County Unit System & WW1

1. County Unit System & WW1 Impact on GA Reasons for WW1 and GA’s contributions

2. County Unit System • Typically + pop= + reps=+ political power • In Ga., Democratic party in exclusive power • Traditionally, urban areas ran politics in GA why? + pop=+ reps=+political power

4. Problem w/traditional politics • Rural areas lacked high political power • Solution: base county unit votes on population of county/district • 8 large/most populated districts get 6 unit votes • 30 medium populated districts get 4 unit votes • 121 small populated districts get 2 unit votes

7. Ga counties/ Alabama counties

8. How does the County Unit System allow a rural candidate the opportunity to win a senate election?

9. WW1 • Background info: • European countries goal was + land; +land =+ power; therefore, leaders must invade and conquer other lands • Germany was competing with Russia and France to expand their armies

10. Alliances By 1914 all the major powers were linked by a system of alliances. The alliances made it more likely that a war would start. Once started, the alliances made it more likely to spread.

11. Imperialism • All the great powers were competing for colonies / territory. • The British feared Germany in Africa. • The Austrians feared Serbia / Russia in the Balkans

12. Black Hand” terrorists attack the Arch Duke Bomb attempt fails in morning Gavrilo Princip shoots Archduke and wife in the afternoon. Austrians blame Serbia for supporting terrorists.

13. Austrians, supported by Germany, send Serbia a tough ultimatum. • Serbia agrees to all but two terms of the ultimatum. • Russia mobilises her troops to support Serbia • Germany demands that Russia stands her armies down. • Germany declares war on Russia

14. What started WW1?

15. United States enters the war; why?

16. How does GA benefit from WW1?