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What were the
causes of WWI?
What was the spark
the ignited the start
of WWI?
The policy that kept
the United States out
of the war for three
years was called
Why did America
need the Allies to
win the war?
What did the
Zimmerman
Telegram state?
The time has come for the
Big Idea
• The United States Enter WWI - Although the United States tried to remain neutral, events soon
pushed the nation into World War I
Assassination
• June 28, __________________, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne,
was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, by a _________________nationalist belonging to an
organization known as the Black Hand
The Great War Has Begun
• One week after Austria Hungary’s attack on Serbia, the five major European nations were at ___
• Eventually it will include ____________________________ on six continents
American Neutrality
• Wilson declared the United States to be______________________. He did not want his country
pulled into a foreign war.
• Neutrality-the state of not taking sides, especially in a war or dispute
• America had followed a policy of neutrality at the beginning of WWI
Support for Allies
• Americans soon began to take sides based of their immigrant roots
• But overall most of the country was _________________ for the ____________________
Business Links
• Business interests leaned toward the Allies.
• US banks heavily loaned money to the Allies
• As a result we needed the Allies to win, to ensure __________________________
Propaganda
• British used _____________(information designed to influence opinion) to win American support
Submarines
• In 1914, Germans introduced the U-Boat, or ________________. It proved to be highly effective.
• During World War I, Germans engaged in unrestricted submarine warfare meaning they attacked
any and all ships from enemy countries.
Lusitania Is Sunk
• The British passage liner, ____________________, was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boats
• Germans claimed the ship was carrying ammunition
• ____________ total killed
• _________________Americans
• Americans were outraged and edged towards war with Germany
Tensions Rising
• The crisis over submarine warfare led the US to take steps to strengthen its military. In 1916 the
US doubled the size of our army and provided funds to build new war ships. Even with the
military build-up president Wilson still hoped to stay out of the war.
___________________ Telegraph
• German foreign secretary sends a message to the German ambassador in Mexico
• Intercepted by British intelligence
• Note suggested that Mexico ally itself with Germany _______________ would be given back
New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas – lands taken from them by the U.S.
War Is Declared
• In February 1917, Germany went back to unrestricted submarine warfare and, soon after, sank
six American merchant ships.
• On April 6, ______________, the United States ___________________________ against
Germany.
What was the most
compelling reason
for the United States
to enter World War
I?
Airplanes
•
What are American
Soldiers referred to
as?
Why were
trenches built?
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What are
negatives of
trench warfare?
Planes were used for the _______________________ in battle, having been invented about
15 years before the war.
Doughboys
• Millions of American troops marched into bloody stalemate
• American soldiers were inexperienced but they were fresh
Selective Service Act
• As the United States entered the war; it was necessary to recruit more soldiers.
• ________________, or forced military service
• A new system, called selective service, resulted in about 2.8 million Americans being drafted.
Trench Warfare Basic Information
• New weapons used seemed to be made more for defense; so trenches were made for the
soldier’s protection.
• There are two sides.
• Middle = _____________________________
Modern War
• Warfare had changed
• New technologies did not speed up war but __________________ more people more effectively
• Trench warfare created a ___________________- no side moved for long periods of time
Trench Warfare Conditions:
• _______
• Flooded trenches
• Decaying flesh
• _______
• _______________
• _______________
New Weapons
Poison _______
• ____________
• Airplanes
_____________
• Flame throwers
• Submarines
• In the Average battle a 100,000 men would die
Shell Shock
• Many soldier experienced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Symptoms of _________________________
 Staring eyes
 Violent tremors
 Blue, cold extremities.
 Unexplained deafness, blindness, or paralysis
Summary- To summarize your notes make an acrostic poem of the word Great War. Use each letter
What were new
technologies of
WWI?
as the first word to describe something you learned for the lecture today.
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