U.S. Enters World War I
 

U. S. tries to remain neutral.

    Growing conflicts with Germany draws
                        the U. S. into war.
    1.  Sympathy for the Allies  (England, France)
    2.  Economic trade with the Allies hindered
    3.  German submarine warfare
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Read page 484.   What is
  "freedom of the seas"- right to trade on open seas
   contraband of war- war materials on ships
    U-boat -German submarines
    Lusitania -British luxury liner sunk by a U-boat

    U. S. declares war  1917
    1.  Selective Service Act required all men from
    age 21 to register with local draft boards.
    2.  Liberty Bonds, Victory Loan drives
                    financed the War.
    3.  Mobilizing Industry and Labor with women
        working in industry and munitions factories
    4.  Food and Fuel were rationed

    By 1917  (the year the U. S. enters WWI) the war was going badly for the Allies.
    1.  Trench warfare produced a stalemate (neither side is winning) in Europe
    2.  Battle of Somme, Verdun a staggering   million died on each side.

     American Expeditionary Force
    1.  Soldiers called "doughboys"
    2.  Led by General John J. Pershing
    3. Sergeant York Power Point  " Sargeant York "by E. Atteberry

    New weapons
    Poison gas, airplanes, machine guns, tanks, faster and bigger ships, submarines Big Bertha
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    The Allied Counteroffensive
    1.  St. Mihiel campaign
    2.  Argonne Forest     ( Alvin York, hero )
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Photo Credits:

Trench Warfare: Library of Congress

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.