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world war 1

TermDefinition
Nationalism Identification with one's own nation and support its interests.
Conscription Compulsory enlistment for state service.
Terrorism The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Imperialism The policy of extending a country's power and influence through force.
Neutrality The state of not supporting or helping either side in a coflict.
Trench Warfare A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
''No Man's Land'' Disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies.
Casualty A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
Armistice An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
Treaty A formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
Ratify Sign or give consent for a treaty.
Reparations The making of amends for a wrong one had done, usually monetarily.
Revolutions In The World Many countries are going through revolutions.
Revolutions In The World One country in Europe, Serbia, has overthrown their monarch and instilled democracy.
Revolutions In The World Serbia wants to unite all Serbs together.
Revolutions In The World This poses a problem for the countries of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Austria-Hungary.
The First Move Austria-Hungary is angered by what Serbia has done.
The First Move To try and contain this spreading nationalism they invade Bosnia.
The First Move In return the Serbs form a group called the Black Hand.
The First Move The Black Hand used terrorism to try and unite all Serbs.
The Boiling Point While on a visit to the Bosnian city of Sarajevo, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated.
The Boiling Point Austria demands that Serbia hand over the perpetrators.
The Boiling Point Serbia refuses and Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
Picking Sides Serbia will have support against Austria.
Picking Sides Russia will silently support Serbia with their war against Austria.
Picking Sides By Russia doing this now Germany becomes involved.
Picking Sides This now puts into play the Triple Alliance, a secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Dominoes Fall With Russia siding with Serbia against Austria-Hungary, now Germany declares war on Russia and France.
Dominoes Fall Great Britain comes to the fight when Germany invades Belgium.
Dominoes Fall Germany’s goal was to defeat France quickly before Russia could mobilize.
Dominoes Fall Both France and Germany had plans long before the war started.
End Before It Begins Germany thought that France would be a push over and fall quickly.
End Before It Begins Germany believed if they defeated France quickly, then Russia and Great Britain would just bow out of the conflict.
End Before It Begins Germany greatly underestimated the resolve of France and Great Britain.
Technology Changes Technology for war took a huge leap forward.
Technology Changes New in use were fighter planes, tanks, machine guns, poison gas, land mines, and flamethrowers.
Technology Changes Now the implements of war had damaging psychological effects on soldiers.
Technology Changes Death could come from the sky, land , or air around you.
Life in the Trenches Much of the war was fought in trenches.
Life in the Trenches These were dug along the French countryside.
Life in the Trenches Men would live, fight, eat, and sleep in the trenches.
Life in the Trenches ''No Man’s Land” was the battle field between trenches.
War Wounds Living in the trenches proved to be a hard way of fighting.
War Wounds Trenches were infested with lice, rats, and fleas.
War Wounds Soldiers would also get a condition called trench foot.
War Wounds The introduction of tanks and gas to war proved deadly for both sides.
War Wounds Tanks were less successful, but gas proved to be a big killer.
Allied vs. Central European countries choose sides when the war breaks out.
Allied vs. Central Allied Powers-France, Britain, Japan, Italy, and Russia.
Allied vs. Central Central Powers-Austria-Hungary, Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria.
Allied vs. Central U.S. chooses neutrality for the war.
U.S. Involvement Germany had plans on taking on the U.S. , but had wanted to wait until Britain was defeated.
U.S. Involvement Germany had plans on taking on the U.S. , but had wanted to wait until Britain was defeated.
U.S. Involvement On May 7, 1915 Germany sunk a British ocean liner named to Lusitania.
U.S. Involvement Along with the British passengers were also 128 Americans.
Waking a Sleeping Giant With the sinking of the Lusatian, the U.S. was getting closer to the war.
Waking a Sleeping Giant The final straw for the U.S. was the Zimmerman telegram.
Waking a Sleeping Giant This was a telegram from Germany to Mexico.
Waking a Sleeping Giant Germany wanted Mexico to attack the U.S.
Waking a Sleeping Giant The U.S. enters the war April 6, 1917.
Fight for Freedom Black soldiers were not uncommon during times of war.
Fight for Freedom African slaves fought during the Revolutionary War.
Fight for Freedom Slaves even fought alongside the Union during the Civil War.
Defending America A regiment of National Guardsmen from New York were to be sent to the front lines.
Defending America Black regiments were just usually used for menial tasks, such as digging trenches and latrines.
Defending America The regiment coming from New York would be different.
Problem of Race Segregation and the idea that black soldiers were inferior to white soldiers still existed in the upper commands of the army.
Problem of Race Typically American soldiers would only be under the command of other Americans.
Problem of Race One black regiment was give to the French to fortify their numbers.
French Company This group of black soldiers were the 369th Infantry.
French Company They were to finish their training with French soldiers.
French Company To their American commanders, they were expendable.
On the Lines The soldiers learned to fight with French weapons and wore French gear except for their uniforms.
On the Lines The soldiers learned to speak French and how to use the new guns very quickly.
On the Lines These soldiers were incredibly brave and won the admiration of the French company.
Hero’s Rise During one conflict, two soldiers from the 369th were guarding a post overnight.
Hero’s Rise They were attacked by the Germans coming across; they held the line.
Hero’s Rise They suffered some injuries but were able to repel over a dozen German soldiers.
Hero’s Rise Johnson was the first American to receive the Croix de Guerre.
Coming Home When the soldiers returned, they were part of a segregated parade down the streets of New York City.
Coming Home Many spectators came to celebrate the heroes of the Great War.
Coming Home These soldiers had defended democracy across the globe for every American.
The End is Here The U.S. sends 500,000 troops to France.
The End is Here Within a year and a half the number grew to 3,000,000.
The End is Here This would turn the tide of the war for the Allies.
The End is Here Germany attempted one more offense but was defeated.
The End is Here An armistice was signed on November 11, 1918.
The Cost of War The war lasted almost 1,600 days (a little over 4 years)
The Cost of War Military loses were 8 million with 22 million injured.
The Cost of War There were 7.7 million missing. The amount of civilian casualties is not known. The casualties of the war were immense.
Treaty after the War When the Treaty of Versailles was signed the “war to end all wars” was officially over.
Treaty after the War Now punishments would be dealt out to the losers.
Treaty after the War All of the countries that fought had a place deciding what should be done as punishment.
Treaty after the War Russian was the only one excluded for negotiations.
Wilson’s Idea Woodrow Wilson brought to the negotiations the Fourteen Points.
Wilson’s Idea His idea was to not punish but to create new states and reduce army sizes for the countries.
Wilson’s Idea The only accepted part of his points was the League of Nations.
Vengeance France and Britain were intent on punishing Germany for the war.
Vengeance Both countries put all of the blame on Germany.
Vengeance They wanted to punish as harshly as possible.
Vengeance Part of the treaty was that Germany had to admit their guilt for starting the war.
Punish the Loser The punishment for Germany was crippling.
Punish the Loser Germany lost 25,000 square miles of territory.
Punish the Loser The army was limited to 100,000 soldiers.
Punish the Loser No air force, tanks, or submarines.
Punish the Loser Reparations were in the billions.
Effects of War Britain was pushed to near bankruptcy from the war.
Effects of War The new countries that were formed did not match up with the majorities ethnicity.
Effects of War Germany now has animosity for France and Britain.
Effects of War Now a new player would rise to speak for Germany.
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