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Causes of WWI
More InformationOne- Militarism: evelopment of armed forces and thier use as tools of diplomacy.
Two- Alliance System: Fomal agreement or union between nations.
Three- Imperialism: Extending economic and political control over weaker nations.
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New Weapons
Machine GunNew technologies will be happening during this war which means new and more destructive weapons. The Flame Thrower will be fist used by the Germans July 20 1915. How a flamethrower works is using pressurised air and carbon dioxide or nitrogen it shot forward a stream of burning oil for as much as 18 metres. Another destructive weapon will be the machine gun it will stand on a tri-pod would require a gun crew of four to six operators. it also would over heat and need to be cooled down. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Fredinand
VideoMore info. on causes of WWI Which began the expansion of the war to include all those involved in the mutual defense alliances. The guy who actually shot him was named Gavrilo Princip. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
More info. on causes of WWISerbian nationalist assassinated Ferdinand and his wife while they were in Sarajevo, Bosnia which was part of Austria-Hungary. This was in protest to Austria-Hungary having control of this region. Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to move due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia. -
The Fighting Begins
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. And due to the Alliance system Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey where dragged in to the Austria-Hungary side. The opposing side would iclude Britain and the British Empire, France, and Russia. -
Allies vs Central Powers
More InformationWinners (Triple Entente or allies): French, Britain, Russia Losers (Triple Alliance): Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy America aided the allies because we wanted them to win, but mostly we wanted to stay neutral. -
British Blockade
Blockade means to cut the flow of materials and foodstuff. The Royal Navy did this to Germany which came to be the British Blockade.The British blockade crippled the German economy and weakend the country. Food shortages in Germany became severe and the German Government never introduced an effective rationing system. The blockade also prevented fertilizer to come so they couldn't grow it themselves either. -
Trench Warfare
Trench InformationThe smell of trench warefarewould be rotting bodies in shallow graves, men who hadn't washed in weeks because there were no facilities, overflowing cess pits, creosol or chloride of lime, used to stave off the constant threat of disease and infection. Cordite, the lingering odour of poison gas, rotting sandbags, stagnant mud, cigarette smoke, and cooking food. -
Trench Warfare
VideoRats would eat fallen soilders and would grow to the size of cats. Men tried to kill them with bullets shovels or anything else they had at hand, but they were fighting a losing battle as only 1 pair of rats can produce 900 offspring in a year. Lice was also a problem and would breed in the soldiers clothing. Lice caused Trench Fever, a painful disease that started with severe pain followed by high fever. It wasn't discove red that lice was the cause of this till 1918. -
Lusitania
The Lusitania set sail from New York to Liverpool even though German authorities published warning that appeared in U.S. newspapers, the morning of the departure. Many British merchant ships had been sunk by German subs before this too, but the LIsitania's speed supposablyt still seemed the best guarantee of safety. -
Lusitana
VideoAs the Lusitania finished its crossing, a German U-boat sank three British ships in the waters south of Ireland where it was about to sail, the captin received repeated warnings that U-boats were active on his intended course. Butt on May 7, as the Lusitania entered the most dangerous part of her passage, Captain William Turner slowed down, apparently worried by patchy A U-20 sank the ship with a single torpedo hitting the hull just below the water line. It killed 1,195 people. -
Lusitana
Lusitania Home PageThe captin was ignoring every one of the Admiralty's directives for avoiding German submarines. He was too close to shore, where U-boats loved to lurk, instead of the safety of the open channel. He was sailing at less than top speed. -
The Great Migration
More InformationThe Great Migration was a period when African-Americans moved North. Largely because of the increased number of unskilled factory job openings as northern manufacturers boosted production for World War I. More than 6 million southern blacks made the move to the North during this period -
Election of 1916
Election ResultsThe election was Wilson vs Hughes. Wilson won mainly for keeping the country out of war for so long. Hughes was named the war candidate mostly because of Roosevelt's frequent fighting speeches. Antiwar was very strong in the country in 1916. Roosevelt's effort to help Hughes may have cost him the election. -
Zimmerman Note
The Zimmermann note was a telegram written to the the government of Mexico by Arthur Zimmermann of the German Empire during World War. In it he said that if Mexico was to launch a pre-emptive strike on the United States it would have Germany's backing and would be rewarded with Texas, New Mexico and Arizona if the war was won. It also urged Mexico to make peace between Germany and Japan, and to convince the Japanese to enter the war against the US. -
America Joins the War
There were lots of reasons American joined the war, One was the sinking of the Lusitana 128 Americans died on that ship which was sunk by a German U-boat. Another was unrestricted submarine warfare which the president at the time Woodrow Wilson said he would not tolerate. The last straw was when the British desiphered the Zimmerman Note which in a summery said that Mexico should be on the German's side aaginst America. -
CPI
CPI stands for Committee on Public Information. The CPI's goal was to gain popular support for America's entry into war. President Wilson picked George Creel, a journalist from Missouri, to head the organization. George started a volunteer group of thousands of men who visited meetings and movie theaters across the country to make pro-war speeches. -
Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act is when Woodrow Willson was given the right to draft soldiers. . The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
Espionage & Sedition Acts
The Espionage Act(1917) let the government open people's mail to prevent anti-war propoganda from spreading. The Sedition Act(1918) allowed for the arrest of citizens who criticized/undermined the war effort and the government. Schank vs US stated that freedom of speech would not be allowed if there was a clear and present danger. And if you didn't follow these laws you would have been fined 10,000$ and/or jailed 20 years. -
WIB
Video and WebsiteWIB stands for War Industries Board. This organization convinced companies that they should increase the manufacturing of the war product because it would help during war. Frank A. Scott was the first person to lead this board who was replaced by Daniel Willard in November same year. Following was Bernard M. Baruch. He succeeded in establishing co-operations between the army and industrial groups and increased industrial production as high as 1/4 up for military purpose. -
14 Points
- Belgium should be independent like before the war.8. France should be fully liberated and allowed to recover Alsace-Lorraine9. All Italians are to be allowed to live in Italy. Italy's borders are to "along clearly recognisable lines of nationality."10. Self-determination should be allowed for all those living in Austria-Hungary.11. Self-determination and guarantees of independence should be allowed for the Balkan states.
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14 Points
More Information12. The Turkish people should be governed by the Turkish government. Non-Turks in the old Turkish Empire should govern themselves. 13. An independent Poland should be created which should have access to the sea. 14. A League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial independence of all states. -
14 Points
Woodrow Wilson wrote 14 points that were on the back of the Fourteen Points that Germany and her allies agreed to an armistice. The 14 points were. 1. No more secret agreements 2. Free navigation of all seas. 3. An end to all economic barriers between countries. 4. Countries to reduce weapon numbers. 5. All decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial 6. The German Army is to be removed from Russia. Russia should be left to develop her own political set-up. -
Women
Women during WWI had many rolls. Because most of the men were fighting the Women took more mannual labor jobs like railroad work,miners,dockworkers, and bricklayers. The had their original jobs to like being teachers,cooks, and clerks. But from the war even more jobs were needed like the planting of liberty gardens, nurses, and people to sell bonds. After the war women proved themselfs and the 19th amendment was added. -
Armistice
Conditions with GermanyArmistice is the agreement between the Germans and the Allies to end the war. The terms of the agreement was that everyone on the western front should cease fighting at 11:00 AM that morning. -
After Effects Map
Countries that dissapeared: Russian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Bosnia, Serbia, Austria-Hungary, German Empire, Montenegro.
Countries that changed: Great Britain, Romania, Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Italy
Countries that were created: Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Cyprus, Iran, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Albania, Ireland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland -
End of 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 in action.
6.6 million civilians were killed.
over all the total coast was around United States : 22,625,253,000 But it coasted the same or even more for other countries. -
Big Four
These were the four men that createdpeace after WWI. They were President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Premier Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and Premier Georges Clemenceau of France. -
League of Nations
The League was set up to handle disagreements between countries and avoid another major conflict like WWI. It had the aame points as Woodrow Wilson's 14. -
Schenck v United States
Charles sent thousands of pamphlets to men who had been drafted for WWI. These pamphlets talked about how the government drafting them was against the constitution. This was in violation of the Espionage Act which said doing anything to mess with the draft, or convince soldiers disloyal or disobedient was bad. But the Supreme Courts Decision was that it did not violate Schenck' First Amendment right to freedom of speech because it was war time. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The official peace settlement known as the Treaty of Versailles was signed near the palace at Versailles, near Paris. The treaty was very harsh on Germany. It forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the the war and pay reparations, give up territories and reduce the army size to 100,000,
