1. Chapter Six US History These notes are about WWI
Though it’s a war, we can still have fun
Don’t be a hater, notes will help your brain
Today will be fun peppered with some insane

2. Family Resemblance?!
These three rulers were first cousins and fought against each other in WWI. Russia and Great Britain fought against Germany in WWI.
Czar Nicholas II
Russia
King George V
Great Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany

3. Causes of WWI The Naval Race The Balkan Crisis (Map on next slide)
Great Britain and Germany competed for the best Navy
GB, France and Russians had a entente cordiale
The Balkan Crisis (Map on next slide)
Nationalism grew in Europe in the 1800s
Self-Determination
Serbs, Bosnians, Croats and Slovenes pushed for their own culture
Bosnia wanted their own nation but Austria Hungary did not want to honor that

4. Another Cause: Alliances
If one member of the alliance is attacked, allies are forced to declare war on the attacking country
An attack on one is considered an attack on all

5. Alliance Maps
1914
1915

6. Yet Another Cause: Balkans crisis
Austria- Hungary Annexes Slavic region-Bosnia and Herzegovina (1908)

7. Final STRAW Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austro-Hungarian throne killed, along with wife Sophie
Shot by 19 yr old Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip while touring Sarajevo in Bosnia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand with wife Sophie

8. Artist’s portrayal of the assassination

9. The Outbreak of World War I cont.
A Continent Goes to War
June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Austria Hungary) visited Sarajevo
Ferdinand and his wife were killed in their open car
July 28 Austria declared war on Serbia
August 1 Germany declared war on Russia
August 3 Germany declared war on France

10. American Neutrality Americans Take Sides Pro-British Sentiment
Favored the Allied Cause (UK, Russia, France, Italy…)
Pro-British Sentiment
Wilson’s cabinet
Used propaganda (UK was skillful at this)
Business Links
Companies in US had ties to Allies
Companies were giving money to foreign governments

11. The United States Enters World War I
Woodrow Wilson’s Diplomacy
Remember he won the 1912 election because Roosevelt and Taft split the Republican vote
Wanted to promote democracy all over the world
He strongly opposed imperialism but wanted to use Moral Diplomacy which forced him to be involved in foreign affairs

12. Woodrow Wilson’s Diplomacy cont.
The Mexican Revolution
Porfirio Diaz - Mexican dictator
revolution forcing Diaz out of the country
Francisco Madero took over, but was killed by General Victoriano Huerta who took power
Wilson did not like Huerta
Hey, Huerta…
no me gusta dictators.
Hey, Wilson…
You stink and in the future, everyone will hate the League of Nations.

13. Woodrow Wilson’s Diplomacy cont.
Wilson Sends Troops Into Mexico
In 1914, some Americans were taken in Mexico
Short lived but Wilson sent troops to overthrow Huerta and took over Veracruz
Venustiano Carranza took over as president
Mexicans did not like him so Pancho Villa and a group of guerillas burned down Columbus, New Mexico
Wilson sent troops to get Villa but failed and it hurt our foreign policy

14. The Outbreak of World War I
The Alliance System
Date
Countries
1864
German Kingdom of Prussia wars to unite Germany
1871
German Empire
1870
Prussia attacked France to give up territory for the Empire
Germany signed alliances with Italy and Austria Hungary to protect itself (TRIPLE ALLIANCE)
Alliance scared Russia
1894
Russia and France signed Franco-Russian Alliance

15. The Outbreak of World War I
Germany’s Plan Fails
Cause
Effect
Germans attacked French
Germans had to go through the Balkans
GB declared war on Germany
GB declared war
All members of Triple Entente had to be involved (Allies)
Italy joins Triple Entente
Countries involved changes to Germany and Austria Hungary
Joined with Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria to form Central Powers
German success in France
Russia attacked Germany
Germany was surprised
Forced to move from France to deal with Russia
Battle of the Marne
Germany was trying to get to Paris
GB and France stopped them
Central Powers have success on the Eastern Front

16. Moving Toward War The British Blockade
British blocked supplies to Germans
Germans deployed Uboats (underwater boats) to stop the blockade
Uboats would sink any boat found in waters around Britian
May 1915 British passenger liner Lusitania entered war zone
German Uboats blew up the Lusitania
March 1916 Uboats torpedoed French passenger ship the Sussex
Wilson decided not to enter the war and won reelection in 1916

17. Moving Toward War cont. The United States Declares War
Remember Wilson is engaged in Mexico and does not want to enter WWI
Germany sent a telegram (Zimmerman telegram) to Mexico to get them as allies
US intercepted the telegram and decided war with Germany was necessary
Germans began using Uboats again
Feb. 3-Mar German Uboats sank 6 US Merchant ships
Wilson went before Congress asking for a Declaration of War
April 6, US entered the war