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Causes Of WW1
<a href='http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm#Imperialis : Alliances- An Alliance is an agreement made between two or more countries to give eachother help if it is needed.
Imperialism- Imperialism is when a country takes over new lands or countries and makes them subject to rule.
Militarism- Militarism means that the army and military forces are given a high profile by the governmenet.
Nationalism- Nationalism means being a strong supporter of the -
British Blockade
British Blockade : The Royal Navy used the blockade, or the use of ships to prevent another nation from engaging in trade or communications, to give Great Britain the advantage during wartime. The blockade could deprive a populace of basic necessities like food and prevent nations from buying munitions. -
Assassination of Franz
Assasination : Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated/killed by a serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
Franz was assassinated because austria annexed the other province and the Bosnians didn't want to be annxed they want to be there own country -
Women's Roles
Some of the more well-known roles of women in WW1 include: nurses, munitions factory workers, sewing bandages, and selling war bonds, shipyards and spies. The Women's Royal Air Force was created, which is where women worked on planes as mechanics. -
Allies v Central Powers
allies v central powers : The allies for the US was Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenagro, Portugal, Italy, and Japan.
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New Weapons
Two new weapons in ww1 were Machine Guns and Tanks and it made it easier to kill poeple and moblize things. -
Starting Begins
First Battle : The war started on August 5, 1914 and the war started in the town of Liege in the country of Belgium. -
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Lusitania
Lusitania : Built in 1906, Before she left New York on 1 May 1915 the German authorities in the USA published warnings that she would be attacked by submarines, and advised passengers not to sail, And the Germans were the ones to blain -
Great Migration
The Great Migration, a long-term movement of African Americans from the South to the urban North, transformed Chicago and other northern cities between 1916 and 1970. Chicago attracted slightly more than 500,000 of the approximately 7 million African Americans who left the South during these decades. Before this migration, African Americans constituted 2 percent of Chicago's population; by 1970, they were 33 percent. -
Election of 1916
Election Of 1916 : Woodrow Wilson was elected because Wilson's progressive policies appealed to working men. -
Americans Join the fight
America joins the fight :
Sinking of the Lusitania
British Propaganda
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany unrestricted submarine warfare
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Zimmerman Note
Zimmerman Note : If Mexico would join in a war against the US, they would be rewarded with financial support and re-conquered land in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The ambassador was also to ask the Mexican President to propose his own alliance to Japan, a member of the Allies. -
Selective Service Act
The first act mandating American military service since the Civil War. In April 1917, before the act's passage, there were only 110,000 servicemen who could be deployed if America joined the war then raging in Europe. An army of this size would have been destroyed within months considering the brutal trench warfare employed during the Great War. All told, there were 116,516 American casualties in World War I. -
WIB
The Government of United States of America in the year 1917 has established an agency which is named War industries board in ww1. This agency was created during First World War so supplies of war that were required can easily be purchased. Companies were motivated to use modern equipments for production purposes so in order to increase levels of energy and efficient working. This was also a means to reduce waste and products developed can also be standardized through this. leader Woodrow Wilson -
League of Nations
America entered World War One in 1917. The country as a whole and the president - Woodrow Wilson in particular - was horrified by the slaughter that had taken place in what was meant to be a civilised part of the world. The only way to avoid a repetition of such a disaster, was to create an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain world peace and which would sort out international disputes as and when they occurred. This would be the task of the League of Nations. -
14 PTS
- Open diplomacy. 13. Establishment of an independent Poland.
- Freedom of the seas. 14. Association of nations.
- Removal of economic barriers.
- Reduction of armaments.
- Adjustment of colonial claims.
- Conquered territories in Russia.
- Preservation of Belgian sovereignty.
- Restoration of French territory.
- Redrawing of Italian frontiers.
- Division of Austria-Hungary.
- Redrawing of Balkan boundaries.
- Limitations on Turkey.
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Espionage & Sedition Acts
Espionage Act : It originally prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations, to support U.S.
Sedition Act : was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. -
Map
We had gotten Russia, Egypt, Algeria and Libya -
Armistice
Also known as Remembrance Day is on 11 November and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. While this official date to mark the end of the war reflects the cease fire on the Western Front, hostilities continued in other regions, especially acro -
Schenck V United States
During World War I, Schenck mailed circulars to draftees. The circulars suggested that the draft was a monstrous wrong motivated by the capitalist system. The circulars urged "Do not submit to intimidation" but advised only peaceful action such as petitioning to repeal the Conscription Act. Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act by attempting to cause insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment. H thought the draft was bad and the outcome he was jailed -
Big 4
United States
France
Great Britain
and Italy
The Big Four decided on making the Treaty of Versailles (ver Si) 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 the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris - hence its title - between Germany and the Allies. The three most important politicians there were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. -
Final Statistics
Britain : 750,000 soldiers killed; 1,500,000 wounded
France : 1,400,000 soldiers killed; 2,500,000 wounded
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 -
CPI
The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI and the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States intended to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American intervention in World War I. It was established by President Woodrow Wilson through Executive order 2594, April 13, 1917. The committee consisted of George Creel (Chairman) and Secretaries of: State (Robert Lansing), War (Newton D. Baker), and the Navy (Josephus Daniels) as ex officio memb
