• Grab a piece of paper•Write your name on it•Write a half a page on your

views of compulsory military service (For or Against)• Share in class

World War One Breaks Out

Chapter 21.1

• Causes of the War       M stands for "militarism,        A is for "alliances"        I is for "imperialism”       N is for "nationalism”

So you should “Remember the MAIN (causes of the First World War)!”

• B. The Great War Begins– Archduke Ferdinand and Wife• Visits Sarajevo (Bosnia)• Gavrillo Princip

– Serbian who assassinated the two

– Allied Powers– Central Powers• 30 Countries total

– Schlieffen Plan• Go around border• 1st Battle of Marne

– September 1914

• C. Stalemate– Kaiser Wilhelm– Trench Warfare• No man’s land

– Artillery fire on Verdun• 21 Hours• 1 million shells

– Battle of Somme• 60,000 British died in one

day• 1 million died

– New Weapons• Machine Guns• Tanks• Poison Gas• Submarines• Airplanes

United States Goes to War

Chapter 21.2

• A. US Neutrality– Wilson tried to be neutral• 30% of Americans were from Europe• 28 million

– German Subs sinking ships• Americans killed

– Lusitania• May 7, 1915• 128 Americans Killed

• B. Road to War– Germans issued Sussex Pledge• Not to sink ships without warnings

– US was selling to Allies– National Defense Act of 1916• 223,000 Army• 445,000 National Guard• $313 million for Navy

– Zimmerman Note• March 1, 1917

– April 4, 1917• US Declares War!!!

• C. Mobilization– Selective service Act• 24 million people registered• 2.8 million drafted

– Training the troops

• D. Over There– AEF 15,000 Troops• Led by John Pershing• Convoy system

– 2 million ships– Versus 60,000 mines

The War at Home

Chapter 21.3

• A. Mobilizing a Nation– Financing the war– 35 billion and loans to allies• Liberty bonds

– Secretary of Treasury William McAdoo

• Raising Taxes $10 billion

– Conserving Resources• Food Administration

– Herbert Hoover

• Increase Production• Conserve food/no waste

– Organizing Industry• War Industry Board, Bernard Baruch

• B. Mobilizing Workers– NWLB– Everyone did their part– Deadly Influenza

• C. The Great Trek North– Great Migration 1915-1930• Blacks moved to the North

• D. Influencing Attitudes– Committee on Public Information• Propaganda to people

• E. Suppressing Opposition– Espionage Act– Sedition Act

The War’s End and Aftermath

Chapter 21.4

• A. The End of the War– Revolution in Russia• Bolsheviks under Lenin withdrew from War

– March of 1918

– Last German offensive• Battle of Argonne Forest

– Big Bertha– 120,000 casualties

• US troops stop Germans• November 11 at 11am 1918—Cease Fire!

• B. Wilson’s 14 Points– Program for World Peace• Create a League of Nations• Europe refused League of Nations/14 Points• Why?

• C. The Paris Peace Conference– January 18, 1919 Big Four– Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemen Ceau, Orlando– Wanted reparations from Germany– Treaty of Versailles• Forced to pay and lost land

• D. Global impact– 8.5 Million dead– 21 Million wounded