1. 2/6/14 What do you think this is? What does it say? Any clues?
3minutes

3. Cell Phone Poll
Text a to 22333
If you think YES type “292457”
If you think NO type “505633”
If you do not know type “505634”
Based off the Zimmerman Note, do you think the U.S. should go to war with Germany and join the conflict in Europe?

4. Causes and Georgia’s contributions
World War I
Causes and Georgia’s contributions
Chapter 10, Section 5, pg. 370
SS8H7d.

5. In Class Activity
Grab a textbook
Find the contributions that Georgia made during WWI
Finish your worksheet Pg

6. “The Great War” Militarism Nationalism
Countries during this time began increasing their armed forces.
Britain has most powerful Navy. Germany trying to increase theirs.
Nationalism
Gavrilo Princip (Serbian)
assassinates Austrian-Hungary’s
Archduke, Franz Ferdinand
(June, 1914)

7. 1914- WAR breaks out in Europe
Alliances in Euro
Russia & Serbia (ally)
Germany & Austria- Hungary (central)
France & Russia (ally)
Britain & France & Belgium (ally)
Japan & Britain (ally)
Imperialism
When a country increases in power & wealth through gaining additional territories under their control (parts of Africa & Asia)
*Why do this?

8. Bulgaria
United States
(only in for last 19 months)

9. Meanwhile in the USA… President Wilson threatens Germany
America is neutral under Woodrow Wilson
To not take sides in a disagreement
1915- German U-boat sinks a British cruise ship called the Lusitania killing 128 Americans off the coast of Ireland
President Wilson threatens Germany
Germany ceases U-boats in fear of US siding with
Allies
Wilson re-elected in 1916 under slogan
“He Kept Us Out of War”
US still neutral but continues to trade with both
sides known as the “Freedom of the Seas”

11. Hostility keeps building…
Early Germany restarts it’s
U-boat attacks (hurting ally trade again)
By March, many US ships sunk
The British bombard US with Anti- Germany Propaganda and we believe it, especially after we catch German spies attempting to ruin American industries
Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

12. WWI Propaganda

13. Lord Kitchener
Uncle Sam

14. The US enters WWI The Final blow
The Zimmerman telegram is intercepted by Great Britain
A secret message from Germany to Mexico
Urges Mexico to attack the US in return for regaining the Southwest US
-Congress begins to prepare for war
-America officially enters in April 2, 1917
Wilson declares war in order to=
“Make the world safe for democracy”

15. Georgia Contributions to the War
Textile Mills
Fabric for military uniforms
Railroads
Transport supplies to the coasts
Farmers
Increased crops and livestock
“Victory Gardens” sprang up in communities
Women volunteer at Red Cross
Additional Finance
Raise taxes, war bonds, liberty bonds, Rallies, Parades, etc.
Biggest contribution= 3,000 Georgians who died in the war

16. Georgia Contributions to the War
85, ,000 Georgians enlist in US armed forces
Important training camps created & helped GA’s economy
Camp Benning for infantry training
(Near Columbus, GA)
Fort McPherson (Outside of Atlanta)
During the war a German
submarine crew was imprisoned here
Fort Gordon (Outside of Augusta)

17. German submarine crew as P.O.W’s at Fort McPherson

18. WWI comes to an End
America’s entry into the war brought vast amounts of troops, supplies, and equipment to help defeat the Central Powers
November 11, 1918
The war officially ends
Both sides sign an Armistice in a RR car in France
An agreement to stop fighting
Now called “Veterans Day” we celebrate on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month to commemorate victory and peace

19. Answer these 5 questions somewhere on your notes
What countries were Allies in World War 1?
United States, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary
Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States
Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary

20. 2. What was the “final blow” that led President Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war against the Central Powers in WWI?
Anti-German propaganda in the United States
Attacks on American merchant ships
Zimmerman Telegram

21. 3. What event is celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year?
The sinking of the Lusitania
Mr. Neff’s birthday
Armistice that ended World War 1

22. 4. Who was re-elected in the 1916 U. S
4. Who was re-elected in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election that used the phrase “He kept Us Out of War?”
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln

23. 5. What was NOT a way that Georgians got involved in WWI?
Soldiers
Uniforms
Red Cross
Improving Civil Rights
Camps/Forts
Victory Gardens

24.  Bullard was one of only two black combat pilots in World War I
Eugene Jacques Bullard

28. Activity Draw your own propaganda poster
Aim it towards year olds
Must be eye-catching
Emphasize the urge to enlist and go to war
Must persuade men to join
(Ex. Reasons to join might be for the excitement of battle, honor, dislike for Germany, being a hero, impressing girls, not being seen as a coward, etc.)
Use colored pencils for your poster

29. Effects on America
Selective Service Act, May 1917= Nat’l Gov. more powerful
Forced 24 million men to register for draft,
120,000 into 5,000,000
Nat’l Gov. takes over a lot of Economy
Quotas, prices, standardized specifications
Ration resources at home
Used media to help shape public opinion
Took away Civil Liberties- most intense ever
Espionage act of 1917
Sedition act 1918
Arrests of over 5,000 suspected radicals and union laborers
Public schools start to “Americanize” minorities
Hamburgers= now called Liberty Sandwiches ( because of German word)
Helped establish 19th amendment
Provide work for African Americans in “Great Migration”- Chicago, Detroit, Harlem, etc.