Transcript WWI Review - RTMS history!

By: Madison
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The event that is credited as being the spark of
World War I is the murder of Franz Ferdinand and
his wife in Serbia. Ferdinand was the Archduke to be
in Austria-Hungary ( Austria- Hungary controlled
Serbia). When he and his wife decided to visit their
soon to be subjects, a murderer in the Black Hand
group ( Gavrilo Princip ) killed them by pistol
shooting. When Austria- Hungary demanded an
apology, Serbia refused.
Archduke
Franz
Ferdinand
VS.
Gavrilo
Princip
Alliances
Soon after the shooting
of Franz Ferdinand,
Serbia knew that
Austria- Hungary would
most likely declare war
so they turned to their
ally Russia for help.
Russia agreed to help
Serbia fight. AustriaHungary turned to their
ally Germany for
assistance which
Germany agreed to
give. On August 1st,
1914, Germany declared
war on Russia. These
alliances held almost
through the whole war.
Isolationism didn’t Work that
Well
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At the beginning of the war Woodrow Wilson
wanted the United States to stay neutral and
not enter the war. When German U-boats or
submarines sank five US ships in nine days,
the US government could no longer stay
neutral and was thinking about entering the
war.
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
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On January 16th, 1917 Arthur
Zimmerman sent a telegram to a
German representative in Mexico.
The telegram had to pass through
Great Britain as well as the United
States. When Great Britain
intercepted the telegram, they
had to decode and read it as best
they could. The telegram asked
Mexico to declare war on the U.S
so that we could not interfere with
the war in Europe. If Mexico
agreed, Germany would help them
get Texas, New Mexico, and
Arizona back. Mexico declined
Germanys offer on April 14th, 1917.
THE LUSITANIA
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The Lusitania was a British
passenger ship which was
sailing from the U.S. At the
half way point of this ships
journey, German U-boats or
submarines, shot missiles
sinking the ship. When The
Lusitania sank, 128 Americans
died. This ship sinking was
one of the final straws for the
U.S entering the war.
Austria -Hungary
Serbia
ALLIED POWERS
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CENTRAL POWERS
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Serbia
United States
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Austria – Hungary
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Romania
Romania
France
Bulgaria
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Ottoman Empire
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The U.S did not have many volunteer soldiers so
their government put in place the SelectiveService Act. This act said that any men between
the ages of 21 to 30 were required to register to
be in the military. The government then
selected random people to serve in our military.
When the U.S finally entered the war in 1917, we
fought on the Allied Powers side. About the
same time that we entered the war, Russia
dropped out of it because communists took over
their government.
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These posters encouraged men to join the
U.S military and women to join the Red Cross.
Fighting Tactics
of WWI
France
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No Man’s Land
Trench Warfare
Most of WWI was fought in
France. During the war both
sides used trench warfare which
is when you dig deep trenches
to hide and shoot from.
Between the two sides was a no
man’s land filled with barbed
wire and deep holes.
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New weapons such as machine guns, tanks,
and poison gas were used for the first time in
WWI. Airplanes were first used to fight in this
war.
The End Of
WWI
WWI ended on November
11th, 1918 in the 11th hour.
Finally The Great War
which had more than 130
Countries involved had
ended. Woodrow Wilson
wanted to create a
League of Nations which
would involve a
representative from each
country to talk about
world issues. Every
country signed this peace
plan except the U.S. Our
government felt that they
did not want to be
dragged into European
conflicts.
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