American History
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American History
Chapter 14: World War I
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The 4 MAIN underlying causesof World War I
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militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
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The Alliances
Triple Entente
Triple Alliance
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Balkans were nicknamed the “powder-keg of Europe”
The area was ready to explode!
When the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary was assassinated, it was the spark.
The immediate cause of WW I
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The Alliances took sides . . .
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Allied Powers
G R I E F GRIUF
Great BritainRussiaItalyUnited StatesFrance
“Our” side in World War I . . .
GRIUF
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Central Powers
AGO
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Austria-Hungary
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Our Enemyin World War I
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Von Schleiffen Plan
“Strangle the French chicken before wrestling the Russian bear.”
Germany hoped to defeat France (on the west) quickly before attacking Russia on the east.
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Why the von Schleiffen Plan didn’t work
The Germans were close to Paris . . .
but the “taxicab army” came from the city and stopped the German advance.
The result was years of stalemate.
First Battle of the Marne
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Trench warfare
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“No man’s land”
The area between the trenches of the opposing armies
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Shell shock
The stress of war sometimes led to mental breakdowns
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over the top
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Somme
Bloodiest battle of the war
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Verdun
The longest battle of the war
More than 4 months (before it was “dun”
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Argonne ForestThe biggest offensive ever in American history.
Under General Pershing, Americans opened a hole in German lines.
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New Weapons of WW IMachine gun
artillery
tanks
airplanes
zeppelinPoison gas
U-boat
dreadnaught
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War of Attrition
• To wear the other side d
o w
n
• In hopes that you can make a break through
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Total War
The army Folks at home
Everyone is affected by the war.
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neutral
Before 1917, the United States did not OFFICIALLY take sides in the war. We were . . .
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Reasons U.S. Joined the War
$$$ Economic ties to Britain and France
U.S. banks loaned a lot of money to the Allies. They needed the Allies to win so they could get their money back.
U-Boats Germans sank the Lusitania, a British liner. It was carrying some American passengers.
Zimmerman note Germany tried to persuade Mexico to enter the war and attack us.
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Woodrow Wilson
President during WW I
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Selective Service Act
All men 23-30 had to register for the draft. A lottery randomly selected those who had to serve.
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Doughboy(nickname for American soldiers in WW I)
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General John J. Pershing
American general in WW I
The American army . . .
AEF: American Expeditionary Force
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Convoy System
Navy ships surrounded ships carrying troops and supplies to guard then from German U-boats as the American ships crossed the Atlantic.
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Herbert Hoover
People were encouraged to have Wheatless Mondays, Meatless Tuesdays, Porkless Thursdays
The head of the Food Administration encouraged people to save food.
Government order to limit or conserve resources in order to support the war effort.
Rationing
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War Industries Board
Government agency that regulated production, costs, and the use of natural resources during WWI.
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Committee on Public InformationCPI
To promote the war in a favorable way (and present the enemy in an unfavorable way)
propaganda
It’s job was to “sell” the war to the American public.
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Great MigrationThousands of African Americans left the South to settle and work in Northern cities (Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Detroit)
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
It made penalties and prison terms for anyone who gave aid to the enemy.
Officials could prosecute anyone who criticized the president or government.
Even the acts seemed to deny free speech, the courts usually upheld them.
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Russian Revolution
Communist party leader in Russia Bolsheviks seized power
Lenin
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Russia
Before World War I After World War I
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Armistice Day
Celebrating the end of the Great War
11-11-1918
The day the fighting stopped
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Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace
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Big FourLeaders of the peace conference in Paris
Britain: Lloyd-George
France: Clemenceau
Italy: Orlando
United States:Wilson
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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty that officially ended World War I.
The U.S. Senate refused to sign the Treaty – it was too harsh.
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War guilt clause
Germany was forced to take full responsibility for the war.
German anger and frustration over the clause (and loss of many of. their resources) were among the causes of World War II).
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Reparations
Germany had to repay huge sums of money to the Allies after the war.
*The last payment was made September 29, 2010.
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League of Nations
Wilson’s 14th point
The U.S. Senate was afraid that if we joined, the U.S. could be pulled into another European war.
An international peace-keeping organization formed after World War I
The U. S. didn’t join.