11/17/14 - Review & Presentations
Strategies
Trench Warfare
- Protection from small arms artillery
- Made zigzagged
- 12 feet deep
- Health issues
- Land in between is called no man's land
- Changes in weather
11/18/14 - Continued on Strategies for different Countries
Great Britain
- Kept growing their armies with the French
France
- Race to the sea
- Attempting to reach the English channel trying to outflank the Germans
Germany
- Sneak attack to go around Belgium to make France surrender but it failed
Japan
- Japan formally declared war on the German Empire on August 23, 1914
11/19/14 - Presentations
Alliances
Allied Powers
- Great Britain - Protect Belgium and France, Abate the German threat, Maintain superpower status as number one nation
- France - Weaken German industrial power, Become the dominant continental power
- Russia - to eliminate Germany as a competitor, Gain control of the Bosporus
- Portugal
- Japan - Japan saw the war as an opportunity to seize Germany's Pacific colonies and gain control over its Chinese concessions.
- Italy
- U.S. - End all economic barriers between countries, Countries to reduce weapon numbers
Central Powers
- Germany - wanted to get land to create a German Empire
- Austria-Hungry
- Bulgaria
- The Ottoman Empire
11/20/14 - Major Battles
America broke into German lines with tanks on the battle of Amiens
U.S. brought an end to the war
America got into the war in 1917
U.S. started fighting in the war in 1918
Michael was the man attack and it was to break their lines
11/21/14 - Gender Roles
Women
Women's Club movement
settlement house movement
women suffrage movement
sold war bonds
conserved foods
nurses
Men
mostly fought in the war
helped at home
Children
sold newspapers
worked in factories
made gardans
Resources
Gas and oil usage-way down
Price way up
Nobody had money
nobody can buy resources
led to the great depression
War Industry Board
Woodrow Wilson started it
Bernard Baruch-chairman
controlled industrial establishment of country 3
Coordinate purchase of war supplies
encouraged companies to use mass production
Committee on Public info
influenced the views on the war
changing peoples opinion to get involved
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover-Leader
Responsible for allies food reserves
Hoover kept everyone well fed
America produced the most food
Monitor food
"Raise food not waste it"
Food was used as a weapon
Frank Roosevelt
Known as FDR
32nd president
During WW1 was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Traveled in Europe inspecting U.S. Navy Facilities
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