Winning the War

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Winning the War

• Ch. 26-3

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Waging Total War

• Total War
• Putting all national resources toward winning the
  war

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Economies Committed to War Production

• Many nations used conscription
• the draft
• Germany used some forced civilian labor
• Governments raised taxes
• Borrowed money to pay war debts
• Some nations
• Set prices
• Forbid strikes

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Economic Warfare

• Britain used a blockade to keep Germany from
  getting contraband
• Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare.
• Sank the Sussex
• Sank the Lusitania
• Killed 1200, 128 of which were American
• U.S. was mad, Germany signed the Sussex Pledge
• Did not last long

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Propaganda

• Propaganda
• Used to show atrocities
• Help gain followers for a cause
• Caused the death of German culture in some
  American cities

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Women Join the War Effort

• Women filled jobs left by men
• Some joined branches of the military
• Some became nurses
• Earned them the right to vote in the U.S.

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Read Aloud

• Pg. 831-833