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Map- Before the War
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Causes of World War I
Militarism-Development of armed forces & their use as tools of diplomacy
Alliance System- Formal agreement or union between
Imperalism- Extending economics & political power over weaker nations
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Allies vs. Central Powers
Allies vs. Cental Powers The Allies were made up of Russia, France, Britian, and later in the war the U.S and Italy.
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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, which was apart of a Serbian terriost group called The Black Hand
Franz Ferdinand was very unpopular because he made it clear to the Austria-Hungary people that once he came into power he would make changes. -
British Blockade
British Blockade
Its purpose was to cut off the supply of raw material and food stuffs to German and its allies. It was called the "hunger blockade." Its affect made tension heighten after the British declared a military area on the North Sea. And of this came to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 -
Fighting Begins
The Fighting for World War I began in mid-August of 1914. It started with Austro-Hungary invading Serbia. Then the German invasion of Belguim, Luxembourg, and France. -
Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare Video
The living conditions of working in these trenches were horrible. It smelled of rotting bodies and of people who haven't showered in weeks. Rats and lice thrived in the trenches. And you were never alone in the trenches. If you were in the trenches you were always at risk to be under attack or be shot. -
3 new weapons
Grenades, poison gas, and submairnes were all new weapns in World War 1.
Gernades-being used for both sides was on of the most successful weapons during World War 1. It changed fighting because all you had to was pull the pin and throw it and you could gain ground. It was used in the trenches.
Poison Gas- there were two kinds of gased used in the war. Tear Gas and Mustard Gas. Tear gas was the least feared, but Mustard Gas was very deadly. Gas was also used in trench warfare. -
Lusitania
Lusitania
The ship neared Ireland. At 2:10 in the afternoon a torpedo fired by the German submarine U 20 hit the side. A weird second explosion tore the liner apart. The lifeboat crashed onto the water and many people crowded onto the get on the them. But most passengers never had a chance.The boat quickly went under the water and 1,924 people died that day on the ship. 114 were Americans. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was a movement of African Americans from the south to the urban north and other cities in the north. Approximately 7 million people migrated north. Chicago gained at least 500,000 African Americans. They left the south because of all the discrimation and a fresh start. -
Election of 1916
Election of 1916Woodrow Wilson the election. The reason he won was because of the famous quote, "he keep us out of war." -
Zimmerman Note
Zimmerman NoteA note sent by the German Foreign Minister, Zimmerman to his ambassator in Mexico. The note contained information of the proposed alliance against America. It was however intercepted and was a part in strengthening US public support on the was against Germany. Germany's high officials knew that U.S would declare war on them if theyhad a program of sinking any shipping coming near their enemies in an attempt to starve them of food and materials. SInce U.S. traded with all other people in the war. -
Women's Roles
Women's RolesWomen did many things non-military service related such as: OSS (Office of Strategic Services), American Red Cross, and United Service Organizations. They also did jobs like war factory jobs, transportation, agricultural, and office work. They also helped out people by doing things like:planting victory gardens, canning produce, selling war bonds, donating blood, salvaging needed commodities and sending care packages. -
America Joins the Fight
<ahref='http://jimmythejock.hubpages.com/hub/World_War_1_America_Declares_War_on_Germany' >America Joins the Fight</a>We joined the war because Germany said they would destroy all ships heading to Britain. Although Wilson broke off all ties with Germany, he still hoped to avert war by arming merchant vessels as a deterrent. But Germany still began sinking American ships immediately. And when British intelligence intercepted the Zimmerman Note and gave it to the U.S. goverment and they finally declared war on Germany -
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Selective Service Act
After three weeks after the war was declared, only 97,000 had volunteered for service. By the end of World War I, 2 million men volunteered for various parts of the armed services, and 2.8 million had been drafted. In fact, more than half of the almost 4.8 million Americans who served in the armed forces were drafted. -
WIB
WIB
WIB-War Industries Board, it was created to fill the need for all the suppilies for the war efforts. Frank A. Scott was the first leader of the board. One of the functions of the WIB board would be maintaining the balance between the material needed for the war and what is needed back at home in the US. -
Big 4
France, United Kingdom, U.S.A, and Italy were the countries involved in the Big 4. Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando were all leaders. -
Esponiage Act and Sedition Act
Esponiage Act and Sedition ActSedition Act- was a piece of legislation that was designed to keep US out of war, was pasted a year later after the Esponiage Act that was a broader range of offenses, It forbade the use of disloyal, profane, or abusive language about the US government, its flag, or its armed forces.
Esponiage Act-oringinally attempted to keep US's America's military involvement out of the war, but ot support their allies, and tell our military forces to not obey orders. -
Wilson's 14 points
was a speech given by Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress. The address was intended to assure the country that World War 1 was being fought for a moral cause and for soon peace in Europe. Woodrow Wilson wrote the 14 points. -
Armistice
ArmisticeArmisticeThe final Allies pushed towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice in the end of October, Austria-Hungary then signed one on November 3. Germany then began to crumble from the inside out. But at 5 A.M. on Nov. 11 they finally signed a armistice in a railway carparked in a French forest near the front lines. The terms of the agreement called for the -
Armistice
fronlines. The terms of the agreement called for the cessation of fighting along the entire Western Front to begin at precisely 11 AM that morning. After over four years of conflict, the Great War was at an end. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles
The terms of the treaty were divided up into 4 different parts: territorial, military, financial and general.
Territorial- land was taken away from Germany
Military-Germany’s army was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks
Financial- forbidden to unite with Austria to form one superstate
General- the infamous "War Guilt Clause",League of Nations was set up to keep world peace. -
Final Statistics
Britain : 750,000 soldiers killed
France : 1,400,000 soldiers killed
Belgium : 50,000 soldiers killed
Italy : 600,000 soldiers killed
Russia : 1,700,000 soldiers killed
America : 116,000 soldiers killed
Germany : 2,000,000 soldiers killed
Austria-Hungary : 1,200,000 soldiers killed
Turkey : 325,000 soldiers killed
Bulgaria : 100,000 soldiers killed Money Spent: £35488 million -
Schenck v United States
Schenck thought it was wrong that they were making people go and kill people against their will, which he thought was a violation of the First Amendment rights, feedom to speech.
The Court ruled that it did not not create insubordination, they found his conviction constitutional. -
Map-After the War/ New Countries
After the war there were 8 new countries, and Germany lost land while others gained.
New Countries after the war was-Yugoslavia, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Danzig, Finland,Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. -
League of Nations
The sole purpose of the League of nations would be to maintain world peace and which would sort out international disputes as and when they occurred. The people that created the League of Nations was British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey, Woodrow Wilson and Edward M. House. Points of the leauge was Land had to be handed over the Poland, France, Belgium and Denmark,All overseas colonies were to be handed over to the League. All land taken from Russia had to be handed back to Russia, -
League of Nations
Germany’s army had to be reduced to 100,000 men, Germany’s navy was reduced to 6 battleships with no submarines,No air force was allowed, Western Germany was to be demilitarised, Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria, Germany had to accept the "War Guilt Clause" and pay reparations
