georgia's contributions to wwi
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Essential Question:What were Georgia’s
contributions to WWI?
Standard:
SS8H7d. Explain reasons for World War I and describe Georgia’s contributions.
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World War I
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The Central powersAustria-Hungary
GermanyTurkey (Ottoman Empire)
The Allied PowersRussiaFrance
United KingdomItaly
United States
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Georgia’s Contributions• Close to 100,000 Georgians served in the
armed forces during World War I• The increased demand for food and for ways
to store it brought prosperity to Georgia farmers and boosted industry
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Georgia’s ContributionsCommercial canning plants were built to
process sweet potatoes and peaches
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Georgia’s Contributions
Meat packing plants opened in Moultrie, Atlanta,
Augusta, and Savannah
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Georgia’s Contributions• Georgians housed prisoners of war for the
U.S. government.• In 1917, a camp at Fort Oglethorpe in north
Georgia, was built to hold German merchant seamen
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Georgia’s Contributions• In 1918, they were moved to Fort McPherson
near Atlanta• General Hospital No. 6 at Fort McPherson
treated about 10,000 wounded soldiers from 1917 to 1919.
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The War is Over!
The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I.