The Great War

World War I

Nationalism

Imperialism

Militarism

Causes of the War

Assassination of the ArchdukeFranz Ferdinand

Gavrilo Princip

Alliances and the Domino Effect

The Course of the War

Trench Warfare

President

Wilson’s

Response

German U-Boats

US Enters the War – Part ISinking the Lusitania

Zimmerman Telegram

US Enters the War – Part II

Russian Revolution

Below: During the Russian Revolution, Czar Nicolas II was overthrown and Lenin seized power and created a Communist dictatorship in 1917

Above: The coded (left) and decoded (right) message of the Zimmerman telegram.

Troops arrive

June 1917

Russia leaves

war March 1918

Americans win

battles

Americans in Battle

Allies Win the WarBelow: British troops

march through liberated Lille, France, in October

1918.

Palace at Versailles

The Failed Peace

Blaming Germany

Right: Hall of

Mirrors in the

Palace of Versaille

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Above: As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, among other requirements, Germany also had to pay reparations

Isolationism

Americans Have Two Choices

Interventionism

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