1. SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U. S
SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
c. Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations.
d. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, establishing woman suffrage.

2. Life in the Trenches
Write 5 interesting facts that you learned from the video clip about your life in the trenches.

3. Which country had the most soldiers?
World War One Army Size   Russia : 12,000,000  France : 8,410,000  Great Britain : 8,905,000  Italy : 5,615,000  United States : 4,355,000  Japan : 800,000  Romania : 750,000  Serbia : 707,000  Belgium : 267,000  Greece : 230,000  Portugal : 100,000  Montenegro : 50,000  Germany : 11,000,000  Austria-Hungary : 7,800,000  Turkey : 2,850,000  Bulgaria : 1,200,000

4. Alliances: Triple Alliance & Triple Entente

5. Recap

6. War in the Trenches

7. War in the Trenches Built in a zig-zag plan for defense
Sandbags were used to protect men from bullets, to keep the trenches from collapsing and to protect the artillery
“Going over the top” of the trench meant going out the trench to fight. Leaving the protection of the trench could prove fatal.
The space between the two sides’ was called “No Man’s Land.

8. THE WAR ENDS!
The Allies (Triple Entente) won the war in 1918 and began settling for peace
The “Big Four” (leaders from the U.S., Britain, France, and Italy) lead the meetings
Which country is missing
from the meeting? Why
is this important?

9. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Wilson presented his plan for peace, called the Fourteen Points to Congress
In the first 5 points he wanted all countries to have:
free trade
freedom of the seas
disarmament (reducing military)
open diplomacy (peaceful negotiations with all countries
adjustments of colonial claim (Reduce Imperialism)
These five points were what Wilson felt caused World War I

10. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
The final point called for the creation of the League of Nations, an organization which would help settle disagreements between member countries.
Many countries viewed the Fourteen Points as being too lenient on Germany
The next 8 points dealt with self-determination

11. The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty was signed by Germany in 1919, and punished Germany for “starting” the war
Germany would have to:
-dismantle their army and navy
-pay war reparations of $33 billion (which
they did not have)
-The Treaty left Germany in shambles
Most of Wilson’s Fourteen Points were dismissed by the other leaders, with the exception of the Fourteen Point

12. League of Nations
Wilson’s League of Nations was voted down by the U.S. Congress in 1920.
Many Congressmen worried that it made the U.S. too involved in European affairs

13. Supporters of prohibition
The 18th Amendment took effect in 1920 banning the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol
Supporters of prohibition
thought that it would
reduce unemployment,
domestic violence, and poverty.
Which groups of people do
you think supported prohibition?

14. 18th Amendment
The Amendment was extremely difficult to enforce so that by 1933, the 21st Amendment was passed repealing the 18th Amendment
Why do you think the 18 Amendment
was so difficult to enforce? What wasn’t
banned by the 18th Amendment?
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The actual drinking of alcohol was not banned-just the manufacturing, shipping, and selling of it

15. Nineteenth Amendment (1920)
Women’s Suffrage: The right to vote Women’s suffrage movement groups originally tied their cause to that of African-American suffrage