America at War

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Chapter 24

• America at War
• World War I

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Warm-Up

• -World War I consisted of Trench Warfare
• Trench Warfare a type of combat in which the
  enemies fight from a system of trenches.
• This warfare consisted of gas attacks and living
  in close quarters outside ready to fire at will.
  The area between the opposing sides trenches was
  referred to as no mans land.
• Close your eyes, imagine what no mans land
  looked like, smelled like, felt like?

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No Mans Land Trench Warfare

• After your vivid description of no mans land,
  now tell me what you already know about Trench
  Warfare, or what you have heard or previously
  learned about Trench Warfare.

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Trench Warfare

• After watching the clip from DodgeBall draw any
  comparisons between the movie and the Trench
  Warfare system, try only to use the clip shown
  not your knowledge of the movie.

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Group Work

• First Step Join two other classmates.
• (Groups of Three (3))
• Second Step Go to front of the classroom, take
  a key battle, summarize, everyone record summary
  in their own notes.

• Third Step repeat cycle until the entire group
  has all the key battles from World War I group
  summaries copied into their notes.
• Fourth Step Wait quietly for further directions.

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Notes Drawing the U.S. into War

• Germanys Empire Ambitions.
• Had Treaties with Austria-Hungary and Turkey.
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• American Neutrality Policy 1914-1917
• American Propaganda

• Neutral Countries are only allowed to trade
  non-military goods with nations at war.
• Great Economic Boom
• February 1915 German U-Boats start sinking cargo
  ships in the Atlantic.
• Sussex Pledge, Kaiser agrees to stop firing on
  U.S. cargo ship, only time before war where
  German-U.S. relations are diplomatic.

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Drawing the U.S. into War

• Election of 1916 was about the War.
• Jan 1916 Wilson tours the country promoting
  preparedness.
• Jan 31 1917 Germany declared intentions to sink
  all non-German ships, military, passenger or
  cargo.

• Zimmerman Telegram attempt by Germany to become
  allies with Mexico so the Mexicans would invade
  the U.S.
• April 2, 1917 Wilson asked Congress for a
  declaration of War after he armed all American
  merchant ships.

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Reasons for War

• Political Pressure
• Foreign Policy
• Economic Success
• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Alliances

• How prepared was the United States for war?
• Would the tide turn?