logging in or signing up WW1 zaindell Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 277 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: May 17, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript The First World War : The First World War Zaindell Villanueva Boys and Girls! War Savings Stamps Poster by James Montgomery Flagg 1917-18 The First World War: : 2 The First World War: War involving nearly all the nations of the world 1914-1918 What? When? The First World War: : 3 The First World War: Why? Long term - 1. Alliance system 2. Imperialist Competition 3. Stockpiling of Weapons Short term - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his Wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg one hour before their deaths, June 28, 1914 The First World War: : 4 The First World War: Who? Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Russia France Great Britain Italy Japan United States (1917) Central Powers: Allies: The First World War: : 5 The First World War: Where? Why did it take so long for America to get involved in the war? : 6 Why did it take so long for America to get involved in the war? America was isolationist “Why should I get involved in someone else’s problems” Thinking Slide: : 7 Thinking Slide: Is isolationism really an option for a country as powerful as the United States? Which side should the US pick? : 8 Which side should the US pick? 11 million German-Americans Irish-Americans hated Great Britain Close cultural ties Shared transatlantic cables (so censored stories) Big business loaned much $ to allies Central Powers: Allies: US Exports to both sides: What did it take to get the US involved? : 9 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades Britain blockaded (stopped) all German ships going to America Germany announced a submarine war around Britain Y-53 German Submarine 1916 What did it take to get the US involved? : 10 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades In May, 1915 Germany told Americans to stay off of British ships They could/would sink them What did it take to get the US involved? : 11 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades Lusitania torpedoed, sinking with 1200 passengers and crew (including 128 Americans) Was eventually found to be carrying 4200 cases of ammunition German Propaganda Justifying Lusitania sinking What did it take to get the US involved? : 12 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades The US sharply criticized Germany for their action Germany agreed not to sink passenger ships without warning in the future Note in Bottle After Lusitania Disaster What did it take to get the US involved? : 13 What did it take to get the US involved? 2. Unlimited Submarine Warfare 1917 Germany announced “unlimited submarine warfare” in the war zone Why? Otherwise their blockade would not be successful What did it take to get the US involved? : 14 What did it take to get the US involved? 3. Zimmerman Note US intercepted a note from Germany to Mexico, It promised Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona back in return for an alliance What did it take to get the US involved? : 15 What did it take to get the US involved? Zimmerman Note + the sinking of 4 unarmed American ships led to a declaration of war Thinking Slide: : 16 Thinking Slide: Should we tell the story of WWI with Germany as the “bad guy”? Explain. How was the war looking for the allies? : 17 How was the war looking for the allies? Russia left the war after its communist revolution in 1917 Made it a one front war for Germany - all its troops could concentrate on France Not Good... Convincing the American People : 18 Convincing the American People Posters - Gee!! How do you think this poster helped to convince the American people that the war was a good idea? Convincing the American People : 19 Convincing the American People 1. War to End All Wars Idealism: 2 Goals For War: 2. Making the World Safe for Democracy Convincing the American People : 20 Convincing the American People Idealism: Fourteen Points What? President Wilson’s Plan for after the war Fourteen promises, including freedom of the seas & a League of Nations to work for peace President Woodrow Wilson What did the US do to help? : 21 What did the US do to help? US provided the food, money, and fresh toops needed to win the war American Troops March Through London Supplies: How did the War Affect the US? : 22 How did the War Affect the US? Women Women filled factory jobs May have led 19th Ammendment after the war (Gave women the right to vote) Black soldiers still served in Segregated Units African Americans “Great Migration” - thousands of African Americans moved North to work in factories How did the War Affect the US? : 23 How did the War Affect the US? Enforcing Loyalty Hatred of all things German Ex. “Liberty Cabbage” Espionage Act 1917 & Sedition Act of 1918 punished those against the war (many labor leaders) Slide 24: 24 You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
WW1 zaindell Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 277 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: May 17, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript The First World War : The First World War Zaindell Villanueva Boys and Girls! War Savings Stamps Poster by James Montgomery Flagg 1917-18 The First World War: : 2 The First World War: War involving nearly all the nations of the world 1914-1918 What? When? The First World War: : 3 The First World War: Why? Long term - 1. Alliance system 2. Imperialist Competition 3. Stockpiling of Weapons Short term - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his Wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg one hour before their deaths, June 28, 1914 The First World War: : 4 The First World War: Who? Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Russia France Great Britain Italy Japan United States (1917) Central Powers: Allies: The First World War: : 5 The First World War: Where? Why did it take so long for America to get involved in the war? : 6 Why did it take so long for America to get involved in the war? America was isolationist “Why should I get involved in someone else’s problems” Thinking Slide: : 7 Thinking Slide: Is isolationism really an option for a country as powerful as the United States? Which side should the US pick? : 8 Which side should the US pick? 11 million German-Americans Irish-Americans hated Great Britain Close cultural ties Shared transatlantic cables (so censored stories) Big business loaned much $ to allies Central Powers: Allies: US Exports to both sides: What did it take to get the US involved? : 9 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades Britain blockaded (stopped) all German ships going to America Germany announced a submarine war around Britain Y-53 German Submarine 1916 What did it take to get the US involved? : 10 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades In May, 1915 Germany told Americans to stay off of British ships They could/would sink them What did it take to get the US involved? : 11 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades Lusitania torpedoed, sinking with 1200 passengers and crew (including 128 Americans) Was eventually found to be carrying 4200 cases of ammunition German Propaganda Justifying Lusitania sinking What did it take to get the US involved? : 12 What did it take to get the US involved? 1. Blockades The US sharply criticized Germany for their action Germany agreed not to sink passenger ships without warning in the future Note in Bottle After Lusitania Disaster What did it take to get the US involved? : 13 What did it take to get the US involved? 2. Unlimited Submarine Warfare 1917 Germany announced “unlimited submarine warfare” in the war zone Why? Otherwise their blockade would not be successful What did it take to get the US involved? : 14 What did it take to get the US involved? 3. Zimmerman Note US intercepted a note from Germany to Mexico, It promised Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona back in return for an alliance What did it take to get the US involved? : 15 What did it take to get the US involved? Zimmerman Note + the sinking of 4 unarmed American ships led to a declaration of war Thinking Slide: : 16 Thinking Slide: Should we tell the story of WWI with Germany as the “bad guy”? Explain. How was the war looking for the allies? : 17 How was the war looking for the allies? Russia left the war after its communist revolution in 1917 Made it a one front war for Germany - all its troops could concentrate on France Not Good... Convincing the American People : 18 Convincing the American People Posters - Gee!! How do you think this poster helped to convince the American people that the war was a good idea? Convincing the American People : 19 Convincing the American People 1. War to End All Wars Idealism: 2 Goals For War: 2. Making the World Safe for Democracy Convincing the American People : 20 Convincing the American People Idealism: Fourteen Points What? President Wilson’s Plan for after the war Fourteen promises, including freedom of the seas & a League of Nations to work for peace President Woodrow Wilson What did the US do to help? : 21 What did the US do to help? US provided the food, money, and fresh toops needed to win the war American Troops March Through London Supplies: How did the War Affect the US? : 22 How did the War Affect the US? Women Women filled factory jobs May have led 19th Ammendment after the war (Gave women the right to vote) Black soldiers still served in Segregated Units African Americans “Great Migration” - thousands of African Americans moved North to work in factories How did the War Affect the US? : 23 How did the War Affect the US? Enforcing Loyalty Hatred of all things German Ex. “Liberty Cabbage” Espionage Act 1917 & Sedition Act of 1918 punished those against the war (many labor leaders) Slide 24: 24