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World War I USH-5.4
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I. Causes Militarism A strong spirit of enlarging the military
Created to be able to build and protect empires
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I. Causes Alliances Agreements between nations to help each other
Triple Alliance Germany Austria-Hungary Italy Triple Entente England France Russia Secret alliances too Becomes Central Powers Becomes Allied Powers
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I. Causes Imperialism Each of the major nations had empires
They each wanted places the others owned
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I. Causes Nationalism Each country wants to be bigger and badder than the others Some nations weren’t real Groups inside of empires
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I. Causes Archduke Franz Ferdinand Heir to Austria-Hungary
Visiting Bosnia in A-H Killed by Gavrilo Princip Serbian from A-H that wanted Serbs in A-H to be part of Serbia
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I. Causes A-H declares war on Serbia Russia declared war on A-H
Serbia and Russia have a secret alliance Russia declared war on A-H Germany and Italy declare war on Russia England and France declare war on everyone else
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II. Fighting WWI Two major alliances change a little
Triple Entente becomes the Allied Powers England France Italy (in 1915) Russia (until 1917) United States (in 1917) Triple Alliance becomes the Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Ottoman Empire
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II. Fighting WWI Fought on two fronts Eastern has a lot of movement
Mostly b/c the Russians were so bad and mismanaged Fighting leads to Russian Revolution Western has even more death Trench warfare with No Man’s Land Quickly turns into a stalemate
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II. Fighting WWI New technology created death Wireless communication
Tanks and armored vehicles Airplanes Machine guns Chemical weapons Burns and melts you Hand grenades Submarines
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III. US neutrality US declared neutrality
Not choosing a side Lasted for a while but eventually we entered GB was oldest trading partner GB also blockaded Germany to stop US US businesses loaned money to Allies
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III. US neutrality Germans began using submarine warfare
Sinking any ship they thought was helping the Allies Americans get angry when their ships are sunk In 1915, U-boat sinks the Lusitania, a GB passenger ship Has American passengers US gets very angry
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III. US neutrality Germans promise to only attack military ships
Wilson is reelected in 1916 Slogan was “He kept us out of the war” In 1917, Germany restarts unrestricted submarine warfare
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III. US neutrality British intercept and publish the Zimmermann Note
German letter to Mexico Asked Mexico to attack the US to keep US busy Germany would then help Mexico get back land after Germany won in Europe Americans are VERY ANGRY Mexico says no
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IV. US Involvement Wilson asks Congress to declare war in April 1917
He wants to be involved in the peace process “Make the world safe for democracy” US fights in France on Western Front Not great just fresh bodies Armistice on 11/11/1918
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