1. Unit 4 World War I Today’s “To Do”: Warm-Up: Propaganda Poster Review
Trench Warfare – the stalemate exhausts both sides
US entry into WWI –The Tide of the War Turns
Ch19 Sect. 4 Wksht. Ques
Test Study Guides & Terms List
Homework –Review Ch19 Sect 5 and Complete graphic organizer (see packets)
Test will be Tuesday next week
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2. War Posters

3. Poster 1

4. Poster 2

5. Poster 3

6. Poster 4

7. Poster 5

8. Trench Warfare is exhausting both sides of the Great War

9. Living Trench Warfare

10. Trench Warfare
Watch the video on all the aspects of trench warfare

11. Review Ch19 Sect. 4 – The US joins the war The tide of the war turns!

12. What drew the U.S. into World War I?

13. Unrestricted German Sub Warfare (sinking of US ships)
U.S. Enters The War
Pres. Wilson declared war April 2, 1917
THE REASONS (#17 Test Guide)
Unrestricted German Sub Warfare (sinking of US ships)
Cultural and Economic ties with Allies (Great Britain)
Stories of German war atrocities (propaganda)
Zimmerman Note: (see terms) GERMANY’S ATTEMPT TO FORM AN ALLIANCE WITH MEXICO against the US!!! Offered Mexico lands in TX, NM and AZ
British passenger ship, Lusitania, sunk May 7, Americans died

14. Sect. 4: US ENTERS WWI (terms)
Terms List
Terms List

15. Why was the entry of the U.S. considered a turning point in the war?

16. US ENTRY: A TURNING POINT
Because it gave ARMS, FOOD, OTHER SUPPLIES
AND FRESH TROOPS TO THE NEARLY EXHAUSTED ALLIES!

17. What were the Fourteen Points?
Terms List

18. PRES. WILSON’S 14 POINTS
Terms Definition: WILSON’S 14 POINTS WAS A POST-WORLD WAR I PEACE PLAN.
2 Big ideas the plan called for:
(test guide #20)
1.national self-determination –
2. a “League of Nations”
Woodrow Wilson, president of the US during World War I

19. Terms Definitions:
Self-determination: independence was given to regions who had been under the control of empires League of Nations: an international organization with the goal of keeping peace among nations.

20. End of the War Notes sheet
Allied leaders of the “Great Powers” – from left to right,
David Lloyd George (GB), Vittorio Orlando (IT), Georges Clemenceau (FR) and Woodrow Wilson (US)

27. U.S. rejects the Treaty of Versailles
Many Americans objected to the treaty – especially the League of Nations!
American opinion: U.S.’s best hope for peace was to stay out of foreign affairs

28. #7 What is the cartoonist saying about Wilson’s idea of a “League of Nations”?
Wilson’s idealism aims for a PERFECT WORLD where peace keeping bodies like the League of Nations will keep the peace!
The cartoonist thinks he is blowing “bubbles” of idealism and these BUBBLES WILL POP! When the League of Nations bubble pops, it will lead the world into the death and destruction of world war again!

29. Why did Germany finally decide to surrender?

30. Germany surrenders 11-11-18 “Armistice Day”
signs an “armistice” (agreement to stop fighting)
Germany suffered terrible losses and hardships at home
REVOLTS/PROTESTS throughout Germany – Kaiser abdicated and fled to the Netherlands; Germany becomes a republic
Allied forces were ready to invade Germany
New German leaders surrendered to save their nation!

31. What EFFECTS did the war have on the populations and the economies of European nations?

32. EFFECTS OF WWI – study guide #29
Huge numbers of soldiers dead/wounded: 8.5 million dead/21 million wounded
Death of civilians due to: starvation, disease (flu) & slaughter (an entire generation of Europeans was gone)

33. EFFECTS OF WWI The European economy has been devastated!
Cost $200 BILLION to fight & $37 BILLION in destruction
Depressed feelings of the survivors: disillusionment (a loss of faith/trust) – deep insecurity and despair felt

34. HWK: Notebook Guide Sect. 5

35. WWI TEST STUDY GUIDE
Answer Questions in Big Board Game!