1.NATIONALISM – a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation –Leads to competitive and antagonistic rivalries among nations –Feared Germany’s.
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1. NATIONALISM – a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation
– Leads to competitive and antagonistic rivalries among nations
– Feared Germany’s growing power in Europe
2. IMPERIALISM
– Nations building Empires (Colonies)
– Expanded control over other parts of the world to get raw materials and markets for their manufactured goods
– Countries fight over other countries
3. MILITARISM
• The development of armed forces to be stronger than their enemies
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
– Heir to Austrian Throne
• His assassination led to beginning of WWI
• August 3, 1914
–Germany invades Belgium
• Schlieffen Plan
– Germany’s War Strategy
• Hold action against Russia combined with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris after France falls two German armies will defeat Russia
• TRENCH WARFARE
• Picture on page 376
• Three parts of Trench Warfare
– Front line
– Support
– reserve
• DIVIDED LOYALISTS
– SocialistsSocialists – said war was a capitalistic and imperialist struggle between German and Britain to control markets and colonies
• DIVIDED LOYALISTS
• Pacifists – USA should be example of peace to the world
• American families – did not want to send sons to war
• Closer economic ties; trade more with allied countries
• See Germany as “Bully of Europe”
• WE join in 1917
• Two reasons
1. To ensure the Allies pay their debts to us
2. Prevent Germany from threatening American shipping
• BRITISH BLOCKADE
– British Navy blocks the German Coast which caused famine in German
• The famine killed 750,000 Germans
• Germany’s response to British Sea blockade by the use of U-boats (submarines) to destroy British sea liners
• Lusitania – British sea Liner sunk by Germans; 128 Americans died
• Woodrow Wilson Elected President – he was a Democrat
• THREE REASONS WHY USA ENTERS WAR
1. Zimmerman Note: telegram from German Foreign Minister to German Ambassador in Mexico saying that Germany would help Mexico to get lost territory if United States enters war
2. Russia claims to be a Representative Government
• WAR FOR DEMOCRACY
3. Sinking of American Merchant Ships
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