WW1

nationalism

pride loyalty for your country

salvk- russia protects

defend your country

imperalism

increases competition

causes conflict betwen countrie

militarism

military spending

inccreases spending to have best military

england=best nay

germany= best army

allince 

allied powers 

• russia

• britian

• france

Central powers

• germany

• astria

assasination

June 28th 1914 gaurilo princip assanated Archduke Franz Ferdinand n Dosnio 

By august 3 Europe was at war

blank check

a metephor of germany to austria meaning that germany will give unconditional support to austria

Why did Wilson want to stay neural 

• continue trade 

• isolation policy

• 1/3 European-born or first-gen American

•  no direct American harm 

DIffulculty with Neutrality i

Support for Central powers

• Germany

• jews

• russian

• irish

• austran

Support for allied Powers

• British,french, russian

• closer social politics

British Blockade (1915) 

Blockade north Atlantic

german U boats

attacking any ship

unrestricted submarine warefare

Lusitania (1915)

• british ecan liner

• 128 americans died

• germany seen as aggressor

Sussex Pledge

march French ship Sussex sunk

may, pledge for Germany to stop unrestricted sub warfare

Road to War

-Wilson makes a speech to end war without resentment

Germany breaks Sussex pledge

Wilson asks for a declaration of war

congress approves and declares war

Raising a Army

• Selective Service act of 1917 is required that men 18-30 have to register and there were 24million registered but inly 2.89 mill got drafted

• -troops got sent to europe and dough boys lead by John pershing

• - ship builders would not be drafted and goverment could take overs ships if needed

Mobolizing Economy

• congerss gave Wilsonability to conduct war effort

• shift in production

Goverment Anginces

-war industries are in charge of market practices and production

- national labor administration in charge of working condition

-comitee of public is in charge of making propaganda movie ect

Effects of people

Germans/Austrians

• Anti

• changes the names of food so it would have no connection

• changes schools by  not teaching language

Womem

• not allowed in coimbat

• worked as a army of nurses 

• picked up what men left behind

• in effect got rewarded with right to vote

African Americans

• were at first not allowed to be drafted 

• then when they were they had tto be in segregated units

• Du Bios

  • wanted them to fight for racism to end

• William M Traillor

  • told them not to fight for a country that hated and was against them

Conditions 

• many solders could not belive the horror of the war

• new arm fire was gas, machine guns, tanks,

• trenches were terrible

• rats,lice,and dead bodys all around

• artillery fire always

• and it was hard to sleep 

Impacts of War

• 22 million died half being citizens

• 20 million injured, 10 million became refugees

• the economic coast 338 billion

14 points

1- No secret treates

2-3- Free Trade

4-Reduce Military

5-13-Adjust Colonial Claims

14-League of Nations

TOV

• 33 billion in resperations

• militarys restriction on germany

• hummilates germany

• we could get colnies overseas

• balmes us for war

• us doesnt sign

Thoughts on TOV

• Irreconciliables

  • totaly against TOv

• Reservationsit

  • wanted acomadations

  • Henery Cabot Lodge wated to keep the right to declare war

  • Herbert Hover feared the economi cimpact

• Wilson

  • was for it but could not make agreemenst so he signed a diffrent treaty with germany in 1921