Standards
SSUSH15 Analyze the origins and impact of US involvement in WWI.
SSUSH16 Investigate how political, economic, and cultural developments after WWI led to a shared national identity.
SSUSH17 Analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.
SSUSH18 Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the Great Depression and compare how governmental programs aided those in need.
SSUSH16 Investigate how political, economic, and cultural developments after WWI led to a shared national identity.
SSUSH17 Analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.
SSUSH18 Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the Great Depression and compare how governmental programs aided those in need.
M.A.N.I.A
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination.
Serbian Nationalists assassinated Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The war divided Europe into the Central Powers and the Allied Forces. Propaganda spread quickly.
Serbian Nationalists assassinated Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The war divided Europe into the Central Powers and the Allied Forces. Propaganda spread quickly.
U.S. Involvement
Sinking of the Lusitania: German U-boats sunk the passenger ship the Lusitania that was carrying Americans.
Zimmerman Telegram: Germany wrote a telegram meant to persuade Mexico into attacking the U.S, but the telegram was intercepted and America found out Germany's plans.
Zimmerman Telegram: Germany wrote a telegram meant to persuade Mexico into attacking the U.S, but the telegram was intercepted and America found out Germany's plans.
New Technology |
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Weapons:
Machine guns
Flamethrowers
Artillery
Poison gas
Tanks
Rifles
Machine guns
Flamethrowers
Artillery
Poison gas
Tanks
Rifles
Espionage and Sedition Act
People could not speak negatively against the American government or the War.
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist leader that was sentenced to ten years in prison for speaking out against the war effort.
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist leader that was sentenced to ten years in prison for speaking out against the war effort.
End of the War
Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty that ended World War 1. However, president Woodrow Wilson could not sign the treaty because US senators did not like it.
Wilson's 14 Points
Woodrow Wilson came up with 14 points to keep peace between the nations. He wanted compromise rather than war, but others did not agree.
League of Nations
Was one of Wilson's 14 points that actually was agreed with. It was a way for the nations to communicate and compromise.
US Isolationism
America's reluctance to enter WW1.
Peace treaty that ended World War 1. However, president Woodrow Wilson could not sign the treaty because US senators did not like it.
Wilson's 14 Points
Woodrow Wilson came up with 14 points to keep peace between the nations. He wanted compromise rather than war, but others did not agree.
League of Nations
Was one of Wilson's 14 points that actually was agreed with. It was a way for the nations to communicate and compromise.
US Isolationism
America's reluctance to enter WW1.
Propaganda
THE STOCK MARKET CRASH
In 1929 the stock market crashed, leading to the great depression. Businesses closed and families could no longer support themselves.
FDR'S NEW DEAL
FDR's new deal was a set of new economic rules that he proposed.
DUST BOWL
The dust bowl was a terrible natural disaster that struck the Midwest, worsening the effects of the Great Depression.