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Monday- We reviewed from last week.

We started the weapons presentation.

Then we watched a video.

Tuesday- We finished the presentations.

Wednesday- Cause and Goals of the War

Causes:

M- Militarism
I- Imperialism
N- Nationalism
E- Economic Competition
- Countries were competing worldwide for colonies, natural resources, markets, money, and power
S- Systems of Alliances

How did they lead to WW1?

Chain of Events

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary sends ultimatum to Serbia
Serbia refuses to accept ultimatum
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Germany gives them carte blanche
Russia mobilizes to support Serbia
Germany declares war on Russia
- Hoped to knock Russia out of war quickly to avoid a two-fronted war? Why?
France enters war to help Russia
Great Britain enters war to help France after Germany attacks France through neutral Belgium

Equitment

Ships

Goals

There weren’t any real goals at first, but as time went on and casualties and costs increased, winning territory was a must.
France
- regain land from Germany
- cripple Germany’s military
- get German colonies in Africa
- get Turkish colonies in the Mid-East

Thursday-

Goals (Cont)

Great Britain
- get German colonies in Africa
- get Turkish colonies in the Mid-East
Italy
- wanted land from Austria-Hungary
Russia
- Control of the Dardenelle adn Bosporus Straits in Turkey
  - Access to oceans
Austria-Hungary
- Self Preservation
Germany
- Wanted part of France
- Wanted Luxembourg and Belgium
- Wanted most of western Russia
- Make Austria-Hungary and the Balkans a “sphere of influence”
- Take over French and British colonies in Africa
United States
- Win
- "Make the world safe for Democracy"
- End the war
- Wilson’s 14 Points

Objectives Part 2:

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
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

Wildrow Wilson

President during WWI
- Why he's known
- Failure afterwards
- Wanted to remain nuteral
  - 3 years
Progressive
- Federal Trade Commison
- 17-19th amendment
- Broke up monopolies

Causes for the US involment

U.S. was very upset with both sides in war.
- G.B. and Germany were both stopping U.S. ship
- Eventually, U.S. drew closer to war and the Allies.
Why?
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
  - No restrictions

Sussex Pledge

President Wilson addressed Congress in April
- Issued an ultimatum to the Germans
  - End the attack on unarmed ships or risk war
Germany promised
- End the sinking of passenger ships
- Search merchant ships for contraband and make provisons for passangers and crew before sinking the ships
The guarantees were honored until the announcement of the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917

Friday- Propagana Assignment

Committee of Public Information

Influence US citizens to support
- War Stamps
- Farming
Headed by Geroge Creel
Launched a huge progoganda campaign
Used
- Newsprint
- Posters
- Radio
- Telegraph
- Movies
Americanized German Words
- German Measles- Liberty Measles
- Hamburger- Liberty Steak
- Sauerekraut- Liberty Cabbge

Goals of US Propoganda

Blogs