oooh, new format.
Still WW1 testing. i might have to go today. maybe. just maybe.
today...i got nothing to work on. cant do more with the semester blog until after we do the 1920's thing. and theres no more assigned blogs to do. and ive done all the forum posts i need to. and i studied for the test last hour in biology, where i also had nothing to do (thanks kara =))....so....yeah. maybe i'll put some stuff in this blog about that studying thing, in case i have to go monday.
Impact Font. Yeah.
So, causes of WW1 were militarism, imperialism, system of alliances, economic competition, and nationalism....all caused tension of sorts.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Trench Warfare. trenches were long horizontal holes dug in the ground to avoid the enemy. highly defensive.
Weapons of the war: machine guns were big. gas masks were necessary. tanks were there, but not all that useful as of yet. zeppelins proved themselves not very useful either. planes were jut getting started, but they helped to gas out the enemy or shoot at them (red baron). obviously lots of guns, with bayonets. several variations of grenades.
Wilson declared neutrality...impartial in thought as well as in action. was re-elected with the platform "he kept us out of war". so not everybody was a war hawk yet.
USA entered after germany sank us ships, and we grew closer to Britain with trade, and propoganda against the germans become more offensive, and brittain intercepted and passed to us the Zimmerman Telegram.
Whole nation got behind the war, support. Homefront: people who support th war outside of battle. everybody wanted to feel like they were doing something to help ensure USA victory. liberty bonds too. ---v
War industries Board encouraged mass production. Food Administration encouraged Vicotry Gardens and prevented hoarding. Committee of Public Information kept the public "informed", also used propoganda. National War Labor Board- "work or fight"....stopped strikes.
Wilson's 14 points: end to secret alliances, freedom of the seas, etc. Treaty of Versailles: took a lot of land form germany and gave it to france and belgium and other countries, limited number of men in their army, took away tanks and things, made them pay 33$ billion in damages. USA never ratified it because it had nothing to do with Wilson's 14 points, adn we felt it would put us at war a lot...back to the league of nations.
haha. im pretty much answering the questions im hearing bruns ask the people who are going before me. adding stuff as well, answering questions he didnt ask them, but may very well ask later.
said i should go 2nd on monday.
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