The Great

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Cause of the Great War

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Trench warfare

ImperialismMilitarism

Nationalism Alliances

Alliancesforming partnership with other

nations

•Central Powers– Germany, Ottoman, and Austria-

Hungary

•Allies– Great Britain, France, Russia, and U.S

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MilitarismBuilding up a military

• The military was build up for two reason– To protect their colonies– Peer pressure

• The used a mandatory draft to accomplish this

– This meant when young boys turned 18 they automatically had to enter the was, unless they had major health issues

• Russia had the largest army, Germany had the best trained, and Britain had the largest navy

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Imperialism Competing for colonies

• European nation were competing for the land

• The Europeans believe the “bigger the better”

• That’s why they wanted the land, to expanded there country

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NationalismPride in your country

• Pan-German movement was the hope to unite all German speaking people

• Pan-Slavic movement was the hope to unite all Slavic(russia) speaking people

• It was hard to do this because 95% speak Slavic, but yet again it was controlled by the Germans. This means know one new what to do.

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Trench warfare

Why did the U.S join

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Trench Warfareto protect their position

• At night supplies were brought in and scouts were sent out

• At down/dusk attacks came: shoot from the top of the trenches, then fighter hoped over at ran to attack

• Had to go thought barbwire, and machineguns • Problems in the trenches; body rot, mud, rats,

smells, cold, staying dry, maggots, lice, and many diseases

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U.S in WW1

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Why the U.S joined WW11. Sinking of Lusitania

• It was a passenger ship that was secretly caring ammunitions

• Germans submarine sunk the ship

• 1,198 passengers died and 128 of them were Americans

• President Wilson demanded that the Germans apologize and pay for the damage

2. Unrestricted submarine warfare• Sussex plead: Germany promised not to sick merchant ships without first warning

them and rescuing passengers.

• By 1917 Germany is defeating Russia on the eastern front, they want a quick victory on the western front.

• To do this the are unrestricted submarine warfare: sinking all ship headed towards allied nations

3. Zimmerman note• Zimmerman was a German official

• He sent a letter to Mexico asking them to attack the United States

• In exchange he promised that Germany would aid them in retraining some of the

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The U.S in WW1

Treaty of Versailles

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U.S at war• General perishing led U.S troops• By 1917 Germany controlled: Belgium, Italy, and North France• 1918 Russia has a revolution and they dropped out of war:

now Germany can concentrate on the western front.• By July 1918 the U.S had one million troops in the war• We Cut off the German rail line which supply their troops• We attacked through the Argonne forest, it takes U.S 47 day

and 1.2 million soldiers, but we cut of their supplies • By October 1918 German lines are crumbling• In November the allies have capture the high grounds and

Germany surrenders• The 11th hour, the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918 the Great

War ends!

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EXITTreaty of Versailles

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Treaty of Versailles1. Create new countries

• Russia, Poland, Finland, Latria, Lithuania, and Estonia

• Austria-Hungary: Austria, Hungary, Czech, Yugoslavia• Ottoman empire: divided up between the allies

2. Punished Germany• Must take full responsibly for the war• Pay for the war, 33 billion dollars.

3. Create the league of nations• Organization of countries• Designed to maintain peace and stability

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