I take my test today, so before the test, i'll be reviewing for that. after the test, im gonna do some research for the 1920s thing that was supposed to be due tomorrow. but apparently, it wont be due tomorrow. when? who knows.
the WW1 question has been eliminated from the semester test. i already did the blog, but oh well. also, we'll only be asked two of the five questions, but we wont know which two, and for every person it will be different.
they spelled mr bruns' name wrong (mr chad burns) so he ripped it off his wall and tore it up and threw it away.
So, causes of WW1 were militarism, imperialism, system of alliances, economic competition, and nationalism....all caused tension of sorts.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ignited the war.
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", headed up the propoganda stuff. 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, and we felt it would put us at war a lot...back to the league of nations.
i just copied and pasted this from yesterday's study blog.
to be added: Wilson's 14 points....the 6 to remember are 1) an end to secret alliances, 2) freedom of the seas, 3) free trade for all countries, 4) disarmament, 5) end to colonization, 6) League of Nations.
people in other countries thought they were way too easy on Germany, which is why they didnt accept it and came up with the Treaty of Versailles instead.
Paris Peace conference:meeting of the allied powers in paris in 1919 to discuss the terms for germany and other losing countries. 29 diplomats attended and came up with the Paris Peace Treaties, which reshaped the map of Europe.
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