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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, The Third cause of the war.
Assassins killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand which led to Germany attacking France and Belgium. -
Women Start working in WW1
During WWI (1914-1918), large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in munitions factories. -
1st Cause of The War
Nationalism of European Countries
Pan-Slavism, the belief that the Slavic peoples of eastern Europe should have their own nation, was a powerful force in the region. ... It was this pan-Slavic nationalism that inspired the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914, an event that led directly to the outbreak of World War I. 1. -
2nd Causes of World War 1
Fighting over new territories
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World War I
During this war, there were 2 sides. The Allied and Central powers.
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American leans to entering the war.
german u boats sank ships going between England and America. On 5/7/1915 a German u boat sank Lusitania( a British passenger ship. More than 100 Americans were killed. The Germans put warnings in the American newspapers. -
battle of the somme world war1
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the World War I fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France. It was the most major battle in the war because The French got more land back and it weakened the german army. So it basically forced the germans into surrender -
the zimmermann telegram
Arthur Zimmermann, a German leader, sent a telegram to Mexico asking the country to start a border war with the United States. In return, Germany would get back Mexican land that had become Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The English got a copy of the telegram, broke the secret code and sent the information to Wilson.
The telegram was put in the U.S. newspapers, showing that Germany was America's enemy. Two months later, German U-boats sank three American merchant ships. -
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Why the U.S. Joined the war.
After the Zimmermann Telegram, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war on April 2, 1917. Wilson said the United States must go to war because the world “must be made safe for democracy.” On April 6, 1917, the U.S. declared war. The government set goals for manufacturing, farming, transportation and selecting men for the military. Patriotic posters, pamphlets, films and public speakers encouraged Americans to support the war. After the war, they were seen as a world power.
