Classwork: WWI Notes 2023/24

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Objective: I will be able to understand the causes and effects of World War One.

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Objective: I will be able to understand the causes and effects of World War One.

Absent? Need to get the notes you missed? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.
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World War I (_______ ) was caused by _______ among newly advanced _______ nations in Europe and a failure of diplomatic relations. The war _______ European and American life, _______ the economies of Europe, and planted the seeds for a _______ world war.

CAUSES OF WWI

MILITARISM

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Definition- competition in building up _______ , technology, and being _______ for war.

ALLIANCES

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Definition- agreements between nations to _______ each other if attacked and attack back

NATIONALISM

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Definition- Extreme pride and _______ to your nation. Loyalty to fight for one’s nation.

IMPERIALISM

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Definition- American & European competition to _______ other countries politically, economically and culturally.

ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND --- THE SPARK

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Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip _______ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife on _______

World War One officially begins

WHY DOES THE U.S. GET INVOLVED?

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-Up until this point, the U.S. wanted to _______ in Europe, so we practiced a policy known as _______ (not getting involved in the war)

-BUT we are forced to join the war because of…
1. SINKING OF LUSITANIA - 1915
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German U-Boat (_______ ) sinks British passenger ship

Leaves 1,198 people dead including _______ US citizens

Americans are outraged!

President Woodrow Wilson demands the Germans stop unrestricted submarine warfare.
2. ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAPH -
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_______ sends a coded telegram to Mexico offering to help Mexico take back territory from the United States in exchange for _______

The Zimmerman Telegram is _______ by the United States

This event finally pushes the United States to join the war in 1917 on the side of the _______

HOW IS WWI DIFFERENT FROM ALL PREVIOUS WARS?

The Industrial Revolution at the turn of the century creates deadly war technology like nothing the world had ever seen before.

TRENCH WARFARE

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New form of warfare in which soldiers fight from trenches dug into the battlefield– trading _______ for extremely _______


_______ - Area between the trenches that men had to cross to get to the enemy trench- the most dangerous area!

The End of World War One

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_______ was President of the United States during WWI

Creator of the League of Nations

Wilson was pivotal in _______ at the end of the war.

The Effects of World War One:

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The war transforms European & American life

_______ and governments of Europe, especially _______ .

Plants the seeds for a 2nd World War.

4 great empires fall (German, Austrian-Hungarian, Russian, Ottoman Turks) which changes the entire political map of Europe

Generation of young men lost (called the _______ )
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Circle any differences you notice on the map from before and after WWI.

SAT Practice Questions

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Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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