1. Bellringer Fill out the map, you picked up on your way in

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4. Causes of World War I Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism

5. Causes of World War I Militarism-- Alliances-- Imperialism-- Nationalism-- Failure of Diplomacy

6. Outbreak The Balkan Peninsula

7. Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand 1.Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by a Serbian nationalist (Gavrilo Princip). 2.Austrians present the Serbs with an ultimatum. 3.The ultimatum is rejected and World War I begins in August 1914.

8. The War…Alliances Allied Powers: – Great Britain – France – Russia – Italy – USA in 1917 Central Powers: – Germany – Austria-Hungary – Ottoman Empire

9. The War… Western Front: fighting between France and Germany (trench warfare and stalemate) Eastern Front: Fighting between Germany and Russia.

10. War in Europe Germany’s two fronts

11. The War…Trench Warfare Systems of fortified ditches rather than an open battle field

12. The Toll of the War

13. Toll of the War The bloodiest war of the time. 22 million died, more than half of them civilians. 20 million wounded 10 million refugees

14. The War…New Weapons Machine Gun Tank Airplanes Poisonous Gas Zeppelin

15. German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: 1915 to 1917 -British blockade the German coast. -Germans respond by sending out U-Boats and would sink any ship found in waters around Britain. -Lusitania is sunk on May 7, 1915.

16. Zimmerman Telegram: January 1917 -Telegraph from German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico was intercepted by British agents. -Telegram proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany -Telegram promised that if war with the US broke out, Germany would support Mexico in recovering lost territory.

17. America Acts…Why? 1.German U-Boats Sink Lusitania (killing 128 Americans). 2.Britain intercepts German proposal to ally with Mexico. 3.Germans sink more ships that are unarmed. 4.Russian monarchy is replaced with a representative government. 5.April 1917: United States Declares War. Wilson wanted to make the world “safe for democracy.”

18. US Declaration of War From 1914 to 1917 the US is Neutral. April 1917 Wilson wanted to make the world “safe for democracy.”

19. War at Home Difference between soldiers and civilians Rationing Propaganda Role of women

20. Failed Peace Peace conference was at Versailles (formerly Louis XIV’s palace near Paris) Allies dictate terms to – Germany – Russia – Non-Europeans Causes a nationalist backlash

21. The Fourteen Points From President Woodrow Wilson’s speech to Congress before the end of the war Supposed to be the basis of the peace conference Let’s figure out what each means!

22. Versailles Conference You will be assigned a country and a group For your country, determine: – What role did your country play at the real Versailles Conference? – What role do you think you should have played? – What outcomes did your country want from the peace treaty?

23. End of World War I 1.Wilson writes his Fourteen Points in January 1918 1.Main Points: Self- Determination, Freedom of the Seas, League of Nations, and Mandate System. 2.Germany signs an armistice and World War I ends on November 11, 1918

24. End of World War I 3. Paris Peace Conference: January to June 1919 -Attendants are the “Big Four” (US, Britain, France, and Italy) -Punishment of Germany, League of Nations, and New boundaries. 4. US Senate fails to approve the Treaty of Versailles – Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate in opposition – Senate rejects the Treaty and the League of Nations – US signed a separate treaty with Germany in 1921 David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson

25. An international organization established after World War I Supposed to help the world avoid future conflicts The United States was the only Western European power that was not a member

26. Failure! The League failed because it did not have the power to enforce its decisions

27. The Mandate System During WWI, Great Britain & France agreed to divide up large portions of the Ottoman Empire between themselves After WWI, a system was created to manage the colonies of defeated nations known as the mandate system

28. This “system” gave Great Britain & France control over what became these lands in the Middle East: – Great Britain got Iraq, Transjordan & Palestine – France got Syria & Lebanon