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causes of WW1
Imperialism is Extending economic and political control over weaker nations.
Militarism is development of armed forces and their use as tools of diplomacy
Nationalism is devotion to the interest and culture of one nation
Aliance System is formal agreement or union between nations -
Allies
The Allies are France, Britain, and Russia. -
Central Powers
The Central Powers are German, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. -
Assassination of Franz
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Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia were shot by Gavrilo Princip. He shot them because Franz had moved from Bosnia to Austria. Austria had annexed Bosnia in 1908, a move that was not liked by the Bosnian people. So the Bosnians agreed that they should be assisnated. by Austria had annexed Bosnia in 1908, a move that was not popular with the Bosnians. -
trench warfare
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Death was a daily ocurance in the trenches. Even if there wasn't any fighting going on. Rats by the millions would fill the trenches. There were also many infections going on like lice etc. millions died a day. They were muddy. And you would have to cook, eat, sleep, and fight in them. -
British Blockade
[video](tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi-z4ZNNkkU)
The British with their overwhelming sea power—established a naval blockade of Germany immediately on the outbreak of war in August 1914, issuing a comprehensive list of contraband that all but prohibited American trade with the Central powers, and in early November 1914 declared the North Sea to be a War Zone, with any ships entering the North Sea doing so at their own risk. -
womens rolls
Watch a video hereThey were nurses taught kids and agriculture, they sewed bandages and they sold war bonds, They were shipyards and spies. The Women's royal air force ewas created, which is where women worked on panes as mechanics. Since men were fighting they had to be telephone operators, telegraphers, book-keepers and cashiers. -
Lusitania
[video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOHb67h4Qc)[More information can be found here](http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/lusitania.htm)Lusitania was at New York, being loaded with meat, medical supplies, copper, cheese, oil and machinery, but she was also secretly being loaded with munitions for Britain for the war. Kapitänleutnant Walter Schwieger was to blame, for the attack. -
3 new weapons
more information herepoisoned gas was used in the trenches to kill people when fighting wasn't going on. Along with machine guns, vicker gun, Tanks, gernades. -
The Great Migration
Watch a video herefind more information here!African-Americans moved north because of an increased number of unskilled factory job openings. Plack migration remained strong except during the great depression. -
America Joins the Fight
find out more here!German U-boats, patrolling in the Atlantic Ocean, fired torpedos at the British passenger ship Lucitania sinking her in 20 minutes. Onboard were 128 Americans. Then Germany started sinking American ships. When we wouldnt join the war. -
Election of 1916
more information hereWoodrow Wilson won. He won because he promised that he would keep the United States out of war. -
Zimmerman Note
This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman Note, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States. The obvious threats to the United States contained in the telegram inflamed American public opinion against Germany and helped convince Congress to declare war against Germany in 1917. -
CPI of ww1
Find more information here!Wilson created the Committee on Public Information (CPI) to promote the war domestically while publicizing American war aims abroad. Under the leadership of a muckraking journalist named George Creel, the CPI recruited heavily from business, media, academia, and the art world. -
Selective Service Act
Congress passed a the act that let the U.S President the power to draft Soldiers. By the end of WWI, 24 million men had registered, and 2.8 million had been drafted. More than half of the almost 4.8 million Americans who served in the armed forces were drafted. -
Espionage act
his was punishable by death or by imprisonment for not more than 30 years. To 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 or to promote the success of its enemies and whoever when the United States is at war, to cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or to willfully obstruct the recruiting or enlist -
WIB
find more here!The War Industries Board. Frank A. Scott was the first person to lead this board who was replaced by Daniel Willard in November same year. Then in January, 1918 the leadership of board was given to Bernard M. Baruch. They took tasks of managing wages, and avoiding strilkes -
14 points
More of the 14 points can be found here!Woodrow Wilson. Some of the 14 points are. No more secret agreements, free navigation of all seas, and end to al economic barriers between countries. Countries to reduce weapon numbers, all decisions regarding the colonies shoule be impartial. And many more -
sedition Act
Any conspiracy against the government including riots and interference with officers would result in a high misdemeanor. The purpose was to stop people from speaking in a “false, scandalous and malicious” manner against the government. -
map
New Countries: turkey, syria, iraq, transjordan, arabia, palestine, egypt, libya, tunisia, algeria, morocco, Fr. Morocco -
Final Statistics
65 fought in the war. 8 million men were killed in battle. 2 million died of illness and disease. 21.2 million were wounded. 7.8 million were taken prisoner or went missing. 6.6 million civilians were killed. The US spent $22,625,253,000. -
Armistice
Signed in a railway carriage in Compiegne Forest at 5 AM, November 11, 1918.Determined to go into effect at 11 AM on November 11 - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. the armistice lasted 30 days.Two minutes before the armistice came into effect a final Canadian soldier was killed by a German sniper.The agreement called for an immediate end to the fighting along the entire Western Front. -
Schenck v United States
Charles Schenck was the Secretary of the Socialist Party of America and was responsible for printing, distributing, and mailing to prospective military draftees during World War I, including 15,000 leaflets that advocated opposition to the draft. The court held that Schenck's criminal conviction was constitutional. The first Amendment did not protect speech encouraging insubordination. -
Big 4
United States
France
Great Britain
and Italy
The Big Four decided on making the Treaty of Versailles took away territory on Germany's borders. It also forced Germany to be responsible for the war and to pay the countries reparations. Germany's military size also decreased after the Treaty Of Versailles. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a very harsh treaty but it was good in some ways. Germany was seen as a violent, power hungry and money hungry country.The terms of the treaty reduced its ary, its amount of battleships etc. It was harsh, may be even too harsh because all German colonies were given France, Britian and other countries. the treaty also prevented Germany from uniting with Austria-Hungary. It made Germany very poor.
1)Germany was to accept the blame -
League of Nations
Video can be found hereThe League of Nations (LON) was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Its primary goals, as stated in its Covenant, included preventing war through collective security and disarmament, and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. The Author was Woodrow Wilson.
