World War I

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World War I

• 1914-1918

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Event that started WWI

• June 28, 1914 Serbian shot and killed Archduke
  Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary
• Austria declared war on Serbia, war began.
• Other countries joined because of alliances with
  each other.
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Whos on which side?

• Serbia
• France
• Great Britain
• Russia
• Italy
• Austria-Hungary
• Germany
• Ottoman Empire
• Bulgaria

• Allied Powers
• Central Powers

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U.S. Neutrality

• The U.S. did not want to join the war on either
  side.
• They saw it as a European Affair
• Most Americans sided with the Allies, because the
  U.S. had economic ties to the Allies with credit
  and loans

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Reasons for U.S. Involvement

1. Strong ties to Britain
2. Germany sank the Lusitania
3. Zimmerman Telegram

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The Zimmermann Telegram

• Discovered by the British. Germany wanted Mexico
  to join war. In return, Germany would help
  Mexico get their territories back from America.

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New Inventions

• Many advancements in warfare were made following
  the Industrial Revolution.
• These included tanks, machine guns, poison gas,
  airplanes, and U-boats (German submarines)

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Trench Warfare

• Troops stayed in trenches and fired at each
  other. Trenches stretched across France to
  Switzerland
• Land between the trenches is called No Mans Land.
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Trenches
Machine Guns Poison Gas Masks
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Poison Gas
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U Boats
Airplane Zeppelin
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Turning Point

• The U.S. sends 250,000 troops a month.
• Germany is overwhelmed and forced to surrender.

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The War Ends

• Treaty of Versailles
• League of Nations

• Treaty that ended WWI
• Put all of the blame for the war on Germany.
• Peace organization designed by President Wilson,
  but the U.S. did not join.
• Members would settle conflicts without war

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Trouble in Russia

• Russia was in the middle of a Civil War.
• Bolsheviks won and changed the name of Russia to
  the Soviet Union
• They set up a new government based on Communism-a
  system in which the state owns all of the land,
  factories, and businesses(power rests with the
  people)
• You had to be a member of the Communist Party to
  have any say in the government

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Effects of the War

• Women were seen more as equals.
• Due to their help in the factories during the
  war.
• Eventually leads to the 19th amendment.
• Russia becomes communist
• Power rests with the people.

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The Roaring Twenties

• Time period in American history in which good
  times and great changes happened. A time for
  prosperity.