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World War I

Chapter 30 Review American Pageant

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Chapter 30 The War to End War Buildup to US Entrance Sussex Pledge Germany damaged a merchant ship killing 80 Wilson told Germany if they didn?t give notice, he would break off diplomatic relations Germany agreed to give warning for merchant and passenger ships Zimmermann Note: Germany proposed German-Mexican alliance and encouraged Mexico to attack US March 1917, Germany sinks 4 unarmed merchant ships April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war 14 Points: January 8, 1918 Wilson?s plan for dealing with postwar world Major ideas: Abolish secret treaties Freedom of the seas Remove economic barriers Reduce arms Give up colonies Other major idea: self-determination Countries should govern themselves and decide their own form of government US Entrance into War Reasons

American Pageant Chapter 30

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Chapter 30 The War to End War Buildup to US Entrance Sussex Pledge Germany damaged a merchant ship killing 80 Wilson told Germany if they didn?t give notice, he would break off diplomatic relations Germany agreed to give warning for merchant and passenger ships Zimmermann Note: Germany proposed German-Mexican alliance and encouraged Mexico to attack US March 1917, Germany sinks 4 unarmed merchant ships April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war 14 Points: January 8, 1918 Wilson?s plan for dealing with postwar world Major ideas: Abolish secret treaties Freedom of the seas Remove economic barriers Reduce arms Give up colonies Other major idea: self-determination Countries should govern themselves and decide their own form of government US Entrance into War Reasons

WW1 and WW2

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Bernadette Khakina Mrs. Madden 7th period 11 March 2015 Prompt: Compare and contrast the reasons for WWI and WWII. War has always been inevitable to human life and the growth of every country in the world. There various reasons as to why wars have always occurred including: fighting for independence, gaining power, some because they were allied with a country at war. Whatever the reason, war has left such a great influence on the history of today. Plenty of wars have occurred, but the two most important and brutal wars were WWI and WWII. These wars have some of their differences and similarities as to why it occurred and its outcome.

American Pageant Terms 2

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Quiz Guide #16 Bonus Army: A group of World War I veterans who were hard-hit victims of the depression, who wanted what the government owed them for their services and "saving" democracy. They marched to Washington and set up public camps and erected shacks on vacant lots. Hoover stopped them. Lost Generation: A phrase made popular by American author Ernest Hemingway. Refer to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris and other parts of Europe, some after military service in the First World War, include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway. It also refers to the time period from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Great Depression.

The First World War

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 29 May 2015 Chapter 14 Outline WW1 Battle of Somme began 6/24/1916, Brit artillery barrage against German trenches along 25-mi.front; Brits fired 1.5m rounds over 7 days Mixing gas with explosions, gunners pulverized landscape/poisoned atmosphere German def?ers. Huddled in masks; guns went silent, 10k?s of Brits rose out of trenches, bearing 60 lbs. of equipment, made way into NoMan?s Land Were told wire-cutting explosives would destroy barbed wire between trenches, leaving them free to charge across before Germans could recover Found barbed wire intact; caught when German machine-gunners def?d.

Imperialism

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Name_____________________________________ Date___________ US History Vocabulary: Imperialism Imperialism:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alfred T. Mahan: ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Sanford B. Dole:_____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Henry Cabot Lodge:_________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

The Great War: The World in Upheaval

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 22 August 2015 Chapter 34 Outline Contemporary Global Alignments, 1914 ? Present 1914, Euro torn by nat?l?ism/colonial disputesplunged into war Ottoman, Japan, US joined, became global; ended in 1918, Euro exhausted resources Global interdep. Ensured everyone would cope with postwar stress, culminating in Great Depression of 1929; paved way for fascist dictatorships in Italy/Germany Communists Soviet Union, born out of revolution in 1917, industrialized 5-yr. plans transformed USSR into int?l power/1stsocialist state Weakening of Euro colonies led to turmoil in Asia, nat?l?ism formed indep.

Chapter 21 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Theodore Roosevelt?s Foreign Policy- ?The Big Stick Policy?: Had an aggressive approach to foreign policy with Japan, Latin America, and Russia. Roosevelt Corollary: An extension of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), helped T.R. enforce his foreign policy. Gave the United States government ?International Police Power?, established influence oversees. Used when the Dominican Republican was in debt; the US came in and handled the debt. Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria: Russia and Japan were fighting over the region of Manchuria. Japan had aspirations to be a world power, felt threatened by Russia and United States. Open Door Policy (trade with China) threatened. T.R. settled the war in 1905, was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. After the war was done, Japan wasn?t content.

AP EURO NOTES

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AP Euro Notes Sec 25-1 pp. 768-773 & 783-788 Nalani Story The Road to World War I June 28, 1914, heir to Austrian throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, = assassinated in Bosnian city of Sarajevo The event precipitated confrontation between Austrian & Serbia that led to WWI War=not inevitable Previous assassinations of Euro leaders=not led to war & euro statesmen=managed to localize such conflicts The decisions that Euro Statesmen mad during crisis were crucial in leading to war, there= also long-range underlying forces= propelling Euros toward armed conflicts Nationalism In 1st ? of 19 cent, liberals=maintained that organization of Euro states along national lines would lead to a peaceful Euro based on a sense of international fraternity They=very wrong

World War I Powerpoint

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World War I PROTRACTED/LONG TERM CAUSES Belief Systems and Philosophies Germany a insecure, new nation seeking its place Legacies of Bismarck ? the Alliance System, Bismarckian Diplomacy Militarism: Increasing Insecurity, Distrust, Paranoia Colonial Rivalries lead to Conflicts: Imperialism Economic Rivalries IMMEDIATE CAUSES International Crises Balkan Wars Assassination of Austrian Arch-Duke Ferdinand ?Blank Check? Invasion of Serbia Mobilization of the Beligerents Von Schlieffen Plan Crossing the Belgian Frontier Causes: Nationalism, and Belief Systems/Philosophy Realpolitik Social Darwinism Will to Power Germany: a New Nation Finding its ?Place in the Sun? Rise of German Industry and World Trade French Revanche

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