Lecture 23 on WWI

1. World War I

2. Assassination in
Sarajevo
 Assassin 1 chickens out
 Assassin 2 tries and fails
 Assassins 3-6 chicken out
 #7 Gavrilo Princip
shoots and kills Franz
Ferdinand (heir to
Austria Hungary)

3. Woodrow Wilson’s
Declaration of Neutrality
 “Every man who really loves America will act and speak in
the true spirit of neutrality, which is the spirit of
impartiality and fairness and friendliness to all
concerned.”
 “The people of the United States are drawn from many
nations, and chiefly from the nations now at war.”
 “…the one people holding itself ready to play a part of
impartial mediation and speak the counsels of peace and
accommodation, not as a partisan, but as a friend.”
 The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in
name, during these days that are to try men's souls. We
must be impartial in thought, as well as action…”

5. Chapter 23
WWI

6. MAIN causes of WWI
M ilitarism competitive arms race
A lliances secret partnerships
I mperialism competition over colonies
N ationalism intense devotion to
one’s country/way of life

7. US entry into WWI
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
a. Schlieffen Plan
b. Unrestricted
Submarine
Warfare
c. Zimmerman
Telegram
d. Russian
Revolution
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War

8. Schliefffen Plan
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
a. Schlieffen Plan
b. Unrestricted
Submarine
Warfare
c. Zimmerman
Telegram
d. Russian
Revolution
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War

9. Unrestricted Submarine
Warfare
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
a. Schlieffen Plan
b. Unrestricted
Submarine
Warfare
c. Zimmerman
Telegram
d. Russian
Revolution
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War

10. Zimmerman Telegram
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
a. Schlieffen Plan
b. Unrestricted
Submarine
Warfare
c. Zimmerman
Telegram
d. Russian
Revolution
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War

11. Russian Revolution
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
a. Schlieffen Plan
b. Unrestricted
Submarine
Warfare
c. Zimmerman
Telegram
d. Russian
Revolution
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War

12. War Mobilization
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
a. War
Industries
Board
b. Committee on
Public
Information
c. AEF
III. Effects of
War

13. War Industries Board
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
a. War
Industries
Board
b. Committee on
Public
Information
c. AEF
III. Effects of
War

14. Committee on Public
Information
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
a. War
Industries
Board
b. Committee on
Public
Information
c. AEF
III. Effects of
War

15. American Expeditionary
Forces
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
a. War
Industries
Board
b. Committee on
Public
Information
c. AEF
III. Effects of
War

16. Effects of War
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War
a. Women
b. African
Americans
c. Immigrants

17. Women
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War
a. Women
b. African
Americans
c. Immigrants

18. African Americans
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War
a. Women
b. African
Americans
c. Immigrants

19. Immigrants
Chapter 22
I. US entry into
WWI
II. War
Mobilization
III. Effects of
War
a. Women
b. African
Americans
c. Immigrants

20. 1. End secret treaties and secret diplomacy among nations
2. Guarantee freedom of navigation on the seas for all
nations
3. Create free trade among nations
4. Reduce armed forces as much as possible consistent
with domestic safety
5. Settle all colonial claims fairly taking into account the
views of both the colonial peoples and the imperial
nations
6. Evacuate German troops from Russia and restore all
conquered territory
7. Restore Belgium’s Independence
8. Restore all French territory occupied by Germany
9. Adjust Italy’s borders based on where Italians live
10.Divide Austria-Hungary into new nations for each ethnic
group
11. Base borders of the Balkan states on nationality
12.Break up the Ottoman Empire and Make Turkey a