New Technologies of the War

By Melissa Ramirez

The Armored Tank 1915

Ernest Swinton proposed the idea of building a tank that could stand bullets, and Winston Churchill accepted the idea.

The tank would help the Allies win the war.

Tanks were fist used to combat the British in the battlefield.

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Chlorine Gas 1915

Chlorine Gas was a very deadly substance used by the Germans against the French.

This gas would burn soldiers throats and chests.

The gas lead the victims to a slow death, by destroying their organs.

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Antiaircraft

This weapon was used against airplanes.

These weapons would destroy planes from ground

They could fire at a range of 3,000 yards.

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Economical Effect

As the war progressed the economy got worse, because each time the countries

were allying with other countries they were making more deadly weapons, so this meant

they were using more money to make more weapons. As the countries fought they were

destroying other countries boats and army so they needed money to replace all the ones

that they destroyed. While in war the economy was worsening throughout the world, all

because of the new technological inventions.

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Works Cited

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"The Impact of World War I Battles and Weapons." HyperHistory.net. Accessed February 08, 2011. http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t2w30ww1arms.htm.

"Weapons of World War I." Welcome to the Barnstable Public Schools. May 31, 2006. Accessed February 08, 2011. http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/bhs/SocStud/O'Toole/aaaChrisWWI/weapons.htm.

"World War I - New Technolgies." DCS - Technology Courses for High School Students. Accessed February 08, 2011. http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/group9/tech.htm.