The Outcome and Aftermath of World War I

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The Outcome and Aftermath of World War I

• A temporary peace and the inevitability of World
  War II

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German Armistice

• Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria surrender
• German general asks the government for an
  armistice
• Armistice An end to fighting
• Kaiser Wilhelm resigns
• On 11/11, 1918 at 11amall fighting ceased

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Casualties

• 8.5 million soldiers are killed
• 21 millions soldiers are wounded
• 13 millions civilians are killed
• The flu epidemic of 1918 killed 20 million people

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• The sufferings of the men at the Front, of the
  wounded whose flesh and bodies are torn in a way
  you cannot conceive the sorrow of those at home.
  What a cruel and mad diversion of human activity

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Treaty of Versailles

• The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to accept
  full blame for the war
• The League of Nations is formed
• Help maintain peace
• Germany had to
• Dismantle its armed forces
• Give up its colonies
• Pay 33 billion in reparations
• Germany is left in pieces
• Allowed extreme politicalparties like the Nazis
  to becomepowerful

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World Tensions Continue

• Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire are broken
  apart
• Germany embittered by defeat
• The United States becomes the leading world power
• Japan becomes an imperial superpower
• France, Germany, Belgium, Russia, and Italy enter
  a depression

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The New Europe
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Changes in America

• New jobs and the Great Migration
• Women take on mens work
• The war provided more opportunities for African
  Americans in northern factories
• Between 1910 and 1920, about 500,000 African
  Americans moved north

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The Red Scare

• Labor strikes caused fear of a Communist
  revolution like the one in Russia
• Palmer Raids Homes and headquarters of suspected
  Communists were raided and more than 6,000 people
  were arrested
• Nothing more than paranoia

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Continued Racism

• With African Americans obtaining jobs that whites
  once worked, there was greater competition
  between the two
• Led to
• Lynching
• Resentment
• Race riots
• The revival ofthe Ku Klux Klan

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The Birth of Modern of America