World War I

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World War I

• 1914-1918

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Causes

• Militarism maintaining strong army
• Imperialism attempt to control other nations
• Nationalism loyalty to nation
• Alliances nations joining together

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More Causes

• Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of
  Austria-Hungary
• Russian support for Serbia as Slavic brothers

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Technological Advances

• Machine guns
• Airplanes
• Tanks
• Poison gas
• Zeppelin
• Submarine

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Timeline of the War

• War begins with the assassination of Archduke
  Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
• Alliance system goes into effect.

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Timeline

• Battle of Tannenberg (Aug., 1914)
• Major Russian defeat
• 1st Battle of the Marne (Sept.,1914)
• German advance halted 15 miles from Paris

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Timeline

• 2nd Battle of Ypres (April, 1915)
• Germans use poison gas

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Timeline

• Sinking of the Lusitania
• British cruise ship
• Sunk by a German submarine
• Many Americans were on board
• America joins the Allies afterwards

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Timeline

• Battle of Jutland (May-June 1, 1916)
• Naval battle between British and Germans
• Battle of the Somme (June-Nov.,1916)
• British introduced tank warfare

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Timeline

• 2nd Battle of the Marne (July-Aug., 1918)
• German defeat
• Brought about the end of the war

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Important People Allies

• Woodrow Wilson Praise for Wilson
• President of the United States
• General Black Jack Pershing
• Leader of the American forces

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Collection
Chicago Daily News negatives collection,
DN-0003451. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical
Society.
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Important People Central Powers

• Archduke Francis Ferdinand
• His assassination sparked the war
• Kaiser Wilhelm II leader of Germany

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Effects of the War

• Communist revolution in Russia
• Monetary crisis due to war debts
• League of Nations created
• New nations formed

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Effects

• Germany became upset over the Allies treatment
  of them
• Disarmament
• War debts
• Lost land
• Blamed for war

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Effects

• German resentment leads to World War II

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Credits

• All images and sounds are from the Library of
  Congress, American Memory Collection all links
  are to this site as well.
• Airplane Lusitania photograph Library of
  Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,
  Detroit Publishing Company Collection
• Pershing photograph Library of Congress, Chicago
  Daily News negatives collection, DN-0003451.
  Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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Credits

• Praise for Wilson recording has been reproduced
  by the Library of Congress through the generosity
  of the family of Guy Golterman, and with the
  cooperation of CBS-Sony Records and the Recording
  Industry Association of America