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BUY WAR BONDS-

A LOAN TO THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED A BOND

VICTORY GARDENS-

PEOPLE WOULD GROW THEIR OWN GARDENS SO THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO BUY FOOD

RECYCLE-

RECYCLE MATERIALS SO THEY COULD BE RE-USED AND LESS HAD TO BE PRODUCED

WOMEN TAKE JOBS IN FACTORIES-

WITH THE MEN AT WAR IN EUROPE, THE WOMEN NEEDED TO TAKE THESE JOBS

Many things changed in the U.S., also known as the HOMEFRONT during WWI. WOMEN were needed in factories and took the jobs of the men who had left for war. UNIONS were still fighting for better conditions and hours.

The WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD started telling factories what to produce. Factories that made dresses and suits, now were manufacturing military uniforms, blankets, and tents. Factories that made cars were now building tanks and planes. Factories that produced cookware were now producing bullets.

Everyone did their part to support the troops at war. Also, the SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT was passed on May 18, 1917, which required all men between ages 21-30 to register to be drafted in the armed forces. This was the first draft in American history.

THE CEASEFIRE:

“On the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour it was official, the war was over.”

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President Wilson came up with a plan for peace at the end of WWI in which no country would be blamed for the war. It was called the 14 POINTS. You will look at SOME of these points…

1) NO SECRET ALLIANCES

2) ABSOLUTE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS IN WARTIME AND PEACETIME

NO ATTACKING!

3) EQUAL TRADING RIGHTS FOR ALL NATIONS

4) REDUCTION OF MILITARIES FOR ALL NATIONS

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LEAGUE OF NATIONS (try to be a peace keeping group)

It was an international group, created after the First World War to help in resolving international disputes.

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The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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CHECK OUT THE PICTURES ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES

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This is the outside of the palace wherethe document was signed.

Punished GERMANY severely by

Blaming them for the war

Taking away LAND

Limited MILITARY size

Forced them to pay war REPARATIONS (money to make up for damage caused)