1. World War I
USH-5.4

2. I. Causes Militarism A strong spirit of enlarging the military
Created to be able to build and protect empires

3. 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

4. I. Causes Imperialism Each of the major nations had empires
They each wanted places the others owned

5. I. Causes
Nationalism
Each country wants to be bigger and badder than the others
Some nations weren’t real
Groups inside of empires

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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