1. World War I

2. The Impact of the First World War
1914: World War I started, mainly involving Great Britain, France,
Germany, and Austria.
The United States took an
active role in World War I.
North Carolina affected
the presence of the U.S.
in the war in terms of
politics and economics.

3. The Way it Was
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4. MANIA Sets In Militarism: European powers began to
develop strong military forces in
order to protect global interests
Alliances: European powers made a series of
alliances for mutual protection
Nationalism: Europeans developed extreme pride in their own countries/nationalities
Imperialism: European powers fanned out across the globe in a race to control the most territory/resources
Assassination: Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Bosnia by a Serbian

5. Militarism 1910 – 1914 Increase in Defense Spending France 10%
Britain 13%
Russia 39%
Germany 73%

6. Alliances Triple Entente Great Britain France Russia Serbia
Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy

7. Nationalism
Pan-Germanism -unification of all people speaking German or a Germanic language
Austria*
Belgium
Denmark
Iceland
Germany*
Lichtenstein*
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland*
United Kingdom
*German Speaking Country

8. Nationalism Pan-Slavism – Unity of the Slavic people Bulgaria Croatia
Czechoslovakia
Macedonia
Poland
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Ukraine

9. Imperialism
As we learned last year, European powers ignored pre-existing civilizations throughout Africa and indiscriminately claimed lands as their own.

10. Assassination
June 28, 1914
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was shot and killed by a member of the a secret political society
The assassination let directly to WWI when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

11. Cause & Effect Austria blamed Serbia for the Assassination
Germany pledged their support of Austria & demanded reparations
Russia pledged their support of Serbia & refused Germany’s terms
War Broke OUT!

12. Trench Warfare a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.

13. Trench Warfare

14. Trench Warfare

15. Trench Warfare

16. Trench Warfare

17. Trench Warfare
For four years, the war dragged on, the front line moving very little. Only with the invention of the tank did the strategy of “positional warfare” BEGIN TO FAIL.

18. Trench Warfare - Military Casualties
Germany 1,935,000 (9%)
Russia 1,700,000
France 1,368,000 (11%)
AH 1,200,000
Britain 942,135 (8%)
Ottoman 725,000
Italy 680,000
Romania 300,000
United States 116,516 (.3%)
Bulgaria 87,495
Belgium 45,550
Serbia 45,000
Greece 23,098
Portugal 8,145
Montenegro 3,000
Japan 1,344

19. The United States Remains Neutral
For the majority of the war, the United States claimed neutrality, selling goods to both sides. The majority of American exports, however, went to the British and the French, eventually prompting the Germans to target American shipping vessels crossing the Atlantic. It is estimated that by 1918 the US had loaned Allied powers more than 2,500 million dollars while loaning the central powers 27 million dollars.

20. Lusitania British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915 (128 were Americans)

21. The Zimmerman Telegram was intercepted & decoded by British intelligence. The telegram was a proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join in an alliance with Germany in the event of the US entering WWI against Germany.

22. The US Declares War CHAMP CLARK Speaker of the House of
Whereas the Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America; Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.
CHAMP CLARK Speaker of the House of
Representatives
THOS. R. MARSHALL Vice President of the
United States and
President of the Senate
Approved, April 6, 1917 WOODROW WILSON

23. The US in the War
With the US entry into the war, the Germans made one last ditch effort to end the war before the arrival of US forces. This effort failed, with France taking the majority of the hit, and the Germans folded knowing that the million plus troops on their way from America would be too much for them to handle.

24. The End of the War
Germany surrendered  and agreed to sign a cease-fire agreement, or armistice, known as the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty punished the Germans by stripping them of territory, dismantling their military, and forcing them to repay the costs of the war.

25. Effects of the War on the US
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
Isolationism
World Power

26. Effects of the War on the world
Treaty of Versailles
European death & destruction
Russian Revolution
League of Nations
Conflict in the Middle East