Unit 7-World War I: The Great War

What are the causes of WWI

• militarism

• alliance

• nationalism

• imperialism

• assassination

Who’s assassination caused WWI?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Who caused the assassination?

the black hand: a serbian terrorist group

Who were the Central Powers?

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary

• Ottoman Empire

• Italy (start)

Who were the Allied Powers?

• Great Britain

• France

• Russia

• Italy (end)

What group did the US join?

the allied powers

What doctrine did Woodrow Wilson follow?

moral diplomacy

Moral Diplomacy

focused on building the best democracy by not interfering with other countries

Why were we normally neutral when europe was fighting?

monroe doctrine by president james monroe

Why did we join WWI?

• u-boat attacks

• zimmerman telegram

Zimmerman Telegram

Germany sent a telegram to Mexico saying to fight the U.S, it was intercepted by the Brits and alerted to the U.S

What are liberty bonds?

people can gave a loan to the government and the government will pay them back with interest

Selective Service Act

WWI draft for men between 21 and 30

War Industry Board by Woodrow Willson

Overseeing manufacturing, the government can force a company to start making weapons

Food Administration by Woodrow Willson

Oversees food manufacturing

The Espionage & Sedition Acts

ban on negative speech about the war, goes against the 1st amendment

Influenza Pandemic

kills 500,000 - 850,000 americans and 1/3 of the national population causing less people able to fight in europe

Why were the 18th & 19th amendments ratified?

• 18th: to have more food supply for the army (alcohol is fermented fruit/veggies)

• 19th: Woodrow Willson was backed into a corner by suffragists

What technology was used during WWI?

• tanks

• submarines (u-boats)

• machine guns

• planes

• mustard gas

Trench Warfare

trenches and no mans land

Who is executed in Russia?

the czar is executed and vladimir lenin takes over

What type of government was used in russia?

a totalitarian communist dictatorship

What speech did Woodrow Wilson make?

“Fourteen Points”

Fourteen Points

• freedom of the oceans (refers to the u-boat attacks)

• free trade

• no more secret treaties(refers the A in MANIA)

• National self-determination ( pushes for democracy)

Why does Germany agree to an armistice?

because of the fourteen points speech

Who was invited to the Paris Peace Treaty?

• Great Britain

• France

• USA

• Italy

Who wants to punish Germany?

Great Britain and France

What did the Treaty of Versailles consist of?

• Guilt Clause

  • reparations

• League of Nations

  • Article X

Guilt Clause

Germany is blamed for the entirety of WWI and forced to pay reparations

League of Nations

international assembly to maintain world peace

Article X

if one country was at war all countries are at war

Why did the League of Nations Fail?

because the US Senate disapproved of Article X

What does WWI stop?

the progressive era

What do the US citizens want after the war?

• normalcy

• smaller weaker government

• isolationism- no war!

What was the theory of appeasement?

France and England let Hitler take over the Sudetenland