Texas in WWI

Texas in WWI

Objectives

We will analyze the political, economic, and social impact of World War I on Texas.

I will complete my Quizziz lesson on Texas in WWI.

E.Q. Why did the U.S. join WWI?

Events Close to Texas

Closer to home for Texans was the conflict in Mexico. Rebels overthrew Mexican President Porfirio Diaz. The Mexican Revolution forced Diaz to leave office in May 1911. For the next several years, Mexican leaders fought for control. While Emiliano Zapata led forces in the south, Pancho Villa led forces in the North.

The Mexican Revolution

More than 1.5 million Mexicans were killed in the revolution. Many lost their homes and land. Thousands of Mexicans came to Texas, settling in the valley and San Antonio.

Open Ended

In your own words tell me what a revolution is. (Is it with another country or within itself?)

World War I erupts

While the Mexican Revolution is being fought in Mexico, WWI erupts in 1914 in Europe. The Allied Forces- Great Britain, France, and Russia battled the Central Powers-Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey.

Multiple Choice

What is Militarism?

• when countries compete by building their military

• when the militaries from different countries work together

Multiple Choice

Nationalism is when you think your country is better than other countries.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How did they attempt to kill Franz Ferdinand initially?

• a bomb

• by stabbing him

Americans want to remain neutral

Most Americans wanted to remain neutral but it became difficult. In 1915 German submarines sank a British passenger ship Lusitania. It killed 1,198 passengers including 128 Americans.

Germans anger Americans

The German government had been secretly trying to ally itself with Mexico, promising to help it regain territory it had lost to the U.S. These actions greatly angered Americans. The U.S. declares war on Germany on April 6,1917.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are reasons that the U.S. declared war on Germany? (check all that apply)

• Germans were talking smack about the U.S.

• Germans were secretly trying to get Mexico to become an ally

• they had taken 128 American lives when they sank the Lusitania

Multiple Choice

Why didn't other ships help the passengers from the Lusitania?

• they wanted them to die

• they were scared to get torpedoed by the Germans

WWI is known as the Great War

Technology had advanced so much and it was one of the deadliest wars that it is referred to as the Great War. The majority of the war was fought in trenches.

Hope you enjoyed learning about WWI.