1. WORLD WAR I & ITS AFTERMATH
U.S. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 7
WORLD WAR I & ITS AFTERMATH

2. WORLD WAR I BEGINS WORLD WAR I Alliance System Militarism Imperialism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliance System
WORLD WAR I

3. MILITARISM & ALLIANCES
Prussia begins uniting all of the German states together. This forced France to give up territory along the border. Germany will form an alliance with Austria-Hungary & Italy to protect themselves from France
Russia took action in fear of Germany signing the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1894
All countries will develop their armed forces to use as a tool of diplomacy or to intimidate other countries
Britain will step up their navy & build relations between France & Russia known as entente cordiale (friendly understanding) but will NOT sign a formal agreement
SEE MAP PG. 183

4. IMPERIALISM & NATIONALISM
Ottoman Empire & Austria-Hungary Empire controlled the Balkan Region until nationalism grew throughout Europe causing the Southern Slavs to press for independence. Serbs will gain independence & form the nation of Serbia.
Austria-Hungary will annex Bosnia from Ottoman Empire causing Serbs to realize that Austria-Hungary will never let them be independent

5. ASSAINATION BRINGS WAR
Everyone wanted to maintain control of the Balkan Peninsula as it had central access to the Mediterranean Sea
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, & Sophia, his wife, were visiting Sarajevo when Gavrilo Princip, member of Black Hand (Serbian Nationalist organization) shot them
Serbian officials were aware of this. Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum knowing that they would get support from nations that they had created alliances with (i.e. Germany). Serbia counted on their alliances for support (i.e. Russia)

6. ASSASSINATION BRINGS WAR
July 28, 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia mobilizes to assist Serbia. Germany mobilizes to assist Austria-Hungary
August 3, 1914: Schlieffen Plan is put into motion as Germany invades Belgium & makes their way to France. Britain reacts & gets involved as they had an alliance with Belgium. Germany then turn forces on Russia as well

8. Italy (later withdraws)
WORLD WAR I BEGINS
Triple Entente (Allies)
Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
France
Britain
Russia
United States (1917)
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Italy (later withdraws)

9. U.S. & THE WAR President Wilson declares the U.S. to be neutral
Many Americans are divided as to whether the U.S. should be involved or not
SEE ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES PG. 187

10. AMERICANS TAKE SIDES
Britain will cut the transatlantic telegraph cable & will use propaganda to influence Americans
Companies in U.S. that have strong ties to Allies & American banks will invest over $2 billion. Midwest banks (pro-German) will loan out $27 million to Germany
U.S. will mobilize for two reasons:
ensure Allied repayment of debts
to prevent Germany from threatening U.S. shipping

11. MOVING TOWARD WAR
Britain blockades German ports – armaments first but eventually food/fertilizer. U.S. did not like it as it prevented them from doing business with Germany
Germany responds with U-boats (submarines) sinking every ship off the British coast (Lusitania, Arabic, Sussex).
U.S. warned them not to do this & as Germany did not want U.S. to side with Allies. They would agree but it would not last

12. UNITED STATES DECLARES WAR
U.S.
Involvement
February 1917 – German Kaiser declares unrestricted submarine warfare
Sinking of 6 unarmed American merchant ships – February 3 – March 21, 1917
Zimmermann Note – January 1917
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia – March 1917
April 2, 1917 – Wilson asks Congress to declare war

13. THE HOME FRONT
U.S. economy will have to shift from producing consumer goods to producing war supplies
Progressives were in control & their ideas will shape the war effort
New agencies will be created to coordinate mobilization, promote efficient use of natural resources, & emphasize cooperation between big business & government

14. Railroad Administration: controlled ALL aspects of railroads
WAR TIME AGENCIES
War Industries Board (WIB): mass production techniques, set quotas, allocated raw materials, & set prices at whole sale level for war materials. Retail prices will double
Food Administration (Herbert Hoover): help increase food production & conserve food. “Clean Plate” ideal. Victory Gardens – growing of vegetables by civilians. Set prices on certain foods
Fuel Administration: monitors coal supplies, rationed gas/oil, introduced daylight savings times (Benjamin Franklin), shortened work weeks for civilian goods factories, & “Heatless Mondays”
Railroad Administration: controlled ALL aspects of railroads

15. FUNDING OF THE WAR
U.S. needed to raise money & convince public to support the war.
A progressive income tax, war-profits tax (Mostly businesses), high excise tax (luxury goods) will be assessed
BONDS: “Liberty Bond” & “Victory Bond” were used to raise money
SEE CHART ON PG. 190

16. MOBILIZING THE WORKFORCE
National War Labor Board: dealt with strikes – “Work or Fight”; Pushed for an 8-hour day, safety inspections, improvement on wages, unions could exist, enforced child labor ban. In exchange for cooperation, unions agreed to not disrupt war production with strikes or other disturbances. Wages were undermined by rising food & housing costs

17. MOBILIZING THE WORKFORCE
Women will take jobs of men but did not receive equal pay for equal work. Support for the war would help the suffrage movement
Great Migration: African Americans from Southern cities to the North seeking job opportunities & to escape racial discrimination.
Henry Ford’s company hired African Americans
Mexicans will migrate providing labor for farmers & ranchers. Some found factory jobs in the north Mid-west but faced hostility & discrimination. Formed barrios.

18. PUBLIC OPINION
Committee on Public Information: propaganda used to convince Americans to support the war
Anti-immigrant hysteria/attacks increased especially against German immigrants or persons of German descent

19. PUBLIC OPINION
Espionage Act 1917: made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or to interfere with the war effort
Sedition Act 1918: allowed for the fining or jailing of anyone who interfered with or said anything considered to be disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort
Schenck v. United States 1919: U.S. Supreme Court upheld the acts against Charles Schenck due to the words in his pamphlet were dangerous to others (i.e. yelling fire in a crowded place)

20. BUILDILNG THE MILITARY
Over 2 million will volunteer for war
Selective Service Act May 1917: required men to register in order to be drafted for military service
African Americans: 400k men drafted, 42k served overseas. Segregation still existed. 92nd & 93rd Infantry Divisions received praise from Marshal Philippe Petain (France) & General John Pershing (U.S.)
Native Americans: 12k served
Puerto Ricans: 20k served
Mexican Americans – more than any other minority group would serve
Asian Immigrants – fought on side of U.S. prior to being citizens

21. BUILDING THE MILITARY
Women were part of the Army Corps of Nurses but had no rank, pay or benefits (eventually will change). Served in Navy & Marines in non-combatant positions
Women filled positions in clerical, radio operators, electricians, pharmacists, chemists, & photographers

22. BUILDING THE MILITARY Crucial steps needed to move men & supplies
exempt shipyard workers from the draft
U.S. Chamber of Commerce did public relations to gain support for shipyard workers
– Fabrication techniques – standardized parts built in other places then brought to the shipyard
U.S. took control of commercial & private ships

23. COMBAT IN WWI
Trench Warfare: near the Marne River extending through France to the Belgian coast & as far north as the Swiss Alps.
“No Man’s Land” – area in between the trenches filled with craters, barbed wire, & mines
SEE MAP PG. 195

26. COMBAT IN WWI New Weapons: New Hazards: Tanks Airplanes
Portable machine gun
Poison gas
Long-range canons
Anti-aircraft guns
Zeppellin (giant rigid balloons)
New Hazards:
Horrific injuries
Lice
Rats
Polluted water (dysentery)
Inhalation of poison gas
Decaying bodies
“trench foot”
“trench mouth”

30. WINNING THE WAR AT SEA Convoy system: proposed by William S. Sims.
Reduction in loss of ships
Reduction in loss of supplies
Ensured arrival of American troops

31. AMERICANS ENTER COMBAT
General John J. Pershing leads the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) – “doughboys”.
2 million enter the stalemate in Paris July 4, 1917
March 21, 1918: Germany’s last offensive as they push deep into Allied lines & would get to within 40 miles of Paris

32. AMERICANS ENTER COMBAT
AEF went on offensive stopping Germany advance in Cantigny (near Paris). Push the Germans back into Chateau-Thierry & Bedleau Wood, winning the Second Battle of the Marne
Battle of Argonne Forest: French Marshal Ferdinand Foch orders counter attacks. AEF drives German forces back at Saint-Mihiel. On September 26, 1918, AEF fights Germans between the Meuse River & Argonne Forest suffering massive casualties but push the Germans back forcing them to retreat

33. THE WAR ENDS
Revolution throughout Austria-Hungary Empire leads to Poland, Hungary, & Czechoslovakia declaring their independence
November 3, 1918: Austria-Hungary & Ottoman Empires surrender to the Allies
November 9, 1918: Germany agrees to an armistice.
November 11, 1918 – Fighting finally stops

34. LOSS OF LIFE Over 500k Americans died in combat Over 200k were wounded
Over 60k will die from influenza (flu)
Flu epidemic (Spanish influenza) is believed to have killed 25 to 50 million worldwide & over 500k Americans

35. PEACE – “THE BIG FOUR”
Four big players involved in the creation of the Treaty of Versailles 1919:
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Georges Clemenceau
France
David Lloyd George
Britain
Vittorio Orlando
Italy
Missing: Central Powers (especially Germany – will become a cause for WWII) & Russia as Allied leaders refused to recognize Lenin’s government

36. WILSON’S PLAN – 14 POINTS 5 main points:
No secret treaties among nations
Freedom of seas for all
Tariffs & economic barriers should be lowered or abolished to foster free trade
Arms should be reduced to the point that only ensures domestic safety
Colonial policies should consider interest of colonial people & imperialist powers
8 points: dealt with the right of national self-determination that affected boundary changes of territory to be based on national identity
LAST POINT: establishment of League of Nations – Goal: was to help preserve the peace by respecting & protecting each other’s territory & political independence

37. TREATY OF VERSAILLES 1919 Established 9 new nations
5 mandates from Ottoman Empire to be colonies for Britain & France
Alsace-Lorraine went back to France
Barred Germany from maintaining an army
War-guilt clause – war was totally Germany’s fault
Reparations: $33 billion
Creation of League of Nations
Treaty ignored: freedom of the seas, free trade, & fair settlement of colonial claims
SEE CHART ON PG. 198

38. WEAKNESSES OF TREATY Humiliated Germany (war-guilt clause)
Germany unable to pay reparations (lost colonies)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was left out
Treaty ignored claims of colonized people for self-determination (i.e. Vietnamese)

39. U.S. SENATE REJECTS THE TREATY
Opposition included:
Economic burden could pull all of Europe down
Exchanging one form of imperialism for another
League of Nations (main opposition)
Wilson refused to compromise on the League of Nations
Senate does not ratify after voting twice
U.S. signs separate treaty with Germany in 1921 after Wilson leaves office, never joining the League of Nations

40. LEGACY OF WWI
Americans wanted to return to “normalcy” (Harding’s platform)
Europe destruction & massive loss of life severely damaged social & political systems
communist state is formed (USSR)
Fascism comes into existence (Italy, Spain, Germany). An aggressive nationalistic movement where the nation was more important than the individuals, usually ruled by a dictator

41. AFTER-AFFECTS AT HOME Stresses over the economy:
Rising prices on goods
Inflation
Unemployment – soldiers returning home need jobs & lack of orders for goods
Cost of living increases causes many Americans to revert back to nativism ideals
Belief in isolationism resurfaces
Fear of communism

42. INFLATION LEADS TO STRIKES
Seattle General Strike 1919: 35k shipyard workers walked off job wanted higher wages & shorter hours. Other unions joined in a general strike involving more than 60k people paralyzing the city for 5 days. Americans would begin to see the general strike as a common tactic of Communists & other radical groups in Europe

43. INFLATION LEADS TO STRIKES
Boston Police Strike 1919: Police had not received a raise since prior to WWI, had not been allowed to unionize, & other grievances. Representatives attempted to ask for a raise but would be fired. Rest of police force went on strike. Calvin Coolidge, governor, called out National Guard as he felt striking the law should be against the law when it jeopardized public safety & agreed with police commissioner to fire all the strikers. Strike would end & strikers were replaced with all NEW officers

44. Boston Policemen taking a meal during the Boston Police strike of 1919

45. INFLATION LEADS TO STRIKES
Steel Mill Strike September 1919-January 1920: Workers wanted shorter working hours, a living wage, union recognition, & collective bargaining rights. U.S. Steel refused to meet with union representatives & 350k walked off the jobs. Company hired strikebreakers, used force against the workers striking, & launched a propaganda campaign stating the workers striking were communists. Strike ended. In January 1923 a report about working conditions in caused the steel companies to agree to an 8-hour workday

46. INFLATION LEADS TO STRIKES
Coal Miners’ Strike 1919: United Mine Workers protested low wages & long workdays under the guidance of John L. Lewis & go on strike. Attorney General Mitchell Palmer will obtain a court order sending the miners back to work. Lewis declared it over but quietly gave the word for the strike to continue defying the court order. President Wilson appointed an arbitrator & the miners received a 27% wage increate. Shorter workday & a 5-day work week comes in the 1930s.

47. Steel Miner’s Strike
Coal Miners’ Strike 1919

48. FALL OF UNIONS Unions were seen as communistic activities
Decline would be for:
immigrants willing to work in poor conditions
Language difference among immigrants
Farmers who migrated to cities for jobs were used to relying on themselves
Exclusion of African Americans

49. RACIAL UNREST Summer 1919: 25 race riots across nation.
Longview, TX: angry whites burned shops & homes of Afr. Am.
Washington D.C. Afr. Am. & whites fought with each other for 4 days before troops gained control
Chicago, July 1919: Afr. Am. drift towards a white-only beach while in water. Whites tossed stones at them. Afr. Am. threw the stones back. Eventually a stone from a white person struck Afr. Am. in the back of the head, killing him. Riots occurred, lasting for almost two weeks. National Guard imposed order. Results: 38 killed – 15 white, 23 Afr. Am. More than 500 injured
NAACP will surge in membership, begin campaigning for a federal law against lynching, & publish a newspaper called “The Crisis” after the Chicago incident.

52. THE RED SCARE: PALMER RAIDS
Events leading up to raids:
April 1919: U.S. postal service discovered 30+ parcels contained bombs that were sent to prominent Americans
May 1919: Riots occurred over the jailing of Eugene Debs – leader of American Socialist Party. 2 killed, 40 injured
June 1919: 8 bombs in 8 cities within minutes of each other. One bomb damaged U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s home. General Intelligence Division (Federal Bureau of Investigation) formed to find evidence. Palmer targets the foreign born
November 1919 – Palmer raids begin in 12 cities. Union of Russian Workers is a targeted group with 249 deported back to Russia
January 1920 – Palmer raids headquarters of radical organizations. 6k arrested.
Raids continued until spring of 1920 with thousands detained. Officers searched homes & offices without search warrants. Raids found no hard evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy
A. Mitchell Palmer

53. What recent time period does something like this repeat itself?

54. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1920
Candidates:
Democrats: James M. Cox, Ohio governor with FDR as his running mate
Republicans: Warren G. Harding – platform called for a “return to normalcy”
Harding wins the election