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Unit 2
WWI and Roaring Twenties
WWI and Roaring Twenties
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Election of 1912
1912
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Woodrow Wilson is elected
WWI begins in Europe
1914 - 1918
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Triple Alliance or Central Powers
-Germany
-Austria-Hungary
-Italy
Triple Entente or Allied Powers
-France
-Great Britain
-Russia
Woodrow Wilson Re-elected
1916
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Election of 1916
Wilson- democrat
(“New Freedom”and “He kept us out of war.”)
vs
Charles Evans Hughes- republican
(Opposes Wilson’s tariff and anti-trust policies. and Wilson weak on Mexico and Germany)
US Declares War on Germany
6 April 1917
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Mexican Revolution
notes include US reaction
Díaz Dictatorship ends
1910
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U.S. given preferred treatment
Madero Takes Power
1910
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U.S. hopes for democracy
Huerta takes power
1913
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U.S takes Marines to Vera Cruz
Madero assinated
1913
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"Watchful Waiting"
ABC Conference
1914
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"Cooling Off" period
Carranza takes power
1915
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U.S. recognition and provision of arms
Pancho Villa Raids
1916
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General Pershing is sent to Mexico- no luck and sent home in 1917
Carranza creates a new liberal constitution
1917
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pretty much the end of the war
U.S. comes out of Mexican Revolution
1917
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We enter World War I
Problems in the Carribbean
notes include US reaction
President Taft sends Marine to Nicaragua
1912 - 1933
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Wilson keeps the troops there
Wilson sends more Marines to Hati
1915 - 1934
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U.S. Marines in Dominican Republic
1916 - 1924
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because of disorders
Declarations of War
Austrian Archduke Assainated
28 June 1914
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by an independent Serbian
argument over who get to punish
triggered a European system of secret alliances
Russia Mobilizes its army for Serbia
29 June 1914
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Germany declares war on Russia
1 August 1914
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backs Austria-Hungary
France enters war with Germany
3 August 1914
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Germany declares war on France
3 August 1914
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Russia's ally
Germany invades Belgium
August 3, 1914
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Belgium is a neutral nation
German invades to get to France
Great Britain declares war on Germany
4 August 1914
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because they invade belguim
Japan declares war on Germany
23 August 1914
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in order to seize German holdings in the pacific
Turkey enters with Central Power
October 1914
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Italy joins Allied Powers
1915
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initially stayed out of war
US declares War on Germany
6 April 1917
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World War I
1914-1917
US declares War on Germany
6 April 1914 - 1918
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Germany begin Zeppelin Air Raids
1915
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In Britain
Germany declares submarine blockade of GB
1915
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Germany uses 1st chemical weapons in 2nd battle
1915
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Second Battle of Ypres
HMS Lusitania Sunk
1915
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128 Americans are killed
Battle of Jutland
1916
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Only major naval engagement of the war
not clear winner
Battle of Verdun
February 1916 - December 1916
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draw
~1 million casualties
Battle of Somme
July 1,1916
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Allied breakthrough
~1 million casualties
Brits release Zimmerman Note
1917
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gets US to join the war
Germans declare unrestricted submarine warfare
1917
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Tsarist gov. in Russia falls
1917
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Russian Revolution
New Russian Gov. signs armistice w/ Germany
December 1917
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US Troops Begin to Arrive
June 1918
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British and U.S. navies combine forces, form convoys to counter U-boats
Help to stop German advances, heavy casualties to the 270,000 U.S. troops
By end of summer, over 1 million Americans in Europe
Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire sign Armistice
November 1918
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Germany signs Armistice
11 November 1918
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