3. Marching Toward War
Learning Objectives
1. Create a chart outlining the six
main causes of World War I.
2. Create a two square illustration
that represents the alliance
system before World War I.
6. Nationalism: Deep Devotion to Your Nation
Arch Duke of Austria Killed by Serbian Assassin
Militarism = Keeping Country Prepared for War
France & Germany Have Rivalry Over Prior War
Imperialism: Competition for Territory
Triple Alliance Isolates- Germany, Italy, Austria
Triple Entente Counters: Russia, France, Britain
Austria Declares War: Pulls Everyone In WWI
Nationalism Created Hatred and Rivalry
Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, & Militarism Cause World War I
Marching Toward War
12. Europe Plunges Into War
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the various alliances and
strategies that formed at the beginning of
World War I.
2. Build a chart detailing the impact of new
weapons used in World War 1.
3. Create a mini-website outlining the initial
goals and failures of the Schlieffen Plan.
15. Central Powers: Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire
New Weapons Kill Faster But Stall War / Land Gains
Schlieffen Plan- Ger. Beat France 1st; Then Russia
1st
Battle of Marne: France Rally to Beat Germany
1914 = Deadlock on Western Front (N. France)
Schlieffen Plan Ruined! – Ger. In Long 2 Front War
Trench Warfare: Huge Losses, Small Land Gains
Russia Struggles On Western Front-No Industry
Allied Powers: Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Italy
New Weapons, Trench Warfare, and a Multi-Front War
Europe Plunges Into War
16. Type of Weapon Impact on War
Poison Gas
Machine Gun
Tank
Submarine
17. Type of Weapon Impact on War
Poison Gas Gases caused blindness, severe blisters, and
even death by choking unless gasmasks
were used.
Machine Gun Machine gun could wipe out waves of
attackers and thus made it difficult for
forces to advance.
Tank Tanks were used as an armored combat
vehicle and could cross many types of
terrain.
Submarine A Submarine’s primary weapon against
ships was the torpedo (underwater missile)
21. A Global Conflict
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the various factors
that led to U.S. involvement in
World War I.
2. Create a map that traces the
course of the war throughout
the world.
24. Allied Goal: Expand War Front = Achieve Victory
Zimmerman Note: Help Mexico Regain Lost Land
Next-Allies Conquer German Colonies in Asia/Africa
Allied Colonial Territories Help Fight The War
Goal: Take Over Capital, Supply Line to Russia = Fails
Gandhi in India Says “Service” = Independence
U.S. Enters: Germany Sinks Lusitania-Blocks Britain
U.S. Total War, Rationing, Propaganda
The Allied Gallipoli Campaign: Attack Ottoman Emp.
Allies Expand the Fighting to Other Countries: U.S. Enters the War
A Global Conflict
29. Allies Win the War
Learning Objectives
1. Describe how the course of the
war changed when the U.S.
entered in 1917.
2. Create a chart outlining the visual
legacy of World War I.
3. Make a bumper sticker calling for
support of the French /German
armistice.
32. When U.S. Enters War, Germany Defeats Russia
Germany Signs Armistice With France
Russian Withdrawal = Germany Focuses on France
Germany 40 Miles Left to Paris & Victory Near
Communist Take Over = Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
2 Mil U.S. Troops Help Allies Push Germany Back
Central Powers Start to Surrender
Grand Legacy of the War
Russia Faces Food/Fuel Shortages + 5.5 Mil Dead
The Grand Legacy of World War I
Allies Win the War
38. A Flawed Peace
Learning Objectives
1. Understand President Wilson’s 14 Point
plan for a long lasting, just peace.
2. Develop a chart that identifies the
major provisions of the Treaty of
Versailles.
3. Design a political cartoon that portrays
the failures of the Treaty of Versailles.
41. Terms of Peace Meeting - Versailles - 32 Countries
“War Guilt Clause” = $$$, Take Territories
Fix Borders, Self-Determination, Peace Organization
Britain and France “Make Germany Pay”
Wilson’s 14 Points: A Plan For A Just, Lasting Peace
Peace Compromise = Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations, Restrict Military
“Quicksand Treaty” , “Legacy of Bitterness”
‘Big Four’: Wilson, George, Clemenceau, Orlando
The Treaty of Versailles and a “Legacy of Bitterness”
A Flawed Peace
43. League of
Nations
Territorial
Losses
Military
Restrictions
War Guilt
Clause
- International
peace organization;
enemy and neutral
nations initially
excluded.
- Germany and
Russia excluded.
- Germany returns
Alsace-Lorraine to
France; French
border extended to
west bank of Rhine
River.
- Germany
surrenders all of its
overseas colonies
in Africa and
Pacific.
- Limits set on the
size of German
army. Germany
prohibited from
importing or
manufacturing
weapons or war
material.
- Germany
forbidden to build
or buy submarines
or have air force.
- Sole responsibility
for the war placed
on Germany’s
shoulders.
- Germany forced
to pay the Allies
$33 billion in
reparations over 30
years.
