1. Good morning! - First Four
Please get out your First Four work.
Label today’s work “Dawes Plan” and date it 1/28/16
What was the Dawes Plan & why did the US propose it? (See textbook as needed.)

2. How/why did the US relationship with Europe change between 1840 & 1930?

3. America & the War to End all Wars
World War I
America &
the War to
End all Wars
                                                                                                            

4. Background & Causes Causes Militarism Alliances Imperialism
Nationalism
June 1914 – Archduke Ferdinand
Result

5. Alliances of WW I
Central Powers vs. Allies

6. American Neutrality Economic Links Trade, Blockade & the Recession
Private Loans
Public Opinion
Ethnic Influence
British Propaganda

8. Submarine Warfare
Lusitania Crisis
Other Sinkings
The Sussex Pledge

9. The War Debate Preparedness Opposition Election of 1916
National Security League
National Defense Act
Opposition
Pacifists, socialists, unions
Election of 1916
“He kept us out of the war”
Peace Efforts –
“Peace w/o victory”

10. Decision for War 1917 Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Zimmerman Note
Russian Revolution
April 6, 1917

11. QUIZ Why did the US declare war on Germany in 1917?
Was the US really neutral before 1917? Explain.

12. Mobilization for War Industry & Labor
Bernard Baruch – War Industries Board
Herbert Hoover – Food Administration
Harry Garfield – Fuel Administration
William H. Taft – National War Labor Board
Financing the war
Liberty Bonds, Taxes

14. Public Opinion & Civil Liberties
Creel Committee
American Protective League
Espionage & Sedition Acts
Schenck v. United States 1919

15. Armed Forces Selective Service Act 1917 African Americans Women
2.8 million – 4.7 million total
African Americans
400,000
Women
11,000

16. Effects on American Society
                                                                
Women
Jobs
19th Amendment
Mexicans & African Americans
                                                                                                         

17. Effects on American Society
18th Amendment 1919

18. Fighting the War Naval Operations AEF Chateau Thierry 1918
November 11, 1918
112, US Casualties

19. The Process of Peace: Wilson & the Treaty of Versailles
Discuss Woodrow Wilson’s vision for peace and the debate over the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

20. Making the Peace The Fourteen Points Spread Democracy
Open Markets – Free Trade
International Peace Organization
Active role for US in world affairs

24. Losses in WW I
Each symbol = 100, Million Killed

25. Treaty of Versailles 1919 Wilson vs. the Allies Terms Germany
disarmed,
lost colonies & territory
Reparations - $30B
League of Nations – Article X

28. Ratification Debate Partisanship after the war
Irreconcilables vs. Reservationists
Wilson’s Tour & Breakdown
Rejection of Treaty

29. Diplomacy 1920-1930 How has the US relationship with Europe changed?
American Isolationism?
Dawes Plan ‘24
Young Plan ‘29
Kellogg-Briand Pact ’28
How has the US relationship with Europe changed?

30. Postwar Problems Demobilization The Red Scare Labor Conflicts
Race Riots