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The Impact of WWI on Europe and Beyond

This video explores the end of WWI, the US impact on the war, the peace treaties, consequences in Europe, Russia, and the USA, including the Treaty of Versailles and the formation of the League of Nations.

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The Impact of WWI on Europe and Beyond

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  1. The End of WWI

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  3. How the US Impacted the War • The USA joined the war in April 1917 • The US used the Selective Service Act to provide fresh new troops to the Allied Powers who were weary from 3 years of warfare • The US provided necessary economic support for the Allies • Saved them from bankruptcy • US support starts slow but ends up being a major turning point in the war

  4. US WWI Soldiers

  5. The War Ends! • When: November 11, 1918 • Germans sign an armistice with the Allies • Armistice: an agreement to end fighting • Over 9 million soldiers dead • Allies blame Central Powers • Allied leaders meet in Paris in Jan. 1919 • Woodrow Wilson: President of the US • Georges Clemenceau: French Leader • David Lloyd George: Prime Minister of Britain

  6. Peace Treaties • Treaty of Versailles • Germany forced to take blame • had to pay 30 billion dollars of debt • Limits placed on the size of the German military • Lost hundreds of sq. miles of land back to France • Took away overseas colonies • Germany had no choice but to sign • Allies made separate treaties for other Central Powers

  7. Consequences of WWI in Europe • Germany holds a grudge • New countries are created (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Trans-Jordan, Hejaz, Hasa) • League of Nations is formed to make peace in Europe **Write this down**

  8. Before

  9. After

  10. Consequences in Russia and the USA • Czar of Russia is overthrown • Russian Revolution creates new communist government • After a great time of prosperity during and after WWI, the Great Depression hits the US (1929), and eventually everyone else.

  11. Discussion Questions: • Do you think the US did the right thing by joining the war? Why or Why not? • Do you think the Treaty of Versailles was fair? Why or Why not?

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