AMH 2020 0001 page 1 February 19 2015 Vocabulary Archduke Franz Ferdinand o Is sent to the Balkans continues o Is almost killed in a parade by a shooter whose gun misfired and the parade o A second guy comes out and throws a bomb at him and kills him o Has a younger brother who people think will make a much better leader Woodrow Wilson o Claimed that the United States would be neutral o Decided to make loads of money and finance England and sell them weapons o Sees that the war is totally unnecessary and shouldn t be happening o We are entering war to fight for democracy Make the world a better place o Goes to Europe to personally negotiate with Britain and France Wilson tries to interject new idea on reparations to Britain and France U Boats Lusitania o German underwater submarines o May 7 1915 sinks in 15 minutes o 2 000 people die including 128 Americans o 800 more people died in the sinking of the Lusitania than in the William Jennings Bryan o Cowardly lion Progressive Candidate for President AMH 2020 0001 page 2 o Secretary of State for Wilson o Quits in protest and moves to Miami Florida o Protests to Germany and Germany backs down Wilson demands that the families be paid by Germany Colonel Edward House Zimmerman telegram o Thinks he has a brilliant idea to find an ally in this hemisphere o Asks Mexico to join war on German side and when we win we will give you back the nine states that the Americans took in the Mexican American war American Expeditionary Force o Fights alongside the British and French but not with them o Fights for Democracy o 1970 war has been going on for 30 years 14 Points o Replace old reparation ideas of Britain and France Reparations was paying money and giving up lands to the victor of the war o Secret treaties outlawed o Redrew map of Europe o Created Iraq Iran and Palestine out of Middle East Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia split Germany so that Poland has a port o Britain and France say they want reparations and will agree to 14 points if they get reparations AMH 2020 0001 page 3 League of Nations Treaty of Versailles World War 1 British people didn t realize that their treaties had involved them in the war American troops are still in the Balkans o Balkans were once part of the Austro Hungarian Empire Territories are breaking off and leaving the Empire 1914 a ruler of the Austro Hungarian Empire sends his son to remind a breaking off territory to stay in o Son was Franz Ferdinand o Franz Ferdinand was killed and his father demands that they issue and apology Balkans allied with Russians who say that Balkans will not issue an apology and they can take it up with Russia Austro Hungary goes to its ally Germany who says that Balkans will apologize or answer to them Czar of Russia stands up to Germany and Austria Hungary He thinks he has an ace to play The rulers of all the countries are related they are all cousins they all had the same grandmother Czar of Russia thinks King Wilhelm of Germany won t let anything happen because they are family but he s crazy and will Russia mobilizes troops along border and so Austria Hungary has to mobilize too AMH 2020 0001 page 4 People start shooting and so the treaties come in and everyone is dragged into a World War Germany backs Austria Hungary and Turkey comes in later Russia is backed by France and England One of the bloodiest wars because of changing technologies Most guys trained in 1880s Different weapons and tactics Machine gun invented so lining up was ineffective Riding horses into battle was ineffective b c tanks Poison gas in its infancy Hitler almost died from poison gas United States lead by Woodrow Wilson going to be neutral in thought as well as deed o 80 wanted to stay out of war o But most wanted to fight on the German side because don t want to see Britain win Most were Immigrants Most wanted Britain defeated were Irish Ireland was neutral in WW2 but let Germans use their land as base land German Americans also wanted Germany to win Russian Americans who hate the Czar also want German to win Russian Jews were horribly treated by Czar kinda like a Jr Hitler Russian Serfs left Russia seeking new opportunities in the U S o Wilson says they re going to be neutral but make a boat load of money AMH 2020 0001 page 5 Ship weapons to England because it s closer and there s no language barrier also because they would have to sail by England with weapons for Germany because of proximity which was not a good idea People who own the big banks do business with England so they will loan them money to go to England but not to Germany U Boat German underwater submarine Don t know what they are shooting at on the surface Germans say don t sail to England There s a war going on your ship may take fire Germany starves while England receives shipments all the time 3 times candidates have run on promise to keep out of war Wilson 1916 runs on peace platform but then turns to war Roosevelt Lindon Johnson In all three cases we went to war May 7 1915 United States only in the war for the last of it Easter Sunday 1918 Germans start war on the offensive No shot has been fired on German soil o France Belgium and Russia have been battle grounds Germans know Americans are coming so they launch a massive assault on Paris Generals realize they aren t going to win and give up Generals find fall guys to say that the German army was betrayed just as they were about AMH 2020 0001 page 6 to win o One was a Jew Russia 2 million dead France 1 4 million dead o They were just doing what they were told and the Generals turned on them Best and the brightest were killed in the war o An entire generation of potential leaders were killed American Century When the Americans come on strong after WW1 Loans to England Now America is a lending nation Clearly top dog in world o Sound economy with everything going our way We win the war and lose the peace When the ruling line died out they sent to another nation to send a royal over to marry Used to be house of Hanover Prince Philips last name is Frankenstein