Power PresentationsCHAPTER 24

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America in the World

The year is 1918, and the United States has been drawn into World War I. Each citizen is called upon to help the war effort. Some will join the American armed forces and go to fight in Europe. Others will work in factories at home, producing weapons and supplies. Even children will do their part.

How will you support the war effort?

• How can Americans at home help win the war?

• What might U.S. soldiers experience in Europe?

• How might being at war affect the country?

November 2, 1920 Warren G. Harding is elected president.

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January 8, 1918 President Wilson proposes League of Nations.

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April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany.

November 7, 1916 Woodrow Wilson is reelected president.

May 7, 1915 Many Americans die as German U-boat sinks Lusitania.

August 15, 1914 U.S-built Panama Canal officially opens.

June 28, 1919 The Allies and Germany sign the Treaty of Versailles.

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November 11, 1918 The Allies defeat the Central Powers, ending World War I.

March 3, 1918 Russia withdraws from the war.

July–November, 1916 French, British, and Germans suffer huge losses at the Battle of the Somme.

February–December, 1915 Allies and Central powers clash at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire.

June 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I.

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

This was the first time that the United States was involved in a European conflict.

After World War I broke out, the United States eventually joined the Allied side.

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What were four events that brought the United States into World War I?

Germany invades Belgium.

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U-boat sinks

Lusitania.

Germany resumes unrestricted

submarine warfare.

Zimmermann telegram

discovered.

United States enters

World War I.

• What were the long-term causes of World War I?

• Why were Americans divided over the issue of remaining neutral?

• Why was Russia’s withdrawal from the war in 1917 a blow to the allies?

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Analyzing Causes

How did imperialism, nationalism, and militarism work to reinforce each other?

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• the goals of each

• how nationalism might encourage military buildup• how nationalism contributed to the race for colonies

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

For the first time, the United States asserted itself as a world power.

U.S. forces helped the Allies win World War I.

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How did American groups or individuals help fight the war?

Sergeant York killed 25

enemy machine gunners and took

132 prisoners

AEF ground troops helped push back the German line

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Women served as nurses,

clerks, relief workers, ambulance

drivers

U.S. naval forces escorted merchant ships and mined the

North Sea

Contributions

• Why did Wilson want U.S. forces to fight as a separate American combat unit?

• What were two ways the U.S. Navy countered the U-boat threat?

• Why was the Meuse-Argonne offensive a turning point in the war?

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Recognizing Effects

How important was America’s entry into the war to the Allied cause?

Think About

• the morale of Allied troops

• troop strength• performance in battle

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

The war required sacrifice for Americans at home and changed life in other ways.

Some wartime changes were permanent, such as black migration to Northern cities.

What were some reasons for wartime shifts in population?

African Americans

Mexicans

Moved from the South to Northern cities

Moved to the American Southwest and Northern cities

To gain employment and to escape the bigotry, poverty, and racial violence of the South

To gain jobs and to escape the chaos and violence of the Mexican Revolution

Shift Reasons

• What were three ways American families could contribute to the war effort?

• What was the purpose of the Espionage and Sedition Acts? What groups were most affected by them?

• What kinds of new job opportunities did the war create for women and minorities?

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Making Inferences

What were the positive and the negative consequences of American wartime propaganda?

Think About

• contributions to war effort

• effect on opponents of war and on German-Americans

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

After the war, Americans were divided over foreign policy and domestic issues.

The war affected the role the United States played in the world during the rest of the century.

What were the effects of the war on Europe and the United States?

Destruction and millions of deaths

Russian Revolution

Breakup of German, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires

Creation of new nations

EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR I

Europe

Political division

Strikes

Red Scare and Palmer raids

Job opportunities for African Americans, Mexicans, and women

United States

• Why did Germany resent the Treaty of Versailles?

• Why did Lodge and other Republicans oppose joining the League of Nations?

• What caused the Red Scare? Who was the most affected by it?

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Analyzing Points of View

Why was Wilson unable to get other powers to accept his goals for the peace conference?

Think About

• conflicting goals

• practicality of Wilson’s aims• attitudes of other nations towards U.S.

contributions during the war

REVIEW QUESTIONS

ANSWERS: READ AND TAKE NOTES

1 What were the sources of tension between the European powers that led to war?

2 Why did the United States at first remain neutral in the war between the Allies and the Central Powers?

3 What brought the United States into the war on the Allied side?

4 How did the Allies fight the German U-boat threat?

5 How did U.S. entry into the war affect the Allies?

6 What led Germany to agree to an armistice?

7 How did U.S. civilians aid the war effort?

8 How did Congress contribute to increased prejudice and intolerance on the home front?

9 How did Wilson’s goals for the peace conference differ from those of his European allies?

10 Why did the Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?

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Millions of military deaths and injuries

Russian Revolution

Spread of flu epidemic

Breakup of European empires

Lasting resentments among European countries

Effects on the World Effects on the United States

U.S. soldiers sent abroad

Civilian sacrifices

Political repression and anti-German prejudice

New job opportunities for women and minorities

Great Migration and racial tensions

WORLD WAR I

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