1. Which group had the most deaths in WWI
Which group had the most deaths in WWI? What nations are included in this group?
Why were there more deaths in this group than the others?

2. The U.S. in World War I
Section 12.3
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3. Who are the Allies?
Who are the Central Powers?
Why did the war begin?
Are allies automatically equal in power or strength? Can allies exist if they don’t have a common enemy?

4. Preparing for War: 1917 Selective Service Act: the draft
American Expeditionary Force (AEF): US troops
The US joined the Allies (Britain, France, Russia)
We were fighting the Central Powers (Germany, Austria)

6. Training Soldiers

8. Convoys

9. U.S. troops kept separate from Europeans
Had better health and attitudes
300,000 African-Americans volunteered for war
Kept in segregated units, few allowed to fight

10. U.S. Soldiers

12. Turning the Tide of War: 1917-1918
Russia, 1917: Lenin created a communist govt and withdrew from the war
Germany gained land in this peace treaty
They also had more troops to use against Britain/France
Germany moved into France, but the U.S. helped push them back

13. Russian Revolution and Lenin

17. By 1918, the Allies were winning the war
Used machine guns, tanks, airplanes, zeppelins (floating airships)
What were the pros/cons of these new weapons?

18. Tanks

19. Airplanes

20. Zeppelins

22. German U-Boat; Lusitania

23. Ending the War Central Powers surrendered in fall 1918-except Germany
Then, German soldiers mutinied (refused to fight) and they had no choice but to surrender
Nov. 11, 1918: an armistice (cease-fire) was signed to end the war

24. War Ends

25. Effects of World War I
8 million Europeans (including civilians) died in WWI
Millions more were injured or traumatized
Only 50,000 U.S. troops died
Ottomans used genocide (organized murder of a people) against the Armenian people
Flu epidemic: a deadly flu virus killed 30 million people worldwide in 1918

26. Flu Epidemic

28. Armenian Genocide

30. Wk 12.3
Flu reading from wh workbook
Drawing of war

31. Liberty Bonds

32. Rationing

33. Fear of “The Hun”

34. Censored Letters

36. Sedition Act

37. Industrial Workers of the World

38. Women in WWI