World War I Notes Essay, Research Paper

Imperializm in America

Eco Compitition

Military Compitiion

Cultural Compitition

-3 main points

Imperialism: strong nations extend economics political or military control over weaker coutnries

?Sun never set on a british empire? British controlled all over world

Spanish American War

Americans wanted Cuba for sugar and Slaves in 1825. Spain took control of Cuba wanted U.S. help to get spain out. President was Mckinley.

Dulom wrote a letter mad abou cuba, wanted mckinley to resign

The U.S. Maine blew up, we blamed it on spain

On april 20th we went to war

Treaty signed with spain in 1898

Cuba=Inependant

World War I aftermath

-1917 ? WIB: War Industrial Board went up %20

Farmers increased %30 for more food

George Crelel: Selling war to America, ?Food is amunition, save it?

The great Immigration moved North to bigger cities and the immigrants got soldiers old jobs.

Fall 1918 flu killed 40,000,000 worldwide from Chinese Immigrants

Women gave up a lot of clothing for uniforms and 2 battlecruisers

Anyone who interfeared and said something bad about the war dies or gets punished

WWI begins

August 4th 1914

Germany invaded Belguim

-National

-Imperializm

-Alianceizm

-Militaryism

National: taking care of ones countries first; closing borders

Imperialism: nations authority in toher coutnries

Militaryism: Armed forces to keep control

Alliance: If counties join military forces

-Roosevelt Cordlary: He made a statemetn to Europe to stay out of America

New Land

U.S. In peurto Rico

US is given an opportunity to have land

Tried to ?Americanize? peurto Ricansand americans disrespected them them

=Platt Amendment was made to maintain order and peace like the constitution

Americans invested in Cuba heavily

Filipinos Rebel, went to war

20,000 died

4,000 us died

cost $400,000,000 to go to war

China thought foreign countries were controling them, they revolted

-Dollar Diplomacy: If you loan money to the government, it?s garanteed to come back

Wilson and Legue of Nations

14 points were proposed

1 Only fight in open agreements (No secrets)

2 Freedom of the sea

3 Teriffs should be lowered

4 Arms should be reduced

Next 8 were boundry stuff

Treaty of Versailes

9 new regions

Poland

Chez

Yukoslavia

Ottomen Empire ? Turkish Empire

Great British France given territories because ottomen empire lost the war

Iraq, seria, lovonon, Isreal, Jordan

The treaty de-militerized germany

Germany has to return slerian region

Put war guilt on Germany completely, part of WWII started there

America in war

1917 U.S. involved in War

Many people were drafted 24,000,000

Only 3,000,000 went to battle

Needed to protect boat from subs, so they came up with the Convoy system; cruisers circle the host and protect it? cut casualties by ?

Very low resources at this time

Fabrication: unassembled items got shipped and you assembled them, changed economy.

Women helped with non-active duties

African Americans had separate platoons

Nov. 3rd 1918 Germany ordered sailers to fight more and they refused, resulting in a mutiny that spread in Germany, one of the leaders fled; keizer; which stopped the germans

30 Nations

26 mil. Died; half were citizens

20 mil wounded

cost $350 billion

Alvin York: Objector against draft

Women in Public Life

Before turn of century women weren?t key figures

After the turn of the century they started working

*Suzan B. Anthony fought for women voting; helped african americans vote

There role changed

Started NAWSA; National American Womans Suffereage Assosiation

White Color jobs required high school Ed.

Women went to Collage

Sufferage: Right to vote

Women got paid %50 less than men

Wyoming was the first state to promote women sufferage; 1869

WWI

July 28 1914 war starts because Archduke Franz was assasinated by a serbian Nationalist

Italy double crossed Central power

New tech: Poison Gas, Artillery, Machine Guns

American civilians died by interferance from Germany?s U-Boats

1916 Election for president

*wilson: keep out of war

other: get in war

Wilson tried peace failed, Zimmerman came up with a plan for Mexico to attack U.S.

3 american ships were attacked

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