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- - - - The Great War didn't only touch the soldiers in the trenches but civilians as well.
  - - - A total war means that countries devote all their resources to the war.
      - In each country the wartime government took control of the economy
        
        During this time governments told the factories what to produce and how much to produce.
        
        A lot of the facilities were turned into munition factories
        
        So many goods were inshort supply that governments turned to rationing
        
        Many leaders during the time feared that honest reporting of the war would start to turn many people against it.
        
        Governmetns used propaganda to keep up morale and support for the war.
        
        Propaganda is information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause.
        
        How was propaganda used in World War 1
        
        Using the rationing system people could buy only small quantities of items that were needed for war.
        
        Rationing had many things anywhere from butter to shoe leather
        
        How Rationing worked
        
        How much did each family get and how did they determine it?
        
        Invention: Rationing was created to help keep supplies in stores for the war.
      - Why did the wartime governments take control of their countries' economies ?
        Wartime governments took control of their countries because they didn't need or want them to panic during this time. They did this by censoring news about the war and the rationing that was happening.
  - - - Thousands of women were placed in factories, offices, and shops in place of men.
        
        Women built tanks and muinitons. plowed fields, paved streets, and hospitals.
        
        The women also kept troops supplied with food, clothing, and weapons.
        
        Women overall changed the views of many people, people started to see the capability of women.
        
        What did women do in WW1?
        
        Whats the difference between a normal war and a total war?
      - How did Total War lead to rationing?
        Total War lead to rationing because a lot of food and goods needed to be sent to war and they didn't have enough at the time so they had to limit how much people got so they had some to go to war.
- - - - Narrow sea strait was the gateway to the Ottoman Capital
        
        British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops made many assaults on the Gallipoli Peninsula
        
        Gallipoli had turned into another bloody stalemate
        
        Both sides dug trenches and battles for the rest of the year
        
        Concept: A big concept throughout this chapter is war. There is conflict between countries involving military actions starting from the assassination of the Austro Hungarian successor.
        
        On the western side of the strait German officers defended this region
      - Constinople
  - - - The Japanese overran German outposts in China and captured Germanys pacific island colonies
        
        In other places in African and Asia, the British and French recruited subjects in their colonies for the struggle
        
        Many fought and died on the battlefield and others were working to the front line supplied
        
        There were volunteers in the hope that service would lead to their independence
        
        Concept: Self-interest is a concept in this chapter because each country made decisions that will benefit their country and their alliances.
      - English and French troops attacked Germanys four African Possessions and seized control of three
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    - - The focus of the war was now towards the high seas
        
        Germans intensifies the submarine warfare that had raged in the Atlantic Ocean
        
        The submarines primary weapon against ships was the torpedo
        
        Next there was a strong protest to Germany
        
        What started world war one?
        
        Germans then finally agreed to stop attacking neutral and passenger ships
        
        This was an underwater missile
        
        May 7, 1915 a german submarine sank the British passenger ship Lusitania
        
        Many people died and the American public was outraged.
        
        Germans announced that their submarine would sink without warning any ship in the waters
        
        This was called unrestricted submarine warfare
        
        What countries was Germany most afraid of?
      - Germans wanted an advantage over the Allies
        
        They returned to unrestricted submarine warfare
        
        Germans pushed the United States closer to war . Germany should help Mexico "reconquer" the land it had lost to the united states if Mexico would ally itself with Germany
        
        American population favored the Allies
        
        Concepts: Conflict is shown here because the Zimmerman note brought conflict between the America, Mexico, and Germany. Mexico was allied with Germany which brought America into WW1.
        
        Common ancestry and language and economic ties are strong with the Allies
        
        The United states entered war on the side of the Allies
        
        The Zimmerman note
        
        How did the Zimmerman Note draw America into war? A: Mexico was now joining with Germany against the United States which brought American into war.
        
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        They also were aware that it might lead to war with the United sates
        
        Their naval blockade would starve Britain into defeat before the US could mobilize
        
        German U-Boats sank three American ships
- - - - Because of food and fuel shrtages
      - A provisional government was established
        
        In November 1917 a communist leader took over Russia
        
        Russia came into a revolution
        
        Vladimir ilyich Lenin took power
        
        Who was Lenin? Who was Lenin
        
        Lenin insisted and signed a treaty ending the war with Germany
        
        The Treaty of Brest Litovsk
        
        In March 1918 Germans launched one final attack to try and take paris
        
        First the Bulgarians and Ottomans surrendered
        
        How did the surrender of the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria and the revolution in Austria-Hungary lead to the end of World War I?
        
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        In october a revolution swept through Austria
        
        Germany Started to turn on leader
        
        Germany was now a republic
        
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  - - - By 1917 5.5 million Russian soldiers were either injured or killed
        
        The Russian army refused to fight
        
        What effect did the Russian Revolution have on Russia’s role in World War I?
        
        It took them completely out of the war. If you are having leader changes and having shortages of food and gas and a revolution you can’t be fighting a world war. The Russians were getting slaughtered so they wanted a change.
        
        With Russia out Germany was able to send all troops to the west
        
        In March 1918 Germans launched one final attack to try and take paris
        
        German soldiers were exhausted and weak
        
        In July 1918 the Allies launched a counter attack with 140,000 fresh american troops along with 350 tanks
        
        This slowly pushed the German back
        
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