lWorld War I lBartlett High School lWorld History lMr. Pahl

lOverview

o lCAUSES

o lVOCABULARY

o lOVERVIEW OF WAR

o lBeginning

o lThe two sides, alliances

o lNature of War, new weaponry

o lTREATY OF VERSAILLES

o lMAPS-GEOGRAPHY

lCAUSES

o lAggressive nationalism

lFrench-German

lPanSlavism

lBalkans: Ottoman Empire, A-H, Serbia aggressive

o lImperialism

o lMilitarism

o lAlliances…treaties…increased tensions

o l Central Powers: A-H, Germ, Italy, Bulg, Ott

o l v . The Allies: Britain, France, Russia

lVOCABULARY

o la. militarism

o lb. autonomy

o lc. reparation

o ld. ultimatum

lDominoes Fall-Beginning of War

o lSpark: assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

lA murder with millions of victims

o lA-H declared war on Serbia

o lGermany gives assurances to A-H

o lSerbia sought help from Russia

o lRussia went to its ally France

o lGermany declares war on France

o lGermany attacks Belgium (Schlieefen Plan)

o lBritain declares war on Germany

o lGermany signs treaty with Ottoman Empire

lGeography of War

o lTrench Warfare- W Front

o lVerdun (France holding back Germ), _ million dead

o lAllied offensive at Somme River

o lTannenburg – E Front

o lBulgaria helps defeat Serbia

o lColonies…Japan takes German outposts in China and Pacific

o lDardanelles-Allies withdrew after 200K

lNature of the War

o lRomantic beginning

o lTrench warfare

o lNew Weapons

lGas

lMachine Guns

lTanks

lSubmaries

lPlanes

lTwo Big Players

o lThe US – what brought us in?

o lRussia – what caused them to leave?

lThe 14 points

o lEnd to secret treaties

o lFreedom of seas, trade

o lReduction of arms

o lSelf Determination

lNov 11, 1918 Armistice

Costs of War

o Deaths

40 million

l10-20 million dead in war

l20 million – 1918 flu worldwide

o lBillions $ in War Costs

lBritain – 50

lGermany – 47

lFrance - 28

lThe Treaty of Versailles

lGERMANY

o lThe treaty barred Germany from maintaining an army.

o lIt also required Germany to return the region of Alsace-Lorraine to France

o land to pay reparations, or war damages, amounting to $33 billion to the Allies.

lMore Versailles

o lNew Nations: Baltics & Poland, Balkans: Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia

o l5 Mandates from Ottoman Empire to France and Great Britain luntil the areas were ready for self-rule and then independence.

lTHE TREATY’S WEAKNESSES

o lFlaws would lead to World War 2.

o lthe treaty humiliated Germany.

o lFurthermore, there was no way Germany could pay the huge financial reparations.

o lMore Flaws

o lRussia was excluded from the peace conference; it lost more territory than Germany did.

o lThe Soviet Union became determined to regain its former territory.

o lFinally, the treaty ignored claims of colonized people for self-determination

lLegacy of the War

o lWWI a turning point, for African Americans, women, the US military, the power of government

o lVersailles seemed to settle nothing; hatred by some Germans, like Adolph Hitler