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Causes of WW1
-Militarism: Building up your army; Germany & Great Britain compete for best military
- Alliance System: Formal agreement or union between nations
- Imperialism: Extending economic and politcal control over weaker nations
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2 Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
Click here to read more about the assasination Pricip saw his change and killed Franz and his wife from point blank. Before the assasination order in the region depended on the cooperation of two competing powers, Russia and Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary tried to control large populations of restless Slavs. Austria-Hungary tried to take over countrys, but the Basnians wanted independance so they assasinated Fanz Ferdinand. -
1 Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip and his fellow members of nationalist Young Bosnia movement decided that they were going to kill Franz in Sarajevo. They were supplied with guns by a Serbian terrorist organization called the Black Hand. One of the members threw a bomb at their car, but it rolled off the back of the vehicle. It only wounded an army offecer and a couple bistanders. Later that day, the imperial car took a wrong turn near where Princip was standing. -
Allies and Central Powers
The Allies are England, Russia, France, Itlay and the U.S. The U.S. didn't do much. The Central Powers was Germany, Austria Hungary, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire joined late. Italy Switched sides part way through the war. In the begining they were with the Central Powers, but at the end they were with the Allies. -
Fighting Begins
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British Blockade
Its purpose was to stopped the Germans from getting any "war supplies". It resulted in 750,000 staring Germans. -
Trench Warfare
Trenches siteIt developed due to the failure of the Schlieffen plan. The conditions in the trenches were terrible. They got very muddy during the rain, and they had to go to the bathroom in the trench. It didn't take long for rats to establish themselves in the trenches. At first people would try to get rid of them, but pretty soon they realived it wasn't worth the effort. -
New weapons
videoweaponsGas was very effective in the first battles. The gasses effects were that it would destroy the victims respitory organs and cause choking. It changed the war because now soliders had to have gas masks. Machine guns were also effective in trench warfare. It made it a lot harder to make it acrost no-mans-land because you could take down many people very quickly. Tanks were affective on dry days. When the ground got wet then they were practically useless because they would get stuck. -
Lusitania
videoClick here to learn moreWas sank by a German U-boat while it was heading east off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. 761 were rescued but 1,198 died. The Germans put an ad in the paper before the boat left warning people who are going on a ship throught the war zone that they may get torpedoed. -
Great Migration
videoThe African Americans migrated to northern cities. They moved north because of lynchings, Jim Crow laws, and economic hardship. Many of them went to Chicago, New York, and St. Louis. -
Election of 1916
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Zimmermann Note
It was sent from Arthur Zimmermann to the German ambassador of the United States. It said that if and when the U.S.A. joins the war that they should join on the side of the Germans. Germans would then give them the lost territories of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The British intercepted the note, deciphered it, and sent it to Woodrow Wilson. -
America Joins the Fight
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Women in WWI
videoIn World War I, 13,000 women enlisted in the US Navy, mostly doing clerical work. The Army hired women nurses and telephone operators to work overseas, but as civilian employees. They took over work for the men as they went to fight in the war too. -
CPI
WebsiteStands for the Commitee on Public Information. The job of CPI was to keep America believing in the war. They created lots of propaganda. -
Selective Service Act
WebsiteWilson's first idea was to only have voulenteers for the war effort, but he realized that only 32,000 people would get absolutely destroyed in war. So the Selective Service Act was put into action. It basically ment that the government can call for a draft. Less than 350,000 men "dodged" the WWI draft. -
Espionage and Sedition Acts
WebsiteEspionage act set punishments for acts of interference in foreign policy, and stiff fines or jail for anyone who obstructed the draft or encouraged disloyalty.
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WIB
The War Industries Board was created by the Council of National Defense. When Baruch was appointed as the head of the Board in March of 1918, the Board allocated and set prices on 30,000 items. The unnecessary use of vital items was also ended. This program was useful and was continued after the war. -
14 points 2
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6-13. deal with boundary changes.
14.calls for the creation of an international organization to address diplomatic crises like those that had sparked the war. This League of Nations would provide a forum for nations to discuss and settle their grievances without having to resort to war. -
14 points 1
1.There should be no secret treaties among nations.
2.Freedom of the seas should be maintained for all.
3.Tariffs and other economic barriers among nations should be lowered or abolished in order to foster free trade.
4.Arms should be reduced “to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety, thus lessening the possibility of military responses” during diplomatic crises.
5.Colonials policies should consider the interests of the colonial peoples as well as the interests of the imperialist -
Armistice
The agreement between the Germans and the Allies to end the war. It actually means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations. -
Final Stats
websiteAllies Totals mobalized 42,188,810; Killed & Died 5,152,115; Wounded 12,831,004; Prisoners & Missing 4,121,090; Total Casualties 22,104,209.
Central Powers Totals mobalized 22,850,000; Killed & Died 3,386,200; Wounded 8,388,448; Prisoners & Missing 3,629,829; Total Casualties 15,404,477 -
Schenck v United States
websiteSchenck mailed circulars to draftees during WWI. Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act by attempting to cause insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment. -
Big Four
websiteLloyd George of England, Orlando of Italy, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of America -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany lost land, no army, and gets the bill for the war damages. Russia looses land. Create 9 new nations. -
Before treaty of Versailles
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after treaty of versailles
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League of Nations
videoIf one of the country's in the league is attacked the other nations in the league will come to their aid. Wilson was basically the only author. The 14 points.