WWI

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Just the facts• WHO: Many countries in Europe• WHAT: A war • WHERE: Europe• WHEN: 1914-1918• WHY: Countries in Europe were

feeling nervous other countries would attack them, so they formed alliances for protection. Once one attack occurred, the war began

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Alliance• An agreement between nations to

defend one another• If one country is attacked, the other

members of the alliance promise to help them.

For example: France and Italy have an alliance. If France is attacked, Italy will _____________!

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How it began…• Austria-Hungary controlled land in Serbia• Serbia thought they owned the land• A Serbian man killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand from Austria-Hungary (who was to be king of Austria-Hungary)

• Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia© One Stop Teacher Shop

If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat?

Who were in the alliances in Europe?

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WWIAllied Powers

• Serbia• Russia• France• Belgium• Great Britain

Central Powers• Austria-Hungary• Germany

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If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat?

What about the United States?

• Woodrow Wilson (President of the U.S.) decided isolationism was the best option (we were not going to get involved)

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However…•Germany attacked and sunk the British ship the Lusitania (The U.S. did not agree with this)

•Germany sent a telegram to Mexico asking them to join the Central Powers-in return, Germany would help Mexico get back land from the U.S.

•Germany sank 3 U.S. ships© One Stop Teacher Shop

As a result…• The United States joined WWI (as an

Allied Power), declaring war against the Central Powers• Allied Powers • Central Powers• Serbia• Russia• France• Belgium• Great Britain• United States

• Austria-Hungary• Germany

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If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat?

New Technology• Trench Warfare-Soldiers on each side dug a system of trenches that faced each other. Barbed wire fences protected the front of each trench. No-man’s land was the land between the trenches the no one controlled.

The soldiers ate and slept in the trenches which were often filled with rats and water© One Stop Teacher Shop

• Poisonous Gas• Gas masks (to protect from poisonous gas)• Airplanes (used to drop bombs)• Machine Gun• Tanks

New Technology

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Back in the United States…

Cause: Men were fighting, so there were less people to produce foodEffect: War Gardens were created

Cause: Men were fighting, so there were less people to work in factoriesEffect: Women worked in factories

Cause: Men were needed to fight in the warEffect: Propaganda posters were used to encourage men to enlist© One Stop Teacher Shop

If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat?

What’s the message?

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The war ends…• With help from the U.S., the Allied

Powers are able to defeat the Central Powers.

• The Central Powers surrender on November 11, 1918

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Treaty of Versailles• The Treaty of Versailles officially

ended WWI

• Germany was forced to pay heavy fines for their actions

• The League of Nations was created Goal: to prevent future wars

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