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Woodrow Wilson
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Background
• Political Scientist
• President of Princeton
• Governor of New Jersey
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Election of 1912
• Wilson (Democrat) vs Taft (Republican) vs Roosevelt (Progressive or Bull Moose)
• Republicans split their vote between Taft and Roosevelt, Wilson wins election
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Wilson and Isolationism
• When WWI started, Wilson favored isolationism
• “The United States will remain neutral, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well”
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The U.S. and Neutrality
• Between February and December 1916 Europe was in a stalemate
• France lost 550,000
• Germans lost 450,00
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Rethinking Neutrality
• German U-Boat sunk a British luxury ship “LUSITANIA”, killing 1,198 people (128 Americans)
• Americans were Furious, but still did not want to enter the way
• Germans back off of sinking cruise ships
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• 1917, Germans re-start aggressive navy attacks
• Wilson breaks off diplomatic ties with Germany
• Leads toZimmerman telegram
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ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
• German Arthur Zimmerman urges Mexico to
• Join Central Powers
• In return, Germany would help Mexico “recover the lost territory of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona”
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• German U-Boats began attacking American ships
• On April 2, 1917, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of War