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WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR I. Mr. Carraher. OBJECTIVE. USHC-5.4

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WORLD WAR I

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  1. WORLD WAR I Mr. Carraher

  2. OBJECTIVE • USHC-5.4 Analyze the causes and consequences of United States involvement in World War I, including the failure of neutrality and the reasons for the declaration of war, the role of propaganda in creating a unified war effort, the limitation of individual liberties, and Woodrow Wilson’s leadership in the Treaty of Versailles and the creation of the League of Nations.

  3. M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI • M- Militarism • A- Alliance • I- Imperialism • N- Nationalism • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Gavrilo Princep

  4. ISOLATIONISM United States is neutral at the start of World War I

  5. USA gets involved • Isolationism • “Blood Money” • Lusitania (Sinking of our ships) • Zimmerman Note • Propaganda • “War to End All Wars”, Woodrow Wilson

  6. USA Involvement in WWI • Trench Warfare • American Expeditiary Force (AEF) • “Doughboys” • “Harlem Hellfighters” John J. Pershing

  7. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION • Vladmir Lenin • Bolshevik • March 1917

  8. WWI at Home • War Industry Board • Committee on Public Information • Herbert Hoover- Food Administration Board a) “Heatless, Wheatless, Meatless Days” b) Conservation Efforts (Scouts) • Espionage and Sedition Act a) Schnek v. United States

  9. END OF THE WAR • Armistice • November 11, 1918 • Big Four A) USA B) Great Britain C) France D) Italy

  10. END OF WWI Treaty of Versailles 14 Points League of Nations Peace without Victory Reparations Germany takes full blame Lost territory Hitler & Germany’s Revenge USA will NOT join League of Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Woodrow Wilson paralyzed Isolationism Death toll wipes out entire generation Europe devastated USA now Economic Power Russia is now communist

  11. TREATY OF VERSAILLES

  12. VS. President Woodrow Wilson Henry Cabot Lodge The Senate will refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles The United States will NOT join of the League of Nations

  13. Peace was NOT secured! THE END

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