bronson dierksen

Bronson Dierksen

Time Period

Location

• WW1 took place in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.

Causes

I. Archduke, Francis Ferdinand, was shot and killed along with his wife.

II. Nationalism is when people want more land, money, and power.

III. Britain France and Germany all wanted control, so they started taking land in Africa and Asia. They were rebellious.

IV. The Industrial Revolution caused mass production for new weapons and technology.

PowersAllied• Serbia • Russia• France• Belgium• Great Britain• Liberia• Japan• Montenegro• Italy• San Marino• Portugal• Romania• U.S.• China• Greece• Cuba• Nicaragua• Brazil• Siam• Costa Rica• Guatemala• Haiti• Honduras

Central• Austria-Hungary• Germany• Ottoman Empire• Bulgaria

Key things

• Woodrow Wilson was our president.• Planned League of Nations• All of Europe, Africa, and Asia were important.• A German sub sunk the British lusitania and

killed 128 Americans• U.S. entered war, and won their first battle.

We entered with the Central Powers winning, but we came in and started winning.

Result

The U.S. entered the war, fought in France and Austria-Hungary, in 1918 the allies won the war!

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty of Versailles made the central powers pay billions of dollars, lose land, and lose colonies.

It also started the League of Nations. It is a group of nations that worked for world peace.

Importance

• WW1 was important, because it started the league of nations and got the U.S. billions of dollars and land.