Transcript Winning the War

Winning the War
Ch. 26-3
Waging Total War
 Total War:
 Putting all national resources toward
winning the war
Economies Committed to
War Production
 Many nations used conscription
 “the draft”
 Germany used some forced civilian
labor
 Governments raised taxes
 Borrowed money to pay war debts
 Some nations:
 Set prices
 Forbid strikes
Economic Warfare
 Britain used a blockade to keep
Germany from getting “contraband”
 Germany began unrestricted submarine
warfare.
 Sank the Sussex
 Sank the Lusitania
 Killed 1200, 128 of which were American
 U.S. was mad, Germany signed the
Sussex Pledge
 Did not last long
Propaganda
 Propaganda:
 Used to show atrocities
 Help gain followers for a cause
 Caused the death of German
culture in some American cities
Women Join the War
Effort
 Women filled jobs left by men
 Some joined branches of the
military
 Some became nurses
 Earned them the right to vote in
the U.S.
Read Aloud
 Pg. 831-833