Winning the War Review

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Winning the War Review

• 1. What happened in 1917 in Russia?
• Bread riots lead to a revolution which overthrew
  the Russian monarchy
• 2. How did that impact the Great War?
• Lenin removes Russia from the war.
• Germany can now concentrate on the Western Front.

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• 3. When did the United States declare war?
• April 6, 1917
• 4. Why did the United States join the Allies?
• Germans lift restrictions on sub warfare
• Germans send note to Mexican ambassador to
  encourage support in return for help reclaiming
  NM, TX and AZ territories.
• Cultural ties with Allies (government, history,
  language)

"The world must be made safe for democracy."
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• 5. Why was the entry of the United States into
  the war considered a turning point?
• Fresh troops
• Financial aid
• 6. What measures did wartime governments take to
  control national economies and public opinion?
• Blockades
• Propaganda

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• 7. Do you agree with those actions described in
  6?

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Terms

• Total war
• channeling of a nations entire resources into
  the war effort.
• Conscription
• the draft which required all young men to be
  ready for military or other service.
• Contraband
• military supplies or raw materials needed to
  make these supplies

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• Lusitania
• British liner sunk by German u-boat in 1915
• Propaganda
• spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to
  damage the opposing cause

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• Atrocity
• horrible acts committed against innocent people
• Fourteen Points
• list of terms, presented by Woodrow Wilson, for
  resolving this war as well as future wars.
• Self-Determination
• right of people to choose their own form of
  government geared towards Eastern Europe
• Armistice
• agreement to end fighting
• reached on November 11, 1918

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What do YOU think?

• 17. Should the U.S. have declared war?
• 18. Do you support conscription? Why or why not?
• 19. What is the significance of November 11th
  today?