HIST 2112 Lecture 6: 9/8/15
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3: arms race, alliance system, archduke francis ferdinand (austria hungary) Terrorist group called the black hand viewed archduke as symbol of bosnian oppression: gavrilo princip. One of terrorists, gavrilo princip, shoots archduke at traffic light: beginning stages of war. Germany, austria hungary, ottoman empire (bulgaria, turkey: allied powers. France, g. b. , russia, italy (joins in 1915) Ii: the war in europe: schlieffen plan. Avoid two-front war: a war of attrition. Modern warfare: tanks, machine guns, airplanes, submarines, tear gas and chemical weapons. President of bethlehem steel: secures deals with british government with tons of artillery and submarines, war is good for bethlehem steel. Provides millions of dollars in loans to countries overseas. Americans were warned to not go to europe because of how dangerous it was: the lusitania. May 7, 1915: sinking lusitania sparks anger in some americans. Wilson did not want to go to war, most americans still did not want to either: arabic.
