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World War I At Home Abroad

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World War I At Home Abroad

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    1. World War I At Home & Abroad

    3. Alliances The Allies/Triple Entente France Great Britain Russia Later: Japan Italy The Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Later: Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Bulgaria

    4. WWI as the First “Total War” 60 million fought 8.5 million died in battle 21 million wounded 8 million civilians killed

    5. I. War in Europe, 1914 – 1917: How did it Start? Web of Alliances: Central Powers formed in 1882 Austro-Hungarian Empire expands into Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany wants to expand Serbians assassinate Franz Ferdinand and wife in Sarajevo, June 18, 1914

    6. U.S. Neutrality? Wilson’s Anglophilia Economic ties between U.S. and Great Britain U.S. Bank Loans: JP Morgan loaned $500 million to Allies By 1917: $2.3 billion loaned to Allies vs. $27 million loaned to Germany

    7. What Changed U.S. Neutrality? Sinking of the Lusitania by German U-boats, May 7, 1915

    8. Trench Warfare

    9. U.S. Enters the War “Zimmerman Telegram” from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman to Germany’s Ambassador to Mexico April 2, 1917: Congress votes for war

    10. II. Mobilizing at Home, Fighting in France, 1917 - 1918 April 1917: U.S. unprepared with only 120,000 in Army and 80,000 in National Guard May 1917: Selective Service Act for men 21-31, later 18-45 to register for draft Soldiers Taught Dangers of Venereal Disease Segregated military

    11. Organizing the Economy for War War Industries Board mobilizes economy for war Fuel Administration introduces Daylight Savings Food Administration and Herbert Hoover ration wheat, meat, and sugar

    13. III. Promoting the War Advertisements sell the war through posters Liberty Loans fund the War Committee on Public Information and George Creel lead wartime propaganda Immigrants targeted by CPI

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