• NOT A JOURNAL

• Can you think of anything American people do to support our troops in Iraq?

• How do we as civilians help keep up the morale during a time of war?

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Neutral Countries: Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland

Triple EntenteBritain

France

Russia

Triple AllianceItaly

Germany

Austria

VS.

Allied PowersBritain

France

Russia

Italy

Japan

Central PowersItaly

Germany

Austria

Bulgaria

Ottoman Empire

Italy

Germany

Austria

The War Begins…• War quickly became a bloody stalemate

Germany Faces a war on two fronts– Schlieffen Plan – attack on west first and quickly go to east

where a weak Russia would be delayed in supplying front lines– Germany did not win West and stalemate continues

• On the Eastern Front Russia begins to struggle– Russian army short on food and supplies– No railroads to bring supplies– Plus Germany controlled the Baltic Sea region

• Fighting Spreads beyond Europe into Africa and Asia and is truly becoming a World War (see page 852)

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The U.S. Gets Involved

The Sinking of the Lusitania

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America Become’s Restless…• Germany intensified strong hold of Atlantic

Ocean– Announced sinking of ANY ship without

warning

• Lusitania is sunk in May of 1915– War hits home and U.S. citizens call for war– Other American ships are attacked

• President, Woodrow Wilson still hoping to remain neutral

Was the sinking of the Lusitania justified?

• U.S. claimed the Lusitania carried an innocent cargo

• Lusitania was in fact heavily armed;* – 1,248 cases shells– 4,927 boxes of cartridges (1,000 round/box)– 2,000 cases of small-arms ammunition

*Information from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States

More trouble for the U.S.

• Germany also tried to align with Mexico and help them gain back “conquered” land in exchange for becoming an Ally.

• Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States.

– Wanted to remain neutral

– Germany tried to align with Mexico

– Russia withdraws from war

– Allied Powers need help

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America (finally) Joins the War

• April 2, 1917, President Wilson asks Congress to Declare war on Germany

Neutral Countries: Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland

Allied PowersBritain

France

Russia

Italy

Japan

VS.

Central PowersGermany

Austria

Bulgaria

Ottoman Empire

Allied PowersBritain

France

United States

Italy

Japan

On the Home Front…

• Rationing

• Propaganda

• Women go to work

(p. 854)

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Tomorrow: A Christmas Truce…

Bibliography• http://www.garrettcollege.edu/faculty/bluers -

• Temple History Department (http://www.temple.edu/history/01wandsout.html)

• A People’s History of the United States – Howard Zinn, author

• McDougal Littell – World History, Patterns of Interaction, text book

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

• http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/927.html

• http://www.wikipedia.org/