The First World War and the 1920's(1914-1929) By Shaan Mewasingh
Immediate Causes of WW1
Assassinated
June 28th, 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinated and
his wife Sophia where assassinated by
the group called The Black Hand.
Austrial-Hungary (Empire) declared war on
June 28th, 1914.
Great Britan joined August 4th, 1914.
Canada had to join because Great Britan
was part of the war.
The U.S. did not declare war until April 1917.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his
wife Sophia.
Gavrillo Princep, from The Black Hand claimed
all responibility for the assassination.
Wanted to draw attention to their cause,
the unification of the region under Serbia.
Long Term Causes of WW1
National Rivalries
National Rivalries are European leaders who used
their citizens feelings/suspicions towards other nations
to stir up patriotism and nationalism. This created tension.
Nationalism
Nationalism is when people see their country as being
the best and puts its interests first, regardless of other
countries.
Imperialism
Imperialism is a policy of obtaining poltical,
economic or social control over other countries
and building an empire.
Alliances
Alliances is an agreement between countries
to provide military services/assistance to each
other if one is attacked.
Militarism
Militarism is the belief in the power
of armies and navies to decide issues.
The end of WW1
Treaty of Versailles
BRAT
Blame
Reparation
Army
Territory
War ended
November 11th, 1918
11:00am
U.S.A. joined in 1917
German submarine sunk
a U.S. ship with some civilians.
The Famous Five
The Famous Five started the
suffrage movement.
Women were not considered
"persons".
Could not be elected to the
senate.
Women stayed at home
while men worked.
Temporary worked while
men were in war in 1914-1917.
Nellie McClung
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Irene Parlby
Louise McKinney
Emily Murphy
Roaring 20's
Entertainment
Takies (When character began to speak in the movie)
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
Going out
Dancing
Charleston
Black Bottom
The Shimmy
Slapstick comedy
Flappers
Women who broke the social rules and hung out
all night with men at clubs. They were dances and
they drank, smoked, cut their hair short, wore provocative
clothing and danced with the Charleston.
Fashion
Men's fashion did not see any significant changes
but women's cloths became more revealing.
Canadian Inventors
Frederick Banting
A doctor from Toronto who created
the formula for insulin which helps
control diabetes. He tried it with a dog
first then a 14 year old boy names Leonard
Thompson in 1922. He got the results and
it was successful.
Conscription
Conscription is when you had no
choose in going to war and were
forced to do so.
Propaganda Posters
Canadian Major Battles
Battle of Passchendale (Fall, 1917)
15,654 Canadian deaths
Battle of Vimy Ridge (Easter, 1917)
3500 Canadian deaths
Battle of Somme (July 1st, 1916)
Took place in France
24,000 Canadian deaths
Battle of Ypres (April, 1915)
Took place in Belgium
6037 Canadian deaths
Homefront
Women's Jobs
Women were taking over men's jobs while
the men were on the battlefield. The women
did not make as much money as the men but they made enough to pay for their stuff.
The War Measures Act
This allowed the government to:
Control communication systems
Censorship in the media
Organize the militia
Control all transportation routes
Control trade and production
Arrest, detain, exclude, and deport people
To protect the nation from threats at all costs
Trench Warfare
No Man's Land
This was the name given to the area
between the 2 lines of trenches.
It was the land that both sides were
trying to gain control of.
Type of fighting during WW1 in which both sides
dug trenchs protected by mines and barbed wire.
Trench's are long narrow ditches in the ground that
is deeper then it is wide. Dug for defense.
The Schlieffen Plan
The Triple Alliance and The Triple Entente
Germany's Plan
Germany's plan was to invade France by going through
Belgium and hit France where they did not have a big army at. Then they would go to center part of France take them down pass through Germany and attack Russia.
But Germany's plan did not work out because
Belgium did not let them through without a fight.
Germany thought it would be a fast fight but it took longer
what let France line up there troops up North and let Russia
mobilize there to help. At that point Germany had to start a 2 front war what made them lose because they split the army a part. Britain had a agreement that no body could touch Belgium so they went to help out.
Instead of what they planned the war ended up taking
4 years before ending. Germany's planned failed.
