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Nationalism
● The belief that national interests and national unity should be placed ahead of global cooperation and affairs should be guided by national self-interest.
Militarism
● Developoment of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
Setting the Stage
Part One:American Background
President Woodrow Wilson
● Progressive Leader● Believed that Power
must yield to Morality
● Won a Second Term in Office because he kept the U.S. Out of the War
Isolationism
● Atlantic Ocean provided a buffer from the problems in Europe.
U.S. And Mexico
● 1910- Mexican Revolution – Francisco Madero
● 1913 – Coup led by General Victoriano Huerta
● U.S. Refused to recognize Huerta
U.S. Intervention
● April 19 1914 – U.S. Sailors are arrested at Tampico
● Mexican government quickly release the sailors
U.S. Intervention con't.
● Naval Commander demands that the Mexicans salute U.S. Flag
● Refusal
U.S. Intervention Con't.
● U.S. Marines occupy Tampico
● 19 – U.S. Dead● 200-Mexican Dead
Mexican Politics
● Huerta leaves office● Civil war insues● U.S. Declares
Neutrality
2nd U.S. Intervention
● Pancho Villa● Columbus, NM● 17 dead
2nd U.S. Intervention Con't.
● Gen. John J. Pershing● 18,000 troops ( 1/3 of
U.S. Army) enter Mexico in search of Villa
● 1917 U.S. Forces pull out after unsuccesful search
Setting the Stage
Part two:The Run-up to War
France and Germany
● Germany defeated France twice in last 50 years
● Germany took Alsace-Lorraine in 1871
● Germany was youngest European power
Russia & Austria-Hungary
● Russia-Protector of European Slavic Peoples
● Austria-Hungary-had millions of Slavs (Serbs)
● A-H also an old and dieing Empire
Europe Divided-1890
● Germany-Strongest Military Nation
● U.K.-Strongest Navy● France-Weak but
talked big
Europe Divided-Alliances
● Triple Entente (Allies)-France, U.K., Russia (also had alliance with Serbia)
● Triple Alliance-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Italy*
● Italy switched sides in 1915
And So It Begins
The Five Week CrisisJune 28 – August 1
June 28, 1914
● Sarajevo, Bosina● Archduke Franz
Ferdinand is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
July 6, 1914
● Germany gives Austria-Hungary a “Blank Cheque”
● Germany will back A-H to the hilt
July 23, 1914
● Austria-Hungary gives ultimatum to Serbia to allow A-H to take over some of their land
July 25, 1914
● Serbia mobilises but sends a note agreeing to Austria-Hungary's demands
● Austria-Hungary also mobilises
July 28, 1914
● Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbs
July 31, 1914
● Russia Moblizes- partial then general
August 1, 1914
● Germany Declares war on Russia (Schlieffen Plan)
● Germany also declares war on France on August 3
Stagnation
Western_Front_stagnation.jpg
This Is War!
● Trench warfare● No-mans land – Mud,
shellcraters, barbed wire
1st Battle of the Somme
● July 1, 1916 – Mid- November
● UK lost 60,000 men - 1st day
● 650,000 -Germans● 420,000 – British● 200,000 - French
Blockades
● Use of Naval power to prevent military goods and food
● UK blockade was the most successful (750,000 German Starve to death)
Blockades
● German U-boats● All ships headed for
UK would be sunk● 75,000 British lost
lives
The Russian Revolution
● Lenin
Lusitania
● May 7, 1915
Zimmerman Telegram
● Germany offered “lost lands in America” to Mexico for alliance against U.S.
● Caused U.S. To enter war
Mobilization?
● Not a large army (only 200,000 in active service)
● Selective Service Act (Draft) age 21-23
● Needed training and weapons
How do we get the troops there?
● Build more ships ● Fabrication-used
standard parts built elsewhere & assemble them in the shipyards
● Convoy system
Did U.S. Troops Turn the Tide?
● German army counted on winning before U.S. Troops arrived
● Lots of fresh, enthusiastic U.S. soldiers
Weapons of WWI
● Gas● Zeppelin● Machine Gun● Air Plane● Tank
Homefront
Part Three:The War at Home
Anti-immigrant Hysteria● Attacked German-
Americans● Refused to play Mozart,
Bach or Beethoven● Removed books with
German authors● Lynched people that had
“German sounding names”
Espionage & Sedition Acts● Fine $10,000 and/or 20
years in jail● Interfering with draft● Obstructing sale of war
bonds● Saying anything disloyal,
profane or abusive about the war effort or government
African-American Migration
● 1 million blacks left the south for Chicago, NY, Philadelphia and other large cities to work in war effort
The End is in Sight
Part Four:Victory and the Versailles Treaty
November 9, 1918
● Due to lack of food and supplies German people in Berlin and other cities rebelled against Kaiser and declared a Republic
VICTORY IN EUROPE
● 11:00, November 11, 1918
● Armisist
Wilson's Fourteen Points● No Secret Treaties
● Freedom of the Seas
● Free Trade
● Military's should be lowered to the lowest point to ensure domestic safety
● Colonial interests should consider the interests of the colonial people
Wilson's Fourteen Points con't● Next 8 dealt with boundary
changes for self-determination
● 14th point was the League of Nations-Wilson's favorite
● The Fourteen points are what led many Germans to stop fighting
The Treaty of Versailles
● Allies wanted to “make Germany pay”
● Created 9 new nations-Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Austria, Hungary,
Failure at Versailles
● Wilson compromised everything to get the League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles● Provisions
● Demilitarize Germany
● Return Alsace-Loraine to France
● Reparations($32 billion)
● War Guilt Clause
● De-militarize Rhineland for 15 yrs
● French use of Saar Coal Mines
● Loss of Colonial Possessions
● Result
● 100,000 Man Army-Humiliation
● Loss of Valuable land
● Wreaked German Economy
● Humiliation
● Loss of Protection
● Loss of Income – Humiliation
● Loss of Income
Weakness of Treaty
● Poor treatment of Germany● Humiliation● Huge reperations● Russia was not included in Treaty● Germany was stripped of Colonies that could
help it pay ● No true self-determination
German Reaction
● Shock● Refused to Sign ● Wrote a 443 page
protest of terms that violated 14 points
● Finally signed on June 28, 1919
Cost of War
● 26 million dead● 20 million wounded● Lost generation
Flu epidemic
● 500,000 Americans die between 1918 & 1919
● ¼ of U.S. Population sick
● 40 million die world wide
Allied Expeditionary Force
● 8,000 U.S. & U.K troops sent to Russia in Aug. 1918 to try to create a second front and to get rid of the Communists
● Soviets never forgave us for “invasion”
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