1. Events & Innovations of WWI
By the end of today:
I will be able to explain why WWI was different than any other war before it
I will be able explain why the US entered WWI
Announcements/Shout Outs:

2. WWI Causes:
TO REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY:

3. TRENCH WARFARE A – Front line trench C – Reserve Trench
B – Support Trench
C – Reserve Trench
D – Enemy Trench
Artillery fire “softened up” resistance before an infantry attack
Communication Trenches connected the 3 types of trenches
Barbed wire C B
“No Man’s Land”
(25 yards to 1 mile wide) A
TRENCH
WARFARE
Saps were shallower trenches in “no man’s land,” allowing access to machine gun nests, grenade throwing positions, and observations. D

4. TRENCH WARFARE

5. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
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6. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
AIRPLANES
MACHINE GUNS

7. AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

8. UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE

9. “REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA!”

10. New Kind of War

11. President Wilson Asks For Peace
I hope we can achieve a peace without victory… a peace between equals.
January 22, 1917
President Wilson Asks For Peace

12. Our U-Boats will sink any ship, neutral or hostile, on sight.
10 Days Later…
Our U-Boats will sink any ship, neutral or hostile, on sight.
January 31, 1917
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

13. ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM

14. REASONS U.S. ENTERED WWI

15. April 2, 1917
It is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaceful people into war… but the right is more precious than peace.
-President Wilson

16. SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT

17. WOMEN & THE WAR EFFORT

18. What will happen when the men come home from war?
You Choose.
Answer one of these.
What will happen when the men come home from war?
How will their effort in war help women justify getting the right to vote?
Answer on the lines, at least 1 complete sentence