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World War
American Entrance
• Teams were made “Allies” vs. “Central Powers”
• U.S. is “neutral” in thought as well as in action• Fit into Wilson’s worldview• U.S. could demonstrate a higher moral position
• Economics of war• Boom during wartime• The Allies trading activities increased
Cont….
• Neutrality difficult
• The ties that bind• Economics• Common language, ancestry, and culture
• Wilson’s vision conflicted with neutrality• Fears of world ruled by German imperialism
To shape the peace U.S. would have to fight!
What exactly was it?
• Germany and England pushing and pulling U.S. into war
• 1915: Berlin proclaimed waters around Great Britain a war zone
• Wilson responds with “strict accountability”
• Lusitania sunk: 128 Americans lost
• Exposes division in public opinion• TR calls Wilson’s patience “cowardice”• National Security League established: lobby of bankers
and industrialists working to build up patriotism and promoting military training
Cont…..
• Patience and diplomacy initial success
• March 1916 Sussex sinks: several Americans injured
• In the meantime loans toward the Allies substantially outweigh that going to the Central Powers
• 1916 Wilson wins re-election with the slogan “he kept us out of war”
• On the battlefield a stalemate, back to the ocean depths
Cont….
• Zimmerman telegram• Coded message to Germany’s ambassador in Mexico• Declare war and we will help win back lost territory
• April 2, 1917 Wilson appeals for a declaration of war
• Key factors:• German attacks on American shipping• U.S. economic investment in the Allied cause• American cultural links to the Allies, especially
England
Ending the War
• Europe broken
• Wilson goes to Versailles for signing of treaty to end war, 1918
• The Big Four had little interest in Wilson reforms
• Germans left holding the bag
War Time American Events
• Groups of THREE
• Create a timeline of the following terms in relation to WWI events:• Selective Service Act• Espionage Act• WIB• Sedition Act• NWLB• League of Nations• CPI
• Provide dates and a definition/explanation of the term