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World War IWorld War I
Causes: Causes:
Rival Rival AlliancesAlliances
ImperialismImperialism
NationalismNationalism
MilitarismMilitarism
world conflict - war world conflict - war extended into extended into Middle East, Asia Middle East, Asia and Africaand Africa
1914 - battle of the 1914 - battle of the Marne, stalemate Marne, stalemate followed; failure of followed; failure of von Schlieffen Plan von Schlieffen Plan
Battlefronts 1914-1918Battlefronts 1914-1918
Germany fighting two-Germany fighting two-front warfront war
1916 - battles of 1916 - battles of Verdun and SommeVerdun and Somme
defeat for Allies in defeat for Allies in Gallipoli campaignGallipoli campaign
1915 - sinking of 1915 - sinking of LusitaniaLusitania
1917 - U.S. enters 1917 - U.S. enters the war - reasons?the war - reasons?
turning-point in warturning-point in war
Bolshevik Bolshevik Revolution leads to Revolution leads to signing of treaty of signing of treaty of Brest-Litovsk - Brest-Litovsk - Russia withdraws Russia withdraws from war in March from war in March of 1918of 1918
Collapse of Collapse of empires - empires - Ottoman, Ottoman, Hapsburg, Hapsburg, GermanGerman
William II William II abdicates; abdicates; Germany Germany becomes a becomes a RepublicRepublic
increased role for government increased role for government - increased power for the - increased power for the executive; Lloyd George and executive; Lloyd George and censorship; growth in censorship; growth in bureaucracybureaucracy
government control of the government control of the economy during war “war economy during war “war socialism”socialism”
increased taxes, money increased taxes, money supply and borrowing led to supply and borrowing led to inflationinflation
social change - women in social change - women in labor forcelabor force
Impact of WarImpact of War
social classes - benefits social classes - benefits and losses; profiteers and losses; profiteers vs workers; inflation vs workers; inflation and fixed incomesand fixed incomes
class division class division intensifiedintensified
propaganda used by propaganda used by wartime governmentswartime governments
WW I marked an end to WW I marked an end to the era of “progress”the era of “progress”
rise of large rise of large corporations/governmecorporations/government complexnt complex
Wilson’s “Fourteen Points”Wilson’s “Fourteen Points”
League of NationsLeague of Nations
principle of self-determination principle of self-determination encouraged colonial peoples to encouraged colonial peoples to assert their demands for assert their demands for independenceindependence
mandates, not independence, mandates, not independence, resulted for many parts pf the resulted for many parts pf the colonial worldcolonial world
Europe-dominated world would Europe-dominated world would remainremain
1919 and After1919 and After
Peace of ParisPeace of Paris
German question at center of negotiationsGerman question at center of negotiations
Treaty of Versailles - punitive measures Treaty of Versailles - punitive measures taken against Germanytaken against Germany
““Big Three” - Clemenceau Vs WilsonBig Three” - Clemenceau Vs Wilson
Clemenceau’s strategy - isolate and Clemenceau’s strategy - isolate and weaken Germany weaken Germany
for Germany - loss of lands, reparations, for Germany - loss of lands, reparations, war- guiltwar- guilt
U.S. failure to ratify the U.S. failure to ratify the Treaty of VersaillesTreaty of Versailles
isolationism and isolationism and national self-interest national self-interest took precedencetook precedence
power vacuum in power vacuum in central and eastern central and eastern Europe Europe
war helped shape war helped shape twentieth century twentieth century society -Europe’s role, society -Europe’s role, government, gender, government, gender, class, nationalism were class, nationalism were all changedall changed
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