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World War I. Winning the War. I. Effects of the Stalemate. Total war, conscription Raised taxes, borrowed $, sold bonds Rationed food, clothing, gasoline Censored the press, propaganda WWI government controls video.asf. WWI Propaganda Poster http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa.htm.
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World War I Winning the War
I. Effects of the Stalemate • Total war, conscription • Raised taxes, borrowed $, sold bonds • Rationed food, clothing, gasoline • Censored the press, propaganda • WWI government controls video.asf
WWI Propaganda Poster http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa.htm
Women took men’s jobs & kept economy going Manufactured weapons, supplies, grew food Nurses, Red Cross New sense of pride & self-confidence, helped win suffrage after the war II. Women at War
III. Collapsing Morale • 1917: troops & civilians fed up w/ war • Ger. Sending 15 year olds to fight • Mutinies in France • Britain on verge of economic collapse
Russian troops leave to fight in own revolution • Lenin rises to power & gets Russia out of war w/ Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Germany can now concentrate on western front, ready to launch offensive
IV. US Enters War • Ger. U-Boats practice Unrestricted Submarine Warfare • 1915 sank Lusitania (128 Americans died) • Zimmerman Note 1917: Ger. wants Mex. to attack U.S • April 1917: Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Ger. • . WWI sinking of Lusitania Zimmerman note video.asf
Weimar Republic signed armistice on Nov. 11, 1918 Wilson issued 14 Points peace plan (self-determination & League of Nations) U.S. troops provided a morale boost (well fed, energetic, fresh) Ger. Launched a huge offensive (40 miles) but didn’t break through Allies countered & Kaiser William abdicated