Chapter 19-1
1. What are the four main causes of World War I? Give an example for each as to why it was a cause.
Militarism-all the European countries were building up their armies and navies, and it became a competition. Also weapons were becoming more advanced, causing more destruction.
Militarism-all the European countries were building up their armies and navies, and it became a competition. Also weapons were becoming more advanced, causing more destruction.
Alliance System-if one country declared war on another country, the countries in alliance with that one has to back it up and declare war also. This creates a domino effect and soon many countries are fighting against each other.
Imperialism-the race to gain overseas colonies, countries competed for them
Nationalism-ethnic groups banded together and demanded their own independent nations, this was a problem because sometimes the ruler of the nation is a different ethnic group than most of the people living in the nation.
2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
Since the man who assassinated the Archduke was Serbian, it gave Austria-Hungary a reason to declare war against Serbia instead of doing it randomly. After Austria-Hungary declared war, many countries were pulled into the fighting because they were involved in alliances with these countries, and had to back them up in war.
3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
Millions of people were being killed and the war wasn't heading in any particular direction. In some cases both sides had machine guns, and there were many casualties on both sides. This made many battles pretty even.
4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
Many Americans believed that they didn't need to be involved because the war didn't threaten American lives or property.
5. Specifically, Why did the following groups of Americans tend to oppose U.S. participation in the war? Naturalized citizens; socialists; pacifists; parents.
6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
American ships carrying goods for Germany refused to challanged the blockade. Germany found it increasingly difficult to import things for their crops. Germany responded to the British blockade with a counter blockade by U-boats. This means that any British or allied ship found in the water around Britain would be sunk. Americans became outraged with Germany and the public opinion of America turned against Germany and the Central powers.
7. What forced the United States into the war?
2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
Since the man who assassinated the Archduke was Serbian, it gave Austria-Hungary a reason to declare war against Serbia instead of doing it randomly. After Austria-Hungary declared war, many countries were pulled into the fighting because they were involved in alliances with these countries, and had to back them up in war.
3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
Millions of people were being killed and the war wasn't heading in any particular direction. In some cases both sides had machine guns, and there were many casualties on both sides. This made many battles pretty even.
4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
Many Americans believed that they didn't need to be involved because the war didn't threaten American lives or property.
5. Specifically, Why did the following groups of Americans tend to oppose U.S. participation in the war? Naturalized citizens; socialists; pacifists; parents.
-Naturalized citizens followed the war closely because they had ties to the countries they had emigrated from.
-Socialists opposed U.S. participation in the war because they thought it was a capitalist and imperialist struggle between Germany and England to control markets and colonies in various countries.
-Pacifists believed that war was evil and that the United States should set an example of peace to the rest of the world.
-Parents didn't want their sons to experience the horrors of war.
6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
American ships carrying goods for Germany refused to challanged the blockade. Germany found it increasingly difficult to import things for their crops. Germany responded to the British blockade with a counter blockade by U-boats. This means that any British or allied ship found in the water around Britain would be sunk. Americans became outraged with Germany and the public opinion of America turned against Germany and the Central powers.
7. What forced the United States into the war?
German U-Boats had sunk many American and British submarines and ships and killed many Americans.
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