1. World War I

2. Nationalism_in_Europe 2:23

3. Nationalism Deep attachments to one’s own nation helped unify the
people and helped create
competition
Nationalism

4. Building_Global_Empires_and_Military_Alliances 1:46

5. Imperialism Nations seeking economic growth and expansion
Establish and expand global empires
Imperialism

6. Balkan Wars Strong competition for control of area
Austria-Hungary annexed
Bosnia-Herzegovinia
Balkan Wars

7. Militarism Build-up of military forces among nations
Strong military competition
Militarism

8. Alliances Hardening of alliance systems Triple Alliance—
Triple Entente—
Russia was traditionally
Serbia’s protector
Alliances

9. Triple Alliance
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary

10. Triple Entente
Great Britain
Russia
France

11. 1014_Austria_Hungary_Declares_War_Against_Serbia 1:25

12. Assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to
Austro-Hungarian throne, and wife,
Killed June 28, 1914 in
Sarajevo by Serbian Black Hand member, Gavrilo Princip
Assassination

13. Summer of 1914 Franz Ferdinand assassinated June 28
Austria issued ultimatum to Serbia;
Serbia partially agreed July 25
Austria declared war on Serbia July 28

14. Germany pledged to support Austria
Russia mobilized to help Serbia July 30
Germany declared war on Russia Aug 1
France allied with Russia

15. World War I Begins……….. Germany declared war on France Aug 3
Germany invaded Belgium Aug 3
Britain declared war on Germany Aug 4
World War I Begins………..

16. Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

17. Allied Powers
Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium,
US, Japan, Montenegro, Italy

18. The Battles Begin Schlieffen Plan—Germany’s war plan drawn up in 1905
called for invasion of neutral Belgium
assumed Russia would be slow to mobilize
allow for quick defeat of French

19. Problems with Schlieffen Plan
Invaded heavily fortified area of Belgium
GB involved after Belgium invasion
Encountered strong resistance
Russian army mobilized quickly
Split Germany forces in East

20. Downfall of Schlieffen Plan
Germans forced British retreat
France attacked Germans in Alsace-Lorraine
Caused delay in German advance
Battle of Marne caused German retreat
Signaled abandonment of Schlieffen Plan

21. Modern War Submarine warfare Rapid fire machine guns Trench warfare
Use to get around blockades and attack enemy shipping
Rapid fire machine guns
Led to trench warfare
Trench warfare
500 miles of ditches for protection
Tanks
Designed to break through barbed wire
Airplanes
Primary function—to observe enemy activities
Poison gas
Introduced by Germans to help break stalemates

22. U.S. Becomes Involved US declared neutrality in beginning
Money loaned to warring nations
Sinking of Lusitania
German unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany sinks 4 US merchant ships
April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress for war declaration
April 6, 1917 US declares war on Germany

23. US entry into World War I
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of 4 US merchant ships
US declares war on Germany
April 6, 1917
US entry into World War I

24. Web of War Austria-Hungary Serbia Russia Germany France Treaty Treaty
Declared war on
Serbia
Treaty
Treaty
Declared war on
Russia
Germany
Declared war on
Treaty
France

25. France Germany Belgium Great Britain Japan United States Italy invades
Declared war on
France
Germany
invades
Declared war on
Treaty
Colonial
Territories
Declared war on
Belgium
Treaty
Great Britain
Declared war on
Australia
Canada
India
New Zealand
Union of S.Africa
Military agreement
Japan
Allied after start of war
United States
Italy

26. The Home Front Selective Service – 2.8 million drafted
War Industries Board – coordinate production of war materials
Daylight savings time
Bonds – Liberty and Victory
Committee on Public Information – selling the war to the public
Sedition Act of 1918
Public expression of war opposition illegal

27. Women’s Roles Women Fill jobs in factories Military service
Allowed to enlist in Navy
Fill temporary jobs in Army
Army nurses were only military women allowed to go overseas

28. African Americans Served in segregated units in military
“Great Migration”
Movement from South to North to fill factory jobs

29. Espionage and Sedition Acts were used to effectively silence criticism of the war.

30. War ends 11th Hour of 11th Day of 11th Month 1918
1917 Russia pulls out
Closing Eastern front
American troops arrive
1918
Allies push Germans back to border of Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
Germany surrenders
War ends 11th Hour of 11th Day of 11th Month 1918

31. Treaty of Versailles Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Plan for peace after war
League of Nations
General association of nations
Help preserve peace
Help prevent future wars
Congress never signed Treaty of Versailles
US never member of League of Nations
Germany’s punishment
Accept blame for causing war
Reduce military
Pay war reparations

32. Effects of WWI on US Developments in War Effects on US
War-torn economies of Europe
Russian Revolution
Industrial demand of wartime
Sacrifices of wartime; disappointment with Versailles Peace Treaty
Effects on US
Boom in US economy; emergence of US as world industrial leader
“Red Scare” in postwar US; suspicion of immigrants
Internal migration in US, especially African Americans to Northern cities
Failure to join League of Nations