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WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR I. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. King George V of Great Britain. Czar Nicholas II of Russia. June 28, 1914. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip. U.S. neutral rights. The Lusitania. Are there rules of war? What is a war crime?.

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WORLD WAR I

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  1. WORLD WAR I

  2. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

  3. King George V of Great Britain

  4. Czar Nicholas II of Russia

  5. June 28, 1914 • Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo

  6. Gavrilo Princip

  7. U.S. neutral rights

  8. The Lusitania

  9. Are there rules of war? • What is a war crime?

  10. 1916: The Sussex Pledge – Germany promised to stop sinking ships without warning

  11. Woodrow Wilson re-elected 1916

  12. Why did the USA enter World War I? • 1917: Germany announced it would resume unrestricted submarine war

  13. Zimmerman note: Germany offered an alliance to Mexico, offered to help regain territory Mexico had lost to the U.S.

  14. “Freedom of the seas”: the USA said it must defend of freedom of the seas

  15. U.S. banks had loaned $$$ to Allies. The U.S. economy would suffer if the Allies lost.

  16. “Make the world safe for democracy”: the USA had to defend freedom from the dictatorship of Germany

  17. Wilson asked Congress to declare war: April 2, 1917

  18. Manfred von Richtofen, the “Red Baron”

  19. Eddie Rickenbacker, U.S. pilot

  20. Frank Luke, U.S. pilot

  21. 1917: Czar Nicholas II overthrown

  22. Grigori Rasputin

  23. 1917: Bolshevik Revolution in Russia • Lenin led Communist takeover and the creation of the USSR.

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