World War I EQ: How did the U.S. involvement in WWI affect the country as well as NC?
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World War IEQ: How did the U.S. involvement in WWI affect the country as well
as NC?
Key Vocabulary
• Alliance: __________________________
___________________________________
• Central Powers: The alliance between Austria-Hungary and Germany & several other countries.
• Allied Powers: ______________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Key Vocab. Continued
• Trench Warfare: Defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches.
• Zimmerman Note: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Contributing Factors to WWI
Nationalism
• ___________________________________________________________________________
• Austria-Hungary included people from many cultural groups.
• Slavic nationalists wanted to break away from Austria-Hungary and join the independent Slavic country of Serbia.
Imperialism
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• Germany took the Alsace-Lorraine region from France in 1871, and France wanted it back.
Militarism
• __________________________________________________________________________________________
• Raced to build armies and navies
• Made alliances to protect themselves
The Spark that Ignited a War
• Feelings of fear and distrust grew among European powers.
• ____________________________________________________________________________– Slavic nationalists resisted violently; wanted to be a
part of Serbia
• __________________________________________________________________________
– Killed by a Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip
• ______________________________________
______________________
_____________________________
• Russia, an ally of Serbia
• France, an ally of Russia
• _________________________________________________
• ____________________________________
• __________________________________
• ___________________________________
Pulled into the Fighting
Technology of War
Land
Air
Sea
• Trench warfare, defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches, helped make the war long and deadly.
– Cold, wet, and muddy– Disease ran rampant
• New technologies– Machine guns– Poison gases– Tanks
• ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
America Prepares for War
• ____________________________________________________________________________– Americans viewed World War I as a European
conflict.• America continued to trade with European
nations during the war.– Carried supplies and war materials to the Allies.
• ____________________________________________________________________________– ___________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
America Prepares for WarCont . . .
• ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
• ____________________________________________________________
America Prepares for WarCont . . .
• Selective Service Act - 1917 – ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
– Almost 3 million Americans were drafted
• ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
American Women’s War Effort
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
– ________________________________________________________________________
– About 25,000 women volunteered to serve in non-combat positions in Europe.
• Other women protested America’s participation in the war
Russia Leaves the WarRevolution in Russia
New Government
• November 1917: a group of Russians known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian government.
• Bolsheviks were Communists– people who favor the equal distribution of wealth and the end of all forms of private property.
• _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Germany Defeated• At home and on the battlefield, Germans were tired of war.
– Food shortages
– Riots and strikes
– Shortage of soldiers
• _____________________________________________________
– Austria-Hungary reached a peace accord with the Allies on November 3, 1918.
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cost of WWI
Casualties
• Allied: 5 million soldiers dead
• Central Powers: 3.5 million soldiers dead
Financial Losses
• $30 billion in property destroyed
• Allies: $145 billion spent
• Central Powers: $63 billion spent
The Treaty of Versailles• ___________________________________________________________
_________________________________
• ____________________________________________________________________________________________
• ____________________________________________________________________________________________
• ____________________________________________________________________________________________
The Treaty of Versailles Rejected
• ____________________________________________________________________
• ____________________________________________________________________– Felt like it gave them to much military power