1. “The War to end all Wars”
WWI

2. Assassination of Austria-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand II
Immediate Cause
Assassination of Austria-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand II
Serbian Nationalist-”The Black Hand”

3. Long-Term Causes Alliance System B. Militarism C. Imperialism
Triple Entente (Allies)-Great Britain, France, Russia and Serbia
Triple Alliance-Germany, A-H and Italy
Central Powers-Germany, A-H and Ottoman Empire
B. Militarism
C. Imperialism
D. Nationalism

4. U.S. Enters the War America remains neutral Divided loyalties
New immigrants, many from Germany
Economic Alliances to Allies

5. “He kept us out of War…..SYKE!”
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Sinking of Lusitania, Sussex and Arabic
Not American vessels but Americans on board
Germans claim that they were not just passenger ships
Use of Untersee Boats-U boats in response to British Blockade
Election of 1916-Wilson defeats Hughes

7. Zimmerman Telegraph Telegraph from Germany to Mexico
If America enters war, side with Central Powers
Help us broker a deal to get Japan involved also
Mexico would receive lost lands such as Arizona and Texas
Intercepted, plot revealed
America Outraged, vote for war easy
Jeanette Rankin votes no for war
First female congressman

9. Propaganda World War One Posters

10. Life and Times
You are Seventeen years older than your last entry…and the United States has just entered the Great War
It is December of 1917 and you have just received a letter from a loved one serving in WWI.
Write a response to that letter

12. Civil Liberties under attack
German immigrants attacked
Liberty Lettuce v. Freedom Fries
Schenk v. United States (1917)
Dangerous Precedent
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Eugene V. Debs in jail…AGAIN

13. Eugene v. Debs

14. Mobilization Selective Service Act of 1917 Mass production
24 Million register, 3 million called
400,000 African Americans in segregated Units
Mass production
Build supplies as quickly as possible
Draft deferment for workers

15. Homefront War Industries Board Railroad Administration
Led by Bernard Baruch
Use Mass production
Standardize products
Fix prices
Railroad Administration
Fuel Administration
Committee of Public Information-PR campaign
Liberty loans/bonds

17. Homefront (Continued)
U.S. Conference of Commerce
Food Administration-encourage public to conserve
National War Labor Board
Encourage unions not to strike

18. War Economy Hourly wage increased Average work hours increased
Enormous rise in some stocks
i.e. Dupont
Unions boomed
Progressive income tax

19. Social Change Women saw more opportunities Great Migration
Volunteered frequently to help effort
Some Active in peace movement
19th Amendment 1920
Great Migration
Pandemic Flu
Kills 30 million worldwide

21. America Turns the Tide This is not WWII
1917-Year U.S. enters, Russia pulls out
Bolshevik Revolution
Germany can concentrate on one front

22. Convoy System Admiral Sims
Heavy guard of destroyers protects ships across Atlantic
Mine North Sea, corner U-Boats into mine area
U-Boat attacks down by end of war

23. America’s Impact Doughboys aid ailing allies
Belts are white and cleaned with dough or clay
Germany 50 miles from Paris when U.S. enters
Immediate impact-Fresh to the fight

24. Armistice Toll of war 9 Million dead America loses about 100,000
45,000 to war
55,000 to disease and infection
20 Million wounded
10 Million refugees
$338 Billions dollars
Armisitce comes on the eleventh hour of the eleventh month in 1918