Monday-
Be able to indentify the countries of Europe during WWI and what alliance they belonged to?
Be able to indentify the main causes of WWI and how they led to war
MINES acronyn, Miltiarism, Imperalism, Nationalism, Ecnomic Competition, System of Alliances
Be able to indentify the goals of the war for countries involved
Be able to describe what fighting waas like in WW1
Be able to identify the US Policy that Wilson declared when WWI broke out in 1914
Over There song- Europe
- U.S. was very upset with both sides in war.
- G.B. and Germany were both stopping U.S. ships
- Eventually, U.S. drew closer to war and the Allies.
WHY?
- 1. German sinking of British/French ships and killing of U.S. citizens on those ship
- Lusitania, Arabic, Sussex
- Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare in early 1917
The Zimmerman Note- sent a letter to the Us Ambasdor of the United States
- Put in american newspapers. the note was intercepted and decoded by British Intellegence
- Germany tried to get Mexico to declare war on the United States.
- Germany promised Mexico that they would get the Mexican Cession back if they won
- Germany wanted to keep the US out of Europe
Tuesday-
- Be able to identify the US policy that Wilson declared when WWI broke out in 1914
- Be able to identify why the US was drawn into war and why we drew closer to the Allied Powers
- Be able to analyze WWI propaganda, identify it goals and evaluate the effectiveness of it
- Be able to identify the importance of key people: Woodrow Wilson, John Pershing, Bernard Baruch, Herbert Hoover, George Creel
- Be able to identify the costs of the war: US and grand total
- Be able to identify the actions we took at home to mobilize our country for war
- Refers to what people did back in the US to help win the war
- Every country has their own Homefront
- What needs to happen on the Homefront to help win a war?-
- Women going to work in the factrories
- People being patriotic
- No meat on Wednesdays
- Headed by Bernard Baruch
- Regulated industry in U.S.
- Encouraged mass production
- Under the War Industries Board, industrial production in the U.S. increased 20 percent
- Headed by Herbert Hoover
- Urged people to conserve food
- Had “meatless days” and “wheatless days”
- “Victory gardens” were planted by schools and homes
- Prevented hoarding of food by people
- "Food is Ammunition-Don't waste it."
- Settled disputes between workers and employers
- Discouraged strikes
- “Work or fight”
- Women hired during the war were to receive equal pay for equal work
- Headed by William H. Taft
George Creel
- Headed the Committee on Public Information
- The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I, was around 40 million
- There were 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded
- The total number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians
- The Allied Powers lost about 5.7 million soldiers while the Central Powers lost about 4 million
Wednesday-
- Be able to define what the Paris Peace Conference was
- Be able to describe Wilson’s 14 Points
- Be able to describe the Treaty of Versailles in detail and the impact it had on Germany and Europe
- Be able to describe why the US never ratified the Treaty of Versailles
- The meeting of the Allied victors following the end of WWI to set the peace terms for Germany and other defeated nations, and to deal with the empires of the defeated powers following the Armistice of 1918
- It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 29 countries
- They came up with a series of treaties ("Peace of Paris Treaties") that reshaped the map of Europe and the world and imposed guilt and stiff financial penalties on Germany
The Big four was Great Britain, Italy, France, United States
The fourteen points was a speech from President Woodrow Wilson to congress on January 8th, 1918
- An end to secret treaties
2. Freedom of the seas
Free trade for all countries
Disarmament
End to colonial claims
6Self-determination for all countries- Russia
- Restoration of Belgium
Restoration of France
Readjustment of Italy’s boundaries
Austria-Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development
Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
- Turkey should be sovereign (independent)
Poland would be given their independence
The “League of Nations” would be developed
The Treaty of Versailles it ofically ended the war with germany
- Alsace-Lorraine (given to France)
- Eupen and Malmedy (given to Belgium)
- Northern Schleswig (given to Denmark)
- Hultschin (given to Czechoslovakia)
- West Prussia, Posen and Upper Silesia (given to Poland)
Germany was reduced to 100,000 men the army was not allowed tanks
Germany was not allowed in air force
Germany was allowed only 6 capital naval ship and no submarines
Thursday-
- Financial
- The loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to Germany’s economy.
- Coal from the Saar and Upper Silesia in particular was a vital economic loss.
- Germany had to pay war reparations($33 billion)
- Germany was also forbidden to unite with Austria to form one super state.
- General
- 1. Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war
- This was Clause 231 - the infamous "War Guilt Clause"
- 2. A League of Nations was set up to keep world peace
- The US never signed the Treaty of Versailles or joined the League of Nations
- Why not?
Poltics- President Wilson was democrat and congress was controlled by Republicans
Congress was concerned that by joining the League of Nations that the US would be pulled in to wars constantly
Would the league strip COngress power to declare war? Wilson had numerous strokes
- Could WWII have been prevented if the US did join the League of Nations?
Friday- watched a video
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