world war i. four long-term causes of wwi militarism: the policy of building up armed forces in an...
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World War I
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Four Long-Term Causes of WWI
• Militarism: the policy of building up armed forces in an attempt to intimidate other countries
• Alliances: agreements between nations to help each other in the event of war
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Four Long-Term Causes of WWI
• Imperialism: the desire of a country to spread its influence around the globe
• Nationalism: a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand• Assassinated
by Serbian nationalist
• Caused a chain reaction among alliances
• These events start the war
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Europe Chooses Sides
Triple EntenteFrance
Great Britain
Russia
Central Powers (Triple Alliance)
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy (Never fought with them)
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Schlieffen Plan
• Germany’s war plan
• Germany would attack France through Belgium
• After defeating France, Germany would loop around and attack Russia
• Plan did not work
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A New Kind of War
New technology made fighting more difficult
• Machine Gun
• Hand Grenades
• Mustard Gas
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A New Kind of War
• “No man’s land”: was the unoccupied region between enemy lines
• Trench warfare: system of trenches in which troops attack to open up the battlefield
• New technology combined with old ways of fighting caused stalemate
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Reasons for U.S. Involvement
• Submarine Warfare (sinking the Lusitania)
• Economic ties to Britain
• Zimmerman Telegram
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The Lusitania
• British passenger liner that was sunk by a German u-boat in 1915
• Killed 120 Americans
• Spurred anti-German sentiment in U.S.
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Economic Ties to Britain
• U.S. loaned large amounts of money to Britain
• If Britain lost, U.S. would lose it’s money
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The Zimmerman Note
• Message sent in 1917 from German foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to Mexico
• Offered to give lands from U.S. lost in Mexican war if Mexico would align themselves with Germany
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Convoy System
• The protection of merchant ship from u-boat attacks
• Ships travel in large groups escorted by warships
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Selective Service Act
• A law enacted in 1917 that required men to register for military service
• Still in action today
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General John J. Pershing
• Leader of the American Expeditionary Force
• Soldiers were known as “Doughboys”
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The War Ends
• Allied forces push Germany out of France
• On November 11, 1918, Germany asks for an armistice, or an agreement to end armed conflict