29.3A GLOBAL CONFLICT
WORLD HISTORYMR. HOOD´S NOTESDECEMBER 2014
MAIN IDEAECONOMICS WORLD WAR I
SPREAD TO SEVERAL CONTINENTS AND REQUIRED THE FULL
RESOURCES OF MANY GOVERNMENTS.
WHY IT MATTERS NOWTHE WAR PROPELLED THE UNITED STATES TO A NEW POSITION OF
INTERNATIONAL POWER, WHICH IT HOLDS TODAY.
WAR DRAGGED ON + SPREAD ACROSS THE
WORLD
EACH SIDE DESPERATE FOR VICTORY, LOOKING TO TAKE
THE ADVANTAGE
OBJECTIVE 1DESCRIBE THE SPREAD
OF THE CONFLICT
MAIN COMBATANTS LOOKED BEYOND EUROPE
TO END WAR
BATTLES STARTED IN AFRICA + ASIA
(COLONIES)
MEANWHILE, ALLIES RECRUITED
TROOPS
MANY FOUGHT FOR THE ALLIES + DIED ON THE
BATTLEFIELD
INCLUDING: INDIA
GANDHI: “SERVICE WOULD LEAD TO INDEPENDENCE”
THEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
JOINS THE FIGHT
GERMANS DECLARED UNRESTRICTED
SUBMARINE WARFARE
GERMANS SANK BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP
“LUSITANIA”
THE LUSITANIA WAS
CARRYING MANY US CITIZENS
GERMANS SANK 3 MORE AMERICAN
SHIPS
FINALLY, USA INTERCEPTED
ZIMMERMAN NOTE
GERMANY INSULTED US
PRESIDENT + INVITED MEXICO TO JOIN CENTRAL POWERS
US PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON DECLARED WAR ON
GERMANY
THE USA JOINED THE ALLIED
FORCES
ALLIES HAD TIPPED THE BALANCE OF
WAR
OBJECTIVE 2IDENTIFY HOW GOVERNMENTS ESTABLISHED
WARTIME ECONOMIES
TOTAL WAR: COUNTRIES DEVOTED
ALL RESOURCES TO WAR
GOVERNMENTS TOLD
FACTORIES WHAT TO PRODUCE
GOODS IN SHORT SUPPLY: COUNTRIES TURNED
TO RATIONING
RATIONING: SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOODS
PER PERSON
GOVERNMENTS ALSO USED PROPAGANDA
PROPAGANDA IS ONE-SIDED
INFORMATION…
…DESIGNED TO PERSUADE, TO KEEP UP MORALE AND SUPPORT
FOR WAR
FINALLY, ROLE OF WOMEN CHANGED: INSTRUMENTAL
DURING THE WAR
OBJECTIVE 3SUMMARIZE THE ALLIES´ PUSH TO
VICTORY
USA HAD TIPPED BALANCE
OF WAR
BUT THEN RUSSIA WITHDREW FROM WAR
COMMUNIST REVOLUTION
ENDED GERMAN-RUSSIAN WAR
RUSSIA GAVE GERMANY VICTORY ON
EASTERN FRONT
RUSSIANS GAVE GERMANS HOPE SENT ALL TROOPS TO
WESTERN FRONT
LAST CHANCE FOR GERMANY
BUT FACED 2 MILLION U.S. TROOPS
CENTRAL POWERS CRUMBLED
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY HAD REVOLUTION
GERMAN SOLDIERS MUTINIED
GERMAN KAISER WILHELM
II STEPPED DOWN
FINALLY AN ARMISTICE
SIGNED
OBJECTIVE 4EXPLAIN THE EFFECTS
OF WAR
NEW KIND OF WAR
ON GLOBAL SCALE
TECHNOLOGY: DEATH + DESTRUCTION
8.5 MILLION DEAD
+ 21 MILLION WOUNDED
GENERATION OF EUROPEANS WIPED
OUT
COST $338 BILLION
INSECURITY AND DESPAIR
LEGACY OF WAR WAS IN VERSAILLES
PROMPTED MAINLY ANGER AND
RESENTMENT
WOULD LEAD DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER WORLD
WAR