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3.2.1 Summary

Through this blog I expanded my learning on World War I. I learned information about some key people involved in the war that I did not know before. I learned more about what happened with the sinking of the Lusitania. Finally I learned about some of the events happening in the United States during this time, like the United States gaining the Virgin Islands. I found learning about the Virgin Islands interesting because before this I really did not know a lot about the Islands, I only knew it was a place where many people went on cruises. I also learned more about the Zimmermann Telegram and who Arthur Zimmermann was. One thing that i am still interested in learning about is I would like to learn more about what happened in the United States during this time.

Spotlight On

The Lusitania

The Lusitania had a secret meaning to it in that the British Admiralty had constructed this boat for the outbreak of war the ship would be at the service of the government. When World War I broke out the Lusitania was ready for its service in the war. The boat was installed with ammunition magazines and gun mounts on the decks. On May 1, 1915 the ship left New York City heading for Liverpool. All of the hidden cargo on the boat contained ammuntion for the British war effort. On May 7 the ship was near the coast of Ireland and was hit by a torpedo fired by a German submarine. Within 18 minutes the giant ship had sunk, and most of the passangers never had a chance. 1,119 people out of the 1,924 people aboard the ship died. About 114 Americans were dead. The sinking of the Lusitania enraged Americans and their opinion towards the war had changed.

The United States

The ABC Powers Conference

The ABC Powers stood for the three wealthiest countries in South America, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. On May 20, 1914 the ABC Powers met in Canada to help prevent the United States and Mexico going to war over the Veracruz Incident and the Tampico Affair. On May 15, 1915 the ABC Powers met again to sign a treaty that was designed to stop outer cooperation, nonaggression and the arbitration of disputes. This treaty was made to resist the influence of America in the region and to establish a balance between the ABC powers. The official name of the treaty was the Consultation, Non-Aggression and Arbitration Pact. If the United States and Mexico would of went to war this could of effected land that the United States had depending on if they lost or won the war. The United States could be different today if that war would have taken place.

The Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands are nine main islands and 75 islets that were explored by Columbin in 1493. They were inhabited by the Carib Indians but since 1666 England has controlled six of the main islands. The remaining three islands along with about 50 islets were controlled by Denmark. Denmark named these islands and islets the Danish West Indies. In 1917 the United States purchased these islands from Denmark for $25 million. Today many people are able to go down to the Virgin Islands for vacation or to visit.

People in the News

Alfred von Schlieffen

Schlieffen was a Chif of General Staff in the war. He feared that France and Russia would join together to fight Germany. He wanted to come up with a plan that could fight Russia in the east and France in the west if they teamed up against Germany. This eventually became known as the Schlieffen Plan. This plan was supposed to be a quick fight against Russia and France but instead it resulted in a stalemate and lasted for a couple of years.

Arthur Zimmermann

Arthur Zimmerman was responsible for the Zimmermann Telegram which resulted in the United States joining the war. Zimmermann was Germany's Foreign Secretary in November 1916. He sent the telegram to the German Embassy in Mexico on January 19, 1917. This telegram said that Germany would help Mexico reconquer the land that it had lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany. When the British intercepted the telegram they decoded it and sent it to the United States. This cause the Americans to get involved in the war and fight against Germany.

Gavrilo Princip

Gavrilo Princip, 19 years old, was the man that assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife when they visited Sarajevo, Bosnia. Princip was part of the Black Hand which was a secret society that wanted to rid Bosnia of Austrian rule. After he killed the archduke he was instructed to commit suicide. He was given a phial of cyanide, a revolver, and grenades.

Paul Nash

Paul Nash's painting the Void shows the extreme violence of the destruction in the wooded areas and the towns. This painting is a good decription of the landscapes off the war because it shows abandoned guns, flooded trenches, dead soldiers, smoke, and planes in the distance dropping bombs or being shot down.

John Nash

John Nash's painting Oppy Wood represents the different results of the war. It shows the destruction of nature, the detroyed plains, trenches and shelters that were dug into the grounds. He showed the plains being destroyed by shell-holes. This painting reflects how the looks of Europe had changed throughout the war.

Georges Grosz

George Grosz was another artist who was involved in World War I. He did not necessarily fight in the war and saw some of the gruesome scense but he still saw some bad things. After he was done serving in the war he painted this picture called the Explosion. This painting shows the destruction of towns during this time. It represents the bombardment of the war and how people could not escape from the destructivness that had taken over Europe.

Otto Dix

Otto Dix fought in World War I and while he was in the war he painted many paintings. The painting that is displayed below is called Self-portrait as Mars. In this picuture Dix displays death, he shows horses fleeing and going crazy, buildings and cities bursting in flames and crumbling, and he also displays himself as the God of War. He is the God of War because he survives through all of the fighting and craziness going on throughout the war. In the picture he shows he is God of War by using different ideas from cubism. Cubism is a non-objective way of painting that was developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. This style of painting emphasizes the process of construction and converting the represented forms into different geometric shapes.

Chapter 13

This blog is about Chapter 13 out of my Histroy book. This chapter talks about what caused World War I and the things that happened throughout World War I between the different powers. This chapter includes the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Armenian Massacre, what caused the United States to join in on the war and what it took to end the war. This chapter talks about the major people and countries involved in the war. My hope for this blog is to help myself learn about what went on during World War I, but also to help other people who may see my blog to better understand what happened during World War I.