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The latter inspired André Dubonnet, a combat aviator in World War I, a winning race-car driver, and an inventor whose wife was named Xenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
The United States officially adopted DST during World War I—after Germany did so—but the unpopular law was soon removed.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“World War I.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20War%20I. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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