Transcript Georgia and the American Experience

Georgia
Studies
Unit 5: The New South
Lesson 3: Georgia and
the Great War
Study Presentation
Lesson 3: Georgia and the
Great War
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
– How did World War I impact Georgia?
Causes of World War I
• On June 28, 1914, an assassin gunned down
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
• Austria-Hungary believed that Serbia's government
was behind the assassination.
• When the fighting began, France, Russia, and Great
Britain backed Serbia. They opposed the Central
Powers, made up of Austria-Hungary and Germany.
• It seized the opportunity to declare war on Serbia
and settle an old feud.
World War I
1914-1918
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Leading Countries
Leading Countries
France
Germany
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Russia
(United States joined in
1917)
• President Woodrow Wilson declared the US would be
a neutral country.
The United States Enters
the War
• President Wilson worked to keep the US
out of the war
• 1915: German submarine sank passenger
ship Lusitania killing 128 Americans
• 1917: sub attacks resumed sinking
American cargo ships
• Zimmerman telegram: Germany tried to get
Mexico to attack the US
• Wilson finally joined the Allied powers
Georgia and World War I
• ±100,000 Georgians volunteered to join
the US armed forces
• Training in Georgia at Camp Benning,
Fort McPherson, Camp Gordon, and
Camp Hancock helped Georgia economy
• Georgians contributed manufactured
goods and farm produce
• 3,000 young Georgians killed in the war
• On November 11, 1918, Germany
surrendered ending what President
Wilson called “the war to end all wars”