World War I

Review and Discussion Slides

World War I was caused by all of the following reasons except:

Nationalism

Inflation

Arms Race

Secret Alliances

All of the following were new technologies used during World War I except:

Flamethrowers

Mustard Gas

Machine Guns

Helicopters

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What is this poster trying to do? Do you think people would conserve to help a war effort today?

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I. Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.

IV. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.

The following are two points from President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points speech which he delivered Congress in 1918. How does each point aim to keep the world at peace?

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Incorrect. Nationalism was a cause of WWI

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Incorrect. The arms race was a cause of WWI.Nations do not choose war if the do not have the weapons with which to wage it.

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Incorrect. Secret alliances pulled the main participants into the conflict.

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Correct!

Inflation did not cause World War I.

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Incorrect. Flamethrowers were used during World War I.

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Incorrect. The machine gun turned the war into a bloody stalemate.

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Incorrect. Mustard gas was used to force soldiers out of the trenches and into machine gun fire.

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Correct!

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Click here to read about the League of Nations.

After you read, examine the above political cartoon and write down what message you think the artist is trying to convey. Next

Click on the image to watch the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrive at the town hall in Sarajevo only hours before he was assassinated.

Write down how you think that you would feel if someone from another culture was your leader. discuss your response with your Blue or Red Counterpart*. Be prepared to sharewith the class. (Think/Pair/Share)

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*Your red or blue card will have a number. Find the opposite team member with your number.

Over ThereJohnnie, get your gun,

Get your gun, get your gun,Take it on the run,

On the run, on the run.Hear them calling, you and me,

Every son of liberty.Hurry right away,

No delay, go today,Make your daddy glad

To have had such a lad.Tell your sweetheart not to pine,

To be proud her boy's in line. (chorus sung twice)

Johnnie, get your gun,Get your gun, get your gun,

Johnnie show the HunWho's a son of a gun.

Hoist the flag and let her fly,Yankee Doodle do or die.

Pack your little kit,Show your grit, do your bit.

Yankee to the ranks,From the towns and the tanks.

Make your mother proud of you,And the old Red, White and Blue.

(chorus sung twice)

ChorusOver there, over there,

Send the word, send the word over there -That the Yanks are coming,

The Yanks are coming,The drums rum-tumming

Ev'rywhere.So prepare, say a pray'r,

Send the word, send the word to beware.We'll be over, we're coming over,

And we won't come back till it's overOver there.

Directions:Read the lyrics and listento the song “Over There”By George M. Cohan andthen write down your thoughts.

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Eve of Destruction

Directions:Read the lyrics and listento the song “Eve of Destruction”By Barry McGuire andthen write down your thoughts.

The eastern world it tis explodin',violence flarin', bullets loadin',you're old enough to kill but not for votin',you don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',and even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?If the button is pushed, there's no running away,There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave,take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,handful of Senators don't pass legislation,and marches alone can't bring integration,when human respect is disintegratin',this whole crazy world is just too frustratin',and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China!Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,but when you return, it's the same old place,the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

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Works Cited Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. June 28th, 1914. Video. Accessed on November 3rd 2006. http://www.firstworldwar.com/video/footage/ferdinandsarajevo.wmv Cohan, George, M. “Over There.” Performed by Billy Murray. 1917. Accessed on November 3rd, 2006. http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/Billy%20Murray%20-%20Over%20There.mp3 McCay, Windsor. “All Tied Up” 1919. Accessed on October 27th, 2006. http://rutlandhs.k12.vt.us/jpeterso/MOREWW1/TIEDUP.JPG McGuire, Barry. “Eve of Destruction.” Eve of Destruction. Universal, 1965. United States Food Administration. Sugar, Save it. 1917. Accessed on: 27th October 2006. < http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/images/pp_us_34.jpg> Unknown Photographer. Trenches Photo. Accessed on: November 3rd, 2006. < http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/cnp_trench_clearing_01.jpg> Wilson, Woodrow. Fourteen Points. Speech delivered at Joint Session of Congress. Washington, D.C. January 8th, 1918.