VOCABULARY EMBARGO- a country refuses to trade with another country for political or economic reasons ECONOMICS- this is the way a business in a country is controlled DIRECT DEMOCRACY- the people vote directly on all matters REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY- the people elect reps to make decisions for them in congress 1ST AMENDMENT- freedom of press, religion, petition, assembly and speech
CHAPTER 22 FROM NEUTRALITY TO WAR
ESSENTIAL QUESTION WAS IT IN NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES TO STAY NEUTRAL OR DECLARE WAR
POWDER KEG OF THE WORLD
ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND
GAVRILO PRINCIP MEMBER OF THE TERRORIST GROUP CALLED “THE BLACK HAND”
PRINCIP BEING WRESTLED TO THE GROUND
WWI “The Great War” CENTRAL POWERS or TRIPLE ALLIANCE (BLUE) Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy TRIPLE ENTENTE or ALLIES England, France and Russia
3 CAUSES OF TENSION BEFORE WAR BREAKS OUT NATIONALISM STRONG FEELING OF PRIDE FOR COUNTRY
MILITARISM GLORIFYING MILITARY POWER
IMPERIALISM TAKING OVER A SMALLER COUNTRY TO FORM A COLONY
WESTERN FRONT TRENCH WARFARE
WESTERN FRONT TRENCH WARFARE
FOUR FRONTS OF WWI WESTERN FRONT - U.S., FRANCE, ENGLAND vs. GERMANY EASTERN FRONT - SOVIET UNION vs. GERMANY ITALIAN FRONT - ITALY vs AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AFRICAN FRONT - BRITISH vs GERMANY
EASTERN FRONT TRENCH WARFARE
WOODROW WILSON “THIS WAS A WAR WITH WHICH WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH” 1914 AMERICA STAYS NEUTRAL
BRITISH STRATEGY 1.) NAVY BLOCKADE OF GERMANY COAST 2.) MINED THE ENTIRE NORTH SEA
GERMANY’S RESPONSE UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
LUSITANIA MAY 7,1915
REACTION TO LUSITANIA SINKING SUSSEX PLEDGE U.S. WOULDN’T GET INVOLVED IF GERMANY STOPS USING SUBMARINE WARFARE
WILSON WINS ELECTION OF 1916 “HE KEPT US OUT OF THE WAR”
ZIMMERMAN’S NOTE ENGLAND INTERCEPTS MESSAGE FROM GERMANY’S FOREIGN MINSITER ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN TO MEXICO IT ASKED MEXICO TO FORM AN ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY IF GERMANY WINS, MEXICO WOULD GET TEXAS, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
GERMANY CONTINUES UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
U.S. DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY APRIL 6, 1917
MUSTARD GAS
MUSTARD GAS
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
NEW TECHNOLOGY AIRPLANES MOST FAMOUS PILOT OF WWI WAS GERMANY’S RED BARON
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