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Chapter 15 WWI

Chapter 15 WWI. Section 1: Neutrality to War Section 2: Home Front Section 3: Wilson, War, and Peace Section 4: Effects of the war. Section 1: Neutrality to War Dates of the War A. 1914-1918 1. U.S. Involvement II. Long Term Causes A. Imperialism B. Nationalism C. Militarism

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Chapter 15 WWI

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  1. Chapter 15WWI Section 1: Neutrality to War Section 2: Home Front Section 3: Wilson, War, and Peace Section 4: Effects of the war

  2. Section 1: Neutrality to War • Dates of the War A. 1914-1918 • 1. U.S. Involvement • II. Long Term Causes • A. Imperialism • B. Nationalism • C. Militarism • D. Alliance System • 1. Allies 2. Central Powers • -United States -Germany • -Great Britain -Austria-Hungary • -France -Bulgaria • -Italy -Ottoman Empire • -Russia • -Canada • -Japan • III. Immediate Cause • A. Assassination • 1. Archduke Francis Ferdinand

  3. IV. Fighting Begins A. Germany 1. Kaiser William II 2. Austria-Hungary declares war 3. Germany invades Belgium -Chain reaction B. Trench Warfare 1. stalemate V. American Neutrality A. Wilson’s Internationalism B. Re-elected in 1916 VI. American Joins A. German sinks ships (uboats) 1. Lusitania B. Zimmerman Note C. Army 1. Doughboys

  4. Section 2: Home Front • Building an Army • A. Selective Service Act • 1. Lottery, 24 million • B. Soldiers & Officers (90days) • II. War Economy • A. War Industries Board • 1. Lipstick-bullets • 2. Cars-tanks • B. Liberty Bonds • C. Victory Gardens • III. Committee on Public Information • A. Discrimination • 1. German Americans • B. Draft Resistance • 1. Conscientious objectors • C. Espionage & Sedition Acts • IV. African Americans • A. Great Migration • 1. Jobs, Racism • V. Flu Epidemic • A. 1918-1919, 500,000 dead

  5. Section 3: Wilson, War, & Peace • America helps Allies • A. Convoy System • 1. Protect shipping • B. Weaponry • 1 .Big Bertha • 2. Machine Gun • 3. Mechanized warfare • 4. Tanks • 5. Airplanes • C. Medical Problems • 1. Lack of sleep • 2. Emotional “shell Shock” • 3. Trench Foot • II. Germany Collapses • A. Exhaustion • B. Nov 11th, 2918 • 1. Four Years • 2. 30 Nations involved • 3. Bloodiest War in History • 4. 26 million died • 5. $350 billion

  6. III. Peace Conference A. Fourteen Points 1. Self Determination, openness 2. League of Nations B. Treaty of Versailles 1. 27 countries -Big Four 2. Formed 9 new nations 3. Demilitarized Germany 4. 33 Billion debt reparations 5. War-guilt clause C. Three weakness of Treaty 1. Humiliated Germany 2. Russia was excluded 3. Germany’s colonial territories

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