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Step into TimeActivity 1:Timeline Analysis

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Choose one event from the timeline below and write 2 paragraphs that: (use lined paper if you need more space)

1) Describe the event (think about the 5Ws-who, what, where, when, why, & how)

2) Analyze the general social, political, or economic significance to the world and the war.

WORLD WAR I

1920

1919

1918

1917

1915

1914

US Senate rejects League of Nations;League of Nations headquarters moves to Geneva,

US President Woodrow Wilson wins Nobel Peace Prize;Traety of Versailles signed.

World War ends;

Germany declares unrestricted submarine warfare;Zimmerman Telegram angers US; USA declares war on Germany US enters WWI;US begins drafting American citizens in to army;Lenin leads Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

German U-boat sinks Lusitania;Germany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain. (Any boat approaching England is considered a legitimate target.)

Franz Ferdinand assassinated; World War I begins;Posionous gas developed as a weapon.

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ACTIVITY2: Analyzing Graphs:1) Which country suffered the most casualties? How many?

2) Which country suffered the least casualties? How many?

3) Did the Allied Powers or Central Powers have more casualties?

4) Making Inferences: What new inventions developed during WWI may explain the high death toll during World War I?

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