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617-620 - Draw generalizations related to World War I. - Describe the impact of the end of the war. Quiz. Waging War and Peace Abroad Critical Situation Three years trench warfare U-boats devastated Brits American Involvement Selective Service Act – 1917 “conscription”
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617-620 - Draw generalizations related to World War I. - Describe the impact of the end of the war.
Waging War and Peace Abroad • Critical Situation • Three years trench warfare • U-boats devastated Brits • American Involvement • Selective Service Act – 1917 • “conscription” • 24 million registered • 3 million served • 367,000 blacks
Waging War and Peace Abroad • Critical Situation • Three years trench warfare • U-boats devastated Brits • American Involvement • Selective Service Act – 1917 • “conscription” • 24 million registered • 3 million served • 367,000 blacks • songs promoted support • Hunting the Hun • Oh, How I Hate to Get Up • American Expeditionary Force • General Pershing 6/1917
Waging War and Peace Abroad • Critical Situation • Three years trench warfare • U-boats devastated Brits • American Involvement • Selective Service Act – 1917 • “conscription” • 24 million registered • 3 million served • 367,000 blacks • American Expeditionary Force • General Pershing 6/1917 • Wilson sent troops to fight • against Russian Bolsheviks.
7/1917 - American troops sent to fight the Bolsheviks in Russia
Battle of Argonne Forest • ended with Germany’s • surrender 11/11/1918 • “Total War” – made no distinction • between civilian/military resources. • 8 million soldiers dead • 7 million civilians dead
The Peace Plan for World War I • The “Fourteen Points” – Woodrow Wilson • Self-determination • 5 points on international relations • Freedom of the seas, no secret treaties, arms reduction, free trade and fair settlement of colonial claims • Established a “League of Nations” • Rejected by the Senate
The Peace Plan for World War I • The “Fourteen Points” – Woodrow Wilson • The Paris Peace Conference • 1/18/1919 • Wilson, Clemenceau, George and Orlando dominated. • Signed Treaty of Versailles • Created new nations (Poland, Czechoslovakia, divided Austria and Hungary.) • Fr, GB, Italy, Romania, Japan annexed colonies. • League of Nations – “Article 10”
British Empire France America Italy Japan