Monday- Forum post leaders share their topics.
Mr. Bruns goes over the semester test and our blogs.
Allied Powers
- U.S.
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Russia
- Greece
- Albania
- Serbia
- Portugal
- Romania
Central powers-
- Enemies
- Germany
- Austria- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
Europe and U.S. in the late 1800's/ Early 1900's
- Nationalistic
- Willing to go to war
- Period of industrialization
- Population was increasing
- Cities are growing quicker
- Less people were living in rural areas
- Values and Religion became less important
- Propaganda was everywhere
- More democratic government
- More people could vote (poor)
- Education was important
- Imperialism and militarism
- Socialism
Tuesday-
Causes of WWI
- Militarism-
- Countries push other countries out of lands causing war
- Imperialism
- Both countries want a piece of land
- Economic competition
- Countries competing for land and money around the world
- Alliances
- Wars with other countries could break out
- Powderkeg-
- Balkan Peninsula
- Austria-Hungary
- Multinational
- Multiple ethnic groups
- Dual monarchy
- Two kings- one country
- 11 major ethnic groups
- Austrians and Hungarians were the largest group
- But added together made less than 50% of the people
- Different languages, religions and customs
- Multinational
Assassination
- Austria Hungary hated Serbians
- The Serbian menace
- The black hand
- Secret organization
- Goal was to unite Serbians
- Secret organization
- Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia
Chain of Events-
- Assassination
- Austria Hungary sends ultimatum
- Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia
- Russia mobilizes to support Serbia
- Germany Declares war on Russia
- France helps Russia
- Great Britain enters war to help France after Germany attacks France through Belgium
France-
- Wanted a buffer
- Wanted to Cripple Germany's military
Great Britain-
- Was in it for land
Italy-
- Wanted land from Austria Hungary
Russia-
- Wanted land from Turkey
Austria Hungary-
- Wanted to survive
Germany-
- Land
- Luxembourg and Belgium
U.S.-
- World peace
- an end to the war
The Von Schlieffen-
- Germany invades France through Belgium
- Wanted to take over France in a month
Wednesday- Semester test blog work day
Thursday- Mr. Bruns continues with chapter 11.
Trench warfare-
- Three types
- Front line
- Support
- Reserve
- "No man's land"
- Land in between trenches
- Shell Shock
- Constant sound of gunfire
Weapons-
- Bayonets
- Flamethrowers
- Grenades
- Machine guns
- Pistols
- Gas
- Tear Gas-
- caused temporary blindness
- inflamed the nose and throat
- Chlorine gas
- Formed acid when came in contact with lung and eyes
- Mustard gas
- Blisters your skin
- Burns wet areas of body
- Gas mask didn't offer protection
- Stayed in trenches for days
- Tear Gas-
- Tanks
- Artillery
- Submarines/ U-boats
- Zeppelins
- Air ships
- Battleships
- Floating mines
- Depth charges
- Airplanes
- Animals at war
Friday- Mr. Bruns talked about the semester test and its schedule
He presented on part 2 of WWI
US and WWI
- Neutrality
- at the beginning of the war, US didn't want to be involved
- Woodrow Wilson- election of 1916
- opposing party claimed "He kept us out of war
- Woodrow wins
- A month later we are at war
- Germany began sinking British and French ships with US citizens
- Lusitania (1915), Arabic, Sussex
- Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare
- Sussex-
- End the attack on unarmed ships- Wilson
- Germany apologizes
- Have to make sure all people are off
- Germany honored pledge
- February 1917, Germany resumes submarine warfare
- The Zimmerman Note
- A note sent to Mexico
- Germany wanted to join the war to help fight
- Germany promised the Mexican Cession back to Mexico
- Minor Causes
- War Hawks
- People believed we should be at war
- Trade with England increased
- We wanted England to win
- Made trade acts
- We won't trade with countries at war
- Propaganda
- Made by England to get US to join war
- Preparedness Program
- Started arming for war (1915)
- American Business
- Munition businesses pushed US into war to make money
- War Hawks
- General John Pershing
- Commander of all US soldiers in WWI
- Doughboys
- American soldiers
- The home front
- What people back in the US to help win the war
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