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Causes for U.S. involvement in WW1
1.U.S. very upset with both sides in war.
-G.B. and Germany
The Zimmermann Note
-was a coded telegram sent by tge Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthue Zimmermann, on January 16, 1917
Summary of Zimmermann Note
-in Summary, Germany tried to get Mexico to declare was on the United States
-Germany promised Mexico that they would get the Mexican
4.Another cause...Beliefs of War Hawks
5.Trade with Emgland increased, Germany decreased as years went on
6.British and American Propaganda
7.Preparedness Program
8.American Business
9.German declaration of "unlimited"
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1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe?
2. What were the major alliances of WWI?
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved?
4. What were some of the major land battles prior to US involvement-1914-March, 1917?
5. What were some of the major naval battles of WWI?
6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914?
7. What were the causes for US involvement in WWI?
8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI?
The Second Battle of Marne
The Battle of Cantigny
9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers?
Schlieffen Plan
-German plan to attack
-wanted to counter a joint attack
Plan 17
-French plan of attack
-Designed by Ferdinand Foch
Plan G and 19
19
-Germany attacked France
Russia attacks Prussia en route to germany
G
-Germany attacks Russia full scale
-Russia lets them "invade" Russia
plan G didn't happpen Russia thought that was what they were going to do. but they did plan 19
AEF
-American Expeditionary Force
-select American troops
referred to them as "dough boys"
10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?
bayonet-simple blade attached to a barrel of a rifle used in close combat
flamethrower-a fire spreading mechanism first used by the Germans in the war
poison gas-first by the French were chloride filled which caused cough attacks for the opposing army
mustard gas-caused blisters
gas mask-to try an overcome gas inhalation
submarines or U-boats-commonly used by the German's Unterseeboats
--sank 3 british battleshipd
--sinking the RMS Lusitania
--sneak attacks
tanks-armored cars that have firing mechanisms attacked to them
machine guns-fired at a faster rate and for a longer time
--worked great when they worked properly on the open front in trench warfare
--had a big problem of jamming
11. Describe trench warfare.
batteling between to opposing armies that are both entrenched
one third of deaths in the war occurred in the trenches
dies from surprise attacks
some died from sniper fire
another deadly killer-disease
trench fever happened a lot in the war and spread easily
rats were horrible!
first war that soldiers started to shave their heads
when there was no action the soldiers would write letters to love ones during the day
in the morning got up to "morning stand to."
they would agree to breakfast truce
smell of the trenches were HORRIBLE!
12. Describe what happened on the US Home Front in WWI.
-Woordrow Wilson depended on the Allied financial dependence as a weapon, so it could help him acheive the goals of his postware dipomacy
-poeple would make things to send over..what poeple did back home to win the war. EX saving food under the Lever act
HOW WE SUPPORTED THE WAR
-women started to do men's jobs..and working in factories
-sent weapons, foood, and bullets
also known as"the war to end all wars"
men sacrificed their life for freedom and democracy in the war
13. Describe Wilson's 14 Points.
a propstion to end WW 1 and create peace postwar.
- no more secrets, prohibit treaties
- can navigate freely on the sees(general peace, no fighting with other nations, League of Nation remain neautral\
- try to limit tariffs eliminate trade barriers
- you can no own too many weapons..lessin numbers..protect against invasion
- can't pick sides..have to be neautral..listening to to both sides on the colonials opinions
- wants them to evacuate German troops out of Russian territory..Russia can decide what form of government they want without any interference (determine their own political set-up)
- evacuate German troops from Belgiun..Belgium deserves to be independent like they were before war
- France has taken Germany's control of French territory
- all Italians are allowed to live in Italy..gain land from Austria-Hungary
- poeple who live in Austria-Hungary should have self-determination
- people in the Balkan states should be independent..must evacuate the Central Powers of Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania
- Turkish people should be governed by Turkish government mom Turkish people should govern themselves
- Poland should be independent and should access the sea
- League of Nations is created to make independence to all states
14. Describe the points of the Treaty of Versailles.
15. Why did the US never pass the Treaty of Versailles?
16. Why did the Allied Powers win WWI?
17. Describe the impact WWI had on the world.
18. How did countries react to the Treaty of Versailles?
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