3.4 End of the trenches and the war

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3.4 The end of the trenches and the war

Part 1

At the end of this lesson...

• You will be able to explain why the U.S. joined the war.  
• You will be able to explain why the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a turning point in the war. 

Trenches

But first....

A card from the trenches!

Isolationism

• During the war the US isolated themselves from the affairs of other nations.         Isolationism
• They weren't fond of Germany          undemocratic and militaristic.
• The US did support the allies by giving them loans and materials, but other than that they didn't get involved. 

In 1915 Germany sank the Lusitania

We're staying out of this for now

Woodrow Wilson (President of the US)

Turning point in 1917

Telegram

• In 1917 the Germans sent a secret telegram: The Zimmermann Telegram.
• In this telegram they asked Mexico to attack the U.S and they announced  an unrestricted submarine war. 
• The U.S. got their hands on this telegram.....
  

....so they declared war on Germany

After which event did the U.S. declare war on Germany?

1. After the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915
2. After the Zimmermann telegram in 1917.
3. After Germany invaded Belgium in 1914.

Russian Revolution

1917

The Czar (emperor) of Russia, Nicolas II, was overthrown in February 1917 by the communists led by Lenin. 

Peace with Germany       Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

all land to the farmers

all factories to the workers

Why was this a turning point during the war?

Homework

Paragraph 3.4 exercise 2, 3 and 4

Extra

Plastic surgery during WWI

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