Connection Across Time

World War I has had a major effect on the world today. Even though "The War to End All Wars" did not end all wars, it did have a lasting impact on the world. It broke up empires and there have been no empires since the War.

Every war has had different fighting techniques, but World War I was the first war to use airplanes and tanks. Today, planes and tanks are a huge part in war. Fighting has forever been changed with the use of the tank and plane.

U.S. Events

The First Red Scare

The First Red Scare was from 1919-1920. It was a period in time where there was a widespread fear of anarchism and Bolshevism. It was also a radical agitation in the American society and in the American labor movement. It started around the end of the war with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, which people thought it would start a revolution in the United States as well. It has it connections to Europe because the belief of the Red Scare started in Europe with the Revolution in Russia. When one revolution starts, other countries start to revolt as well around the world, and that is what people thought was going to happen in America.


Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan; 1915

The Second Ku Klux Klan started in 1915 and lasted until the mid 1940's. The KKK was a far right, white supremacy organization that used terrorism to convey their messages. The Klan spread tremendously in the second stage. The first KKK was mainly in the south during the 1870's and 1880's, but the second KKK was mostly all over the United States. It is estimated that between 3 and 6 million people were members of the second KKK.
The Ku Klux Klan was an organization only in the United States. It did not spread outside of the boundaries of the U.S.

Spotlight on: The Zimmerman Note

The Zimmerman Note was a telegram send from the German Empire to Mexico asking them to declare war on the United States in 1917. It was a coded telegram that came from Arthur Zimmerman, the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire that was sent to the German ambassador in Washington, D.C. which was then forwarded to the German ambassador in Mexico. The telegram said that if the neutral U.S. seemed like they were going to enter the war, the German ambassador should approach the Mexican government with a proposal for military alliance. 

The telegram was intercepted and decoded by British cryptographers. Its contents was released to the American public on April 1, 1917 which caused great outrage. The United States then declared war on Germany on April 6.

3 Art Pieces

Max Edler von Poosch

This painting depicts 3 planes flying over the Swiss Alps. The picture shows a new style of fighting in the war, by planes. Dogfights, battles in the air, first took place in World War I. The idea was new and Max Edler von Poosch painted this picture describing what it would look like to be flying to a battle. 

C. R. W. Nevinson

This painting also shows another new aspect of the war. The man is lying in the streets, dead, with his surroundings blown up. Bombings were now taking place of civilians. Innocent people not in the war were being killed by these bombings, which was never really experienced in war before. Bombs were dropped from the sky from things like a Zeppelin and destroyed cities. 

Eric Kennington

Though not a new idea to war, death and injury became a big topic for painters during the war. A lot of art that was produced during the war had to do with the war itself. This painting shows a field hospital where injured soldiers would go to get help. If they could not get help, they would just die there.

3 Important People

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. He was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 which led directly to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. This led to Germany to back Austria-Hungary and alliances with Serbia to declare war on each other, which is known as World War I. In short, The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused World War I.


Woodrow Wilson

Wilson was the President of the United States during World War I and the United State's representative at the Congress of Versailles. He is known for his Fourteen Points address to the U.S. and he tried very hard to incorporate those Fourteen Points into the Treaty of Versailles. He did succeed in getting some of them in there. He is known for having the stand of wanted equal peace for all during the Congress of Versailles.


Georges Clemenceau

Clemenceau was the Prime Minister of France at the end of the first world war and also the representative of France at the Congress of Versailles. He had the famous view of wanting Germany to take all of the blame for World War I, even though Germany was not the first to declare war. Also, he wanted Germany to pay huge reparations to weaken its government.

Introduction

Chapter 27 is about World War 1. It discusses the causes of the war, the fighting techniques used in the war, lifestyle changed during the war, and the effects that the war has had. It is believed that militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism (MAIN) led to the outbreak of war. The chapter also discusses each stage of the war, and the U.S. entering the war. It is concluded with the peace agreement of the Treaty of Versailles and also Wilson's 14 Points.

Through the blog, I hope to understand all of the stages of the war. An important question to me is who all was fighting in the war and what sides were they on.
There were two sides, the Allied Powers, and the Central Power. France, England, Russia, United States, Italy were among some of the Allied forces while the German and Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria made up the Central Power.