D.A.S.H. DATE: December 2, 2013 AGENDA: 1) Take or finish
Chapter 6. 2) Start work on Chapter 7. 3) Time permitting, we will
start on notes for Chapter 7 Lesson 1. STATE OBJECTIVE: Content
Standard 2: The student will analyze the expanding role of the
United States in international affairs as America was transformed
into a world power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 1890
to 1920. HOMEWORK/CLASSWORK: Finish test and turn in Chapter 6. Or
start working on Chapter 7.
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Bell ringer 9 1. What is imperialism? 2. What is militarism? 3.
What is nationalism? 4. What started World War 1? 5. What was the
U.S. view of the war at the beginning?
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Chapter 7 Lesson 1 Notes By 1871, the German Empire was one of
the most powerful nations in the world. A series of treaties and
negotiations provided the German Empire even more territory to
control. France lost territory to the German Empire and they became
enemies. By the end of the 1870s the Triple Alliance had been
formedGerman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Italy were members. The
design of the alliance was to protect each other. Russia got
worried about the new alliance and joined France in an alliance in
1894.This was known as the Franco- Russian Alliance.
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Lesson 1 Notes Continued The entangling system of alliances led
to militarismthe strong buildup of armed forces to intimidate and
threaten other nations. Germanys militarism led Great Britain to
become involved in the alliance system. It wanted to prevent one
nation from controlling all of Europe. By the late 1800s, the
German Empire was Europes strongest nation. In 1898 Germany began
building a large modern navy. Great Britain and Germany were
engaged in an arms race. Great Britain entered into an entente
(friendly understanding, not a formal agreement) with France and
Russia. The three countries were then known as the Triple
Entente.
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Lesson 1 Notes Continued Nationalism is a feeling of intense
pride in ones homeland. Your country or region is number 1 and all
others dont count! Nationalists believe in self-determinationthe
idea that those who share a national identity should have their own
country and government. Nationalism led to a crisis in the Balkan
region of southeastern Europe. Imperialism was how European powers
built empires. The Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire
had ruled the Balkans. The spread of nationalism into the region
led to many groups to ask for their independence. The Serbs,
Bosnians, Croats, and Slovenes wanted their own country and the
Serbs were the first to form their own nationSerbia.
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Lesson 1 Notes Continued Russia supported the Serbs but
Austria-Hungary worked to limit Serbias growth. Austria-Hungary
annexed Bosnia outraging the Serbs. In June 1914, Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne, visited the
Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. He and his wife were killed by a
Bosnian revolutionary. Serbian officials knew about the
assassination and hoped it would bring war with the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war
on Serbia. Russia mobilized its army and Germany declared war on
France and Russia. World War 1 had begunat this point its called
the Great War.
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Lesson 1 Notes continued Belgium declared itself neutral and
Germany invaded its borders anyway. So Great Britain declared war
on Germany. The Triple Entente became known as the Allies and
included Italy along with Great Britain, France and Russia. What
was left of the Triple Alliance Germany and Austria-Hungaryjoined
the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria to become the Central Powers. The
fighting along the Russian-German border known as the Western Front
was a bloody stalemate (no winners or losers).
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Lesson 1 Notes Continued When the war began, President Wilson
declared the U.S. neutral. Despite the official stand many
Americans did chose sidesmany favoring the Allies and the Irish
Americans with the German Americans siding with the Central Powers.
British officials began using propagandainformation designed to
influence opinionto win American support. To achieve this, the
British cut the transatlantic cable so that Americans would get the
news of the war only from Great Britainconvenient! By 1917,
American loans to the Allies totaled 2 billion dollars. Other banks
with pro-German sentiments had lent Germany over 27 million
dollars. The British Navy blockaded German ports to prevent
supplies from coming into to help their war effort. All ships were
then rerouted to British ports to be searched for contrabandgoods
that would help Germany and its allies. The German response was to
send U-boats to sink any ship found in the waters near Great
Britain.
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Lesson 1 Notes Continued On May 7, 1915, a U-boat sank the
British passenger ship Lusitania. 1000 passengers were killed
including 128 Americans. President Wilson tried to defuse the
crisis by sending official protests to Germany insisting that they
stop endangering noncombatants (non-enemy ships). One last warning
was issued after a French ship was sunk in March of 1916. Germany
did not want the Allies to be strengthened with Americas entry into
the war. Germany pledged to not sink any more merchant ships
without warning. President Wilson accepted the pledge and America
stayed out of the war. Wilson won a second term with the campaign
slogan He kept us out of war.
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Lesson 1 Notes Concluded In January 1917, German official
Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to the German ambassador in
Mexico promising Mexico the return of lost territory in Texas, New
Mexico, and Arizona if it allied with Germany. British intelligence
intercepted the telegram, American papers published it, and many
Americans now thought war with Germany was unavoidable. The last
straw was when Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare on
February 1, 1917. Between February 3 and March 21, U-boats sank 6
American ships. President Wilson asked for a declaration of war on
Germany on April 2, 1917. The resolution was passed by the Senate
and the House and America entered the Great War.
