Transcript Austrians Cheering Francis Joseph and Archduke Ferdinand

World War I
1914-1918
Causes of World War I
European Rivalries
Industrialization created a need for
raw materials
Created a need for empires
Created need for open sea lanes
Nationalism
Helped to unify Germany
France upset at loss of Alsace-Lorraine to
Germany during Franco-Prussian War
Slavic Nationalism: Wanted own country
Serbia under control of Austria-Hungary
Alliances
1882 Triple Alliance Formed:
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Entente formed 1904: Russia,
England, France
One would come to the aid of the next.
Austrians Cheering Francis
Joseph and Archduke Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
June 28, 1914
Sarajevo the Capital of
Bosnia
Princip assassinates the
Arch Duke Ferdinand heir
to the Austro-Hungarian
throne
July 28, 1914 War
Declared
Russian Peasants Volunteering
German Students Volunteering
French Soldiers going off to
WAR!
Gas Attack Victim
April 22, 1915
the first gas
attack
Germans use
Chlorine Gas at
the Battle of
Ypres
Causes of U.S. Entry into
World War I
April 2, 1917
Woodrow Wilson
Won reelection in
1916 on the slogan
“He kept us out of
war”
His declaration war
stated, “The world
must be kept safe for
democracy”
Lusitania
7th May 1915
Passengers Lost:
794 (63%)
Crew Lost: 407
(58%)
Total Lost: 1,201
(61%)
Over 100 Americans
Died
German U-Boat
Zimmerman Telegram
German Foreign
Minister sent this
letter to the Mexican
Ambassador to
Germany
Mexico attacked the
U.S. they could have
AZ , NM, and Texas
Propaganda
The U.S. Media highlighted German
atrocities
The Execution of Nurse Edith Cavell who
helped 200 Allied soldiers escape the
Germans
It was said that amputated hands of Belgian
boys were nailed to barn doors by Germans
Trench Warfare
United States Army 1917
5700 officers
122,000 men
In the three years
of the War over 4
million allied
soldiers were
killed
The American Expeditionary
Force (AEF)
U.S. Troops known as
Doughboys
1st Battle for the AEF
was at Cantigny on
May 28, 1918
AEF made real name
for itself at Belleau
Wood and Chateau
Thierry
The Draft
May 18, 1917 Congress Passed
the Selective Service Act
All men between 18 and 45 had
to register
2.8 million men were inducted
2 Million U.S. Soldiers Went
to Europe in 1917-1918
Western Front
General John Black Jack Pershing
369th
Stayed in combat longer than any
other U.S. unit during WWI
General MacArthur
General George Patton
Eddie Rickenbacker
Former Race Car
Driver
Becomes the U.S.
Ace of Aces
during WWI
Has a total of 26
Kills
Sgt. Alvin York
Medal of Honor
Battle of the Argonne
September 28, 1918
With American help the Allies are able to
put a hole in German lines
November 9, 1918 rebellion forced emperor
of Germany to step down
November 11, 1918 at 11:00 an armistice
was signed.