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4 main causes of WWI
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Allies vs. Central Powers
Central vs. Allied Powers
Allied Powers during the war are Great Britan, Austrilia, France, Italy, Canada, New Zeland, Greece, Serbia, United States, Russia, India, and South Africa. The Central Powers are Germany, Austria-Hungry, Bulgaria, and The Ottoman Empire. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz was AssassinatedHistory.com Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was shot by Gavrilo Princip who was a Serbian Nationalist. The Austrian-Hungrians wanted to go war with the Serbians but had no innititave of why. So when The Archduke was Assassinated it was the spark they needed. -
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Trench Warfare Begins
Trench Warfare beginsTrench Warfare begins with the failed plan of the Schlieffen plan which was going to invade France through Belgium which was part of Germany now and catch them off gaurd. They would defeat France within six weeks. But this plan failed. Life in the trenches were extremely unhygienic. Troops slept in little dugouts in the trench. It would be wet and smell really bad. People would get sick and die. -
British Blockade
British BlockadeThe purpose of the British Blockade was to examine and mae sure no ships from the neutral side of the war could be secretly sending supplys to the British or anyone who was fighting with the British. The effects of the British Blockade weren't good. Germans were starving and people had no way of getting shipped goods to them. And there were few rations. -
Lusitania
LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, the Lusitania left port in New York for Liverpool to make her 202nd trip across the Atlantic. On board were 1,959 people, 159 of whom were Americans. Since the outbreak of World War I, ocean voyage had become dangerous. Each side hoped to blockade the other. The german U-Boat was on the coast of Ireland and saw the Lusitania and shot one torpedo. The Americans warned them to stop or elese they would get involved. -
The Great Migration of WWI
Great Migration During the war, more than 1 million blacks left the poor, rural South for better jobs in the North, radically altering the racial balance of the United States. they would move to Chicago too. -
Election of 1916
Election of 1916Woodrow Wilson one the election of 1916 because of his campaign slogan "He kept us out of war". People wanted to avoid war at all costs because they didn't want to be involved -
3 New weapons of WWI
3 new weaponsOne new weapon was poison gas. Poison gas would kill the other enemies or could blind them why you kill them. It changed fighting because everyone started using them. Machine Guns were also introduced. Machine guns changed how we fought because soldiers would get more kills with more amo. and tanks were also new -
Zimmerman note
Zimmerman notesThe purpose of the note was to get Mexico to get involved in the war on the German side and also the Japanese too. This document was captured by the United States secret service upon the Texas border, and was disclosed to the American public on February 28th, at the height of the brief interval of indignation and uncertainty between America's breaking of diplomatic relations and her declaring war. It was also written in secret code. -
Espionage & Sedition Acts
espionage and Sedition actsFirst, Title 1, section 3, of the act made it a crime, punishable by up to twenty years' imprisonment and a $10,000 fine, to "make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States" and to "cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty in the military or naval forces ... or ... willfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States." -
America joins WWI
America got involved in the WarThe reason why America got involved in the WWI vairy. first reason is Germans resumption of unrestricted sumbarine warfare. Another which was the main driving force of Americas decision was the sinking of the Lusitania. -
CPI in WWI
CPICPI in WWI means Committee on Public Information which was President Wilson. It was used to to promote the war domestically while publicizing American war aims abroad. George Creel was one of the leaders of the CPI. -
Selective Service Act
Selective service actWilson ordered that every man the ages between 21 and 30 register for military service. If you were a minister, someone who had a job in agriculture, or some big business who was helping twoards the military effort you didn't have to go to war. you have to be healthy and fit to be drafted and you couldn't be over the age of 45. -
WIB
WIBIn WWI they had a group called the War Industries Board and they were used to help so supplies of war that were required can easily be purchased. some of the leaders were Benarrd Baruch, Walter D. Stewart, Robert Brookings, and Hugh Johnson. -
Womens role
Womens RoleWomen had to start working because the men who had gone off fighting were gone and they needed more working labor. There was no one else so they felt that they had no choice but to start get women involved -
14 points
14 pts wrote by President Wilson on WWI document President Wilson wrote the 14 pts and it was a book about peace. He thought it would bring stability in europe -
Armistice
ArmisticeIt was an agreement between the Germans and the Allies to end the war. Some of the facts were. The armistice initially ran for 30 days but was regularly renewed until the formal peace treaty was signed at Versailles the following year. Should the Germans have deviated in any way from the terms of the armistice the Allies warned that a resumption of hostilities would begin within 48 hours. -
Final statistics
WWI StatisticsIn WWI the death toll was bad. 8 million men were killed in battle, 2 million men died of ethier illnesses or disease, 21.2 million were wounded, 7.8 million men were ethier taken prisoners or went into missing in action, and 6.6 million civilions were killed. the money spent on this war was high for example the U.S had spent 22,625,253,000$, the toatal spent was
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League of Nations
League of Nations.It could call on the states in dispute to sit down and discuss the problem in an orderly and peaceful manner. If the states in dispute failed to listen to the Assembly’s decision, the League could introduce economic sanctions. and the author is Woodrow Wilson. also it was an assembly of all nations should be formed to protect world peace in the future. -
Schenck vs. United States
Scheneck vs. United StatesThe case was held because Scheneck was being charged because he spoke out against the Sedition acts and said it was unconstitutional. If you did such a thing it was said it was illegal and you could be put in prison and/or pay a fine of 10,000$. Indeed, Holmes himself agreed that the 1919 decision had been abused by the federal government in cases where political dissidents were prosecuted. Read more: Schenck v. United States — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0843922.html# -
Big Four
Big Fourcountries that were involved in the Big Four are France, Great Britan, Russia, America, Italy. The leaders are Wildrow Wilson, David George, George Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando. -
Map of Countries after the War
Countries after WWI new countries formedafter WWI Germay lost territory. Romania and other nations became countries. Austria and Hungry became there own countries -
Treaty of Versailles
TreatyThe Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. Germany was given two choices:
1) sign the Treaty or
2) be invaded by the Allies.
