World War I AKA The Great War What
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World War I AKA The Great War
What Caused the War? 4 Imperialism/Scramble for Colonies 4 Militarism/Arms and Military Build-up 4 Nationalism-Regional disputes/ethnic tensions 4 Alliance System-Meant to prevent/Caused War
Who Fought The War 4 Central Powers – Germany/Austria-Hungary/Bulgaria/Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey 4 Allied Powers – France, Britain, Italy, Greece, Russia
Key Events 4 Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 4 Mobilization 4 Stalemate 4 Horror of New Weapons
U. S. Responses 4 Neutrality-no stomach foreign wars 4 Preparedness-Business pushing for war 4 Peace Movement-reformers, women, populists, clergy, progressives
Events that Led to U. S. Entry 4 Unrestricted Submarine Warfare 4 Sinking of Lusitania-128 Americans dead 4 Zimmerman Note/Telegram-secret offer to help Mexico invade U. S. if they helped Germany 4 Russian Revolution…Russian pulls out of war 4 Wilson-Make the World Safe For Democracy-Declaration of war.
The U. S. Role in the War 4 U. S. Joins in March 1917 4 U. S. Soldiers are fresh, well- trained, energetic…known as doughboys 4 300, 000 African-Americans, mostly served in menial jobs, excluded from Marines 4 Central Powers collapse, outmanned, outgunned 4 Armistice in November of 1918
Home Front 4 Liberty Bonds for financing war 4 War Industries Board-Price controls, rationing, daylight-savings time 4 Anti-German Propaganda and discrimination 4 Repression of Civil Liberties-Espionage Act, Debs imprisoned 4 George Creel-CPI, propaganda agency producing slogans, posters, films, pamphlets
Social Changes from the War 4 Stopped flow of immigrants from Europe 4 More jobs and opportunities for Mexicans, Blacks, Women 4 Led to prohibition of alcohol 4 U. S. emerges as a world power economically as well as politically
