-militarism, when a country has a strong army and navy.
-Imperilism-lead to war by bigger countries wanted to take over the small countries economical and for better recorces. it leads to competition for everything.
-natioalism- being proud of your country.
-Economic competition-
-System of alliances-there were three powers. aliied powers and the central powers and the neutral powers. the central powers were looked at liek the bad guys because most poeple thought they started the war but they actually didnt. russia got out of the war in 1917 and then we got it in it, and "took there place"
-there was something called the powderkeg, there was countries close togethere that had a lot of different ethinic backround and religion. so they thought at any moment that there could be a war that would break out.
-France ferdinan was from austria hungary and wanted serberia to become part of there country and the people from there didnt want to so the black hand group assisanated him and his wife by a gernade when he was down by there
-.Trench war fare- it wasnt the most efficent way because you could get bombed and people knew where you were. trench foot was when your feet got numb and dis colored and basically it got rotten. 3 types front line, reserve, and support. the front was in the front then when they would need help the support would com in then if it got bad the reserve. the treches were about 12 feet deep. another reasobn why trenchers were bad was because some countries used poisonious gas bombs that would kill lots of troops.
-tanks were very slow and they didnt exacty do as much as they did in world war II and submarines were big in the war. mines were put across areas that you wanted to keep enemies. airplanes were a big part on world was I. baron manfred richton was the red baron was the guy from russia who shot down a lot of french and spanish planes.
-battels, i had battlers for my blog assigment
deaths- united states had .13% and and the grand total of the allies that died were 16,543,185
The peace paris conference was a meeting of the allied victors following the end of world war1.
it took place in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 29 countries.
woodrow wilson had a speech called the 14 points. he presented to end the war with germany to congressin 1918. Germany lost lots of land, and had to give other colonies that they had to great britian, france, and some to japan.
Germany portrayed in propaganda as raping and killing women and children. U.S. payed for war with taxes and war bonds. National War Labor Bond: settled disputes between workers and employers, discouraged strikes, led by W.H. Taft. Casualties- 16.5 million dead. Armenian genocide in Turkey.
the food administration was headed by herbert hoover. He encouraged the people to conserve food to send over to the troops. "victory gardens" were planted by schools and homes. Wehad meatless and wheatless days to send over there. we paid for world war 1 by income taxes, and liberty loans. (war bond)
the league of nations was countries coming together to talk things over instead of going to war.
Treaty of Versailles: officially ended war with Germany. Much of Germany's land given to other countries. Their army reduced to 100,000 men, no tanks, not allowed to have an airforce, 6 capital naval ships and no submarines. Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars. Germany banned to unite with Austria. War Guilt Clause- Germany forced to claim responsibility for all the war damage caused by WW1. League of Nations set up to maintain world peace.
-League of Nations: five permanent members- Great Britain, France, Italy, U.S. (never joined), Japan. Four non-permanent members that rotated. All members must submit disputes for investigation, arbitration, and settlement. Germany and Soviet Union not allowed to join right away.
-Why U.S. didn't ratify Treaty of Versailles? U.S. senators thought joining it would push us into war constantly
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