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Unit 14: WWI (1914-1918)

Unit 14: WWI (1914-1918). Causes of the War: M.A.I.N. 1. M ilitarism & Arms Race. Size of European armies expanded Amount of money spent on military increased. 2. A lliance System. Triple Entente :. Triple Alliance :. START OF THE WAR. Two Armed Camps!. Allied Powers :.

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Unit 14: WWI (1914-1918)

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  1. Unit 14:WWI (1914-1918)

  2. Causesof theWar:M.A.I.N.

  3. 1. Militarism & Arms Race • Size of European armies expanded • Amount of money spent on military increased

  4. 2. Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance: START OF THE WAR

  5. Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

  6. 3. Imperial/Economic Rivalries • Competition between nations • Colonial holdings around the world ~ you don’t just fight for European land, you are fighting for colonies too!

  7. 4. Nationalism

  8. The Balkans, 1914 The“Powder Keg”of Europe

  9. The“Spark”

  10. Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Wife Who was this guy? – Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

  11. The Assassination: Sarajevo

  12. The Assassin: Gavrilo Princip ~ “Black Hand” ~ Serbian terrorist organization that wanted Bosnia free from Austrian-Hungarian control

  13. Austria-Hungary (A.H.) Responds If A.H. attacks Serbia, Russia will attack them Germany promises to help A.H. and fight Russia July 28, 1914 A.H. declares war on Serbia Dominoes start to fall… 1) Russia mobilizes for war against A.H. 2) Germany declares war on Russia 3) Alliance system kicks in = WWI

  14. Who’s To Blame?

  15. Wartime~ Propaganda

  16. Propaganda: • Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause • Convinced European countries the war was necessary

  17. American Poster

  18. A. Financing the War

  19. B. Financing the War

  20. Trench Warfare • Trench Warfare • Using ditches guarded by barbed wire for protection • New for WWI • Causes stalemates • “No Man’s Land” • Small distance between the trenches on both sides • MANY deaths, pointless fighting

  21. Trench Warfare

  22. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

  23. War IsHELL !!

  24. WWI & theIndustrial Revolution:NewTechnology

  25. French Renault Tank

  26. The Zeppelin

  27. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  28. Poison Gas Machine Gun

  29. Technology Results Never before seen causalities & disfigurement Wartime disillusionment I

  30. AmericaIn the war:1917

  31. German U-Boats ~ Unrestricted submarine warfare, which included sinking passenger ships

  32. 2. The Sinking of the Lusitania ~ 100 U.S. citizens killed

  33. 3. The Zimmerman Telegram ~ Germany tried to get Mexico on its side & attack the U.S. ~ Direct threat to U.S. security & violation of the Monroe Doctrine

  34. The YanksAre Coming to make the world safe for democracy!

  35. The End of WWI ~ November 11, 1918

  36. Changes in Germany & Austria-Hungary • Germany’s old government gone • Austria-Hungarian Empire gone • Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia

  37. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson & his 14 Points • Ideas based on international cooperation & democracy • Stop WWI’s causes from happening again • “League of Nations” • U.S. Senate refused to ratify (pass/accept) this & it was severely weakened

  38. Treaty of Versailles – June 28, 1919 • Ultimate peace settlement • Article 231 • Blamed Germany & Austria for the war • Germany pays war reparations for damages • Germany: small army • Germany: lost territory in the East ** helps cause extreme hardship/poverty in Germany, giving Hitler the opportunity to come to power

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