POWER POINT TUESDAY

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POWER POINT TUESDAY!!!
YYYEEEESSSSSS! I LOVE THIS DAY!
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STARTER

• 1. List the 5 Causes of WWI
• 2. What did Europeans call the US? (animal)
• 3. Define Neutrality

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The Great War

• SO HOW DOES THE US FINALLY GET INVOLVED IN THIS
  EUROPEAN WAR?!?

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FIRST, WE STAY TRY TO STAY NEUTRALrememberwe
re ostriches!
Stay Neutral Homies

• Willie (Wilson) thought war would also break out
  among the American People
• Many Citizens from European countries!
• Tells American people to maintain neutral
  position!

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BUT AMERICANS NATURALLY TOOK SIDES
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AGAINST FIGHTING WITH ALLIES
Im not fighting with the Brits!

• German Americans duh!
• 2. Irish Americans hated GB
• 3. Socialists Thought it was a game for rich
  white men to make poor fight die
• Let the Capitalists do their own
  fighting!
• Moms Didnt want their sons going to war
• 1915 song
• I didnt raise my boy to be a soldier
• I brought his up to be my pride joy
• Who dares to place a musket on his shoulder,
• To shoot some other moms boy

I Love Deutschland!
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FOR Fighting with the Allies!

• ½ Americans English SO common ancestry, language,
  democracy, etc
• France Natural Ally They helped us win the Rev.
  war!
• Atrocity Stories pics show Germany doing very
  bad things! (British propaganda)
• The Bully of Europe
• They kill women children!
• Stronger Economic Ties w/ Allies
• - More Trade US trades 2x as much with GB
  FR
• - No Debt we HAD to participate to avoid debt
• - Were making In first 2 years of war,
  American economy skyrocketed!
• We ship 3 BILLION in war supplies to Allies
• 2 BILLION loaned to Allies
• If they lost, we wouldnt get our THEY
  HAD TO WIN!

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WE TRY TO STAY NEUTRAL AS LONG AS POSSIBLEBUT
THERES SOME PROBLEMS!

• Under international law, countries at war could
  intercept and detain neutral ships, inspect them
  and confiscate contraband.
• In 1915-the British Navy began a blockade of
  Germany
• The Germans responded with their new weaponZie
  Unterseeboot!

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The Germans warned that the waters around the
British Isles were a war zone

• But Americans didnt think that it would be a
  problem for them
• Were Neutral!
• Oops!

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May 1915 Lusitania Hit!128 Americans die

• Germany didnt want the US on the Ally side
  SOthey apologized!
• We will stop torpedoing passenger linerswe
  promise
• Willy accepted apologyhe knew majority of
  Americans didnt want to go to war.
• (and he wants to be pres again)
• Wilson uses the slogan HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR!!!
• We stay out!

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BUTShould we go to war?

• The debate over involvement began to intensify
  They killed our people!
• Womens groups, political and labor radicals were
  some of the people who opposed involvement.
• Who do you think favored intervention?

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Wilson stands strong
You wanna piece of me GER? I didnt think so

• His slogan would be a lie if we went to war
• Big Talker to GER

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JULY 1915 IT HAPPENS AGAIN

• Passenger liner the Arabic hit
• 2 Americans died
• GER says Im sorry again
• What do you think Willy says?
• It better not
• happen again!

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Its like the Brittany Spears song

• March 1916 Sussex is hit
• 80 killed or injured
• Willy mad BUT whats his slogan?
• Says he will wait to go to war if GER gave them
  an overt act

Americans think havent we had that
already!?!?
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Germany appeared to be winning the war against
GB and decided to take a

• They sent a secret message to the Mexicans

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This note tried to Mexico into a plot against the
United States sent from the German Foreign
Minister, Arthur Zimmerman It saidIf Mexico
would attack the US the Central Powers won WWI
Then Mexico would get TX, AZ, NM
THE ZIMMERMANN NOTE
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Theres the overt act!April 1917-Wilson asked
Congress for a declaration of war!
Bring it on Central PowersYouve messed with
the wrong guy!
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We ended up declaring war on April 6, 1917

• ONLY PROBLEM.WE HAVE NO ARMY!

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AMERICAN MOBILIZATION

• Selective Service Act
• 1917
• 10 mil register in 1917
• 24 mil by 1918
• 3 mil chosen by lottery
• 18-45 yrs BUT married with children excused
• Mostly 21-23
• No H.S., 1-5 foreign born
• No combat for AA
• How do we get them all to join.
• PROPAGANDA!

• 1st we need an army
• BEFORE WAR
• 20,000 enlisted
• Few w/ combat experience
• Armys weapons out of date
• Air Corps 55 small planes, 130 pilots

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Over There

• Over There
• Johnnie, get your gun,Get your gun, get your
  gun,Take it on the run,On the run, on the
  run.Hear them calling, you and me,Every son of
  liberty.Hurry right away,No delay, go
  today,Make your daddy gladTo have had such a
  lad.Tell your sweetheart not to pine,To be
  proud her boy's in line. (chorus sung
  twice)Johnnie, get your gun,Get your gun, get
  your gun,Johnnie show the HunWho's a son of a
  gun.Hoist the flag and let her fly,Yankee
  Doodle do or die.Pack your little kit,Show your
  grit, do your bit.Yankee to the ranks,From the
  towns and the tanks.Make your mother proud of
  you,And the old Red, White and Blue. (chorus
  sung twice)

ChorusOver there, over there,Send the word,
send the word over there -That the Yanks are
coming,The Yanks are coming,The drums
rum-tummingEv'rywhere.So prepare, say a
pray'r,Send the word, send the word to
beware.We'll be over, we're coming over,And we
won't come back till it's overOver there. Sounds
pretty good huh!
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OOOH! That song is so catchy! Now I want to
go to fight in the War! Sign me up!!!
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DO WE USE PROPAGANDA TODAY TO ENCROURAGE SUPPORT
OF THE WAR IN IRAQ?

• WATCH DECIDE FOR YOURSELVES

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You lucky !

• POWER POINT
• WEDNESDAY!

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Did you learn ANYTHING yesterday?

• Lets see.

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• Name 2 people who did not want war
• Name 2 people AGAINST fighting w/ Allies
• Hes the President of the US
• Name 3 ships sunk in the Atlantic
• Who sunk them?
• What was the US/Willy response?
• What is the Overt Act that pulls us into war?
• How do we get guys to sign up for the army?
• What kind of soldiers does the US want?
• What is the name of the Act that gets guys in the
  army?
• How much does the US have invested in the Allies?

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So what does WWI look like?
Americans have never seen a war like this before
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NEW WEAPONS Ind. Tech replace manpower

• 1. Tanks
• Rough terrain easy to get over
• Faster movements

• 2. Machine Guns
• Now the shooting of 40 riflemen in 1 person
• Greatly increased
• casualties

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AND

• Chemical Warfare
• Poison Gas
• Developed by Germans
• Men unaware of effects
• Gas masks not common
• Within seconds of inhaling its vapour it
  destroyed the victim's respiratory organs,
  bringing on choking attacks.
• serious blisters internally and externally,
  brought on several hours after exposure

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• With new weapons,
• came a new way to fight

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TRENCH WARFARE
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TRENCH WARFARE

• No mans land
• Dug trenches for safety
• Like animalsyou never came out
• You leave, you die

• Miserable conditions
• Short quarters
• Constant rain/wetness/Mud
• Lice
• Rats
• Dead bodies
• Stacked on top below
• Whistle in
• Trench foot

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SHELL SHOCKED

• Soldiers disturbed by what they went through
• Millions dying
• Weapons sounds
• Hysteria
• Delusions
• Paranoia

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A soldier reflects on his patrol duty

• A bomb or something lands close beside me. I
  have not heard it coming and am terrified. At
  the same moment a senseless fear takes hold of
  me. Here I am alone, almost helpless in the dark
  perhaps two other eyes have been watching me
  for a long while from another shell-hole in front
  of me, and a bomb lies ready to blow me to
  pieces. I try to pull myself together. I tell
  myself that to be scared is absurd. There is
  probably nothing at all there in the darkness
  watching me. I look at the time, only a few
  minutes have passed. My forehead is wet, the
  sockets of my eyes are damp, my hands tremblehow
  much longer can I take this?

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Should the US have gone into this European war?
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Watch some live footage decide if you wouldve
been able to handle thispswhat youre about
to see really is live footage from WWI the
people who served in it!
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Wilson says

• Right is more precious than Peace
• Is this a sufficient justification for our
  participation in a European war? Is it
  sufficient justification for our involvement in
  Iraq?
• Discuss your views in 2 paragraphs addressing
  both WWI and the War in Iraq. This will be due
  tomorrow.