Trench Warfare Life of Soldiers U.S. Neutrality WW1 Mr. Doherty / Mrs. T

Fighting WW1 most of the fighting involved trench warfare

Reasons to Fight in Trenches Protection from small fire arms Difficult to invade Easy to make

The Trench: Important points Advantages: easy to make, easy to defend, cheap to build, don’t need lots of men to defend them. Disadvantages: wet, cold, hard to get in an out of without being seen by the enemy. Trenches were very dirty and unhygienic as there was no running water or flushing toilets.

Trench Foot

Trench Rats

Trench Rat Quotes "I saw some rats running from under the dead man’s greatcoat, enormous rats, fat with human flesh. My heart pounded as we edged towards one of the bodies... the skull was bare, stripped of flesh, the eyes devoured and from the yawning mouth leapt a rat."

Trench Rat Quotes One soldier wrote, “The rats were huge. They were so big they would eat a wounded man if he couldn’t defend himself.”

Soldiers Reality of Fighting Boredom

WW1 Constructed Response Open up to page 4 in your packet on the back

U.S. NEUTRALITY Under President Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. developed an official policy of neutrality. Stay Out of The War? Join The War?

U.S. TRADE Trade was booming because the U.S. sold food, arms, and other supplies to the Allies.

U-BOATS German submarines used to blockade Great Britain.

PROPOGANDA Spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.

Student Constructed Response Packet Page 7 on the back