Transcript World War I - GaringerUSHistory

Goal
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US History
Review
 Many
Europeans saw
American economic
expansion as a form of
imperialism and
resented the fact that
America did not share
in the devastation of
Europe casualties from
World War I
 American
economic interest
pulled the into
WWI
World War I:
 The First World War, originally called the Great
War, raged from 1914 to 1918. Mostly fought
in western Europe in muddy, bloody trenches,
WWI saw the introduction of the machine gun
and poison gas into battle.
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Nationalistic struggles and problems for
independence in Europe led to political
struggles for power.
Nations wanted to have their own country, so
began rivalries with other countries around
Europe and this was one of the causes of the
first World War I. Austria-Hungary separated
into different countries.
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Militarism WWI Many
countries were building
up their armies and
preparing for war.
WWI Alliances, AustriaHungary's Archduke
Franz Ferdinand was
assassinated by a
Serb. Then AustriaHungary were furious at
the Serbs and declared
war on Serbia. Countries
that were allied with
Serbia joined their side.
Countries allied with
Austria-Hungary joined
their side.
WWI Imperialism,
conquest of countries for
resources and land to
increase Nationalist
strength.
During World War I
and the 1920s,
America followed an
"isolationism,“ policy
opposing America
involvement foreign
wars.
 Anti-imperialist
League
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Impact of World War
I at Home
 Suspension of writ of
habeas corpus
 Schenck v. United
States 1919
 Restrictions on civil
liberties during
wartime
 Sedition Act
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The factors that caused US entry onto WWI
 Sinking of the Lusitiania
 Zimmerman Note
 Unrestricted submarine warfare
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In response to the
damage wrought on
Allied shipping by the
German campaign of
'unrestricted submarine
warfare', the Navy
introduced a convoy
system in June 1917.
The convoy system
worked by providing
escort vessels for
individual ships. These
escorts not only guarded
against surface gunfire
attacks, but also dropped
depth charges in areas
where German 'U-boats'
were known to operate.
1918)
 The
committee on Public information
using propaganda the United States
provided strong energized troops who
entered WWI, and energized the
European forces in an effort to win the
war with great enthusiasm.
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During World War I
Americans to
protested the erosion
"civil liberties the
right to freedom of
speech guaranteed
by the Constitution, a
group of rights that
they called "civil
liberties
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The U.S. president,
Woodrow Wilson, had
presented his “Fourteen
Points” to the U.S.
Congress. Freedom of
the Seas, and Self
Determination proposals
help peace agreements
openly rather than
through secret
diplomacy, reducing
armaments (military
forces or weapons), and
ensuring selfdetermination (the
right of each people to
have its own nation. The
US would not Join the
league of nations
 Woodrow
Wilson
entrance into WWI
was followed by
the slogan we are
making the world
safe for
democracy.
 After
WWI black
soldiers moved to
the north in search
of jobs, but found
intense
competetion with
whites for jobs
which led to ethnic
strife.
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In an agreement of August 1924, the main points of The Dawes Plan were:
-The Ruhr area was to be evacuated by Allied occupation troops.
-Reparation payments would begin at “one billion marks the first year, increasing
to two and a half billion marks annually after five years" (Merrill 93)
-The German Reichsbank would be reorganized under Allied supervision.
-The sources for the reparation money would include transportation, excise, and
custom taxes.
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Germany would repay the largest amount of money for WWI
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United States turned to
Isolationism-after WWI, the country
followed pro-business and
antiforeigner policy to avoid further
conflict wit Europe.
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The Kellogg-Briand Pact, was
signed on August 27, 1928, is an
international treaty "providing
for the renunciation of war as an
instrument of national policy." It
failed in this purpose, but is
significant for later
developments in international
law. It was named after the
American secretary of state,
Frank B. Kellogg, and French
Foreign minister Aristide Briand,
who both drafted the pact.
Content: Sacco and Vanzetti are two of
America's most important martyrs, whose
trial and tribulations are synonymous
with America's distrust and contempt for
its immigrant population.