Name______Date______Simmons

WWI The Great War “The War to End All Wars”

Bellwork: Since a war is filled with violence, intimidation, loss of life….How could it possibly be considered a war to end future wars?
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Raising an Army and a Navy

•May 1917, Congress passed the ______required all males ages 21-30 to sign up for military service

•A ______is a system used to for choosing people for forced military service (1st used during the Civil War)

•By 1918, almost ______had been drafted

Women

•Many women ______for duty oversees with the ______

•Jobs for women:

–Majority: ______

–Interpreters

–Switchboard operators

–______

African Americans

•Approximately ______African Americans served in the armed forces

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•Many still faced ______from white American soldiers

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•About 500,000 African Americans participated in the ______. A shift from rural to urban because of the high demand for factory work

Germany stops fighting

•On November 9, 1918 the Kaiser stepped down

•Two days later ______Germany

agreed to a ______: an end to fighting!

•11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour all fighting had ceased (stopped)

Life on the Home Front: America during WWI

•The______: ran the nations factories; made decisions: such as making guns, ammo, uniforms.

•______: Set policies affecting wages and working conditions; outlawed strikes and acted as a referee in labor and management disputes

Role of Individual Citizens

•______: raise your own veggies at home instead of depending on the market ex: high school students made victory gardens

•______: public buys bonds from the government, this means that the people are actually lending $ to the government in return for interest

Encouraging Public Support

•______: “sell” the public on the war

•Purpose? To get the public to want the war and be motivated about winning the war

•______: One sided information; tried to get people to think a certain way (opinions)

•Methods used: Actors, writers, advertisements, and musicians --Emotional Involvement

Intolerance and Suspicion

•______and ______Act: silenced any and all opposition to the war

•It became a crime to speak out against war or the government or armed forces

•Took away ______rights (freedom of speech)

•A 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case ______ upheld the Espionage Act (Schenck had distributed anti-draft pamphlets)

•Pacifist: People opposed to all war (ex. Janette Rankin)

Legacy of WWI : Wilson’s Fourteen Points

•10months before the war had ended, Wilson spoke out to Congress regarding his goals for peace; this became known as the ______

–Smaller military forces

–No ______treaties (alliances)

–Freedom of the ______

–Free trade

•The 14th point became known as The ______(United Nations today): an association of nations to peacefully ______

•Wilson believed that the Fourteen Points would bring ______

Legacy of the War : Treaty of Versailles

•The peace conference in ______consisted of ______(all allied powers)

–United States: Woodrow Wilson

–Great Britain- David Lloyd George

–France- George Clemenceau

–Italy- Vittorio Orlando

______)was forced to accept harsh ______(excluded from society “Nazi’s”)

–Germany forced to :

•Accept ______for the war

•Germany must ______

•______huge reparations (all allied costs)

•Give up colonies

The Treaty of Versailles became a future causes of WWII…..WHY?

Ratification debate

•The debate created a 3 part ______

•There were the ______---wouldn’t accept the treaty without changes

•______--- rejected the treaty completely

•______--- supported the treaty and the League

Although the League of Nations was proposed by President Wilson…______THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS!!!

Post War

•Fear of foreigners! Many foreign families were denied visasto come to the U.S. because of fear.

•Fears of a ______revolution (communists were called “Reds”)

•The hysteria was called the ______

•January 1920, ______: raided the homes of suspectedradicals and anarchists: no search warrants, dragged people off to jail!

•By the 1920’s many Americans were feeling drained from the war, race riots, labor strikes, Red Scare, the fight over the Treaty of Versaillesand League of Nations; People wanted things to go ______!

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