Identity: Americans were partly known to stay neutral, but before America was involved with the war other countries were having issues. The execution of Franz Ferdinand happened, killed by the black hand, a group of nationalists that did not want to be imperialized. The reason why Serbia killed Austria-Hungary's leader is because Austria-Hungary wanted control over Serbia. More problems started arising and this led into Germany sinking a British ship, the Lusitania, with over a hundred American men on it. Another huge factor of Americas deal with going to war was the Zimmerman Telegram, it was a letter that was from Germany sent to Mexico telling them that they should get back at the Americans and get their land back. Woodrow Wilson was president during this time and decided that we needed to go to war because of the circumstance's that we were dealing with.
Work, Exchange, and Technology: Work changed because women started working in the factories while men were being drafted to war. Also allied countries lacked the supplies necessary to fight against the Germans. But once we worked together, we destroyed the Germans. There were also new weapons like the mustard poison gas, airplanes, machine guns, trench warfare, atomic bombs and nuclear bombs. Peopling: World war one had a lot of countries and different backgrounds fighting each other. On the U.s side we had 13,311 Chinese, 20,080 Japanese, 1,320 Hawaiians, 19,567 American Indians, 11,506 Filipinos, 1,056,841 African Americans, and 51,438 Puerto Ricans. Politics and Power: During this time the government really increased because we were going to war and the government drafted men and we put propaganda posters up for the war so Americas would feel better about the war. The government had complete control because you didn't get a choice if you were healthy and strong and of a man between age of 18 and 25 then you were going to war. America and the World: America tried to stay neutral before the war actually started but Germany was our biggest problem. Also they tried to get Mexico mad at us for taking their land years and years before and wanting it back. Our allies were Britain, France, and Russia during the start of the war. Environment and Geography: Some people say that Imperialism is one of the biggest causes for World War one. European countries wanted the resources that were in Africa and parts of Asia. This was especially true because of the raw materials these areas could provide. Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture: A big example of how peoples ideas had to do with World War one is when Germany had the belief that they would be the strong world power, even though in the end they had the most dept. |
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