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The First World War
McIntyre
Boys and Girls! War Savings Stamps Poster by James Montgomery Flagg 1917-18Slide2
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The First World War:
War involving nearly all the nations of the world
1914-1918
What?
When?
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1st World War in history
Great War
or
War to End all War
Not called
WWI
until after
WWII
Total war
Involved
60 nations
and 6 continentsSlide4
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The First World War:
Why?
Long term
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Alliance
system-European
nations began forming military alliances with one another to maintain a
balance of power
……..
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Imperialism –
competition for colonies
Militarism -
stockpiling of weapons Nationalism- to act in the country’s own national interest.
Short term - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his Wife Sophie, Duchess of
Hohenberg
one hour before their deaths, June 28, 1914Slide5
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The First World War:
Who?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Russia (leaves 1917)
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
United States (1917)
Central Powers:
Allies:Slide6
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The First World War:
Where? Slide7
US IN 1914
Panama Canal was completed in August of 1914 just a week before WWI began in Europe.
Woodrow Wilson became President in 1912.
Americans were shocked by the outbreak of war but…………..it was in Europe.
US was officially
NEUTRALSlide8
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Why did it take so long for America to get involved in the war?
America was isolationist “Why should I get involved in someone else’s problems”Slide9
American Opinions
3 groups
Isolationists- Stay out of warInterventionists
- U.S. should intervene on side of Allies
Internationalists
- Get involved only to solve the problem and promote peace. Slide10
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Which side should the US pick?
11 million German-Americans
Irish-Americans hated Great Britain
Close cultural ties
Shared transatlantic cables (so censored stories)
Big business loaned much $ to allies
Central Powers:
Allies:
US Exports to both sides:Slide11
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What did it take to get the US involved?
1. Blockades
Britain blockaded (stopped) all German ships going to America
Germany announced a submarine war around Britain
Y-53 German Submarine 1916Slide12
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What did it take to get the US involved?
1. Blockades
In May, 1915 Germany told Americans to stay off of British ships
They could/would sink themSlide13
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What did it take to get the US involved?
1. Blockades
Lusitania torpedoed, sinking with 1200 passengers and crew (including 128 Americans)
Was eventually found to be carrying 4200 cases of ammunition
German Propaganda Justifying Lusitania sinkingSlide14
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What did it take to get the US involved?
1. Blockades
The US sharply criticized Germany for their action
Germany agreed not to sink passenger ships without warning in the future
Note in Bottle After Lusitania DisasterSlide15
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What did it take to get the US involved?
2. Unlimited Submarine Warfare
1917 Germany announced “unlimited submarine warfare” in the war zone
Why?
Otherwise their blockade would not be successfulSlide16
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What did it take to get the US involved?
3. Zimmerman Note
US intercepted a note from Germany to Mexico,
It promised Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona back in return for an alliance
Wanted Mexico to attack U. S. to keep us busy and out of the war.Slide17
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What did it take to get the US involved?
Zimmerman Note + the sinking of 4 unarmed American ships led to a declaration of warSlide18
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Convincing the American People
Posters - Gee!!
Propaganda like
this poster helped to convince the American people that the war was a good idea?Slide19
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What did the US do to help?
US provided the food, money, and fresh toops needed to win the war
American Troops March Through London
Supplies:
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Convincing the American People
Idealism: Fourteen Points
What?
President Wilson’s Plan for after the war
Fourteen promises, including freedom of the seas & a League of Nations to work for peace
President Woodrow WilsonSlide21
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How did the War Affect the US?
Women
Women filled factory jobs
May have led 19th Ammendment after the war (Gave women the right to vote)
Black soldiers still served in Segregated Units
African Americans
“Great Migration” - thousands of African Americans moved North to work in factoriesSlide22
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How did the War Affect the US?
Enforcing Loyalty
Hatred of all things
German
Ex
. “Liberty Cabbage
”
What "patriotic" Americans called sauerkraut during the World War I years during the height of anti-German hysteria here in the United States.
Sauerkraut
was renamed liberty cabbage to remove the German connotation,
Espionage Act
1917
Espionage Act essentially made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies.
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Sedition Act of 1918 punished those against the war (many labor leaders)Slide23
Cost of War
$400 billion
$10 million dollars an hour
16 million deaths
First war of the
Industrial Revolution
……
New Weapons
vs
old tactics
of fightingSlide24
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