Over There!

The First World War Review

Long term
Causes
2. Militarism
3. Alliances
4. Imperialism
3. Nationalism
Short term
Causes-
Assassination of
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and Franz Ferdinand of
his Wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
one hour before their deaths, June 28, the Austro-
1914 Hungarian Empire
How did America organize for War?
• People who weren’t
fighting saved food and
resources
• The War Industries
Board told factories
what they had to
produce (stopped
strikes)
• People bought liberty
bonds
• Women joined the
workforce to take the
place of men at war
What happened on the home front?
• African Americans moved
north
• They faced racism
• Many Mexicans moved
north as well
• German Americans faced
violence
• Pacifists were jailed –
congress passed laws
making it illegal to criticize
the government about the
war
 Who were the Harlem Hell
•
Fighters?
The 369 Regiment –
th

All African American

unit
• Fought under the
command of the
French Army
• They were the first
Americans to fight in
the trenches and saw
more battles than
anyone else
• They were unstoppable
in hand to hand combat
 A wounded
veteran of the
369th Infantry (Old
15th New York)
watches the 1919
Victory Parade,
New York City,
with his family.
 James Reese Europe was a
pivotal composer-conductor who
helped jazz's evolution away from
ragtime.
Europe was the first African
American officer to lead troops in
combat during the war.