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The End of World
War I
A look at how the war to end all wars ended.
Objective
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By the end of the lesson, SWBAT describe
how World War I ended.
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By the end of the lesson, SWBAT analyze
how the conditions in Europe and the
United States differed after World War I.
Review
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Where did World War I
mainly take place?
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What were the two sides of
World War I?
Vocabulary
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Armistice - An agreement to stop
fighting.
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Isolationism - The act of staying
out of world events and only
paying attention to your own
country.
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When the United
States joined the
war in 1917,
Europe was
already
devastated by
the 3 years of
bloody fighting.
Soldiers were
exhausted, tired,
and the land
was destroyed
by the total war.
1917
U.S. in World War I
1. The US helped the Allies win, because when
the U.S. entered World War I, they brought:
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more and fresh soldiers to fight
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more supplies
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more weapons
Why do you think it did not take long for the Allied
Powers to win World War I after the United States
entered the war?
Central Powers
Surrender
2. The Allied Powers were
too strong for the Central
Powers, and an armistice
was signed on November
11, 1918. This ended the
War and became known
as Armistice Day.
An armistice is an
agreement to stop fighting.
3. Death Toll from
WWI
Central Power
Allied Powers
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Germany 2,500,000 Austria
Hungary 1,567,000
Ottoman Empire 5,000,000
Total Death Toll :
Russia – 3,331,000
Great Britain -- - 987,000
France – 1,797,000
United States – 117,000
Allied Powers: 5.7Million
Central Powers: 9.7 Million
3. About 16 MILLION PEOPLE DIED
Question
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How does the huge
death toll affect Europe?
4. Europe after the War
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Europe was not doing
well:
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Cities were destroyed
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The young population
decreased a lot
because of all the
people that died in the
war.
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Countries’ economies
were destroyed
What now?
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In January of 1919, leaders of the
Allied countries met in France to write
a treaty to decide what to do with
Europe; especially the countries that
were part of the Central Powers. They
met in Versailles, France
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President Woodrow Wilson, was one
of the leaders who met in Versailles.
5. Treaty of Versailles
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What did the Treaty of Versailles do to
Germany? It…:
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Blamed the entire war on the Germany and
the Central Powers
1) Took land away from Germany and gave it
to France...
2) Made Germany pay money to the Allied
Powers...
3) Took away all of Germany’s colonies in
Africa.
Treaty of Versailles
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Do you think it
is a good idea
or a bad idea
to punish
Germany like
the Treaty of
Versailles did?
U.S. Policy
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Many Americans saw how
devastating World War I was,
and did not want America to
get involved in events that
were going on around the
world.
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Many politicians in America,
people that work in
government, wanted
isolationism.
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Isolationism - The act of
staying out of world events
and only paying attention to
your own country.
U.S. After the War
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The U.S. had to play a major role
in the reconstruction and
rebuilding of Europe.
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Why would the U.S. have to play
such a big role in the rebuilding
of Europe?
U.S. After the War
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Since the war was not in the
United States, the U.S. and its
factories, buildings, and people
living in America were not hurt by
World War I.
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Therefore, the U.S. was much
stronger than many European
countries.
Conclusion
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The U.S. entered World War I in 1917 and
helped the Allied Powers win World War I in
1918.
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After World War I, much of Europe was
destroyed.
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The U.S. took on a new policy of
isolationism.