Preview

WORLD WAR I Lecture Notes

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
366 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
WORLD WAR I Lecture Notes
World War I
3.31.2014

End of New Imperialism
Scramble of Africa complete: 1900s
Civilizing mission questioned
Redrawn borders lead to conflicts
Fashoda Crisis
Boer War

World War I
Challenges New Imperialism
WWI: 1914-1918
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria
Entente: Britain, France, Russia
Later: Japan, US

Outbreak
Assassination: Archduke Ferdinand, 6/28/1914
August, 1914: War Declarations
Trench War fought in Europe
War of attraction
Entente wins but at great cost

WWI Results
37.5 million killed, injured,disappeared
8 million dead from combat
US casualties
Shift in world power
Europe irreparably weakened
US and Japan: main beneficiaries

More Results
3 Eurasian land empires destroyed
Ottoman, Russian, Austria-Hungarian
Russian empire reconstructed as USSR
Germany loses colonies to Great Britain and France

Still More Results
Beginnings of decolonization
Why?
WWI weakens Europe
Rise of:
Democracy, Nationalism, Marxism

WWI's Paradox
British and French Empires are bigger than ever
Yet, empire under threat
Euro hold colonies slips
Germany owes $33 billion Entente
British and French struggling under war debt

Imperial War
Euro war with non-Euro participants
Japan, USA, China, Ottomans, Liberia
Fighting outside Euro
Caucasians, Far East/ Pacific, Africa, Mid East
“Total War” affects:
Colonial and Civilian populations

Colonial Soldiers
Many non-Euros fight
Experience discrimination
“Fighting for (whose) freedom?”

Civilian Populations
Genocide and Nationalism
Armenians in Ottoman Empire
1915

Empire Questioned
Anti-Imperial rhetoric grows during/ after WWI
Why?
Idealistic: View of War's pupose
Goals: Democracy and national self-discrimination
League of Nations founded after WWI

Wilson's “14 points”
Proposed Jan, 1918
Calls for
“impartial adjustment of all colonies”
“equal weight” for concerns of population
Issue of international control

Marxist Critique
Call for:
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Ww1 Syllabus Nootes1
    • 4241 Words
    • 17 Pages

    Ww1 Syllabus Nootes1

    - Failed because: of stronger Belgium resistance, British involvement due to invasion of Belgium, Molke’s changes to the original plans, underestimating Russia’s mobilisation size and speed…

    • 4241 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Study Guide Chapter 28 Ap World History
    • 2761 Words
    • 12 Pages

    Study Guide Chapter 28 Ap World History

    Chapter 28 Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order…

    • 2761 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Ww1 Unit 1 Research Paper
    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Ww1 Unit 1 Research Paper

    It has been estimated that over 4,000 First Nation’s had taken the initiative to serve in the second world war. This is an extraordinary discovery due to the fact that they received very few civil rights in the twentieth century for their heritage. They overcame many barriers to help enlist in the war such as cultural and language barriers that separated them from the other european troops. By overcoming them they produced a new found recognition that would express their sacrifice and achievements to eventually advance their First Nation rights.…

    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    WW1 Study Guide
    • 360 Words
    • 2 Pages

    WW1 Study Guide

    c. Imperialism i. Sphere of influence (India/China – value) d. Nationalism i. Franz Ferdinand (Austria-Hungary); Gavrillo Principe (Serbia) 3. The War in Europe a. Schlieffen Plan – two front war; trench warfare b. Technology – machine guns/planes/uboats/poison gas/tanks/trench warfare c. Women’s roles – nurses/ambulance drivers d. Battles i. Ypres: Chlorine gas, Flanders Field, urban warfare ii. Somme: Bloodiest battle, tanks used iii.…

    • 360 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Ap World History 1914 to Present
    • 17642 Words
    • 71 Pages

    Ap World History 1914 to Present

    1914 to Present 1914–Present Major Developments I. Questions of periodization A. Continuities and breaks 1. Most tumultuous eras in world history a. “age of extremes” 1. Tons of democracies vs. extremist dictatorships 2. Unprecedented prosperity vs. total poverty – income gap widens b. 1914 clearest demarcation line 1. After war, nations fight everywhere for power and territory 2.…

    • 17642 Words
    • 71 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Ww1 Unit 1 Research Paper
    • 1048 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Ww1 Unit 1 Research Paper

    Do you agree with the view that the First World War hindered, rather than helped, the cause of female suffrage?…

    • 1048 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    WW1 Field Trip Report
    • 100 Words
    • 1 Page

    WW1 Field Trip Report

    I would be interested in going on this WW1 field trip to the Virginia War Memorial because I would like to learn more about the war.In 5th grade we just touched the topic we never really got in to the topic like how we get into subjects now. I hear from my friends that it is very cool because all of the new weapons that were invented and the new alliances we made.…

    • 100 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Beware: World War I
    • 791 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Beware: World War I

    ______ 3. When the pilot describes a world that turns “from white to black, then back to white…

    • 791 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    What Role Did Militarism Play In World War 1
    • 537 Words
    • 3 Pages

    What Role Did Militarism Play In World War 1

    World War I was the First World War and is considered to be the “War to end all wars” or the “imperialist war” but as a matter of fact it was the first modern war. Nationalism played the largest part of the beginning of the war due to nationalist conflicts between Russia and Austria-Hungary. Militarism played a huge part in the war because everyone was more than ready to fight and it was obvious. The toll that imperialism had on the war was that Great Britain had the most spread empire with colonies spread across the globe, Germany was seeking this kind of power around the globe. Nationalism is the love and interest one has in their own country.…

    • 537 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    World War I: Analysis
    • 1334 Words
    • 6 Pages

    World War I: Analysis

    On the eve of the World War I, no country was prepared for using aircraft or would have even thought about making an effective weapon of war. Several had experimented with dropping bombs from aircraft, firing guns, and taking off and landing from aircraft carriers, but no country had designed or built an aircraft specifically for war functions (Century of Flight). During World War 1, they had made many changed to the aircraft to make it create havoc on the enemy’s. They would add many weapons to the aircraft to make it a deadly air weapon. The would then haul many people and weapons onto the aircraft and shoot from the top of the sky, so no one could really protect themselves (The Air War in Europe 23). Once World War two hit, these aircrafts got more sufficient in making their weapons more deadly. Air warfare was a major component of World War II. It consumed a large fraction of the industrial output of the major powers. Germany and Japan depended on air forces that were closely integrated with land and naval forces. The aviators downplayed the advantage of fleets who were strategic bombers, and were late in appreciating the need to defend against Allied strategic bombing. Britain and the United States took an approach that greatly emphasized strategic bombing, and to a lesser degree, considered control of the battlefield by air, and satisfactory air defenses (Wikapedia). They both built a strategic force of large, long-range bombers that could carry the air war to the enemy's homeland. Simultaneously, they built tactical air forces that could win air dominance over the battlefields, giving assistance to ground troops. They both built a powerful naval-air component based on aircraft carriers, as did Japan; these played the central role in the war at sea (Angelucci 46). Before 1939, all sides operated under largely theoretical models of air warfare. Italian theorist, Giulio Douhet in the 1920’s summarized the faith that airmen during and after World War I developed…

    • 1334 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    In What Ways and with What Results Did 19th Century Nationalism Impact the Course of Events?
    • 431 Words
    • 2 Pages

    In What Ways and with What Results Did 19th Century Nationalism Impact the Course of Events?

    As the Ottoman Empire began to decline, it was right in the 19th -20th century, which was the prime time of nationalism. States wanted freedom from their reigning countries due to their national pride, yet the reigning countries were uncooperative. The Balkan areas were under the Austria-Hungary Empire’s rule, yet Serbia…

    • 431 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The History of the First World War
    • 615 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The History of the First World War

    5. What were the wider implications of the fighting, for example for the political values of veterans after the war had ended? Can you see connections with some of the new political and cultural movements of the 1920s?…

    • 615 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    ww1 fascinating facts
    • 543 Words
    • 3 Pages

    ww1 fascinating facts

    Fact 5 - World War 1 was triggered on 28 June 1914 by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie…

    • 543 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Western Imperialism
    • 845 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Western Imperialism

    History continuously sides with those who “speak” the loudest. Non-Westerners in these countries during the time of European imperialism did not have the chance to actively voice their opinions without brute opposition, but Abina and the Important Men gives some very important insight into the relationship that the non-Westerners and Westerners (specifically Africans and Britain’s) had during the time of imperialism. With this, we can see that there will always be the willing and those who resist with great…

    • 845 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    world war 1 note
    • 250 Words
    • 1 Page

    world war 1 note

    Which of the following was a major cause of rising international tensions in the early 1900’s?…

    • 250 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More

Related Topics