A brief video on World War I: how the war started, the U.S.' involvement, fighting the war, and the aftermath, with the Treaty of Versailles.
*Important Note: Italy was originally a member of the Triple Alliance when World War I started. After the war started in 1914, when the Triple Alliance became the Central Powers, Italy joined the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance was originally a defensive pact against the Triple Entente. After Italy switched sides, the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers.
A brief video on World War I: how the war started, the U.S.' involvement, fighting the war, and the aftermath, with the Treaty of Versailles.
*Important Note: Italy was originally a member of the Triple Alliance when World War I started. After the war started in 1914, when the Triple Alliance became the Central Powers, Italy joined the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance was originally a defensive pact against the Triple Entente. After Italy switched sides, the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers.
Standards
- 5-3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign developments that contributed to the United States becoming a world power.
- 5.2.CE Examine the primary causes of World War I and the events which led to U.S. involvement.
- 8-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role of South Carolina in the nation in the early twentieth century.
- 8.4.CE Explain the causes and effects of World War I on South Carolina and the United States.
- MWH-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and consequences of global warfare in the first half of the twentieth century.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the causes and effects of immigration and forced migration throughout the world.
- MWH.3.CX Contextualize industrialization within the various cultural and political changes occurring during the 19th century.
- MWH.4.CE Analyze the significant causes of World War I and how the Treaty of Versailles attempted to resolve future global conflicts.
- USHC-5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of domestic and foreign developments that contributed to the emergence of the United States as a world power in the twentieth century.
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