AIDE MIRANDA, LIZBETH CERNA, MATEO GUAJARDO, REGINA FRAGOSO
A Global Conflict
REVIEW THE EVENT THEMES OF THE GREAT
WAR
Objective
Main Idea Why it Matters now
Economics World War 1 spread to several continents and required the full resources of many governments.
The war porpelled the United States to a new position of international power, which it holds today.
WAR AFFECTS THE WORLD
WW1 had started dragging many countries into war like Australia and Japan who joined the allies. Turkey and Bulgaria joined the Central Powers. War had turned into a slaughter and there were no sings of it ending.
THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN
The Gallipoli campaign was made to help Russia establish a supply line. It took place at Dardanelles which is in the ottoman empire. The allies were involved in this campaign and thought they could take out Constantinople and defeat the Turks but in the end Gallipoli turned into a bloody stalemate and the allies gave up.
USA joins the fight
Later on 1917 USA joined WW1 for 3 main reasons:1. The Germans established unrestricted submarine
warfare and sake the “Lusitania” ship which had American passengers in it.
2. Germany sank 3 US ships3. USA intercepted the Zimmerman telegram which
was supposed to be for Mexico and invited them to join the war.
USA tipped the balance of War
USA had 2 million of fresh soldiers
GOVERNMENTS WAGED TOTAL WAR
The governments of countries that were involved in war like Britain, Germany, Austria, Russia, and France started total war were which meant that they devoted all their resources to war.
This soon lead to rationing because goods started to be in short supply and people could only buy a short amount of resources because they were being used for war effort.
GOVERNEMENTS WAGED TOTAL WAR
The government of the countries involved at war also started using propaganda which was one-sided information that was used to cheer spirts and keep moral up.
WOMEN AND THE WAR
Countries started needing more men to join the army so women had to replace them at factories, offices, shops, paved the streets, ran hospitals, built tanks and munitions, and worked as nurses at war.
RUSSIA WITHDRAWS
Russia withdrew from the war because they had a revolution.
THE CENTRAL POWERS COLLAPSE
After Russia withdrew from the war.The Germans confronted 2 million US
soldiers and lost.German soldiers mutinied The Allies won the war and an Armistice was
signed.On November 11 of 1918 WW1 came to an
end
THE LEGACY OF WAR
War ended leaving behind great tragedy for many countries. 8.5 million soldiers died 21 million of soldiers were wounded There was a devastating economic impact for Europe
after the war War destroyed farmland, villages and homes
WITH THIS ACTIVITY WE REVIEWED THE SECTION OF “A GLOBAL CONFLICT” AND LEARNED HOW DEVASTATING WAR WAS.
WE LEARNED HOW COUNTRIES GOT DRAGGED INTO WAR AND HOW THEY
TIPPED THE BALANCE OF IT,ALSO HOW GOVERNMENTS PUTTED ALL THEIR
RESOURCES INTO WAR TO TRY TO WIN AND WHICH COUNTRIES WON WW1. WE
ALSO LEARNED HOW HORRIBLE WAR WAS AND THE DEVASTATION AND DESPAIR WAR
LEFT BEHIND
Conclusion