1. Review Pages
Imperialism
World War I
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2. World War I

3. Review: what were the 4 long-term causes of WWI?
Militarism (arms race)
Alliance System
Imperialism
Nationalism
Review: what was the “spark” or the short-term cause of WWI?
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

4. Review: what were Causes for U.S. Entry into WWI?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Zimmerman Note/Telegram
Allied Nations owed U.S. $$
American Idealism
Review: what was the most Compelling reason for U.S. Entry?
Unrestricted Submarine warfare

5. Trench Warfare on the Western Front – stalemate
The most compelling reason for the U.S. to enter the war was German submarine warfare

6. THE AREA BETWEEN THE TRENCHES WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE
“NO MAN’S LAND”
THE AREA BETWEEN THE TRENCHES WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE

7. Machine Gun

8. New Weapons in W.W.I. large airships Submarines U-boats
Dirigibles
large airships
Submarines
U-boats
Giant artillery guns
Tanks
Poison gas chemical warfare
mustard gas
the airplane
air warfare – Red Baron

9. Freedom of the Seas – threatened by unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
British Blockade
Sinking of Lusitania (128 Americans die)
Sussex Pledge– 1916 Wilson threatens to break diplomatic ties, so Sussex Pledge
Declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare
January 1917 – Germany renews unrestricted U-boat warfare; sank several unarmed U.S. ships

10. Lusitania
Zimmerman
U Boats

11. U.S. Enters WWI
Doughboys
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) led by General John J. Pershing
Turned tide of war in France in favor of the Allies
U.S. needed an army
Unpatriotic not to volunteer
Selective Service – May 1917; men ages 21-30, then 18-45
Officers a problem (90 day wonders)
Battle of Argonne Forest
Sgt. York – most decorated, awarded Medal of Honor

12. "ALL A SOLDIER NEEDS TO KNOW IS HOW TO SHOOT AND SALUTE."
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING, COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN WWI
"ALL A SOLDIER NEEDS TO KNOW IS HOW TO SHOOT AND SALUTE."
“Black Jack”

13. Wilson’s Plan for Peace
Fourteen Points: America’s war aims
Wanted to redraw the map of Europe so that each nationality had its own state.
Demanded freedom of the seas
An end to secret diplomacy
Creation of a League of Nations
Not all of these were implemented except for the last one (League of Nations)

14. End of the War November 1918, Germans surrendered
Paris Peace Conference (1919)
Woodrow Wilson (US), David Lloyd George (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France) met to negotiate peace.
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Concluded peace with Germany
Other treaties dealt with Austria-Hungary and Turkey.
Final terms turned out extremely harsh for Germany

15. TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 1919 REVENGE ON GERMANY WAR GUILT CLAUSE
The Treaty was designed to cripple Germany militarily, territorially and economically
WAR GUILT CLAUSE
Germany had to accept blame for starting WW1
NO UNION WITH AUSTRIA
GERMANY’S MILITARY FORCES REDUCED
THE TERMS
OF THE TREATY OF
VERSAILLES
1919
- Army restricted to 100,000 men.
- No modern weapons such as tanks, military air force.
- Navy could not have battle ships over 10,000 tons and no U-Boats.
REPARATIONS
Germany forced to pay massive fine for war damages - 1,000,000,000 Marks ($33 billion).
GERMAN OVERSEAS TERRITORRIES
RHINELAND TO BE DE-MILITARIZED
Germany lost Chinese ports [Amoy and Tsingtao], Pacific Islands, and African colonies [Tanganika and German SW Africa].
GERMAN NATIONAL TERRITORY
Germany lost national territory which was given to Belgium and Denmark, most went to Poland.

18. B

19. C

20. A

21. G