The document discusses several key aspects of World War 1 from 1914 to 1917. It describes how the war became a total war that mobilized entire societies, with new industrialized weapons and governments directing economies and civilians towards the war effort. It outlines the Russian Revolution in 1917 caused by weak leadership under Nicholas II, the ineffectual Provisional Government, and Lenin seizing power for the Bolsheviks leading to civil war. It also explains the U.S. entry into the war in 1917 due to attacks on U.S. shipping by German U-boats and the Zimmerman Telegram, allowing the industrial might of the U.S. to support the Allies against the Central Powers.

1. The Great War The War Years Chapter 25 Pages 854-858

2. Topics Total War The Russian Revolution U.S. Enters the War

3. Total War An Industrial War New Weapons Government involvement Role of Civilians Propaganda Battles and Casualties

4. A. An Industrial War Every aspect of society was mobilized for total War Draft Labor Resources Manufacturing

5. B. New Weapons. Machine Guns U Boats Chemical Weapons Planes Tanks

6. Machines Guns

8. Poison Gas

17. Shell torn forrest

18. French at Argonne

19. A French city

20. German at the Somme

21. French Cemetery

22. Germans at Flanders

23. A French Regiment

24. No man’s land

27. C. Government involvement Increased government involvement in the economy. Government planning. Emphasis on military goods. Workers were assigned to industries. Consumer goods were limited. Rationing of many goods.

28. D. Role of Civilians Society was mobilized for the war Civilians were drafted into the army. Millions of woman replaced men in the workforce. Industries retooled for war materials. War materials were needed. Few consumer goods.

29. E. Propaganda Increase home support for the war. Encourage desired behavior of citizens. Demonize the enemy.

30. Germany

31. British

32. French

33. U.S.A.

34. F. Battles and Casualties Battle of the Marne ( 2 battles) Battle of the Somme Verdun The Ardennes France Population 41 million, 20 million men 8.4 million mobilized 6 million killed, wounded, captured or missing

35. Total casualties

36. II. The Russian Revolution Nicholas II The Provisional Government Lenin and Bolsheviks Dictatorship and Civil War

37. A. Nicholas II Weak and Incompetent A German Czarina and Rasputin Poor decisions Russo Japanese War Revolution of 1905 Russia was backwards Massive casualties Massive starvation

38. Russian mass Grave

39. B. The Provisional Government The Duma seized power in March 1917 Dominated by Constitutional Democrats The Provisional Government was threatened by more radical groups Socialists Mensheviks Bolsheviks The conservatives stay in the war

40. C. Lenin and Bolsheviks Germany smuggled Lenin into Russia. Plan was to have Lenin start a revolution End war in East Lenin is successful October revolution Signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. Germany now faces a one front war. West bitter towards Russia.

42. D. Dictatorship and Civil War Bolsheviks call for elections Social Revolutionaries win Bolsheviks seize power Civil War breaks out Red Army: the Army of Revolution White Army: Conservatives and monarchists Horrible bloodshed

43. III. U.S. Enters the War The War at Sea Zimmerman Telegram Unrestricted Submarine warfare U.S. enters the war

44. A. The War at Sea Wilson advocated neutrality and freedom of the seas Britain and France blockaded trade into the central powers German U-boats attacked shipping going to Britain Isolate Britain from colonies and U.S. supplies Began unrestricted submarine warfare The Lusitania(1915) 128 Americans killed German’s promise to give warnings

45. B. Zimmerman Telegram German request for Mexico to attack the U.S. History of Poor relations Mexican American War U.S. sent troops across border Really upset Americans and Wilson

47. C. Unrestricted Submarine warfare 1917 Germany concerned about supplies reaching Britain Germany renews Unrestricted submarine warfare by U boats. Germany hoped to cut supplies to the Allies. U boats were seen as dirty, sneaky and immoral

48. D. U.S. Enters the war Wilson was a moralist A war to save democracy Remember Russia is out Convoys vs. the U-Boats 250,000 troops per month The Great Industrial War U.S. was an industrial monster

49. What we know??? How is the Great war a total War The impact of the Industrial Revolution Why did the Russian Revolution occur? Why did the U.S. Enter and what was the impact