1. M.A.N.I.A. Causes of WWI REMEMBER: ILITARISM L L I ANCES ATIONALISM
MPERIALISM
SSASSINATION

2. Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)
Heir to the Austria-Hungary (A-H) throne
Shot dead by a Serbian terrorist

3. The Great War Begins A-H + Serbia have alliances around Europe
All declare war on each other

4. The PLayers The Allied Powers
Britain
France
Russia

5. The Players The Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary (will be abbreviated A-H)
Ottoman Empire

6. Presi Wilson and World War I
Stay neutral
**it’s a “European” war
**make $$$ trading w/ both sides

7. Sinking of the Lusitania (May 7, 1915)
Boat sunk by German U-boat
**smuggling weapons to Britain??
**killed 128 USA

8. The Zimmerman Telegraph (January 1917)
German proposal to Mexico to form an alliance vs. USA
**telegraph leaked to America
Dear Mexico,
If the US becomes involved in the war on the allies side, will you help us?
Check: Yes  No 
If you do, when we win, you will get back all the land you lost to America during the Mexican-American War.
Your BFFL,
Germany

9. Declaring War (April 6, 1917)
USA joins the Allied powers

10. Reason “Make the World Safe for Democracy”
USA ties to Britain
Win the war and show the World the power of democracy
German unrestricted submarine warfare violates Freedom of the Seas

11. America to the Rescue (1917-November 11, 1918)
Re-energize the Allies
**soldiers
**war materials

12. Germany in trouble Losing their Allies
**Bulgaria (surrender Sept 29, 1918)
**Ottoman Empire (surrender Oct 30, 1918)
**Austria-Hungary (surrender Nov 3, 1918)
Afraid the war will move into Germany

13. Armistice Day November 11, 1918
Germany surrenders
“On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"

14. The Treaty of Versailles (January 1919)
Allies meet to decide terms of surrender for WWI

15. President Wilson and the 14 Points
Plan to eliminate causes of war

16. Plan: 1. Self-Determination
Let displaced ethnic people have their
own country
**Czechoslavakia
**Poland
**Yugoslavia
**Iran
**Iraq
People have the right to
choose their form of govt.

17. Freedom of the Seas
Recognition that all nations should be allowed to travel in
international waters safely

18. The League of Nations
World organization to solve global problems

19. The Mandate System
Allied powers would control, and eventually free, certain German colonies

20. The Allies Agenda Punish Germany!!
stripped of their colonies (Mandate System)
military limited (German armed forces = 125,000 or less)
Boundaries of German and Austria-Hungary redrawn

21. The War-Guilt Clause Germany is at fault
**must pay a reparations bill ($33 billion)

22. The Senate Hates the League of Nations
b/c US foreign policy decisions made by an international organization – not the US leaders
**want return to ISOLATIONISM

23. The Death of the Treaty of Versailles (March 1920)
US Senate rejects the Treaty

24. The League of Nations (1919-1946)
Fails to maintain world peace
**no USA leadership
**had no real power

25. Groups Group 1: Group 2: Group 3:
Finish Spanish American War Political Cartoons from last class
If you finish work to complete Wilson’s 14 points
Group 2:
Changing Role of US: Use your notes to complete
On the back answer the questions for each cartoon and provide the time period.
Group 3:
First map just color allied powers one color and central powers another
Second map label on new countries that were formed after the war