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Moving from Enlightenment to WWI
Information compiled by Mrs. Blennert, based on student questions
Enlightenment, Absolutism, Revolution
How did the French Revolution get started? French Revolution.
- Bad leadership- Poor financial planning- People starving- Enlightenment ideas encouraged a revolt
I didn’t learn anything about Napoleon. More depth on Napoleon please. If anything, I want to learn about Napoleon.
- Master of propaganda- Came at a time when people were looking for a
strong leader- A brilliant strategist- Came full circle – of nothing to power to
nothing again
Enlightenment, Absolutism, Revolution
Enlightened thinkers
Enlightenment, Absolutism, Revolution
Geography
Enlightenment, Absolutism, Revolution
Military weapons, fencing - cannons, mortars - Musket, pistol, sword, bayoneted, pike, rifle,
carbine
Enlightenment, Absolutism, Revolution
Enlightenment, Absolutism, Revolution
Protestants and Christians – I want to learn more about them.
World War IArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria- assassinated
World War I
Weaponry? Air plumes, supplies?- GROUND: telephone, tanks, modern helmet,
poison gas, flame thrower, light automatic weapons
- AIR: observation balloons, aerial photography, fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft weapons
- WATER: submarines, anti-submarine weapons A CLASH BETWEEN NEW TECHNOLOGY AND
OLD BATTLE TACTICS
World War IWhy did it last so long?- 1014-1918- The war started in July, to rally up support,
people were told that it will be over by Christmas.
World War I
Purpose of trenches- to hide- not to get killed right-a-way- did not change much for 3-4 years
World War I
How young were the recruits?- More than 9 million combatants were killed- British – over 5.3 ft tall, between 18-38- Thousands of “boy soldiers” were killed,
because realistically no-one had the time to verify that the people enlisting were truly 18
- Patriotic feelings were high and many 15 yr. olds joined.
World War I
• Who won? How did it set the stage for the second World War?
World War I How did it affect the world forever?- At first in America, it was called the European war.
No-one knew how many would get drawn into it. All of the world’s greatest economic powers at that time got tangled into this on opposite sides.
- Deep resentment
World War I
English Class students – help us out here please! Also, reference p. 841
World War I
I mix up WWI and WWII
World War II
World War IWho was involved? The U.S. and U.K. alliance. - Austro-Hungarians fired at Serbians- The U.S. finally joined in 1917