Events & Innovations of WWI By the end of today: I will be able to explain why WWI was different than any other war before it I will be able explain why the US entered WWI Announcements/Shout Outs:
WWI Causes: - - - - - TO REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY:
TRENCH WARFARE A – Front line trench C – Reserve Trench B – Support Trench C – Reserve Trench D – Enemy Trench Artillery fire “softened up” resistance before an infantry attack Communication Trenches connected the 3 types of trenches Barbed wire C B “No Man’s Land” (25 yards to 1 mile wide) A TRENCH WARFARE Saps were shallower trenches in “no man’s land,” allowing access to machine gun nests, grenade throwing positions, and observations. D
TRENCH WARFARE
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ________________________________
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AIRPLANES MACHINE GUNS
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
“REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA!”
New Kind of War
President Wilson Asks For Peace I hope we can achieve a peace without victory… a peace between equals. January 22, 1917 President Wilson Asks For Peace
Our U-Boats will sink any ship, neutral or hostile, on sight. 10 Days Later… Our U-Boats will sink any ship, neutral or hostile, on sight. January 31, 1917 Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
REASONS U.S. ENTERED WWI
April 2, 1917 It is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaceful people into war… but the right is more precious than peace. -President Wilson
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT
WOMEN & THE WAR EFFORT
What will happen when the men come home from war? You Choose. Answer one of these. What will happen when the men come home from war? How will their effort in war help women justify getting the right to vote? Answer on the lines, at least 1 complete sentence