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Total War and America's Dilemma in WWI: Mobilization, Propaganda, and the Last Year of War

Explore the impact of total war on economies, the role of women, and the challenges faced by America in World War I. Discover the Zimmerman Note, propaganda, the entry of the US into the war, and the final year that devastated economies and changed governments forever.

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Total War and America's Dilemma in WWI: Mobilization, Propaganda, and the Last Year of War

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  1. CHAPTER 11 SECTION THREE WINNING THE WAR

  2. I. Waging Total War A. Economies committed to War Production • Conscription • Rationing • Price Controls

  3. B. Economic warfare • American Support for Allies • Is Food a war material? • Morgan Loans to Allies

  4. C. Women take an active part • factories, offices, and shops • build tanks, grow food and make clothing • views about women in the workplace and society change

  5. D. Total War during the Great War • Civilian Population at risk • Government mobilization of masses and economies • Limiting Dissent

  6. II America’s Dilemma

  7. A. The Zimmerman Note- • Germany encourages Mexico to attack U.S. ? • January 1917 -Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfareMarch • 1917 Russia withdraws from war

  8. B. Propaganda-one-sided political information • liberty cabbage/sausage • The “Huns” • Suppression of freedom of speech and the press

  9. III 1917-1918 Last year of war

  10. A. April 1917-America Declares war • Mobilization • Committee on Public Information • “A War to End All Wars”

  11. B. The “Doughboys” • “Black Jack “ Pershing • Rough start / Great heroism • Argonne Forest / Chateau Thierry

  12. C. Defeat of the Central Powers • Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria surrender • Revolution topples Austrian government in October • November 11, 1918 Germany surrenders-Armistice

  13. IV. “At the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month” Economies devastated Governments lose legitimacy What happens next?

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