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Aim: How did the U.S. ready its military, economy, and people for war in WWI?

Unit 5 Quiz #1

A war broke out in EuropeWorld War One a.k.a.

The Great War

The War to End All Wars

ImperialismCauses of World War IBuilding an empire by taking over territory.

Militarism Alliances NationalismAggressive strengthening of armed forces.Forming of groups with common aim.Feeling of pride in ones nation.

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World War IBy August 4 1914 Europe was fighting WWI.The assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand

U.S. joins WWIWilson asks Congress to declare war, and the U.S. Congress officially declares war on Germany in April 6, 1917

ImperialismBuilding an empire by taking over territory.Review: ??

On the slogan He kept us out of the war

In the beginning the United States wanted to remain neutral. The war was happening in Europe. Wilson was re-elected in 1916 US Neutrality

Why did the U.S. enter World War One?

Read President Wilsons declaration of war and answer the following questions;

According to President Wilson, why was it impossible for the U.S. to stay neutral?

How does President Wilson describe World War One?

Identify 2 reasons why the U.S. must enter World War One?

NeutralDemocracy8

Lusitania SunkGermany began unlimited submarine warfare in the Atlantic Ocean in 1915. by May 1915, a German U-Boat sank the British cruise ship Lusitania, killing over 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.

Why did the U.S. enter World War One?

Captured German U-boat in a British dry dock

Lusitania SunkWhy did the U.S. enter World War One?

In January 1917, the Zimmerman Note (telegram) was intercepted. The Note was sent by Germany to Mexico and it asked Mexico to declare war on the US. In exchange, Germany promised to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Why did the U.S. enter World War One? To protect Democracy3.

U.S. enters World War I

"The world must be made safe for democracy._Woodrow Wilson

One day after subs sank seven U.S. ships and after the Zimmerman note was made public, Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917

Jeanette Rankin

ImperialismCauses of World War IBuilding an empire by taking over territory.

Militarism Alliances NationalismAggressive strengthening of armed forces.Forming of groups with common aim.Feeling of pride in ones nation.

The Sinking of the LusitaniaGerman U-Boats sank the British ship Lusitania killing over 100 Americans.15432

World War IBy August 4 1914 Europe was fighting WWI.The assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand

U.S. joins WWIWilson asks Congress to declare war, and the U.S. Congress officially declares war on Germany in April 6, 1917The Zimmerman Note

ImperialismBuilding an empire by taking over territory.Review:

World War 1The combatants were;The Central Powers(a.k.a. Axis)The Allied Powers

GermanyAustria-HungaryThe Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Serbia RussiaFrance Great BritainJapanItaly (1915one year later)U.S. (1917three years later)

King George V of Great BritainTsar Nicholas II of Russia Bloody Nicholas

President Woodrow Wilson of the United StatesAllied Leaders

Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau

Axis Leaders

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (Prussia)

Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary (today Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, large parts of Serbia and Romania and smaller parts of Italy, Montenegro, Poland and Ukraine.)

Caliph Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (today Middle East region- Turkey for the most part)

War on the Home Front

World War I was the first total war.

Total War is a conflict that involves all of a nations people and its resources and affects the daily lives of all of a its citizens

Task: Determine why WW1 is known as a Total War and answer todays Aim by looking at the documents in your group.

How did the U.S. ready its military, economy, and people for war in WWI?

Selective Service Actlaw that required men between 21 to 30 to register for the military draft.

American Expeditionary Forcethis was the name given to Americans in the U.S. Army who fought in Europe. General John Pershing was the major general.How did Americans prepare for war?

The Home FrontLiberty bondsinvestment on the U.S. government that Americans can purchase.

Victory gardensAmericans helped the war effort by ensuring that everything that produced was for the war. Americans observed wheatless Mondays (no eating of wheat-bread, pasta, cereal), meatless Tuesdays etc.

How Liberty Bonds work

How did women and African Americans respond to World War One?

Women in the War

Women volunteered in many ways; as nurses for the navy and army, secretaries and as members of the U.S. Navy andAbout 600 women served as Yeomanettes (female sailors) but most women served as nurses.

380,000 African Americans served during WWI but they were discriminated. They served in all-black units and only 10% saw combat, the rest were forced to unload ships, work in kitchens African Americans at War

A group of African Americans from Harlem NY known as The Harlem Hell Fighters were an exception. They served under French command and received the highest medal of honor for their bravery.

The title of this American song is Over There, where is it that the song refers to?Who are the Yanks or Yankees?Who are the Huns?This song was written right after the U.S. declared war against Germany in 1917. What is the purpose of the song? Based on the lyrics, what are 3 reasons why men should join the army?