1. World War I
Chapter 19

2. Activity: War For what reasons do countries go to war?
In your opinion, are there any good reasons to go to war? Explain.

3. Causes Nationalism – devotion to ones own country
Imperialism – countries extending their land and building empires
Militarism – building up armed forces
Naval arms race

4. 2 Sides Allies – France, Britain and Russia
Central Powers (Triple Alliance) – Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Ottoman Empire also a big player

5. Green – Allies Gold – Central Powers Gray - Neutral

6. Assassination Leads to War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.
June 1914
Ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian Throne
Princip a Serbian nationalist
People thought it would be a short war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia
Many nations brought into conflict

8. Fighting Begins August 3, 1914 – Germany invades Belgium
Schlieffen Plan – defeat France first then Russia
Trench Warfare
“No Mans Land”

12. A letter home…
Imagine that you are fighting in WWI, in the trenches. Write a letter to a loved one (Mom, Dad, sibling, spouse, best friend) that detail what a soldier must have been thinking in the trenches.
Fears, experiences, sights, sounds, smells
Must be at least ½ a page no more than 1 page.

13. What about the US? The question of neutrality
Do we stay out and profit by selling goods?
Do we stop the “Bully of Europe”

14. War Hits Home British blockade of Germany
US ships can’t deliver goods
Sinking of the Lusitania by German U-boat
Americans on board
Other ships attacked, Americans killed
Woodrow Wilson elected president in 1916
America declares war
Zimmerman note – Germany tries to lure Mexico away from US

15. War in America Selective Service Act – Draft
3 million drafted
Mass production of War Goods
Convoy System – protect ships

16. New Inventions
Machine Gun – 600 rounds per minute

17. New Inventions
Airplanes with guns

18. New Inventions
Anti-Aircraft Guns

19. New Inventions
Poison Gas and Gas masks

20. New Inventions
Tanks

21. War at Home Income Tax Anti-Immigration Scare
American’s fearful of an attack from within
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Don’t say bad stuff about the gov’t
Food Conservation
“One day meatless, another sweetless, two days wheatless and two more porkless

22. Everyone Helping The “Great Migration”
African Americans flocking to the north to gain factory jobs
Women also taking jobs that were once seen as strictly for men

23. War Comes to a Close
Nov – Both Germany and Austria Hungary surrender
Armistice – Truce
At 11:11 on
22 million dead, 20 million wounded
World’s deadliest war, so far

24. After the War Wilson’s 14 points – plan for world peace
League of Nations – countries and settle disagreements
Treaty of Versailles
Germany is responsible for war
Must pay reparations – war damages
Germany losses territory (Poland)
Breaks the German economy