World War I notes
Imperialism: strong nations extend economics political or military control over weaker coutnries"Sun never set on a british empire" British controlled all over worldAmericans 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 resignThe U.S. Maine blew up, we blamed it on spain-1917 - WIB: War Industrial Board went up %20George Crelel: Selling war to America, "Food is amunition, save it"
In peurto RicoUS is given an opportunity to have landTried to "Americanize" peurto Ricansand americans disrespected them them=Platt Amendment was made to maintain order and peace like the constitutionAmericans invested in Cuba heavilyFilipinos Rebel, went to war20,000 died4,000 us diedcost $400,000,000 to go to warChina thought foreign countries were controling them, they revolted-Dollar Diplomacy: If you loan money to the government, it's garanteed to come backWilson and Legue of Nations14 points were proposed1 Only fight in open agreements (No secrets)2 Freedom of the sea3 Teriffs should be lowered4 Arms should be reducedNext 8 were boundry stuffTreaty of Versailes9 new regionsPolandChezYukoslaviaOttomen Empire - Turkish EmpireGreat British France given territories because ottomen empire lost the warIraq, seria, lovonon, Isreal, JordanThe treaty de-militerized germanyGermany has to return slerian regionPut war guilt on Germany completely, part of WWII started thereAmerica in war1917 U. Anthony fought for women voting; helped african americans voteThere role changedStarted NAWSA; National American Womans Suffereage AssosiationWhite Color jobs required high school Ed. involved in WarMany people were drafted 24,000,000Only 3,000,000 went to battleNeeded to protect boat from subs, so they came up with the Convoy system; cruisers circle the host and protect it. Women went to CollageSufferage: Right to voteWomen got paid %50 less than menWyoming was the first state to promote women sufferage; 1869WWIJuly 28 1914 war starts because Archduke Franz was assasinated by a serbian NationalistItaly double crossed Central powerNew tech: Poison Gas, Artillery, Machine GunsAmerican civilians died by interferance from Germany's U-Boats1916 Election for president*wilson: keep out of warother: get in warWilson tried peace failed, Zimmerman came up with a plan for Mexico to attack U. Women helped with non-active dutiesAfrican Americans had separate platoonsNov. h to bigger cities and the immigrants got soldiers old jobs. Died; half were citizens20 mil woundedcost $350 billionAlvin York: Objector against draftWomen in Public LifeBefore turn of century women weren't key figuresAfter the turn of the century they started working*Suzan B. 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 germans30 Nations26 mil. 3 american ships were attackedBibliography Class Lectures. Fall 1918 flu killed 40,000,000 worldwide from Chinese ImmigrantsWomen gave up a lot of clothing for uniforms and 2 battlecruisersAnyone who interfeared and said something bad about the war dies or gets punishedWWI beginsAugust 4th 1914Germany invaded Belguim-National-Imperializm-Alianceizm-MilitaryismNational: taking care of ones countries first; closing bordersImperialism: nations authority in toher coutnriesMilitaryism: Armed forces to keep controlAlliance: If counties join military forces-Roosevelt Cordlary: He made a statemetn to Europe to stay out of AmericaNew LandU.
Common topics in this essay:
Isreal Jordan,
Immigrants Women,
African Americans,
Filipinos Rebel,
Cultural Compitition,
Public Life,
Legue Nations,
Germany's U-Boats,
Mckinley Dulom,
America Food,
african americans,
empire british,
ottomen empire,
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