Transcript Georgia and the American Experience

Journal: 04/08/2013
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Essential Question: How did Georgians
contribute to World War I?
Enduring Understanding: Georgia
experienced the effects of World War I, and
contributed to the U.S. success in the war.
World War I
1914-1918
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Leading Countries Leading Countries
France
Germany
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Russia
(United States joined
in 1917)
President Woodrow Wilson declared the US would be a
neutral country.
Georgia’s Contributions to
WWI:
Eugene Jacques
Bullard
• First black African
American combat pilot –
from Columbus, GA
• Enlisted in French Foreign
Legion: 1914
• Flew combat missions
against Germany
• US Army Air Force refused
his services
Georgia’s Contributions to
WWI:
• President Wilson worked to keep
The United States
the US out of the war
Enters the War
• 1915: German submarine sank
passenger ship Lusitania killing
128 Americans
• 1917: sub attacks resumed
sinking American ships
• Zimmerman telegram: Germany
tried to get Mexico to attack the
US
• Wilson finally joined the Allied
powers
World War I Propaganda:
World War I Propaganda:
World War I Propaganda:
World War I Propaganda:
World War I Propaganda:
Georgia’s Contributions to
WWI:
Georgia During
WWI
• ±100,000 Georgians
volunteered to join the US
armed forces
• Training in Georgia at Camp
Benning, Fort McPherson,
and Camp Gordon helped
Georgia economy
• Georgians contributed
manufactured goods and
farm produce
Georgia’s Contributions to
WWI:
Georgia During
WWI (continued)
• 3,000 young Georgians
killed in the war
• World War I ended at 11am
November 11, 1918, when an
Armistice, or agreement to
stop fighting was signed.
Atlanta Fire
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May 21, 1917
Lasted 10-12 hours
Seventy city blocks destroyed
6,000-10,000 people left homeless
REVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. What countries were allies
during World War I?
a. United States, France, Austria-Hungary, &
Great Britain
b. Great Britain, France, United States,
Russia
c. Germany, Russia, & Austria-Hungary
d. Germany, Japan, & Russia
REVIEW QUESTIONS:
2. What was the “final blow” that led
President Woodrow Wilson to ask
Congress to declare war against the
Central Powers in WWI?
a. Anti-German propaganda
b. Attacks on American merchant ships
c. Sinking of the Lusitania
d. Zimmerman Telegram
REVIEW QUESTIONS:
3. At which Georgia military installation
did infantry train in World War I?
a. Camp Augusta
b. Camp Benning
c. Camp Gordon
d. Camp McPherson
REVIEW QUESTIONS:
4. What event is celebrated on the 11th
hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of
the year?
a. The founding of the state of Georgia
b. Armistice that ended World War I
c. Sinking of the Lusitania
d. Sinking of the Titanic
REVIEW QUESTIONS:
5. The information used by the Allied
nations to promote their cause and entice
the United States to enter WWI was
called?
a. libel
b. propaganda
c. Slander
d. Yellow journalism