The Great War

The Great War

The United States and WWIMr. Reed1st HourAmerican Studies

Causes of WW1
Not much happens without a reason

Industrial Revolution

Rise in Standard of living in the industrial countries.

Increase of weapons (arms race)

Creation of new weapons (play with new toys)

machine guns

cannons

U-boats

gases

Nationalism

Language

History

Culture

Imperialism

Mobilization

* Took Time to Mobilize

* Little communication between countries

*Huge Armies

*Hard to stop process once started

Alliances

Strength In Numbers

Would not normally get involved

Ready to fight

The Spark (not the cause)

Assassination Of the Arch Duke Ferdinand

German War Plans

Schlieffen Plan

The French Plan

Joseph Joffre

Plan XVII

Stalemate

No clear advantage

Trench Warfare

Weapons of WW1

War Strategies

Central PowersGermanyAustria/Hungary

Allied CountriesGreat BritianFranceRussiaUnited States

The United States- The Great War

*IsolationismPresident Wilsons views.*Lusitania

War!!!!

America In----Russia Out

AEF

Wilson and Pershing

Propaganda

War requires American Support

World War One Posters

Zimmerman Telegram (note)

Battles

Western Front

1,000,000 United States Troops In Europe

Second battle of the Marne

Food strikes in Germany

Armistice

Eastern Front

Central Powers V. Russia

Costs of the War

United States

Russia

France

Great Britian

Germany

Austria/HungaryHuman costs of the Great War

Sources in Order of Appearance

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French soldiers1917, Public Domain & Library of Congress. Source: Public Domain & Library of Congress

Gas MasksAustralian infantry wearing Small Box Respirators (SBR). The soldiers are from the 45th Battalion, Australian 4th Division at Garter Point, Ypres sector.September 27 1917, Australian War Memorial. Source: Australian War Memorial

Navy battle ship2001, Andrew Arthur Emoscopes. Source: Andrew Arthur Emoscopes

Bi planeFrench Nieuport 17 C.1 fighter, a biplane fighter aircraft used in World War I.1917, Bibliotheque nationale de France. Source: Bibliothque nationale de France

Sources in Order of Appearance

Machine Gun License:This artistic work is in the .

Tank -Bishop Museum Public Domain. Source: Bishop Museum Public DomainLusitania- Source Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_LusitaniaWoodrow Wilson Source: Public DomainPershing Photo -Source: Library of Congress

Western front diagram-Transferred from ; transferred to Commons by using

Eastern Front PosterDepartment of Military Art and Engineering, at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point this work is in the in the United States because it is a under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the . See

Music

World War One Music