1. World War I 1914-1918

2. Causes  Militarism – maintaining strong army  Imperialism – attempt to control other nations  Nationalism – loyalty to nation  Alliances – nations joining together

3. More Causes  Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary  Russian support for Serbia as Slavic brothers

4. Technological Advances  Machine guns  Airplanes  Tanks  Poison gas  Zeppelin  Submarine Courtesy of Library of Congress: American Memory Collection

5. Timeline of the War  War begins with the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary  Alliance system goes into effect.

6. Timeline  Battle of Tannenberg (Aug., 1914) –Major Russian defeat  1 st Battle of the Marne (Sept.,1914) –German advance halted 15 miles from Paris

7. Timeline  2 nd Battle of Ypres (April, 1915) –Germans use poison gas

8. Timeline  Sinking of the Lusitania –British cruise ship –Sunk by a German submarine –Many Americans were on board –America joins the Allies afterwards America joins America joins Courtesy of Library of Congress: American Memory Collection

9. Timeline  Battle of Jutland (May-June 1, 1916) –Naval battle between British and Germans  Battle of the Somme (June- Nov.,1916) –British introduced tank warfare

10. Timeline  2 nd Battle of the Marne (July-Aug., 1918) –German defeat –Brought about the end of the war

11. Important People: Allies  Woodrow WilsonPraise for Wilson –President of the United States  General “Black Jack” Pershing –Leader of the American forces Courtesy of Library of Congress: American Memory Collection Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0003451. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

12. Important People: Central Powers  Archduke Francis Ferdinand –His assassination sparked the war  Kaiser Wilhelm II – leader of Germany

13. Effects of the War  Communist revolution in Russia  Monetary crisis due to war debts  League of Nations created  New nations formed

14. Effects  Germany became upset over the Allies’ treatment of them –Disarmament –War debts –Lost land –Blamed for war

15. Effects  German resentment leads to World War II

16. Credits  All images and sounds are from the Library of Congress, American Memory Collection; all links are to this site as well.  Airplane & Lusitania photograph: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection  Pershing photograph: Library of Congress, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0003451. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

17. Credits  Praise for Wilson recording has been reproduced by the Library of Congress through the generosity of the family of Guy Golterman, and with the cooperation of CBS-Sony Records and the Recording Industry Association of America