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Lesson 23 – From Neutrality to World War I
Copy the following onto two pages in your notebook.
Read Sections 2 to 4. After reading each section, answer the corresponding questions below in your
notebook. Then, in the box titled “Stay Neutral,” identify one or more arguments from that section that could
be used against the United States entering World War I at this time. In the box titled “Declare War,” identify
one or more arguments that could be used in favor of going to war at this time.
Section 2
1. Why did President Wilson’s decision to stay out of World War I in 1914 please many Americans?
2. What was the status of combat in Europe in 1914? What was the status of diplomatic efforts to end the war at that
time?
Section 3
1. How did the attack on the Lusitania bring the United States closer to declaring war in 1915?
2. Why might the Sussex pledge have helped the United States stay neutral in 1916?
Section 4
1. What events in early 1917 caused President Wilson to ask Congress to declare war?
2. President Wilson said the United States would be going to war to make the world “safe for democracy.” How did his
critics respond to this reasoning?
Lesson 24 - The Course and Conduct of World War I
Read Sections 2 to 4. After reading each section, follow the corresponding directions.
Section 2
Tape the map of Europe that your teacher provides onto a page in your notebook. As you read the section,
take notes and use the map to help you understand and remember what you read. Be sure to record notes
about these topics: Selective Service Act, American Expeditionary Force, and 369th Regiment.
Section 3
Below the map, list the following military technologies: machine gun, flamethrower, artillery, tank, trench system,
poison gas, airplane, battleship, and submarine. For each, write a brief explanation of how
you think this technology might have changed the experience of war for combatants. This can take up more than one
page of your notebook, if necessary.
Section 4
Label the location of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on your map. In your notebook, write a brief description of what
happened there and why it was important.
Lesson 24 - The Course and Conduct of World War I
Sections 2 to 5
Turn your notebook as shown here, and copy the table onto two blank pages. Use the questions along the top of
the table to interview each historical group. Record their answers in the appropriate box in the table. In the left
column, draw a simple visual for each group, such as a peace sign for pacifists.