august 1 1918....•november 11th as armistice day •"memory grove” dedicated on 27 june...
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World War I began on
August 1st, 1914, and ended
with an armistice (treaty) on
November 11th, 1918.
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Causes of
WW1
Long term causes
US entry Medium term causes
Short term causes
ALLIANCE SYSTEM
Naval &
arms race
Propaganda
Assassination of
Franz Ferdinand
Propaganda
Alliance Debts Lusitania
Balkan's tension
rises...again
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Alliance System for WWI
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Thoughts on War
• In the summer of 1914, most Utahns, like
most Americans, had little concerned with
the rumblings of war in Europe
• Advocated a strict policy of neutrality
• United States entered the war on April 6th
1917
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Reasons for Entry to War
• Loss of 124 American lives when the
passenger ship Lusitania was sunk off the
coast of Ireland in May 1915
• A rumored alliance with Mexico which
would restore territory lost to the United
States in 1848
• Propaganda
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Zimmermann Telegram
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Utah in the War
• Planted "victory gardens"
• Volunteered for work in the beet fields and
on Utah's fruit farms
• Purchased Liberty Bonds
• Collected money for the Red Cross
• Used meat and sugar substitutes, even
observed meatless days
• Knitted socks, wove rugs for hospitals
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Utah Cont.
• Utah's economy prospered with wartime
demands for farm and orchard produce,
sugar, beef, coal, and copper
• Fort Douglas was an important military
facility during the War. Thousands of
recruits were trained at the fort and a
prison was set up at the fort to house 870
enemy aliens
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• November 11th as Armistice Day
• "Memory Grove” dedicated on 27 June
1924, as a memorial to the soldiers killed
during the war.
• Approximately 21,000 Utahans saw
military service
• 665 died and 864 were wounded
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