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5c: Reasons for United States
involvement in World War I
• Inability to remain neutral
5c: Reasons for United States
involvement in World War I
• German submarine warfare: Sinking of the
Lusitania
5c: Reasons for United States
involvement in World War I
• United States economic and political ties to
Great Britain
5c: Reasons for United States
involvement in World War I
• The Zimmermann Telegram
5c: Major Allied Powers
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British Empire
France
Russia
Serbia
Belgium
United States
5c: Central Powers
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German Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire
5c: United States leadership as the
war ended
• At the end of World War I, President
Woodrow Wilson prepared a peace plan
known as the Fourteen Points that called for
the formation of the League of Nations, a
peacekeeping organization.
5c: United States leadership as the
war ended
• The United States decided not to join the
League of Nations because the United States
Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.