Zusammenfassung der Ressource
chapter 6.1
- reasons for the beginning of WW1
- Long term (MAIN)
- Militarism
- alliances
- nationalism
- imperialism
- others-
- social darwinism
- natural resources
- competition
- Short term
- murder of archduke
- Warfare
- trench warfare
- resulted in stalemate
- machine guns
- poisonous gases
- defensive weapons were better than offensive
- terrible conditions
- lived in constant fear
- submarine warfare
- first to use submarines "u boats"
- used to sink opposing ships
- sunk a ship with 128 americans
- lead to creation of sussex pledge
- broke sussex pledge
- Why the USA got involved
- Germany
- sank U Boats with 128 americans on them
- broke sussex pledge
- announced they would continue to use submarine warfare
- Britan intercepted Zimmerman note from germany
- Germany said they would give mexico texas if they helped germany with the war effort
- this scared the united states
- internal (USA)
- 1/3 of americans were immigrants and still associated with native country
- wilson & congress passed laws in preparation for war
- disgusted by what happened when germany invaded belgium
- sided with briton and france