World War 1 Summary

America’s involvement in World War I not only impacted the war front but also the people left on the home front. When America entered World War I in 1917 the government enforced many measures on its citizens, many of which violated constitutional rights. The biggest measure inflicted on the American population was censorship. The formation of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) and the passing of the Espionage Act and Sedition Amendment stole American’s freedom of speech, created an anti-German sentiment, and led to deportation during the post-war Red Scare.

Kennedy’s Over Here is a perfect read for historians and those people that have more than basic knowledge about World War One. However, my education about World War One is severely lacking. Either the incompetence of my high school education or the incompetence of my memory in retaining the knowledge learned, lead to the reading of this book being very difficult for me. Kennedy assumes that the reader knows what certain terms mean, who specific people are, and that they are familiar with the events of the war. He went so quickly through a lot of background about the war in the prologue that it got a bit confusing. In fact, the author 's organization of ideas throughout the whole book made reading it more difficult. I feel like the organization of the thoughts or ideas presented left many main points unconnected, and thus understanding was lacking. It seemed that once I started to understand one factor he would then move on too quickly to another. For these reasons I struggled with following the ideas and timeline. Even though his style/organization did not improve, I did become more accustomed to it halfway through. At that point the book started to become more interesting and informative to me. I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I had read another book by him previously, and was used to his writing style/ organization.

Music is a way of uttering how one feels through melody. For many centuries people have listened to music to fit the tone. Even in World War One, when many were being killed, there was music written about the war. In 1914 the great war began, many creating and recreating songs to fit the war time. Many made songs to reveal the connection of the to nature and people of that time, These songs would include “I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now,” “Oh Moon On a Summer Night (Tell My Mother Her Boys All Right),” “When Yankee Doodle Learns To Parlez Vous Francais,” and “Throw No Stones In The Well That Gives You Water.” and many more. Find out more detailed and analyzations of these songs in the following paragraphs.

MacArthur guaranteed President Truman that the Chinese would not join the war once his troops came to the waterway

On January 19, 1917, a secret telegram from Germany’s foreign secretary was intercepted by British intelligence. The telegram contained information on Germany’s plans to ally with Mexico and although the plans never came into action, it backfired on the Germans, eventually leading their demise. Because of this, World War 1 was won by the Allied forces, thus, helping the United States develop as a new world power.

World War I began in July 1914. World War I is also known as The Great War and The First World War. Many Americans were for the Allies and hoped for their victory, but did not want to join the conflict. Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States when the war began. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie started the war. Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Germany. On August, Germany declared war on Russia. On August 3, Germany declared war on France. The fatalities of World War I estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million wounded. On May 15, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania, a

It was World War I,December 19th, 1914.I was running to one of the trenches for safety.I saw my friend Chris, “Chris!” I shouted.BOOM!!! Chris fell to the ground as blood poured out from under him.He had been shot.I ran,picked him up,and took him to a safer place.(One of the trenches)He had a bullet hole wound up on his left hip.’I hope he hasn’t lost to much blood.’ I thought to myself as I worried.I tore the sleeve off my shirt,I than wrapped up his wound.”its gonna be alright don’t worry.” I said to Chris,he than nodded.

Through 1914-1918, World War I included series of fights and tensions between certain countries of Europe as they all tried to gain land, power, and wealth. After the rise of Germany’s economic and military power, surrounding countries held hostility which created the alliances of the war. Helping Germany were Austria-Hungary and Italy as they came together to create the Central Powers. On the opposing side, France, Britain, and Russia joined to form the Triple Entente (Adas et al. 660). In addition to Germany’s rise, strains between countries grew after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28 of 1914 by Serbian Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary then declared war on Serbia, causing Russia and France to later join and fight. WWI

World War I was a war that hurt many nations and killed many men and women. Many people love to talk down on wars and how they have negatively affected this great nation. These people fail to realize that wars can also have a positive effect on a nation as well as a negative. Sometimes the positive does not outweigh the negative, but sometimes it does, as is America's case after the first World War. The first World War was an economic firestarter for the United States. In order for businesses to survive and thrive during the war, they had to keep pace with it and continue to produce their goods at the same pace that the war required them to. This caused these businesses to take off. Even allowing

When Cubism reached its glorious grasp around 1907–1914, the World was in a wild place. With the Ottoman Empire losing power; European influences were becoming avaricious for more, eventually leading to the start of World War I. On the other side of the world we had America rising as a global supremacy, creating its way to a worldly control. Because of these chaotic matters, society was shifting towards a new direction. The Art World with its artists and writers also responded to this conversion as well. The destruction and cruelty of War altered the lives of several European artists, brought an end to several art movements, and gave light to other movements and brought them to importance. Obviously the artists effected by the war had their work influenced by it but the early decades of the twentieth century gave birth to groundbreaking movements and styles, out of which Cubism (1908-12) was the most rational of all the Avant- Grade movements. It excluded the idea of linear perspective in favor of grander prominence on the two dimensional picture plane, scandalizing the arts academics of Europe along the visitors of Parisian Salon des Independants and the New York Armory Show (1913) in the process

Blood was the thing that disgusted me the most. Seeing all of those wounded soldiers. Not once did I find my husband. I found this settling and unsettling. I knew that my John was not hurt, but if he were, he was not at the place I was in. This was also unsettling because I never knew if John was missing in action or if he were dead. Well, obviously I would have been notified if he were dead, but perhaps the letter was lost or someone simply forgot.

Early in the twentieth century as World War I was ending. In the United States there was a chain of disasters that led to the longest and worst economic plung. It started with consumer demands decreasing, which lead to industries under producing and many European investors started demanding the United States Treasury for their bonds. After that The United States went from a billion dollar budget to an extremely low budget. Shortly After that event the stock market crashed forcing many industries to close. With the circulation of money decreasing consumers Spending habits declined, which lead industries to downsize the production and employes. Thirteen to fifteen million workers were unemployed. Soon as the Hoover administration gained control

World War I is the “War to end all wars”, claiming millions of lives and changed the face of war forever. The context for World War I is that Europe has finished its scramble for Africa and industrialization and free markets is now globally implemented to a certain extent. War is believed to be contained by diplomacy and that science and technology would spread peace. So this begs the question, how did this war start? The three main factors causing World War I is the seminal war tragedy and alliance system, ignorance combined with nationalism, and each country's interest in imperialism.

The first World War is universally considered to be one of the single deadliest events in human history. World War I is undoubtedly one of the largest military altercations to ever take place, with a duration of five years, involving 32 nations. Over the course of five years, the war killed almost 37.5 million people, approximately 57% of all soldiers involved (britannica.com). One might suspect a conflict on this scale would have arisen from a divide in ideology or from a dispute over prized resources. However, it was a politically unimportant event paired with pre-established military alliances that created one of the deadliest conflicts on Earth.

When Hitler came to power in 1933, his aim was to make a Germany a