1. A Global Conflict
Warm Up: What were the two sides of the Great War at the beginning (1914)?

3. War Affects the World Battles in Africa and Asia
Allies take control of German holdings in Asia and Africa.
Britain and France use their colonial subjects to help in war effort
Many died on the battlefield

4. America’s Attempt at Neutrality
Why?
3,000 miles away
Cost > Gain
Multicultural
Profit from both sides

5. America Joins the Fight!
GB blockade in N. Sea (1915)
GM reacted with U-Boat attack
May 1915, Lusitania torpedoed
1,200 cas were American

6. RMS Lusitania arriving in New York on her maiden voyage arriving in New York in September Upon its sinking by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, 1,198 people died when the ship went down.

8. Zimmermann Note (January 1917)
Telegram from German Foreign Minister (Zimmerman) to German Ambassador to Mexico
GB intercepted telegram – published it

9. Results
April 2, 1917 – U.S. declared war on the Central Powers/Triple Alliance

10. Governments Wage Total War
World War I becomes a “total war”—nations devote all resources to war.
Governments take control of the economy to produce war goods.
Nations turn to rationing—limiting purchases of war-related goods.
Propaganda—one sided information to build morale and support for the war.

16. Woman and the War
At home, thousands of women fill jobs previously held by men- factories, offices, and shops
Women built tanks, plowed fields, paved streets, and ran hospitals
Many women also experience the war by working as nurses.
This changed many people’s views of what women were capable of

17. Propaganda Poster Create your own propaganda poster!
Remember to focus on one of the key reasons for why propaganda posters were produced:
To recruit men to join the army
Save food and resources
Buy war bonds

18. The Allies Win the War Russia Withdraws
Civil unrest in Russia forces Czar to step down from throne in 1917.
Communists soon take control of Russia’s government.
Russia signs a treaty with Germany in March 1918, pulls out of war.

19. The Allies Win the War The Central Powers Collapse
With Russia gone, Germany moves most forces to Western Front
Engage in major fighting; Allies force Germans to retreat.
Allies win war; armistice—end of fighting— signed November 1918.

20. The Legacy of the War A High Price
War takes heavy toll; 8.5 million soldiers dead, 21 million wounded
War devastates European economies, drains national treasuries.
Many acres of land and homes, villages, towns destroyed.
Survivors suffer disillusionment and despair; reflected in the arts.

21. Influenza 1918- Spanish flu hit England and India
Spread throughout Europe, Russia, Asia and the U.S.
Killed over 20 million people worldwide