12-3-12-7 US History Notes

Monday-

Talked about George H.W. death. How he impacted America and how he works with people very well.

Poison Gas- didn't kill anyone but it was effective in injuries

Flame throwers- helped get certain things out of the way

Mortars- are fired and aim out a trench or snipers nest

 

Tuesday-

Trench warfare- A little dugout of dirt and its a defensive and guarding

any health issues many died and it was bordem

Lot of time was just sitting scared to death

Soliders knew they were going to die, go day to day, but told their family its a matter of time

Chemical Weapons, Tear gasses, chlorine, mustard gas, phosogen and diphosegene

Zeppelin- early part of the war, german bombing raids, cariied machine guns and bombs and it was abandoned later because it was to big

German Trench Club- used in trench raids because of close combats, raiders carried these usually

Sauterelle-

Used them in trenches to bomb them

M1903 Springfield rifle- worked very well and had little failure

Aircrafts- spying, and minor bombing and dog fighting shooting at their airplanes

M1917 6 ton- they would get stuck in trenches and pretty slow but it had potential in WW2

Browning M1919 Machine Gun- in 1918 gas and recoil operated water cooled, 400 rounds per minute

Fokker Fighter Plane-

german single fighter plane

used mainly in 1915

Battleships- artillery and use guns for an invasion soften up an enemy

 Wednesday-

Torpedoes- shot underwater like submarines and explode on target, they target shipping boats and known for being shots from German U-Boats

Then we went over our tests from a week ago

 

 Semester TESTS QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Be able to identify the countries of Europe during WWI and what alliance they belonged to
  • Be able to identify the main causes of WWI and how they led to war
  • Be able to identify the event that started WWI
  • Be able to identify the goals of the war for countries involved
  • Be able to describe what fighting was like in WWI

 

Miltarism- having a strong military building armys and navies, it makes the world very scary and not good 

Imperialism- take colonies strong countries take over weak countries

Nationalism- having strong pride in our country

Economic Competiton- were competing worldwide for colonies, natural resources markets, money and power

System of Alliances- countries forming alliances teaming up and getting ready for war something is not right

 The assanation of Archduke Franz

Gavrilo Princip- young serbain group- they did not like that Austia Hungary took over Bosnia

Thursday-

Serbia and Austria Hungary really did not like eachother

Assination of Archduke Fernidand

Austria Hungary sends ulimatum to Serbia

Austria hungary declares war on serbia after germany gives them carte blanche

Russia mobilizes to support Serbia

Germany declares war on Russia

France enters war to help Russia

Great Britain enters war to help France after Germany attacks France through neutral Belgium

Germany's War Plan-

Hold Russia off for the time being, invade France through Belgium

Paris will surender and pay attetion with Russia then

Death and Destruction

Turkish Massacre of the Armeians

Armeains are christians goes back and forth from independent and someone else in control

Turkey was concerned that the Armeians were going to fight with the russians

Allowing criminals go at them pushing them of cliffs and drowning them in rivers

1.6 million died

 

  • There weren’t any real goals at first, but as time went on and casualties and costs increased, winning territory was a must.
  • France
  • -regain Alsace and Lorraine from Germany
  • -get the Saar Basin from Germany(rich in coal)
  • -create and independent Rhineland to create a buffer area between France and Germany
  • -cripple Germany’s military
  • -get German colonies in Africa
  • -get Turkish colonies in the Mid-East
  • Great Britain
  • -get German colonies in Africa
  • -get Turkish colonies in the Mid-East
  • Italy

 

 

 

  • Russia
  • -wanted control of the Dardenelle and Bosporus Straits in Turkey
  • Austria-Hungary
  • -self preservation
  • Germany
  • -wanted part of France
  • -wanted Luxembourg and Belgium
  • -wanted most of western Russia
  • -make Austria-Hungary and the Balkans a “sphere of influence”
  • -take over French and British colonies in Africa
  • United States
  • -win and end the war
  • -Wilson’s 14 Points

 

 Woodrow Wilson- was our president very progressive and got lots done and he was the president during ww1 and was known to be Nuetral

 

 

  • U.S. was very upset with both sides in war.

 

- G.B. and Germany were both stopping U.S. ships

   - Eventually, U.S. drew closer to war and the Allies.

WHY?

 

  • 1. German sinking of British/French ships and killing of U.S. citizens on those ship
  • Lusitania, Arabic, Sussex
  • Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare in early 1917

 

 Friday-

  • Goal was to influence U.S. public to support World War I in their own way
  • Launched a huge propaganda campaign
  • The committee used newsprint, posters, radio, telegraph and movies to broadcast its message
  • Americanized German words:

-German Measles-liberty measles

-Hamburger-liberty steak

  -Sauerkraut-liberty cabbage

  • Enlist in the military
  • Buy war bonds
  • Conserve food
  • Encourage patriotism
  • Dehumanize the enemy
  • Sense of urgency

Then we presented our propaganda

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