World War I

The Impact of the First World War 1914: World War I started, mainly involving Great Britain, France, Germany, and Austria. The United States took an active role in World War I. North Carolina affected the presence of the U.S. in the war in terms of politics and economics.

The Way it Was See anything different about this map?

MANIA Sets In Militarism: European powers began to develop strong military forces in order to protect global interests Alliances: European powers made a series of alliances for mutual protection Nationalism: Europeans developed extreme pride in their own countries/nationalities Imperialism: European powers fanned out across the globe in a race to control the most territory/resources Assassination: Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Bosnia by a Serbian

Militarism 1910 – 1914 Increase in Defense Expenditures France 10% Britain 13% Russia 39% Germany 73%

Alliances Triple Entente Great Britain France Russia Serbia Triple Alliance Germany Austria-Hungary Italy

Nationalism Pan-Germanism Austria* Belgium Denmark Iceland Germany* Lichtenstein* Luxemburg Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland* United Kingdom *German Speaking Country

Nationalism Pan-Slavism Bulgaria Croatia Czechoslovakia Macedonia Poland Russia Serbia Slovakia Ukraine

Imperialism As we learned last year, European powers ignored pre-existing civilizations throughout Africa and indiscriminately claimed lands as their own.

Assassination Click Here for a comprehensive explanation of how this event plunged the world into war. If the hyperlink doesn’t work, visit the website at; http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome06/1-precipitation-guerre-demo.swf

Cause & Effect Austria blamed Serbia for the Assassination Germany pledged their support of Austria & demanded reparations Russia pledged their support of Serbia & refused Germany’s terms All heck broke loose

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare For four years, the war dragged on, the front line moving very little. Only with the invention of the tank did the strategy of “positional warfare” BEGIN TO FAIL.

Trench Warfare - Military Casualties Germany 1,935,000 (9%) Russia 1,700,000 France 1,368,000 (11%) AH 1,200,000 Britain 942,135 (8%) Ottoman 725,000 Italy 680,000 Romania 300,000 United States 116,516 (.3%) Bulgaria 87,495 Belgium 45,550 Serbia 45,000 Greece 23,098 Portugal 8,145 Montenegro 3,000 Japan 1,344

The United States Remains Neutral For the majority of the war, the United States claimed neutrality, selling goods to both sides. The majority of American exports, however, went to the British and the French, eventually prompting the Germans to target American shipping vessels crossing the Atlantic. It is estimated that by 1918 the US had loaned Allied powers more than 2,500 million dollars while loaning the central powers 27 million dollars.

Lusitania

The Zimmerman Telegram

The US Declares War CHAMP CLARK Speaker of the House of Whereas the Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America; Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States. CHAMP CLARK Speaker of the House of Representatives THOS. R. MARSHALL Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate Approved, April 6, 1917 WOODROW WILSON

The US in the War With the US entry into the war, the Germans made one last ditch effort to end the war before the arrival of US forces. This effort failed, with France taking the majority of the hit, and the Germans folded knowing that the million plus troops on their way from America would be too much for them to handle.

The End of the War Germany surrendered  and agreed to sign a cease-fire agreement, or armistice, known as the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty punished the Germans by stripping them of territory, dismantling their military, and forcing them to repay the costs of the war.

Effects of the War on the US 19th Amendment 20th Amendment Isolationism World Power

Effects of the War on the world Treaty of Versailles European death & destruction Russian Revolution League of Nations Conflict in the Middle East