Causes of World War I
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Alliances
Central Powers: Austria, Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire
Allies: Russia, Italy, France, United States, Japan
Assassination of Archduke
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Why did the US get into war?
They were neutralized (Didn’t want to get into war)
Propaganda
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Home Front and Propaganda
Civilian Effort
Victory Gardens
Victory speed limits
Conserving food-especially meat
Saving Materials
Using less and giving more
Herbert Hoover
Food administration
Chairman of the commission for relief in belgium
Food policies
Food Administration
Goal
Food rationing
“Food will win the war”
18,500,000 tons of food
Campaign to send 20 million to our allies
Food Administration Posters
Posters, articles, and educational books
15% reduction in domestic food consumption
Exhorted children
National War Labor Board
Authorized March 1918
Preventing strikes
Terminated in 1919
War Industries Board (1917-1918)
Established in 1917
Production of military equipment
Planning industries
Regulated industry
Sped up the ordering process of raw material
Council of National Defense
Consisted of secretaries of: Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Interior, Navy, War
Coordinated industrial mobilization
Committee on Public Information
George Creel
Provided propaganda to convince citizens to help with the war effort
War films
Posters
“War to end all war”
“Threat to civilization itself”
Economy focused on war
Less consumers, more military
President Wilson given direct control of economy
“Four minute men”
Women worked men’s jobs
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Weapons and Trenches
Airplanes were used for recon
Recon War Blimps
Germany, France, and ITaly
Germany most effective
Also used in naval battles
Fokker Eindecker
German
Interrupter
Big advantage for beginning war
Until French were next to synchronized
Manfred Von Richthofen
Red Baron
Most famous German Ace
Most in WWI 80 confirmed dead
Died at age 25
Eddie RickenBacker
American Ace
Top US Ace with 26 confirmed kills
Survived
Georges Guynemer
French Ace
Died at the age of 22
53 confirmed kills
Mick Mannock
British Ace
51 confirmed kills
Died at the age of 31
Tanks
1st use of tanks as a combat system
UK, France, (Germany, Italy, America)
Evolution
Designed very old
Winston Churchill & the Landship Committee
Setbacks
Battle of Somme 1915 first used
Slow, hot, noisy, hard to breath, bad communication
Rifles in WWI
The standard British rifle was the Leo-Enfield 303
A variation of the rifle had been used since 1902
The standard German rifle was the Gewehr 98
Longer than the Enfield
Required extra sight for short range
Machine Guns in WWI
The standard MG was the Vickers Machine Gun
Fired 490-500 RPM
The standard German MG was the Maschinengewehr 08
- Fired 400 RPM
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