WORLD WAR 1

WHAT STARTED THE WAR?

• European countries made alliances with each other.
• Militarism built tension.
• Future Austrian leader Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
• Austria blamed Serbia for assassination and declared war.
• Alliances with the countries joined war, forming the Allies and Central powers.

WAS THE USA IN THE WAR?

• The USA wanted to stay neutral.
• USA sent supplies to both sides.
• Germany used U-boats to sink ships going to Serbia.
• Germany wouldn't stop sinking ships.

WHAT WARFARE WAS USED?

• Trench warfare, when soldiers line up in trenches with weapons.
• Every time one side gained territory you had to build another trench.
• Tanks, u-boats, zeppelins, poisonous gas and other things were used.

WHO WON THE WAR?

• The Allies won when they drove back the Germans with successful attacks.
• Treaty of Versailles was signed and the war ended.

SOURCES

• My social studies notebook.
• Haiku deck images
• This image was taken by me.