1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Austria-Hungary

2. World War 1 “The War to end all wars”
Causes of World War 1
Alliance System
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Arms race
Leadership

3. Triple Entente Allies England France Czarist Russia
Alliance System
Triple Entente
Allies
England
France
Czarist Russia

4. Triple Alliance Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire
Alliance System
Triple Alliance Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire

5. Map of Europe

6. What was the US response to the First World War and its break-out in 1914?
Neutrality
What incident in 1915 nearly brought the US into the war ?
Sinking of the Lusitania

7. Lusitania

8. President Wilson’s and World War 1

9. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country." He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted international leadership in building a new world order. In 1917 he proclaimed American entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy."

10. Why did the US enter the War?
Unrestricted Submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note
Preserve and defend Democracy
Closer Cultural ties to England
Financial ties …American Bank loans

11. Sgt. Alvin York-was a United States soldier, famous for his heroism in World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery

12. John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing General of the Armies of the United States

13. Home-front during the War

14. Home front

15. Espionage Act of 1917
United States federal law passed shortly after entering World War I, on June 15, 1917, which made it a crime for a person to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States
or to promote the success of its enemies. It was punishable by a maximum $USD 10,000 fine ($169, in today's dollars) and 20 years in prison. The legislation was passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who feared any widespread dissent in time of war constituted a real threat to an American victory.

16. Sedition Act
The law was later extended by the Sedition Act of 1918 , which made it illegal to speak out against the government.

17. Trench Warfare

18. New Weapons

19. Home-Front Women in the work place
Black-Americans move North for jobs.
Victory Gardens
What other changes took Place at Home?

20. Peace 11-11-1918 “Peace without victory” “Big Four”
Treaty of Versailles
14 Points & Creation of the League of Nations
Idealism v. Realism
How did the Peace Fail?

21. Map of Europe -1918

22. Map of Europe-1918

23. Who has to ratify any Presidential Treaty?
Treaty of Versailles Why did it fail? What was the response in the US to the Treaty?
Who has to ratify any Presidential Treaty?
Why was it turned down by the US Senate? Did the US ever join the League of Nations?

24. “Big Four “ World War I winners

25. Observations

26. The President’s Long Journey

27. Wilson’s Prediction
"I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it… What the Germans used were toys compared with what will be used in the next war.”
Woodrow Wilson, September 3, 1919

28. President Wilson
“I would like to get together the boys who fought in the war, and I would stand up before them and say: Boys, I told you before you went across the seas that this war was against wars, and I did my best to fulfill that promise. But I am obliged to come before you and say I have not been able to fulfill that promise. You are betrayed. You fought for something you did not get. And there will come a day in the vengeful Providence of God another struggle, in which not a few hundred thousand fine men from America will have to die, but as many million as are necessary to accomplish the final freedom of the peoples of the world.”
Woodrow Wilson

29. President Wilson

30. Senate Says “NO” Henry Cabot Lodge

31. Realist or Idealist?

32. League of Nations

33. United Nations “Today”

34. President Wilson

35. Question
“What do you think are the most important lessons of World War I. Consider causes and aftermath.”