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WORLD WAR I NOTES

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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