THE WORLD AT WAR

I.  Causes of World War I

        A.  Imperialism

        B.  Balance of Power

        C.  Forming Alliances

        D.  Nationalism

        E.  The European Continent

II.  Symptoms that War was near

        A.  Nationalistic riots-"Powder keg of Europe"-

        B.  Power Struggles

        C.  Forming of Alliance

III.  The Spark that started the War

        A.  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

            1.  Sarajevo

            2.  Gavrilo Princip

IV.  Prewar attempts to insure peace

            A.  Alternatives to War (MAD)

            1.  Mediation

            2.  Alliance

            3.  Diplomacy

        B.  Peace-Keeping Organizations

            1.  The Pan American Union

            2.  The Hague Conferences

V.  Choosing Sides

        A.  Triple Alliance (Central Powers)

        B.  Triple Entente  (Allies)

VI.  How the U.S. Lost it's Neutrality

        A.  U.S. Neutrality Policy

        B.  Why Neutrality failed

            1.  Lack of true neutrality

                a.  Exports to Europe

                     Year        Amount to Allies            Amount to Central Powers

                    1914        $   824,860,000,000    $169,289,000,000

                    1915        $1,991,747,000,000    $  11,878,000,000

                    1916        $3,214,980,000,000    $    1,159,000,000

                b.  U.S. Loans-Sept. 1914 to April 1917

                 Allies                    Central Powers

                 $2.3 trillion            $27 billion

                c.  Is it really isolationalism?

            2.  German submarine warfare

                a.  unrestricted surprise attacks

                b.  Sinking of Luisitania-May 7, 1915

                c.  The Sussex Pledge-May 1916

                d.  The German Gamble

            3.  The Zimmerman Note-Feb. 25, 1917

            4.  Declaration of War-April 6, 1917

VII.  The U.S. Homefront

         A.  Mobilizing an army

            1.  Draft

            2.  Finances

            3.  Industry

            4.  Conservation

VIII.  Winning the War

        A.  American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.)

        B.  The Fronts

            1.  The Western Front

            2.  The Eastern Front

            3.  The Southern Front

        C.  Battles of the A.E.F.

            1.  Ste. Mihiel-Sept. 1917

            2.  Belleau Wood-May 1918

            3.  Chateau-Thierry-June 1918

            4.  Meuse-Argonne-Sept. 1918

        D.  Horrors of War

            1.  Mustard gas

            2.  Dog Fights

            3.  Zeppelins

            4.  Consertina Wire

            5.  Trench Warfare

                a.  "No mans land"

            6.  Siegfried Line

        E.  War leaders

            1.  Kaiser Wilhelm

            2.  Marshall Foch

            3.  Czar Nicholas

            4.  George Clemenceau

            5.  David Loyd George

            6.  Paul Von Hindenberg

            7.  John J. Pershing

            8.  Woodrow Wilson

        F.  Heros

            1.  Sgt. Alvin York

            2.  Baron Manfred von Richtofen

            3.  The Lafayette Escradrille

            4.  Eddie Rickenbacker

        G.  The End of the War

            1.  Bolshevik Revolution

                a.  Russian Peace

            2.  German Homefront Problems

            3.  Timetable to the end

IX.  Peace-Armistice

        A.  The Versailles Treaty (Signed June 28, 1919)

            1.  Between Germany and the Allies

            2.  Conditions of Germany

                a.  Loss of acquired land in Prussia and France

                b.  Reduction of army to 100,000 men  (down from 1912-9,989,000)

                c.  Never disturb peace in Europe again

                d.  No military airplanes allowed

                e.  No manufacture of munitions (bullets and explosives)

                f.  No military draft

                g.  Germany's power was to be equal to the smallest nation in Europe

                h.  German navy reduced to 6 battleships, no U boats

                i.  Colonial rights in Asia lost

                j.  Take responsibility for damage and loss of life and property to Allies

                k.  Reparations equaling about 90 billion dollars

                l.  Grant independence to Poland, Czechoslovakia and others

                m.  Accept all treaties signed by Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman

                      Empire

                n.  Accept the principle of the League of Nations

        B.  Wilson's 14 Point Peace plan

        C.  The League of Nations

        D.  Senate refusal of the League

X.  Costs of the War

        A.  Casualties

        B.  Money

            1.  Total estimate of both sides is $337 billion  (200 billion by allies)

XI.  Effects of World War I

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