County Unit System & WW1

Impact on GA

Reasons for WW1 and GA’s contributions

County Unit System

• Typically + pop= + reps=+ political power

• In Ga., Democratic party in exclusive power

• Traditionally, urban areas ran politics in GA why? + pop=+ reps=+political power

Problem w/traditional politics

• Rural areas lacked high political power• Solution: base county unit votes on

population of county/district• 8 large/most populated districts get 6 unit

votes• 30 medium populated districts get 4 unit

votes• 121 small populated districts get 2 unit

votes

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Ga counties/ Alabama counties

• How does the County Unit System allow a rural candidate the opportunity to win a senate election?

WW1

• Background info:

• European countries goal was + land; +land =+ power; therefore, leaders must invade and conquer other lands

• Germany was competing with Russia and France to expand their armies

• Alliances• By 1914 all the major

powers were linked by a system of alliances.

• The alliances made it more likely that a war would start.

• Once started, the alliances made it more likely to spread.

• Imperialism

• All the great powers were competing for colonies / territory.

• The British feared Germany in Africa.

• The Austrians feared Serbia / Russia in the Balkans

• Black Hand” terrorists attack the Arch Duke

• Bomb attempt fails in morning

• Gavrilo Princip shoots Archduke and wife in the afternoon.

• Austrians blame Serbia for supporting terrorists.

• Austrians, supported by Germany, send Serbia a tough ultimatum.

• Serbia agrees to all but two terms of the ultimatum.

• Russia mobilises her troops to support Serbia

• Germany demands that Russia stands her armies down.

• Germany declares war on Russia

What started WW1?

United States enters the war; why?

How does GA benefit from WW1?