Unit 2

Lesson 7

Sections 19.1 & 19.2

Europe at War

Identify early events in the war in Europe (strategies, battles, outcomes).

Analyze reasons for American neutrality at the outset.

Explain the events that caused America to abandon neutrality and enter WWI.

Objectives

What events propelled Europe into war?

NationalismImperialismMilitary Build UpAlliancesAssassination F2

Warm Up

AlliancesCentral Powers

Austria-HungaryGermanyTurkeyBulgaria

Allied Powers

SerbiaRussiaFranceGreat BritainJapanItaly

American NeutralityWilson – Neutrality

Public OpinionDivided loyaltiesPropaganda

Business InterestsInvestments w/ bothPreparedness

Peace Movement

War in EuropeSchlieffen Plan

FRA 1st (via BEL)RUS 2nd

Western Front - FranceTrenchesMechanized Warfare

Barbed wire, machine guns, grenades, tanks, poison gas, flame-throwers, submarines, airplanes /zeppelins

© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS

War in Europe

Major Battles 1914-1916Marne (trench)Ypres (chlorine gas)Verdun (tanks)Somme (mass

death)Jutland (naval)

War in EuropeEastern Front –Russia

Slow to mobilize, poorly armed

Political divisions

Major BattlesTannenburg

1917 Bolshevik RevLenin & Communists“peace, land, bread”

1918 Brest-Litovsk TreatyTruce w/GRM

Causes?Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, AlliancesAssassination FF

Neutrality?Distance, Cost, Divided Sympathies, Investments

German Plan?Schlieffen – FRA fast, RUS 2nd

German Reality?RUS quickly, Stalemate in FRA

Review

US Path to WarEconomic Ties to Allies

Blockades, Loans

German U-Boat Warfare Lusitania, Sussex Pledge

Zimmerman Note MEX start war with US?

Idealism “Make world safe for

democracy”

Declaration of War April 6, 1917

Video

America in the 20th Century: WWI – The War in EuropePart I

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=D153E6BF-F33C-4C28-8A84-22EF80B1E4EE

Why do you think America was able to avoid war for 3 years?

Closure