WWIDay 4

Essential QuestionO Why was WWI deemed “the war to

end all wars?”

RecapO Causes of WWIO US InvolvementO Weapons Used

Think about itO What was the underlying cause?

Hook Activity.

Recap ClipO Packs

ChangeO Throughout the war some countries will

either enter (like Italy, U.S., and Japan) or exit (Russia).

O Every country came into this war for specific reasons.

O Either economic or political.O Some were promised land, for example

Italy came in under the Allied powers. O For most of the war it will remain a

stalemate

Costs of warO November 11, 1918, and armistice

was reached.O Armistice: agreement to end the

fighting.

Human CasualtiesO More than 8.5 million people had

died.O 17 million wounded.O Famine threatened many regions.O Disease was widespread.

Effects of WWIO Map of Europe is redrawn- Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia were added after WWI.

Before

Effects of WWIO League of Nations Formed: The

league was an organization in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure peace.

O An attack on one would be an attack on all.

O Although President Wilson loved it the U.S. feared it.

O Didn’t want to be dragged into a war.

League of NationsO League of nations will failO WWII will arise and the league

of nations will dissolve.O After WWII the United Nations

was foundedO Still exists todayO UN main objectives is to

control peace, international affairs, security, and human rights.

Effects of WWIO Germany was forever

humiliated.O Reparations: payment

from an enemy for economic injury suffered during the war.

O French wanted to Cripple Germany.

O Germany owed Allies $33 Billion.

Effects of WWIO June 28th 1919 Germans sign the

Treaty of Versailles.

Money Spent

British Empire

36%

United States21%

Russia21%

France22%

Percentage of Money Spent By Allies

OverviewO Nationalism, militarism, imperialism,

and political rivalries led to WWI.O Industrialization and new technology

made weapons of WWI more destructive than any that had been used before.

O War caused great human and economic losses.

VocabularyO ArmisticeO Reparations

ClipO WWI Perspective