1. World War I – The War To End All Wars
US History
Objectives:
**Explain the causes of World War I
SOL – VUS.9
Timeline –

3. Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914)
Heir to the Austria-Hungary (A-H) throne
Shot dead by a Serbian terrorist

4. The Great War Begins A-H + Serbia have alliances around Europe
All declare war on each other

5. The Players - The Allied Powers
Britain
France
Russia

6. The Players - The Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary (will be abbreviated A-H)
Ottoman Empire
(aka: Turkey)

7. A war of attrition

8. A war of attrition

9. The british navy ruled the seas!

10. Trench Warfare

11. President Wilson and World War I (1914-1917)
Stay neutral
**it’s a “European” war
**make $$$ trading w/ both sides

12. The Sinking of the Lusitania (May 7, 1915)
Boat sunk by German U-boat
**smuggling weapons to Britain??
**killed 128 USA

13. The Zimmerman Telegraph (January 1917)
German proposal to Mexico to form an alliance vs. USA
**telegraph leaked to America
Dear Mexico,
If the US becomes involved in the war on the allies side, will you help us?
Check: Yes  No 
If you do, when we win, you will get back all the land you lost to America during the Mexican-American War.
Your BFFL,
Germany

14. Declaring War (April 6, 1917)
USA joins the Allied powers

15. “Make the World Safe for Democracy”
USA ties to Britain
Win the war and show the World the power of democracy

16. Mobilization of America (Summer 1917-Spring 1918)
Military Draft
Rationing Goods
**conservation days
**victory gardens
Buying war bonds

17. America to the Rescue (Spring 1917-November 11, 1918)
Re-energize the Allies
**soldiers
**war materials

18. Germany in trouble Losing their Allies
**Bulgaria (surrender Sept 29, 1918)
**Ottoman Empire (surrender Oct 30, 1918)
**Austria-Hungary (surrender Nov 3, 1918)
Afraid the war will move into Germany

19. Armistice Day November 11, 1918
German surrender
“On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"

21. The Treaty of Versailles (January 1919)
Allies meet to decide terms of surrender for WWI

22. President Wilson and the 14 Points
Plan to eliminate causes of war

23. Plan: 1. Self-Determination
Let displaced ethnic people have their
own country
**Czechoslavakia
**Poland
**Yugoslavia
**Iran
**Iraq

24. Freedom of the Seas
Recognition that all nations should be allowed to travel in
international waters safely

25. The Mandate System
Brings an end to winning countries confiscating losing countries territories
Imperialist territories of the Central Powers were governed by the winners under a mandate of the L of N until the territories could govern themselves.

26. The League of Nations
World organization to solve global problems

27. The Allies Agenda was slightly different!
Punish Germany!!
stripped of their colonies (Mandate System)
military limited (German armed forces = 125,000 or less)
Boundaries of German and Austria-Hungary redrawn

28. The War-Guilt Clause
Forced Germany to claim fault for the war and pay a reparations bill ($33 billion)

29. Yeah……A league of nations WAS created!!!!!

30. Redraw national boundaries
Many new countries were created from the Empires that were at war:
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Turkey

31. The Senate Hates the League of Nations
Objections to US foreign policy decisions being made by an international organization – not the US leaders
**want return to ISOLATIONISM

32. President Wilson on Tour (October 2, 1919)
Wilson goes on a tour promoting his L of N
Suffers a stroke
**left bed-ridden

33. The Death of the Treaty of Versailles (March 1920)
US Senate does not ratify the Treaty

34. The League of Nations (1919-1946)
Fails to maintain world peace
**no USA leadership
**had no real power