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The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on July 17, 2018 (go to class or lectures)
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leaders of the world discussed world peace in                     
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one of the coldest                in recorded history
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millions of people froze to death
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in 1918 and 1919 the real killer was               
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pathogens shaped world history
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germs and viruses don't respect national, ethnic and class                 
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left        million people dead
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this plague was more devastating than the war itself
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675,000 Americans died in the                    epidemic
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10 times the war casualties
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people found themselves living in a              age
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helped to spread the disease more quickly
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one fifth of the world's population was                 
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followed trade and shipping lanes
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aggravated by the vast movements of             
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the first epidemic in the United States was in army camps in             
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around the world, the Armistice celebrations were the most cataclysmic day for the spread of the influenza
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in the festivities, the kissing and the hugging in the streets were perfect vectors for spreading the disease
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people would celebrate, go home, and       
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the              systems were already maxed out because of the war wounded
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some silver linings
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we learned a great deal about
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public health
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disease
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first world war had left 9 million soldiers and 7 million civilians dead, but far more casualties from the disease
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aggrevated tensions within                     
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among the victors and defeated
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1919 was a year not just of disease, but of great                  and in surgency
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Berlin
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1919 - The                      Uprising
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communists' efforts trying to take over the government
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Winnepeg
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first large             
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Buenos Aires
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Semana               
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India
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               Gandhi
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took over editing of the Young India Magazine
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preached open resistance
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began planning his own general strikes
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added to the urgencies of rebuilding societies
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this was              at the end of wars
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having to discuss how to effect a                peace
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started the              great age of revolutions
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the            were e.g. those of France and America and Latin America
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here we have a different kind of search for             

Ideas and Concepts:

Forgotten human catastrophes, via tonight's World History Since 1300 course:

"In 1918, while world leaders of the world's countries discussed world peace in Versailles, one of the coldest winters in recorded history, the real killer, disease, ravished throughout the world. Pathogens having a way of shaping world history, germs and viruses not respecting national, ethnic and class barriers, the influenza of 1918 left 100 million people dead.

This plague was more devastating than the war itself:675,000 Americans died in the influenza epidemic, ten times the number of war casualties. People found themselves living in a global age, which aided the disease to spread more quickly. One fifth of the world's population was infected, the disease followed trade and shipping lanes, aggravated by the vast movements of armies returning home.

The first epidemic in the United States was in army camps in Kansas. Around the world, armistice celebrations were the most cataclysmic day for the spread of the influenza. During the festivities, people kissed and hugged in the streets, perfect vectors for spreading the disease. People would celebrate, go home, and die."
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