World History

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The Stage is Set

• World History
• 1914- 1918

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Act I

• Scene 1
• Causes of World War I

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Many forces

• Nationalism
• Leading cause of international tension
• Militarism
• Survival of the fittest Darwinism
• Appealed to youth
• Imperialist rivalries
• Germanys rapid economic growth was a threat to
  Britain

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1914

• Setting
• Place
• Sarajevo
• Date
• June 28, 1914
• Cast
• Archduke Francis Ferdinand
• Sophie, his wife
• Unity or Death members

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Act II

• Scene 1
• The War Begins

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The Great War

• Largest conflict in history (up to that time)
• French
• 8.5 million men
• British
• 9 million men
• Russians
• 12 million men
• Germans
• 11 million men

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Central Powers

• Germany
• Austria-Hungary

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Allies

• France
• Britain
• Russia

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Act III

• The United States enters the war
• 1917

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World War I and the USA

• Major reason
• German attacks on passenger ships
• American citizens were killed
• April, 1917
• President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress
• to declare war on Germany
• Joined Allies

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Act IV

• November 11, 1918

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Armistice signed

• Sought by German government
• Agreement to end fighting
• November 11, 1918 at 11 a.m.

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Act V

• Effects of World War I

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Immediate Effects

• Expense of war (money and human lives)
• Revolution in Russia
• New nations created in Eastern Europe
• Germany required to pay cost of war
• Overseas colonies lost by Germany
• League of Nations

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Long-Term Effects

• War debts greatly impacted European economy
• United States and Japan became great powers
• Colonial nationalism
• Fascism
• World War II