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CHAPTER 7 – The Causes of World War I and Its Aftermath
Time Period:________________________________________________________
Lesson 1 – The United States Enters World War I (WWI)
 When did the tensions that started WWI begin?
 Where did they begin to occur?
 How was Germany made?
The Causes of WWI
Militarism
1.
Entente Cordiale
Nationalism
The Balkans
Militarism and Alliances
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Relationship between France and Germany?
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Triple Alliance?
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What was the Franco-Russian Alliance?
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Britain’s Role?
o
What was the Triple Entente?
2. Imperialism and Nationalism
o
Self-Determination?
o
The Balkans?
3. An Assassination Brings War
o
Franz Ferdinand?
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Imperialism
Gavrilo Princip
What was the consequence of the assassination?
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What brought the British into the war?
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The Triple Entente was called what during the War?
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The Triple Alliance was called what during the War?
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What was the Western Front like?
Answer: How did the complex web of European alliances contribute to the outbreak of World War I?
The United States Enters the War
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Wilson’s intensions for the US and the war?
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1.
Women’s Peace Party
The Neutrality Debate
o
German Americans?
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Irish Americans?
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General population?
2. Moving Toward War
o
The British blockade?
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German Response to the blockade?
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The Lusitania?
Propaganda
Eroded

Contraband
What was Wilson’s response? Did he maintain his position of neutrality?
3. The United States Declares War
U-Boats
o
Arthur Zimmerman?
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What finally got Wilson to declare war on Germany?
Answer: How did Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare bring the United States into World War I?
Lusitania
Lesson 2 – The Home Front

Who was in control of the government when the US entered WWI?
Organizing the Economy
Victory Gardens
Liberty Bonds and
Victory Bonds
Great Migration
1.
Wartime Agencies
o
War Industries Board?
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The Food Administration?
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The Fuel Administration
o
What did Congress do to pay for the agencies and the war effort?
2. Mobilizing the Workforce
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National War Labor Board (NWLB)
 Purpose?
 What did it want?
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 What happened as a result?
o
Women in the workforce?
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African American’s in the workforce?
 Great Migration?
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Four-Minute Men
Mexican Americans in the workforce?
3. Shaping Public Opinion
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Committee on Public Opinion (CPI)?
 George Creel?
Espionage
 Four-Minute Men
4. The Supreme Court Limits Free Speech
Schenck v.
United States
Draft
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The Espionage Act of 1917
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The Sedition Act of 1918
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Schenck v. United States
Answer: What were some new agencies the Congress established to help manage the wartime economy?
Building the Military
1.
Volunteers and Conscripts
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Progressive’s Views on forced military service
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Selective Service Act of 1917
2. Women in the Military
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Roles of women in the military
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Army Nurse Corps
Answer: How did progressive ideas influence the roles of women during World War I?
Lesson 3 – A Bloody Conflict
Combat in World War I
1.
Trench Warfare
a. What had changed about warfare? What’s new and different?
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i.
ii.
iii.
b. What did these changes in warfare result in?
2. New Technologies
a.
Convoy
b.
Answer: What new technologies were introduced in World War I, and how did they impact the war?
Adequately
Vladimir Lenin
The Americans Arrive
Answer: Why was the arrival of U.S. forces so important to the war effort?
1.
Winning the War at Sea
a.
Convoys?
2. Russia Leaves the War
a.
Ferdinand Foch
Armistice
Why did Russia leave the war?
3. Americans Enter Combat
a.
General John J. Pershing
b. American Expeditionary Force
c.
Germany’s Last Offensive?
d. Battle of the Argonne Forest?
i. Why was it significant?
4. The War Ends
a. What happened to the Central Powers that made them surrender?
Answer: How did the arrival of American troops affect German attitudes about the war?
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National Self
Determination
Reparations
A Flawed Peace
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
Treaty of Versailles (ver-sigh)
Big Four?
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1.
The Fourteen Points
a. What was it?
b. Based on what…?
c.
What did it require all Central Powers to do?
d. League of Nations?
2. Treaty of Versailles
a.
What did the treaty do to Germany?
b. Short Comings of the Treaty?
3. US Senate Rejects the Treaty
a.
Who were the “irreconcilables”?
i. Concerns?
b. Who were the “revisionists”?
i. Concerns?
4. World War I: A Turning Point
a.
How was the war a turning point?
Answer: How did Wilson’s perspective on the best outcome of the peace process differ from those of
European Leaders?
Lesson 4 The War’s Impact
Cost of Living
An Economy in Turmoil
 What caused the rapid inflation at the end of the war?
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Inflation Leads to Strikes
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General Strike

The Seattle General Strike
a. How many people were a part of the organized general strike?
b. What happened to the city?
c. Results of the strike

Widespread
The Boston Police Strike
a. Why is this the most famous strike of 1919?
b. Who called in the National Guard and why?
c. What did Coolidge’s response earn him?

The Steel Strike
a. Why did the workers go on strike?
b. What did the company’s do while the strike was taking place?
2. Racial Unrest
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Why did returning soldiers find it hard to find work?

When did the race riots begin, and where?

Where was the worst riot?
a. What happened there?
Answer: Why did the number of strikes increase after the war?
The Red Scare
 Who were accused of brining socialist and communist ideas into the country?
Deported
1.
The Palmer Raids
a.
What did the post office intercept?
b. Who is the Socialist Party leader?
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c.
The General Intelligence Division
i. Who established it?
Authorities
ii. Who did the agents target
iii. What did Palmer’s agents often ignore?
2. The Election of 1920
a.
Who ran in the election of 1920
i.
ii.
b. The democratic platform (what were they campaigning?)
c.
The republican platform (what were they campaigning?)
Answer: Do you think that the events of 1919 justified Palmer’s actions? Why or why not?
Ferdinand Foch
Vladimir Lenin
Red Scare
Treaty of Versailles
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