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WORLD WAR I 1914-1918

WORLD WAR I 1914-1918. Causes of the War. Imperialism- “big guy” tries to become more powerful by taking advantage of “little guy” Nationalism- thinking you (your country) deserves better treatment than others. Militarism- “might makes right” the bully is stronger so his ideas are right.

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WORLD WAR I 1914-1918

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  1. WORLD WAR I1914-1918

  2. Causes of the War • Imperialism- “big guy” tries to become more powerful by taking advantage of “little guy” • Nationalism- thinking you (your country) deserves better treatment than others. • Militarism- “might makes right” the bully is stronger so his ideas are right.

  3. Why did the U.S. join this mess? • German U-boat sunk the Lusitania • W. Wilson wanted to stay out , but had to help Britain after the sinking of the Lusitania • April 1917- Wilson asks Congress to delcare war on Germany

  4. Allies France Great Britain Belgium Serbia Greece Romania Albania Italy Portugal Russia United States Central Powers Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Bulgaria Germany Austria-Hungary Alliances

  5. New Weapons • Machine guns • poisonous gases • airplanes • tanks • fighting from trenches

  6. GERMAN TANKS

  7. German machine guns and a giant shell

  8. Fighting from the trenches and soldiers using gas masks

  9. Airplanes • German plane with a Mercedes engine • British plane- propeller in back so machine gun fire did not get in the way

  10. US did not let women fight women took over jobs left by men Katherine Stinson raised money for the Red Cross by flying across America 1920- 19th amendment to let women vote some said “it was the greatest thing to come out of the war. Women in the War

  11. CHANGES AT HOME • President Wilson set up the Food Administration and made farmers plant more food • farming was difficult in Europe • Americans started “Victory Gardens” • Set up Fuel Administration to make people conserve coal and oil

  12. THE WAR ENDS Nov. 11, 1918 • Germans finally gave up • League of Nations- group of countries who agree to work problems peacefully • Congress thought US should just remain in isolation and not join • Treaty of Versailles ended the war

  13. THE END!

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