Welcome to class, and happy Wednesday people!

Please take out your HW from yesterday – GA’s Geography Review #1 Handout

Georgia’s Geography Review #1

KEY –

· However, we traded food, weapons, oil, steel, and other goods far more with the Allied Powers than with the Central Powers.

American Neutrality

· Officially, the U.S. was a neutral country.

· Both the Allied Powers and Central powers used propaganda in order to support their cause by making their enemies seem savage.

· However, Britain and Germany set up blockades around the British and German coasts.

Freedom of the Seas

· The U.S., as a neutral nation, claimed the right to trade with either side in the war.

· German submarines, called U-boats, torpedoed enemy ships and neutral ships trading with the enemy.

A German U-boat Torpedoes a Steamer, circa 1916

http://amhist.ist.unomaha.edu/module_files/Neutrality%20Cartoon%202.GIF

· In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.

· Americans were infuriated with the destruction of the Lusitania.

– secret message from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the U.S. if the U.S. declared war on Germany

Moving Toward WarZimmermann telegram:

– Germany promised to help Mexico regain land it lost to the U.S. in the Mexican War.

* The U.S. declared war on the Central Powers in April 1917.

Mexico was offered material aid in the reclamation of territory lost during the Mexican-American War, specifically the American states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

(above) Zimmermann Telegram as Received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, 01/19/1917 (right) decoded words

Zimmermann Telegram: Decoded Message

Allied – Green - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I

Central – Orange - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Powers

Now this is what you call a World War!

Review of all: http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome06/

GA’s Role in WWI• Between 85,000 to 100,000 Georgians joined the US

armed forces. • Many soldiers around the SE came to GA for training

at one of our many training facilities: 1.) Camp Benning, 2.) Fort McPherson, 3.) and Camp Gordon.

• GA also housed German prisoners of war at Fort Oglethorpe.

• Georgians on the home-front created uniforms, grew additional food (“liberty gardens”), sold war bonds, and worked for the Red Cross.

• GA railroads played a key role in transporting arms, ammunition, and soldiers to GA ports for sail to Europe.

• Over 3,000 Georgians gave their lives to this war.– 100,000+ American servicemen died in total.