Trench Warfare
Life of Soldiers
U.S. Neutrality
WW1
Fighting
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WW1 most of the fighting involved trench warfare
Reasons to Fight in Trenches
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Protection from small fire arms
Difficult to invade
Easy to make
The Trench: Important points
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Advantages:
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easy to make, easy to defend, cheap to build,
don’t need lots of men to defend them.
Disadvantages:
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wet, cold, hard to get in an out of without being
seen by the enemy. Trenches were very dirty
and unhygienic as there was no running water or
flushing toilets.
Trench Foot
Trench Rats
Trench Rat Quotes
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"I saw some rats running from under the
dead man’s greatcoat, enormous rats, fat
with human flesh. My heart pounded as we
edged towards one of the bodies... the skull
was bare, stripped of flesh, the eyes
devoured and from the yawning mouth
leapt a rat."
Trench Rat Quotes
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One soldier wrote, “The rats were huge.
They were so big they would eat a
wounded man if he couldn’t defend
himself.”
Soldiers
Fighting
Reality of
Boredom
WW1 Constructed Response
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Open up to page 4 in your packet on the
back
U.S. NEUTRALITY
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Under President Woodrow Wilson, the U.S.
developed an official policy of neutrality.
Join
The
War?
U.S. TRADE
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Trade was booming because the U.S. sold
food, arms, and other supplies to the Allies.
U-BOATS
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German submarines used to blockade Great
Britain.
PROPOGANDA
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Spreading of ideas that help a cause or
hurt an opposing cause.
Student Constructed Response
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Packet Page 7 on the back