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Test on Friday!

Test on Friday!. The Home Front. 18.3. Created by Mr. Brewer. Objectives. 1) How the government made $ for the war How the workers mobilized on the home front How the government tried to influence public opinion. 1) Mobilizing $ for the War. Liberty bonds : form of loan to govt.

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Test on Friday!

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  1. Test on Friday!

  2. The Home Front 18.3 Created by Mr. Brewer

  3. Objectives 1) How the government made $ for the war • How the workers mobilized on the home front • How the government tried to influence public opinion

  4. 1) Mobilizing $ for the War • Liberty bonds: form of loan to govt. • Taxes increase 40% • 1916: Debt $1.2 billion • 1919: Debt $25.5 billion

  5. Do you know who this guy is? Douglas Fairbanks (movie star)

  6. What new disease spread after WWI? (some blamed this on the Germans)

  7. What change during the WWI is represented here?

  8. 2) Mobilizing Workers • National War Labor Board: judged disputes btwn. Workers & managers • Influenza – flu broke out 1918 • How? • 675,000 Am. die • 20 million die worldwide

  9. WWI gave birth to the greatest American hero ever represented here… Ok, Not Him… Yes! Or Him…

  10. 3) Public Opinion • CPI: Committee on Public Opinion • Propaganda: materials designed to influence opinion • Uncle Sam

  11. Peace Without Victory 18.4

  12. Objectives 1) Wilson’s 14 Points plan for peace 2) What was resolved at Paris Peace Conference 3) Why Congress fought over the treaty 4) The Impact of WWI

  13. Is it possible?!

  14. 1) 14 Points • Wilson’s vision of world peace after WWI • Self-determination: right to have own nation • League of Nations: 14th point, organization of nations working together to prevent wars, settle disputes, & protect democracy

  15. What?!

  16. What is this Germany boy & girl looking at? What does it represent? 2) Paris Peace Conference • Jan 12, 1919 - 32 nations, ¾ of world! • Big 4: • Wilson (US) • David Lloyd George (GB) • George Clemenceau (FR) • Vitto Orlando (IT) • Treaty of Versailles: • Germany pay $, disarm • League of Nations • 9 new countries formed

  17. This will be a problem!

  18. 3) Fight over Treaty • Wilson travels 8,000 miles, 22 days, 32 speeches, suffers stroke • *US rejects League of Nations…Why!? The Duckators

  19. 4) Impact of WWI • 9 million dead, 7 million disabled • US emerges as World Power • 19th Amendment – women earn right to vote • Afr-Am move north (urbanization) • FR in ruins, GB in debt, Germany owes $ • The War to End all Wars…REALLY?

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