Slide 1 Slide 2 The United States in WW I From Neutrality to War Slide 3 The Causes of the War Nationalism- each European country believed they were superior to the others;…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Timeline: 42 days (6 weeks) Troops: 91% go to France, 9% to Russia Slide 3 Slide 4 Following the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, the French province of Alsace-…
Slide 1THE US ENTERS THE GREAT WAR Slide 2 **WW I began in Europe in 1914 and lasted until 1918. The United States did not enter the war until 1917.** Neutrality-isolationism…
Slide 1The First World War: War involving nearly all the nations of the world 1914-1918 What? When? Slide 2 Reasons for start of war… Extreme nationalism – pride in country…
Slide 1 WWI Life In The Trenches Slide 2 Trench Lines Slide 3 Slide 4 Trench Diagram Slide 5 Slide 6 No Man’s Land Area between enemy trenches Slide 7 Food in the Trenches…
Slide 1 Trench Warfare Slide 2 The Trench System Slide 3 A Cross Section of a Trench Slide 4 Life in the Trenches The trench system built up quickly based on the idea…
Slide 1 Trench Warfare Slide 2 I. Guns of August 1914 Central Powers: Germany, Austria- Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria, Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, Russia,…
Slide 1 Trench Warfare Slide 2 only wide enough to allow two men to pass side-by- side. Trenches elongated pits dug 6-8 ft. into the earth, and stretching out over hundreds…
Slide 1 WWI: The Great War 1914-1918 Slide 2 The Two Sides Allied Powers (was _____________) England, France, Russia, Italian becomes PART OF ALLIED in 1915 …