WORLD WAR I

4 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR:

.  ECONOMIC COMPETITION & IMPERIALISM: When a large/strong country decides to take over another smaller/weak country / Country tries to have much more money.
.NATIONALISM: When the citizen of such country, is very patriotic for they're country.
.ALLIANCE SYSTEM: When countries were to be in groups, so that they can go to war or participate of warfare to the leading or other country alliances.
.MILITARISM: Countries would have to compete on which one has a higher rank of navy officials, army soldiers, etc. trench warfare, etc.,
ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND: The assassination of Francis Ferdinand sparked the World War 1. Francis Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28 1914, heir apparent to the Austria -Hungarian throne and was killed by Gravilo Princip.

        Two events that "dragged" the United States into the WWI was because of the following:

lusetania sinking

The sink of the Lusitania
In the sink of Lusitania, there was 1000 passengers, as well as 128 of them being Americans. The Lusitania was sunken because Germany had found out that we had been not been staying neutral and supplying materials to England, that's when they said , they would not let us have one of our ships around them, as they would sink it. We had to sail at our own risk. 128 Americans died, as they were innocent , in 1915. Many rumored that there was bombs and cannons in the boat, but that was never proved.
Zimmerman Telegram

zimmermann telgram

The telegram was coded, dispatched by  the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Author Zimmerman, and was intercepted by a British man. The telegram was supposed to go to Mexico, as coded, it says that if they side with Russia, they would give them back the land we took away from them. That was strike number 2. The Americans were very frustrated with Russia.That's when Wilson finally asked Congress to declare war.





     Wilson's fourteen points are basically sets of laws that tries to make things "equal" here are them:

1. No more secret agreements ("Open covenants openly arrived at").

2. Free navigation of all seas.

3. An end to all economic barriers between countries.

4. Countries to reduce weapon numbers.

5. All decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial

6. The German Army is to be removed from Russia. Russia should be left to develop
    her own political set-up.

7. Belgium should be independent like before the war.

8. France should be fully liberated and allowed to recover Alsace-Lorraine

9. All Italians are to be allowed to live in Italy. Italy's borders are to "along
    clearly recognisable lines of nationality."

10. Self-determination should be allowed for all those living in Austria-Hungary.

11. Self-determination and guarantees of independence should be allowed for       the Balkan states.

12. The Turkish people should be governed by the Turkish government. Non-Turks in
       the old Turkish Empire should govern themselves.

13. An independent Poland should be created which should have access to the sea.

14. A League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial
       independence of all states.

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Wilson wanted to make things at a stable manner. In January of 1918, he spoke the speech. In November of 1918 the speech became legal. I think the speech was great and many people sided with his theory and ways of justice.

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