2. General Information… Map of Europe greatly changed.
Started on July 28, 1914
Ended on November 11, 1918
Almost 8,000,000 dead.
*** Russia the most = 1.7 million
Almost 22,000,000 wounded…..
Map of Europe greatly changed.

5. Reasons for start of war…
Extreme nationalism – pride in country
Imperialism
Militarism – building up military
Alliance system - <KEY REASON>
European powers formed rival alliances to protect themselves
PROBLEM? One event could drag all countries involved into a conflict.

8. The Black Hand..
The main objective of the Black Hand was the creation, by means of violence, of a Greater Serbia.
Its stated aim was: "To realize the national ideal, the unification of all Serbs. This organization prefers terrorist action to cultural activities; it will therefore remain secret."

9. The spark that lit the fuse….
The one event that started the Great War happened in the Balkans.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Austria) was assassinated while visiting Serbia.
The Black Hand was responsible….

10. The Assassin and the Archduke
Gavrilo Princip

11. Assassination

12. Kaiser Wilhelm II
“You will be home before the leaves have fallen from the trees!!”

20. Battle of Verdun
the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I. February 1916 – December 1916
Two million men were engaged.
The intention of the Germans had been a battle of attrition in which they hoped to bleed the French army white.
In the end, they sustained almost as many casualties as the French; an estimated 328,000 to the French 348,000.

22. Map 31.1: Major U.S. Operations in France, 1918

23. Figure 31.1: Approximate Comparative Losses in World War I

25. What was the job of George Creel during the war?
His job was to sell America the war.
Creel tried to “whip” up support for Wilson’s ideas
Help US raise money to fight

33. Election of 1916
Hughes
Wilson
“He kept us out of war!!!!”

34. A very close election..

37. Russian
Revolution of 1917

38. Jeannette Rankin
1st women elected to Congress in United States history.
Republican from Wyoming.
Only person in Congress to vote against going to war in WW I (and II).

39. Workers of the World UNITE!!
Communism
Workers of the World UNITE!!

40. Harlem Hell fighters
An African American unit attached to the French Army that fought bravely in many battles.
Awarded medals from the French

42. Allied Commanders

46. Sgt. York

49. The Big 4