World War 1

 

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The four causes of World War I are imperialism, militarism,nationalism, and imperialism. Imperialism is when a bigger country takes over smaller foreign country . Alliance is when two or more countries form together to cooperate for specific reasons . Militarism is the principle or policy of maintaining a large military.establishment.Nationalism is when people have strong pride for their country and religion.The event that sparked the war was the assassination of Prince Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary. 

The first event that dragged the U.S into the war was the sinking Lusitania. The Lusitania was a British ship.The ship was going from New York to England  .The Germans sunk the Lusitania. On that ship their were 128 Americans on it. The second event was when the Germans sent a telegram to Mexico and they told the Mexicans that if they join the Germans and when they win the war that they will get California, Texas, etc. back. The Mexicans never  got it because the U.S intercepted it.These were the events that got the U.S in the war.
 Soon after the United States entered the war President Wilson announced Americas war . President Wilson referred the war as Fourteen Points. One of the points were that each country should have its own country. The fourteen points reduced armaments and an end to secret dealings between countries. The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended World War 1. The treaty o made Germany  lose territory to France and Poland and all their colonies. Germany lost its powerful navy and army. Germany had to accept blame for starting the war . Austria -Hungary was broken up into small countries. The United States didn't want  to join the League of Nations. The U.S. favored the policy because they were unhappy with the huge costs of the war. I think the peace settlement caused countries to loose parts of their countries. I think what happened in the 1920s and 1930s is that the U.S probably wanted to take control of smaller countries.