WWI Photo Gallery | History in a Nutshell

This photo gallery contains the following visuals:
 

• Map of Europe, 1914. Triple Entente Countries In Blue; Triple Alliance/Central Powers Countries In Red
• The Zimmerman Telegram
• The Evening World Newspaper - Germany Declares War
• July Crisis Political Cartoon
• New York Times Newspaper - Lusitania Sinking
• Map Of U.S. In 1916
• Soldiers With Gas Masks
• Zimmerman Telegram Political Cartoon
• Zimmerman Telegram Political Cartoon 2
• New York Times Newspaper - Armistice
• The Evening World Newspaper - Treaty of Versailles Signed
• Treaty of Versailles "Peace And Future Cannon Fodder" Political Cartoon
• Treaty of Versailles War Reparations Political Cartoon
• Kaiser Wilhelm II - Leader of Germany during World War I
• King George V of Great Britain
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Son of Emperor Franz Joseph; Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. 
• Emperor Franz Joseph - Leader of Austria-Hungary 
• Gavrilo Princip - Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand; His Actions Led To The July Crisis.
• William Orpen Painting - The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 1919
• Chart Showing Germany's Hyperinflation after World War I
• Woodrow Wilson - President of the U.S. During World War I

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.
  • The Industrial Revolution, urbanization, and access to resources contributed to the United States becoming a world power in the early twentieth century. At the same time, discriminatory practices abounded. To understand the rise of the United States a...
    • 5-3.6 Summarize the factors that led to the involvement of the United States in World War I and the role of the United States in fighting the war.
• 8-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role of South Carolina in the nation in the early twentieth century.
  • South Carolina’s response to national crises during the first half of the twentieth century brought it back into full participation in the national experience. To understand the state’s changed status, the student will utilize the knowledg...
    • 8-6.1 Explain the reasons for United States involvement in World War I and the war’s impact on South Carolina and the nation as a whole, including the building of new military bases and the economic impact of emigration to industrial jobs in the ...
• 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.
  • The American belief in political democracy led the United States to support natural rights and political democracy for others, especially when it benefited American interests. The willingness of the United States to intervene politically and economica...
    • USHC-5.4 Analyze the causes and consequences of United States involvement in World War I, including the failure of neutrality and the reasons for the declaration of war, the role of propaganda in creating a unified war effort, the limitation of individ...