Monday- continued with WWI
Tuesday- continued with WWI
Wednesday-finished WWI and started WWI battle presentations
Thursday- WWI battle presentations
Friday- Work day for Semester test
•Be able to analyze WWI propaganda, identify it goals and evaluate the effectiveness of it
-Propaganda- persuasive advertising.
-Goal= save food, Enlist in military, women- work in factories , become a nurse,
-Committee on Public Information was in charge of propaganda= Goal was to influences U.S. public opinion to support WWI in their own way. The committee used newsprint, posters, radio, telegraph and movies to broadcast its messages
-Americanized German words when WWI broke out
-propaganda was made to make feel personal
-Propaganda- persuasive advertising.
-Goal= save food, Enlist in military, women- work in factories , become a nurse,
-Committee on Public Information was in charge of propaganda= Goal was to influences U.S. public opinion to support WWI in their own way. The committee used newsprint, posters, radio, telegraph and movies to broadcast its messages
-Americanized German words when WWI broke out
-propaganda was made to make feel personal
•Be able to identify the importance of key people: Woodrow Wilson, Charles Evans Hughes, John Pershing, Bernard Baruch, Herbert Hoover, George Creel
•Be able to identify the costs of the war: US and grand total
-A war bond was made. So someone would give money to the Government, and after the war they would get their money back.
-A war bond was made. So someone would give money to the Government, and after the war they would get their money back.
•Be able to identify the actions we took at home to mobilize our country for war
-The homefront= refers to what people did back in the US to help win the war. Women started working in factories
War Industries Board= Encouraged mass production. Under the War Industries Board, industrial production in US increased in 20 percent
Food Administration= urged people to conserve food, and the production of food. Prevented hoarding of food by people.
National War Labor Board
- settled disputes between workers and employers
- discouraged strikes
-"Work or fight"
-Headed by William Taft.
-The homefront= refers to what people did back in the US to help win the war. Women started working in factories
War Industries Board= Encouraged mass production. Under the War Industries Board, industrial production in US increased in 20 percent
Food Administration= urged people to conserve food, and the production of food. Prevented hoarding of food by people.
National War Labor Board
- settled disputes between workers and employers
- discouraged strikes
-"Work or fight"
-Headed by William Taft.
Part 3
•Be able to define what the Paris Peace Conference was
-The meeting of the Allied victors following the end of WWI to set the peace terms for Germany and other defeated nations
- It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 29 countries.
-They came up with a series of treaties that reshaped that map of Europe and imposed penalties on Germany
-The Big four= U.S., France, Britain, Italy
-The meeting of the Allied victors following the end of WWI to set the peace terms for Germany and other defeated nations
- It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 29 countries.
-They came up with a series of treaties that reshaped that map of Europe and imposed penalties on Germany
-The Big four= U.S., France, Britain, Italy
•Be able to describe Wilson’s 14 Points
- The fourteen points was a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to Congress on January 8th, 1918
- The speech became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris Peace conference in 1919
-Other Allied countries did not like the 14 points as they thought it was too easy on Germany
1.) An end to secret treaties
2.) Freedom of the seas
3.) Free trade for all countries
4.)Disarmament
5.) End to colonial claims
6.) Self-determination for all countries - Russia
7.) Restoration of Belgium
8.) Restoration of France
9.) Readjustment of Italy's boundaries
10.) Austria- Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development.
11.) Romania, Serbia and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
12.) Turkey should be sovereign (independent)
13.) Poland would be given their independence
14.) The " League of nations" would be developed.
- The fourteen points was a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to Congress on January 8th, 1918
- The speech became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris Peace conference in 1919
-Other Allied countries did not like the 14 points as they thought it was too easy on Germany
1.) An end to secret treaties
2.) Freedom of the seas
3.) Free trade for all countries
4.)Disarmament
5.) End to colonial claims
6.) Self-determination for all countries - Russia
7.) Restoration of Belgium
8.) Restoration of France
9.) Readjustment of Italy's boundaries
10.) Austria- Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development.
11.) Romania, Serbia and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
12.) Turkey should be sovereign (independent)
13.) Poland would be given their independence
14.) The " League of nations" would be developed.
•Be able to describe the Treaty of Versailles in detail and the impact it had on Germany and Europe
Treaty of Versailles= officially end the war
- Territorial Losses
- The following land was taken away from Germany:
Lost land to France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Czechoslovakia. And colonies overseas
-Military Losses- (Cripple them)
- Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men: the army was not allowed tanks.
Germany was not allowed an air force
Germany was allowed only 6 capital navel ships and no submarines
-Financial Losses
- The loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to Germany's economy. Coal from the Saar and Upper Silesai in particular was a vital economic loss
Germany had to pay 33 billion in war reparations
Germany was also forbidden to unite with Austria to form one country
-General
1.) Germany had to admit full responsibility for staring the war. This was Clause 231- the infamous "War Guilt Clause"
2.) Germany had to accept the " war guilt clause and take blame for WWI
3.) A league of Nations was set up to keep world peace
-Five Permanent members - Great Britain, France, Italy, U.S. and Japan
- Four non- permanent members that rotated
-All members must submit disputes for investigation, arbitration and settlement
- If member nation ignored, League could take action Ex. Economic sanctions= not letting them get trade. Also Wage War.
- France wanted an international army but US and GB did not
- Germany and the Soviet Union were not allowed to join right away, because Russia was communists
- U.S. never joined because= we were isolationist and only wanted to work on American and not get involved because people thought we would go into war again. and Congress was concerned it would lose it's power to declare war if we joined.
Treaty of Versailles= officially end the war
- Territorial Losses
- The following land was taken away from Germany:
Lost land to France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Czechoslovakia. And colonies overseas
-Military Losses- (Cripple them)
- Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men: the army was not allowed tanks.
Germany was not allowed an air force
Germany was allowed only 6 capital navel ships and no submarines
-Financial Losses
- The loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to Germany's economy. Coal from the Saar and Upper Silesai in particular was a vital economic loss
Germany had to pay 33 billion in war reparations
Germany was also forbidden to unite with Austria to form one country
-General
1.) Germany had to admit full responsibility for staring the war. This was Clause 231- the infamous "War Guilt Clause"
2.) Germany had to accept the " war guilt clause and take blame for WWI
3.) A league of Nations was set up to keep world peace
-Five Permanent members - Great Britain, France, Italy, U.S. and Japan
- Four non- permanent members that rotated
-All members must submit disputes for investigation, arbitration and settlement
- If member nation ignored, League could take action Ex. Economic sanctions= not letting them get trade. Also Wage War.
- France wanted an international army but US and GB did not
- Germany and the Soviet Union were not allowed to join right away, because Russia was communists
- U.S. never joined because= we were isolationist and only wanted to work on American and not get involved because people thought we would go into war again. and Congress was concerned it would lose it's power to declare war if we joined.
•Be able to describe why the US never ratified the Treaty of Versailles
- The US never passes the Treaty of Versailles
1.) concern over the league of Nations.
2.) Politics.
And signed a U.S. and Germany Peace Treaty in 1921
- The US never passes the Treaty of Versailles
1.) concern over the league of Nations.
2.) Politics.
And signed a U.S. and Germany Peace Treaty in 1921
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