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Causes of WWI
Causes of WWI Imperialism- When a country wants to expand it’s power and it takes over smaller nation.
Nationalism- Devotion to the instrest & culture of one nation
Militarism- Building up ones army
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Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
He was visiting Sarajevo the capitol of Bosnia. He was goingto city hall and a terriorist group named Black Hand had planned to kil him. When he was going to city hall one of the member threw a gernade and it blew up one of the cars. Franz and his wife were not injured but some of his servants were. He insisted in going to see his servants and when they were going the driver took the wrong turn and when the driver put it in reverse a member of Back Hand. The man had shot Fran in the neck. -
New Weapons
Machine Gun- It is a fully automatic gun that can shoot 50-100 rounds in less than a second. Tank- Made on September 15 1916 it was a great advantage for us americans and allies. But if it rained it could be bad becuase that means they would get stuck. Artillery- Made on August 1 1290 and it helped americans and alies a lot by making able to shoot people trying to cross no mans land. -
Trench Warfare
Condintons in the trenches are horrible. There are dead men laying in piles and the trench is full of water and many men cant handle it and they run out into no mans land or they shoot them selves. -
Election of 1916
Wilson v Hughes- Wilson won because he kept us out of war for this long. -
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Womens roles
Before the war started womens roles were homemakers. When men left to go fight over seas women took the mens places as barbers,railroad trackwalkers, and bridge attendents. -
America getting involved in WWI
America gets involved in WWI The reason America got involved was because the Germans had unauthorized submarines on the east coast and they destroyed many of our " civillian" ships. President Woodrow Wilson told the Germans to stop and they said "ok" but after a while the Germans destroyed another " civillian" ship. -
Allies v Central Powers
Allies Triple AllianceFrance GERMANYBritain Austria- HungryRussia ItalyUSA -
America in WWI
America enters the war America was over in Germany digging trenches and preparing for battle. We had many tanks, carriges, and men get stuck in the mud becuase of all the rain. -
End of war and Final Statistics
World War 1 ended on June 28 1919 when the Germans signed the Treaty of Versailles. 8 million soldiers died include 50,000 Americans. 7 million dollars were spent for WWI
